1996 Grammy Awards – Complete List of Winners and Nominees

The 38th Annual Grammy Awards, held on February 28, 1996, celebrated music from October 1, 1994, to September 30, 1995. Alanis Morissette's raw, powerful, and groundbreaking album Jagged Little Pill won Album of the Year, marking a definitive moment for alternative rock's mainstream breakthrough and female artist empowerment.
Seal's romantic ballad "Kiss from a Rose," from Batman Forever, won Record of the Year. Hootie & the Blowfish, with their accessible rock sound, were named Best New Artist.
Other significant wins included Mariah Carey and Annie Lennox. This ceremony strongly recognized the mainstream breakthrough of alternative rock and its profound impact on the music scene, ushering in a new era of introspective and emotionally charged music.

Record Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Seal	Kiss From A Rose
Nominee	TLC	Waterfalls
Nominee	Mariah Carey And Boyz II Men	One Sweet Day
Nominee	Joan Osborne	One Of Us
Nominee	Coolio Featuring L.V.	Gangsta's Paradise

Album Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill
Nominee	Pearl Jam	Vitalogy
Nominee	Joan Osborne	Relish
Nominee	Michael Jackson	History Past, Present And Future Book I
Nominee	Mariah Carey	Daydream

Song Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Seal	Kiss From A Rose
Nominee	Alanis Morissette	You Oughta Know
Nominee	Michael Jackson	You Are Not Alone
Nominee	Joan Osborne	One Of Us
Nominee	All-4-One (also	I Can Love You Like That

Best New Artist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Hootie & The Blowfish	-
Nominee	Brandy	-
Nominee	Alanis Morissette	-
Nominee	Joan Osborne	-
Nominee	Shania Twain	-

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Annie Lennox	No More /I Love You's/
Nominee	Bonnie Raitt	You Got It
Nominee	Joan Osborne	One Of Us
Nominee	Dionne Farris	I Know
Nominee	Mariah Carey	Fantasy
Nominee	Vanessa Williams	Colors Of The Wind

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Seal	Kiss From A Rose
Nominee	Michael Jackson	You Are Not Alone
Nominee	Sting	When We Dance
Nominee	Bryan Adams	Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
Nominee	Elton John	Believe

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Hootie & The Blowfish	Let Her Cry
Nominee	TLC	Waterfalls
Nominee	Eagles	Love Will Keep Us Alive
Nominee	The Rembrandts	I'll Be There For You (Theme From Friends)
Nominee	All-4-One	I Can Love You Like That

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Chieftains & Van Morrison	Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
Nominee	Anita Baker And James Ingram	When You Love Someone
Nominee	Jon B. Featuring Babyface	Someone To Love
Nominee	Michael Jackson And Janet Jackson	Scream
Nominee	Mariah Carey And Boyz II Men	One Sweet Day

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Los Lobos	Mariachi Suite
Nominee	Dave Grusin	Yesterday
Nominee	Bruce Hornsby	Song B
Nominee	The Allman Brothers Band	In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
Nominee	Kenny G	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Best Pop Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Joni Mitchell	Turbulent Indigo
Nominee	Annie Lennox	Medusa
Nominee	Eagles	Hell Freezes Over
Nominee	Mariah Carey	Daydream
Nominee	Madonna	Bedtime Stories

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Frank Sinatra	Duets II
Nominee	Julie Andrews	Julie Andrews - Broadway - The Music Of Richard Rodgers
Nominee	Rosemary Clooney	Demi-Centennial!
Nominee	John Raitt	Broadway Legend
Nominee	Eartha Kitt	Back In Business

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Alanis Morissette	You Oughta Know
Nominee	Joan Osborne	St. Teresa
Nominee	Toni Childs	Lay Down Your Pain
Nominee	P J Harvey	Down By The Water
Nominee	Liz Phair	Don't Have Time

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tom Petty	You Don't Know How It Feels
Nominee	Chris Isaak	Somebody's Crying
Nominee	Lenny Kravitz	Rock And Roll Is Dead
Nominee	Neil Young	Peace And Love
Nominee	Bob Dylan	Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Blues Traveler	Run-Around
Nominee	Dave Matthews Band	What Would You Say
Nominee	Jimmy Page And Robert Plant	Kashmir
Nominee	Eagles	Hotel California
Nominee	U2	Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

Best Hard Rock Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Pearl Jam	Spin The Black Circle
Nominee	Primus	Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
Nominee	Van Halen	The Seventh Seal
Nominee	Alice In Chains	Grind
Nominee	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Best Metal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Nine Inch Nails	Happiness In Slavery
Nominee	Gwar	S.F.W.
Nominee	Megadeth	Paranoid
Nominee	White Zombie	More Human Than Human
Nominee	Metallica	For Whom The Bell Tolls

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Allman Brothers Band	Jessica
Nominee	King Crimson	Vrooom
Nominee	Steve Vai	Tender Surrender
Nominee	The Jeff Healey Band	Shapes Of Things
Nominee	Santana With Vernon Reid	Every Now And Then

Best Rock Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Alanis Morissette	You Oughta Know
Nominee	Nine Inch Nails	Hurt
Nominee	U2	Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Nominee	Neil Young	Downtown
Nominee	Bob Dylan	Dignity

Best Rock Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill
Nominee	Tom Petty	Wildflowers
Nominee	Pearl Jam	Vitalogy
Nominee	Neil Young	Mirror Ball
Nominee	Chris Isaak	Forever Blue

Best Alternative Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Nirvana	MTV Unplugged In New York
Nominee	P J Harvey	To Bring You My Love
Nominee	Bjork	Post
Nominee	Foo Fighters	Foo Fighters

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Anita Baker	I Apologize
Nominee	Vanessa Williams	The Way That You Love
Nominee	Toni Braxton	I Belong To You
Nominee	Brandy	Baby
Nominee	Mariah Carey	Always Be My Baby

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Stevie Wonder	For Your Love
Nominee	Montell Jordan	This Is How We Do It
Nominee	Prince	I Hate U
Nominee	D'Angelo	Brown Sugar
Nominee	Barry White	Baby's Home

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	TLC	Creep
Nominee	Brownstone	If You Love Me
Nominee	All-4-One	I'm Your Man
Nominee	Take 6	All I Need (Is A Chance)
Nominee	Terence Trent D'Arby & Booker T And The MG's	A Change Is Gonna Come

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Stevie Wonder	For Your Love
Nominee	Vanessa Williams	You Can't Run
Nominee	TLC	Red Light Special
Nominee	TLC	Creep
Nominee	D'Angelo	Brown Sugar

Best R&B Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	TLC	Crazysexycool
Nominee	Barry White	The Icon Is Love
Nominee	Prince	The Gold Experience
Nominee	Mary J. Blige	My Life
Nominee	D'Angelo	Brown Sugar

Best Rap Solo Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Coolio	Gangsta's Paradise
Nominee	Dr. Dre	Keep Their Heads Ringin'
Nominee	Skee-Lo	I Wish
Nominee	2Pac	Dear Mama
Nominee	The Notorious B.I.G.	Big Poppa

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Method Man Featuring Mary J. Blige	I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By
Nominee	Tha Dogg Pound	What Would U Do?
Nominee	Cypress Hill	Throw Your Set In The Air
Nominee	Naughty By Nature	Feel Me Flow
Nominee	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	1st Of Tha Month

Best Rap Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Naughty By Nature	Poverty's Paradise
Nominee	Ol' Dirty Bastard	Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
Nominee	2Pac	Me Against The World
Nominee	Skee-Lo	I Wish
Nominee	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	E.1999 Eternal

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Alison Krauss	Baby, Now That I've Found You
Nominee	Patty Loveless	You Don't Even Know Who I Am
Nominee	Martina McBride	Safe In The Arms Of Love
Nominee	Pam Tillis	Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)
Nominee	Shania Twain	Any Man Of Mine

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vince Gill	Go Rest High On That Mountain
Nominee	John Berry	Standing On The Edge Of Goodbye
Nominee	John Michael Montgomery	I Can Love You Like That
Nominee	Alan Jackson	Gone Country
Nominee	Dwight Yoakam	A Thousand Miles From Nowhere

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Mavericks	Here Comes The Rain
Nominee	Brooks & Dunn	You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
Nominee	The Tractors	Tryin' To Get To New Orleans
Nominee	Shenandoah	Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)
Nominee	Little Texas	Amy's Back In Austin

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shenandoah & Alison Krauss	Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart
Nominee	Reba McEntire With Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride And Linda Davis	On My Own
Nominee	Dolly Parton And Vince Gill	I Will Always Love You
Nominee	Suzy Bogguss, Chet Atkins	All My Loving
Nominee	George Jones And Alan Jackson	A Good Year For The Roses

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Asleep At The Wheel Featuring Béla Fleck & Johnny Gimble	Hightower
Nominee	Doc Watson With Duane Eddy	Thunder Road/Sugarfoot Rag
Nominee	Byron Berline With Bill Monroe And Earl Scruggs	Sally Goodin
Nominee	Béla Fleck	Cheeseballs In Cowtown
Nominee	Flaco Jimenez And Lee Roy Parnell	Cat Walk

Best Country Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vince Gill	Go Rest High On That Mountain
Nominee	Patty Loveless	You Don't Even Know Who I Am
Nominee	John Michael Montgomery	I Can Love You Like That
Nominee	Alan Jackson	Gone Country
Nominee	Shania Twain	Any Man Of Mine

Best Country Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shania Twain	The Woman In Me
Nominee	Trisha Yearwood	Thinkin' About You
Nominee	The Mavericks	Music For All Occasions
Nominee	Junior Brown	Junior High
Nominee	John Michael Montgomery	John Michael Montgomery
Nominee	Dwight Yoakam	Dwight Live

Best Bluegrass Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Unleashed
Nominee	Claire Lynch	Moonlighter
Nominee	Byron Berline	Fiddle And A Song
Nominee	The Cox Family	Beyond The City
Nominee	Rose Maddox	$35 And A Dream

Best New Age Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	George Winston	Forest
Nominee	Tangerine Dream	Tyranny Of Beauty
Nominee	Patrick O'Hearn	Trust
Nominee	Suzanne Ciani	Dream Suite
Nominee	Kitaro	An Enchanted Evening

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Pat Metheny Group	We Live Here
Nominee	Marcus Miller	Tales
Nominee	Lee Ritenour And Larry Carlton	Larry And Lee
Nominee	Fourplay	Elixir
Nominee	Yellowjackets	Dreamland

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Lena Horne	An Evening With Lena Horne
Nominee	Dianne Reeves	Quiet After The Storm
Nominee	Dee Dee Bridgewater	Love And Peace: A Tribute To Horace Silver
Nominee	Kurt Elling	Close Your Eyes
Nominee	Abbey Lincoln	A Turtle's Dream

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Brecker, soloist	Impressions
Nominee	Eliane Elias & Herbie Hancock, soloists	The Way You Look Tonight
Nominee	Kenny Barron, soloist	Take The Coltrane
Nominee	Charlie Haden & Hank Jones, soloists	Go Down Moses
Nominee	Pete Christlieb, soloist	But Beautiful

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	McCoy Tyner Trio & Michael Brecker	Infinity
Nominee	Kenny Barron With Roy Haynes And Charlie Haden	Wanton Spirit
Nominee	Charlie Haden And Hank Jones	Steal Away
Nominee	Fred Hersch	I Never Told You - Fred Hersch Plays Johnny Mandel
Nominee	Joe Henderson	Double Rainbow - The Music Of Antonio Carlos Jobim

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tom Scott (GRP All-Star Big Band)	All Blues
Nominee	The Gerald Wilson Orchestra	State Street Sweet
Nominee	Joe Lovano	Rush Hour
Nominee	Steve Slagle, conductor	Gunslinging Birds
Nominee	The Bill Holman Band	A View From The Side

Best Latin Jazz Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jobim	Antonio Brasileiro
Nominee	Patato, Changuito And Orestes	Ritmo Y Candela: Rhythm At The Crossroads
Nominee	Chico O'Farrill And His Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra	Pure Emotion
Nominee	Jerry Gonzalez And The Fort Apache Band	Pensativo
Nominee	Eddie Palmieri	Arete

Best Rock Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ashley Cleveland	Lesson Of Love
Nominee	Petra	No Doubt
Nominee	Jars Of Clay	Jars Of Clay
Nominee	Geoff Moore And The Distance	Home Run!
Nominee	Big Tent Revival	Big Tent Revival

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael W. Smith	I'll Lead You Home
Nominee	Larnelle	Unbelievable Love
Nominee	Steven Curtis Chapman	The Music Of Christmas
Nominee	(Various Artists)	My Utmost For His Highest
Nominee	Sandi Patti	Find It On The Wings

Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Various Artists)	Amazing Grace - A Country Salute To Gospel
Nominee	Crystal Gayle	Someday
Nominee	Bruce Carroll	One Summer Evening Live
Nominee	Jerry And Tammy Sullivan	At The Feet Of God
Nominee	Ralph Stanley And Joe Isaacs	A Gospel Gathering

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shirley Caesar	Shirley Caesar Live - He Will Come
Nominee	The Mighty Clouds Of Joy	Power
Nominee	Fontella Bass	No Ways Tired
Nominee	Rev. James Moore With The Mississippi Mass Choir	Live At Jackson State University
Nominee	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	I Brought Him With Me

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	CeCe Winans	Alone In His Presence
Nominee	Anointed	The Call
Nominee	Daniel Winans	Not In My House
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Motown Comes Home
Nominee	Yolanda Adams	More Than A Melody
Nominee	Doug Williams	Heartsongs

Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Carol Cymbala, choir director (The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir)	Praise Him - Live!
Nominee	John P. Kee, choir director (The New Life Community Choir Featuring John P. Kee)	Show Up!
Nominee	Milton Brunson, choir director (Milton Brunson And The Thompson Community Singers)	Shout
Nominee	Hezekiah Walker, choir director (Hezekiah Walker And The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir)	Live In New York By Any Means. . .
Nominee	Donald Lawrence, choir director (Donald Lawrence And The Tri-City Singers)	Bible Stories

Best Latin Pop Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jon Secada	Amor
Nominee	Adolfo Angel And Gustavo Angel	Nuestras Canciones
Nominee	Julio Iglesias	La Carretera
Nominee	Rocio Durcal	Hay Amores Y Amores
Nominee	Maná	Cuando Los Angeles Lloran

Best Tropical Latin Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Gloria Estefan	Abriendo Puertas
Nominee	Willie Colon And Rubén Blades	Tras La Tormenta
Nominee	Marc Anthony	Todo A Su Tiempo
Nominee	Cachao	Master Sessions Volume II
Nominee	Celia Cruz	Irrepetible

Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Flaco Jimenez	Flaco Jimenez
Nominee	Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte	Lagrimas
Nominee	La Mafia	Exitos En Vivo
Nominee	Juan Gabriel	El Mexico Que Se Nos Fue
Nominee	Jaime Y Los Chamacos	...No Se Cansan!

Best Traditional Blues Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Lee Hooker	Chill Out
Nominee	Roomful Of Blues	Turn It On! Turn It Up!
Nominee	Lowell Fulson	Them Update Blues
Nominee	The Last Real Texas Blues Band Featuring Doug Sahm	The Last Real Texas Blues Band Featuring Doug Sahm
Nominee	Charles Brown	Charles Brown's Cool Christmas Blues

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Buddy Guy	Slippin' In
Nominee	Clarence Gatemouth Brown	The Man
Nominee	The Robert Cray Band	Some Rainy Morning
Nominee	Percy Sledge	Blue Night
Nominee	Albert Collins And The Icebreakers	(Live '92 - '93)

Best Traditional Folk Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	South Coast
Nominee	Norman And Nancy Blake	While Passing Along This Way
Nominee	Ali Akbar Khan	Then And Now
Nominee	Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum	The Oak And The Laurel
Nominee	Dave Van Ronk	From.... Another Time And Place

Best Contemporary Folk Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Emmylou Harris	Wrecking Ball
Nominee	Steve Earle	Train A Comin'
Nominee	The Chieftains	The Long Black Veil
Nominee	Bob Dylan	MTV Unplugged
Nominee	John Prine	Lost Dogs And Mixed Blessings

Best Reggae Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shaggy	Boombastic
Nominee	Burning Spear	Rasta Business
Nominee	Third World	Live It Up
Nominee	The Skatalites	Hi-Bop Ska! The 30th Anniversary Recording
Nominee	Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers	Free Like We Want 2 B

Best World Music Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Deep Forest	Boheme
Nominee	The Splendid Master Gnawa Musicians Of Morocco	The Splendid Master Gnawa Musicians Of Morocco Featuring Randy Weston
Nominee	Shankar With Zakir Hussain And Vikku Vinayakram	Raga Aberi
Nominee	Baaba Maal	Firin' In Fouta
Nominee	Cesaria Evora	Cesaria Evora

Best Polka Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jimmy Sturr	I Love To Polka
Nominee	Brave Combo	Polkas For A Gloomy World
Nominee	Walter Ostanek	Happiness Is Polkas And Waltzes With Walter Ostanek And Friends
Nominee	Lenny Gomulka And Chicago Push	For Old Times Sake
Nominee	Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones	Better Than Ever

Best Musical Album For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Barbara Bailey Hutchison	Sleepy Time Lullabys
Nominee	Various Artists Including The Chieftains And Kathie Lee Gifford	Winnie The Pooh's Take My Hand
Nominee	Original Cast	Pocahontas Sing-Along
Nominee	Los Lobos With Lalo Guerrero	Papa's Dream
Nominee	John McCutcheon	John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Summersongs

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Patrick Stewart	Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf
Nominee	David Holt And Bill Mooney	Why The Dog Chases The Cat: Great Animal Stories
Nominee	Winona Ryder	The Diary Of A Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Nominee	Denzel Washington	John Henry
Nominee	Morgan Freeman	Follow The Drinking Gourd

Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Maya Angelou	Phenomenal Woman
Nominee	Danny Glover	Long Walk To Freedom
Nominee	Leonard Nimoy	I Am Spock
Nominee	Garrison Keillor And Walter Bobbie	Guy Noir: Radio Private Eye

Best Spoken Comedy Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jonathan Winters	Crank Calls
Nominee	Judy Tenuta	In Goddess We Trust
Nominee	Don Imus	God's Other Son (Don Imus)
Nominee	Jeff Foxworthy	Games Rednecks Play
Nominee	Martin Lawrence	Funk It

Best Musical Show Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jerry Leiber, Arif Mardin & Mike Stoller, producers (Original Broadway Cast)	Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs Of Leiber & Stoller
Nominee	Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (New Broadway Cast With Vanessa Williams)	Kiss Of The Spider Woman
Nominee	Jay David Saks, producer (Matthew Broderick And The New Broadway Cast)	How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying!
Nominee	Bruce Kimmel & Bill Meade, producers (The New 1994 Cast With Carol Channing)	Hello, Dolly!
Nominee	Tony McAnany & Joel Moss, producers (Various Artists)	Anyone Can Whistle - Live At Carnegie Hall

Best Instrumental Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bill Holman, composer (The Bill Holman Band)	A View From The Side
Nominee	Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs)	The Starry Night
Nominee	Marcus Miller & Allen Toussaint, composers (Marcus Miller)	Tales
Nominee	Chick Corea, composer (Chick Corea)	New Life
Nominee	Billy Taylor, composer (Billy Taylor)	Homage Part I

Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Hans Zimmer, composer (Hans Zimmer)	Crimson Tide
Nominee	Dave Grusin, composer (Dave Grusin)	The Cure - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Nominee	Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore)	Ed Wood - Main Title
Nominee	Wynton Marsalis, composer (Wynton Marsalis Septet)	Buggy Ride
Nominee	Elliot Goldenthal, composer (Various Artists)	Batman Forever

Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vanessa Williams & Judy Kuhn	Colors Of The Wind (From Pocahontas)
Nominee	Wendy Moten	Whatever You Imagine (From The Pagemaster)
Nominee	Jon B. Featuring Babyface	Someone To Love (From Bad Boys)
Nominee	Chaka Khan	Love Me Still (From Clockers)
Nominee	Bryan Adams	Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? (From Don Juan deMarco)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robert Farnon, arranger (J.J. Johnson & The Robert Farnon Orchestra)	Lament
Nominee	Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Ettore Stratta)	Manha De Carnaval
Nominee	Michael Abene, arranger (GRP All-Star Big Band)	Cookin' At The Continental
Nominee	Marcus Miller, arranger (Marcus Miller)	Come Together
Nominee	Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Ettore Stratta Conducting The Royal Philharmonic)	Atras Da Porta

Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal(s)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Rob McConnell, arranger (Mel Tormé with Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass)	I Get A Kick Out Of You
Nominee	Tom Scott, arranger (GRP All-Star Band And B.B. King)	Stormy Monday Blues
Nominee	Bobby McFerrin, arranger (Bobby McFerrin)	Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)
Nominee	Rene Dupere & Robbi Finkel, arrangers (Cirque Du Soleil)	Alegria
Nominee	Jeremy Lubbock, arranger (Carmen Lundy)	'Round Midnight

Best Recording Package

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Robbie Cavolina & Joni Mitchell, art directors (Joni Mitchell)	Turbulent Indigo
Nominee	Joel Zimmerman, art director (Pearl Jam)	Vitalogy
Nominee	Tim Stedman, art director (Various Artists)	This Is Fort Apache
Nominee	Stefan Sagmeister, art director (H. P. Zinker)	Mountains Of Madness
Nominee	Gary Burden, art director (Neil Young)	Mirror Ball

Best Recording Package - Boxed

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Frank Zappa & Gail Zappa, art directors (Frank Zappa)	Civilization Phaze III
Nominee	Blind Melon, Jeffery Fey, Chris Jones & Tommy Steele, art directors (Blind Melon)	Soup
Nominee	Storm Thorgerson, art director (Pink Floyd)	Pulse
Nominee	Allen Weinberg, art director (Aerosmith)	Box Of Fire
Nominee	Mark Farrow, art director (Pet Shop Boys)	Alternative

Best Album Notes

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Rob Bowman, album notes writer (Various Artists)	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975
Nominee	Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)	Lets Do It: Best Of The Verve Years
Nominee	Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Carmen McRae)	I'll Be Seeing You: A Tribute To Carmen McRae
Nominee	Geoffrey Mark Fidelman & James Gavin, album notes writers (Ella Fitzgerald)	Ella - The Legendary Decca Recordings
Nominee	John Fricke, album notes writer (Judy Garland)	25th Anniversary - Retrospective

Best Historical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Pfeiffer, compilation producer; Ray Hall, Thomas MacCluskey, James P. Nichols, Anthony Salvatore, Jon M. Samuels & David Satz, mastering engineers (Jascha Heifetz & Various Artists)	The Heifetz Collection
Nominee	George Martin, compilation producer; George Martin, mastering engineer (The Beatles)	Live At The BBC
Nominee	Joel Dorn & Patrick Milligan, compilation producers; Gene Paul, mastering engineer (John Coltrane)	John Coltrane: The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings
Nominee	Orrin Keepnews & Steven Lasker, compilation producers; Erick Labson, Steven Lasker & Seth B. Winner, mastering engineers (Duke Ellington And His Orchestra)	Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick And Vocalion Recordings of Duke Ellington, 1926-1931
Nominee	James Austin, Richard Foos & Billy Vera, compilation producers; Chris Clarke, Bob Fisher, Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot & Ken Perry, mastering engineers (Various Artists)	The R&B Box: 30 Years Of Rhythm And Blues

Best Engineered Album - Non-Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Bianco, Richard Dodd, Stephen McLaughlin & Jim Scott, engineers (Tom Petty)	Wildflowers
Nominee	Bruce Swedien, engineer (Michael Jackson)	History Past, Present And Future Book I
Nominee	Rob Jacobs & Elliot Scheiner, engineers (Eagles)	Hell Freezes Over
Nominee	Terry Date & Ulrich Wild, engineers (White Zombie)	Astro-creep: 2000 Songs Of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head
Nominee	Al Schmitt, engineer (Dr. John)	Afterglow

Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Babyface	-
Nominee	Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (producers)	-
Nominee	Rick Rubin (producer)	-
Nominee	Glen Ballard (producer)	-
Nominee	Rick Chertoff (producer)	-

Best Classical Engineered Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Mailes & Jonathan Stokes, engineers (Herbert Blomstedt, conductor)	Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; /Kossuth/ - Symphonic Poem
Nominee	William Hoekstra & Lawrence Rock, engineers (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)	The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson Favorites
Nominee	Tony Faulkner, engineer (Anonymous 4)	The Lily And The Lamb (Chant And Polyphony From Medieval England)
Nominee	Tony Faulkner, engineer (Yuri Temirkanov, conductor)	Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Nominee	William Hoekstra & Lawrence Rock, engineers (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)	Orff: Carmina Burana

Classical Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Steven Epstein	-
Nominee	Jay David Saks	-
Nominee	Michael Woolcock	-
Nominee	Andrew Cornall	-
Nominee	John Fraser	-

Best Classical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Pierre Boulez, artist; Karl-August Naegler, producer	Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux
Nominee	Mstislav Rostropovich & Maxim Vengerov, artists; Friedemann Engelbrecht, producer	Prokofiev/Shostakovich: Violin Concertos No. 1
Nominee	Martin Neary, artist; David Mottley, producer	Music For Queen Mary (Works Of Purcell, Morley, Blow, Etc.)
Nominee	Charles Dutoit, Gary Lakes, Francoise Pollet, Gino Quilico & Deborah Voigt, artists; Raymond Minshull, producer	Berlioz: Les Troyens
Nominee	Pierre Boulez, artist; Karl-August Naegler, producer	Bartók: Divertimento; Dance Suite, Etc.

Best Orchestral Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Pierre Boulez, conductor (Cleveland Orchestra)	Debussy: La Mer
Nominee	(London Symphony Orchestra)	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
Nominee	(Philadelphia Orchestra)	Hindemith: Mathis Der Maler - Symphonie; Symphonic Metamorphosis Of Themes By C.M. Von Weber, Etc.
Nominee	(City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra)	Elgar: Enigma Variations; Falstaff; Grania And Diarmid
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Bartók: Divertimento; Dance Suite, Etc.

Best Opera Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Gary Lakes, Francoise Pollet, Gino Quilico & Deborah Voigt; Charles Dutoit, conductor; Raymond Minshull, producer (Chorus De L'Orchestre Symphonie Montreal; L'Orchestra Symphonie Montreal)	Berlioz: Les Troyens
Nominee	Anna Maria di Micco, Sumi Jo, Lucretia Lendi, Stanford Olsen, Ewa Podles, Pietro Spagnoli & Alberto Zedda; Gunter Appenheimer, producer (Capella Brugensis Chorus; Collegium Instrumentale Brugense)	Rossini: Tancredi
Nominee	Cecilia Bartoli, Barbara Bonney, Gilles Cachemaille, Uwe Heilmann, Christopher Hogwood, Della Jones & Diana Montague; Christopher Sayers, Morten Winding & Michael Woolcock, producers (Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus; Academy Of Ancient Music)	Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito
Nominee	Julian Clarkson, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, John Eliot Gardiner, Rodney Gilfry, Eirian James, Charlotte Margiono, Luba Orgonasova, Christoph Pregardien & Andrea Silvestrelli; Karl-August Naegler, producer (Monteverdi Chorus; English Baroque Soloists)	Mozart: Don Giovanni
Nominee	Olga Borodina, Nikolai Gassiev, Valery Gergiev, Galina Gorchakova, Gegam Gregoriam & Mikhail Kit; Anna Barry, producer (Kirov Opera Chorus; Kirov Orchestra St. Petersburg)	Borodin: Prince Igor

Best Choral Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Herbert Blomstedt, conductor (San Francisco Symphony Chorus; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)	Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Nominee	(Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre Revolutionnaire Et Romantique)	Verdi: Requiem; Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Nominee	(Chamber Chorus Of St. Petersburgh; St. Petersburgh Philharmonic)	Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Nominee	Robert Shaw	Hildegard Von Bingen: Canticles Of Ecstasy
Nominee	(Robert Shaw Festival Singers)	Evocation Of The Spirit (Works Of Gorecki, Part, Barber, Etc.)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Itzhak Perlman, artist (Boston Symphony Orchestra)	The American Album - Works Of Bernstein, Barber, Foss
Nominee	Evgeny Kissin, artist (Berliner Philharmoniker)	Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 And 3
Nominee	Maxim Vengerov, artist (London Symphony Orchestra)	Prokofiev/Shostakovich: Violin Concertos No. 1
Nominee	Catherine Cantin, Heinz Holliger, Yvonne Loriod & Mstislav Rostropovich, artists (Orchestre De L'Opera Bastille)	Messiaen: Concert A Quatre
Nominee	Maria Joao Pires, artist	Chopin: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra, No. 2 In F Minor, Op 21

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Radu Lupu, artist	Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B Flat Major And A Major)
Nominee	Murray Perahia, artist	Chopin: 4 Ballades (Waltzes, Nocturne, Mazurkas And Etudes)
Nominee	Evgeny Kissin, artist	Chopin, Vol. 2 (Sonata No. 3; Mazurkas)
Nominee	Stephen Kovacevich, artist	Beethoven: Piano Sons. Op. 31 (Nos. 16, 17, 18)
Nominee	Konstantin Lifschitz, artist	Bach: Goldberg Variations

Best Chamber Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Richard Stoltzman, artists	Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios
Nominee	Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel & Philip Setzer), artists	Webern: Works For String Quartet; String Trio, Op. 20
Nominee	St. Petersburgh String Quartet, artist	Shostakovich: String Quartets, Nos. 3, 5 And 7
Nominee	Alban Berg Quartett (Valentin Erben, Thomas Kakuska, Gunther Pichler & Gerhard Schulz), artists	Janácek: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 2
Nominee	Vermeer String Quartet (Shmuel Ashkenasi, Marc Johnson, Mathias Tacke & Richard Young), artists	Haydn: The Seven Last Words Of Christ

Best Classical Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Academy Of Ancient Music)	The Echoing Air - The Music Of Henry Purcell
Nominee	Wolfgang Holzmair	The Vagabond (Songs By Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Etc.)
Nominee	Roberto Alagna	Schumann: Dichterliebe; Liederkreis, Op. 24; Heine-Lieder
Nominee	(London Philharmonic)	Roberto Alagna - Operatic Arias (Works Of Donizetti, Massenet, Etc.)
Nominee	-	Mussorgsky Songs (Songs And Dances Of Death; The Nursery, Etc.)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Olivier Messiaen, composer	Messiaen: Concert A Quatre
Nominee	Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, composer	Zwilich: Symphony No. 3
Nominee	Gunther Schuller, composer	Schuller: Of Reminiscences And Reflections
Nominee	Gyorgy Ligeti, composer	Ligeti: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
Nominee	John Adams, composer	Adams: Chamber Symphony

Best Music Video, Short Form

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson	Scream
Nominee	Dave Matthews Band	What Would You Say
Nominee	Bjork	It's Oh So Quiet
Nominee	Sinéad O'Connor	Famine
Nominee	Herbie Hancock	Dis Is Da Drum

Best Music Video, Long Form

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Peter Gabriel	Secret World Live
Nominee	James McMurtry	Where'd You Hide The Body
Nominee	Charles Dutoit Conducting The Montreal Symphony Orchestra	The Planets
Nominee	Kate Bush	The Line, The Cross & The Curve
Nominee	Cirque Du Soleil	Saltimbanco
Nominee	Green Jelly	333