1997 Grammy Awards – Complete List of Winners and Nominees

Held on February 26, 1997, the 39th Annual Grammy Awards acknowledged recordings from October 1, 1995, to September 30, 1996. Céline Dion's powerhouse album Falling into You won Album of the Year, solidifying her global superstar status.
Eric Clapton's "Change the World," a smooth and reflective ballad, secured Record of the Year. LeAnn Rimes, a young country sensation with an astonishing voice, was named Best New Artist.
Other notable winners included Toni Braxton and Smashing Pumpkins, showcasing genre diversity. This era saw the continued success of powerful vocalists and adult contemporary music, alongside the growing influence of country music crossing over into mainstream categories, reflecting the broad appeal of well-crafted, melodic songs.

Record Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Eric Clapton	Change The World
Nominee	Alanis Morissette	Ironic
Nominee	Tracy Chapman	Give Me One Reason
Nominee	Celine Dion	Because You Loved Me (Theme From /Up Close And Personal/)
Nominee	The Smashing Pumpkins	1979

Album Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Celine Dion	Falling Into You
Nominee	(Various Artists)	Waiting To Exhale - Soundtrack
Nominee	Fugees	The Score
Nominee	Beck	Odelay
Nominee	The Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

Song Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Eric Clapton AND ALSO Wynonna	Change The World
Nominee	Tracy Chapman	Give Me One Reason
Nominee	Whitney Houston	Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
Nominee	LeAnn Rimes	Blue
Nominee	Celine Dion	Because You Loved Me (Theme From /Up Close And Personal/)

Best New Artist

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	LeAnn Rimes	-
Nominee	The Tony Rich Project	-
Nominee	No Doubt	-
Nominee	Jewel	-
Nominee	Garbage	-

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Toni Braxton	Un-Break My Heart
Nominee	Jewel	Who Will Save Your Soul
Nominee	Gloria Estefan	Reach
Nominee	Shawn Colvin	Get Out Of This House
Nominee	Celine Dion	Because You Loved Me (Theme From /Up Close And Personal/)

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Eric Clapton	Change The World
Nominee	The Tony Rich Project	Nobody Knows
Nominee	Bryan Adams	Let's Make A Night To Remember
Nominee	Sting	Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot
Nominee	John Mellencamp	Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Beatles	Free As A Bird
Nominee	Take 6	When You Wish Upon A Star
Nominee	Journey	When You Love A Woman
Nominee	The Presidents Of The United States Of America	Peaches
Nominee	The Neville Brothers	Fire On The Mountain
Nominee	Gin Blossoms	As Long As It Matters

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Natalie Cole (& Nat King Cole)	When I Fall In Love
Nominee	Sting, John McLaughlin, Dominic Miller And Vinnie Colaiuta	The Wind Cries Mary
Nominee	Frank Sinatra And Luciano Pavarotti	My Way
Nominee	Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight And Chaka Khan	Missing You
Nominee	Burt Bacharach And Elvis Costello	God Give Me Strength
Nominee	Whitney Houston And CeCe Winans	Count On Me

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	The Sinister Minister
Nominee	Larry Mullen Jr. And Adam Clayton	Mission: Impossible (Theme From)
Nominee	Lalo Schifrin With The London Philharmonic Orchestra	Mission Impossible
Nominee	The Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Nominee	Stevie Wonder	Kiss Lonely Goodbye (Harmonica With Orchestra)

Best Pop Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Celine Dion	Falling Into You
Nominee	Toni Braxton	Secrets
Nominee	Tracy Chapman	New Beginning
Nominee	Sting	Mercury Falling
Nominee	Shawn Colvin	A Few Small Repairs

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tony Bennett	Here's To The Ladies
Nominee	Natalie Cole	Stardust
Nominee	Bernadette Peters	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Nominee	Liza Minnelli	Gently
Nominee	Rosemary Clooney	Dedicated To Nelson

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Sheryl Crow	If It Makes You Happy
Nominee	Joan Osborne	Spider Web
Nominee	Tracy Bonham	Mother Mother
Nominee	Tracy Chapman	Give Me One Reason
Nominee	Bonnie Raitt	Burning Down The House

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Beck	Where It's At
Nominee	Bryan Adams	The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
Nominee	Bruce Springsteen	Dead Man Walkin'
Nominee	John Hiatt	Cry Love
Nominee	Eric Clapton	Ain't Gone 'n Give Up On Your Love

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Dave Matthews Band	So Much To Say
Nominee	Oasis	Wonderwall
Nominee	Garbage	Stupid Girl
Nominee	The Wallflowers	6th Avenue Heartache
Nominee	The Smashing Pumpkins	1979

Best Hard Rock Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Smashing Pumpkins	Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Nominee	Stone Temple Pilots	Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Nominee	Soundgarden	Pretty Noose
Nominee	Rage Against The Machine	Bulls On Parade
Nominee	Alice In Chains	Again

Best Metal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Rage Against The Machine	Tire Me
Nominee	Pantera	Suicide Note Pt. 1
Nominee	Korn	Shoots And Ladders
Nominee	White Zombie	I'm Your Boogieman
Nominee	Rob Zombie And Alice Cooper	Hands Of Death (Burn Baby Burn)

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Dr. John & Art Neville	SRV Shuffle
Nominee	Edward And Alex Van Halen	Respect The Wind
Nominee	Eric Johnson	Pavilion
Nominee	Booker T And The MG's	Green Onions
Nominee	Joe Satriani	(You're) My World

Best Rock Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Tracy Chapman	Give Me One Reason
Nominee	Oasis	Wonderwall
Nominee	Dave Matthews Band	Too Much
Nominee	Garbage	Stupid Girl
Nominee	John Hiatt	Cry Love
Nominee	The Wallflowers	6th Avenue Heartache

Best Rock Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Sheryl Crow	Sheryl Crow
Nominee	No Doubt	Tragic Kingdom
Nominee	Bonnie Raitt	Road Tested
Nominee	Dave Matthews Band	Crash
Nominee	Neil Young With Crazy Horse	Broken Arrow

Best Alternative Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Beck	Odelay
Nominee	Tracy Bonham	The Burdens Of Being Upright
Nominee	R.E.M.	New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Nominee	The Smashing Pumpkins	Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Nominee	Tori Amos	Boys For Pele

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Toni Braxton	You're Makin' Me High
Nominee	Tamia	You Put A Move On My Heart
Nominee	Brandy	Sittin' Up In My Room
Nominee	Mary J. Blige	Not Gon' Cry
Nominee	Whitney Houston	Exhale (Shoop Shoop)

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Luther Vandross	Your Secret Love
Nominee	Curtis Mayfield	New World Order
Nominee	The Tony Rich Project	Like A Woman
Nominee	D'Angelo	Lady
Nominee	Al Green	A Change Is Gonna Come

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

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Fugees	Killing Me Softly With His Song
Nominee	Luke Cresswell, Fiona Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, Everett Bradley, Mr. X, Melle Mel, Coolio, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, Shaquille O'Neal And Luniz	Stomp
Nominee	Babyface, Tamia With Portrait, Barry White And SWV	Slow Jams
Nominee	Chaka Khan Featuring Me'Shell NdegeOcello	Never Miss The Water
Nominee	En Vogue	Don't Let Go (Love)

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Whitney Houston	Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
Nominee	Luther Vandross	Your Secret Love
Nominee	Toni Braxton	You're Makin' Me High
Nominee	Tamia	You Put A Move On My Heart
Nominee	Brandy	Sittin' Up In My Room

Best R&B Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Tony Rich Project	Words
Nominee	Me'Shell NdegeOcello	Peace Beyond Passion
Nominee	Curtis Mayfield	New World Order
Nominee	Oleta Adams	Moving On
Nominee	Maxwell	Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Best Rap Solo Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	LL Cool J	Hey Lover
Nominee	Busta Rhymes	Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check
Nominee	Heavy D	Rock With You
Nominee	NAS	If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)
Nominee	Coolio	1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New)

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	Tha Crossroads
Nominee	2Pac Featuring KC and JoJo	How Do U Want It
Nominee	Salt-N-Pepa	Champagne
Nominee	2Pac Featuring Dr. Dre And Roger Troutman	California Love
Nominee	A Tribe Called Quest	1nce Again

Best Rap Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Fugees	The Score
Nominee	LL Cool J	Mr. Smith
Nominee	Coolio	Gangsta's Paradise
Nominee	A Tribe Called Quest	Beats, Rhymes And Life
Nominee	2Pac	All Eyez On Me

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	LeAnn Rimes	Blue
Nominee	Deana Carter	Strawberry Wine
Nominee	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Let Me Into Your Heart
Nominee	Trisha Yearwood	Believe Me Baby (I Lied)
Nominee	Alison Krauss	Baby Mine

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vince Gill	Worlds Apart
Nominee	Lyle Lovett	Private Conversation
Nominee	Dwight Yoakam	Nothing
Nominee	Junior Brown	My Wife Thinks You're Dead
Nominee	Clint Black	Like The Rain

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Brooks & Dunn	My Maria
Nominee	Diamond Rio	That's What I Get For Loving You
Nominee	Texas Tornados	Little Bit Is Better Than Nada
Nominee	BR5-49	Cherokee Boogie
Nominee	The Mavericks	All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Vince Gill Featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station	High Lonesome Sound
Nominee	Jeff Foxworthy With Alan Jackson	Redneck Games
Nominee	Lyle Lovett And Randy Newman	Long Tall Texan
Nominee	Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood, Lorrie Morgan, Marty Stuart, Little Texas, Tracy Lawrence, Terri Clark, Neal McCoy, Travis Tritt And John Berry	Hope: Country Music's Quest For A Cure
Nominee	Marty Stuart And Travis Tritt	Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chet Atkins	Jam Man
Nominee	Steve Wariner With Bryan White, Derek George, Bryan Austin And Jeffrey Steele	The Brickyard Boogie
Nominee	Vassar Clements, Richard Greene, Chris Thile, Scott Nygaard And Todd Phillips	Scotland
Nominee	Ronnie McCoury, David Grier, Stuart Duncan, Craig Smith And Todd Phillips	Rawhide
Nominee	Diamond Rio	Big

Best Country Song

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	LeAnn Rimes	Blue
Nominee	Deana Carter	Strawberry Wine
Nominee	Junior Brown	My Wife Thinks You're Dead
Nominee	Vince Gill	High Lonesome Sound
Nominee	Trisha Yearwood	Believe Me Baby (I Lied)

Best Country Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Lyle Lovett	The Road To Ensenada
Nominee	Patty Loveless	The Trouble With The Truth
Nominee	Vince Gill	High Lonesome Sound
Nominee	Dwight Yoakam	Gone
Nominee	Trisha Yearwood	Everybody Knows
Nominee	Brooks & Dunn	Borderline

Best Bluegrass Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Various Artists)	True Life Blues - The Songs Of Bill Monroe
Nominee	(Various Artists)	The Stanley Tradition - Tribute To A Bluegrass Legacy
Nominee	The Del McCoury Band	The Cold Hard Facts
Nominee	Tim O'Brien	Red On Blonde
Nominee	Peter Rowan	Bluegrass Boy

Best New Age Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Enya	The Memory Of Trees
Nominee	Suzanne Ciani	Pianissimo II
Nominee	Ottmar Liebert And Luna Negra	Opium
Nominee	Clannad	Lore
Nominee	Acoustic Alchemy	Arcanum

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Wayne Shorter	High Life
Nominee	Harvey Mason	Ratamacue
Nominee	Bob James And Kirk Whalum	Joined At The Hip
Nominee	T.J. Kirk	If Four Was One
Nominee	Mike Stern	Between The Lines

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Cassandra Wilson	New Moon Daughter
Nominee	Shirley Horn	The Main Ingredient
Nominee	Nnenna Freelon	Shaking Free
Nominee	Ernestine Anderson	Blues, Dues And Love News
Nominee	Diana Krall	All For You

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Brecker, soloist	Cabin Fever
Nominee	Joe Lovano	Now Is The Hour
Nominee	Joe Lovano, soloist	Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love
Nominee	Horace Silver, soloist	Diggin' On Dexter
Nominee	Gonzalo Rubalcaba, soloist	Agua De Beber

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Brecker	Tales From The Hudson
Nominee	Horace Silver	The Hardbop Grandpop
Nominee	Billy Childs	The Child Within
Nominee	Joe Lovano	Quartets: Live At The Village Vanguard
Nominee	Charlie Haden Quartet West	Now Is The Hour

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Grover Mitchell	Live At Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
Nominee	Marcus Roberts With The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra	Portraits In Blue
Nominee	Mingus Big Band	Live In Time
Nominee	Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass	Even Canadians Get The Blues
Nominee	Maria Schneider Orchestra	Coming About

Best Latin Jazz Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Paquito D'Rivera	Portraits Of Cuba
Nominee	Terence Blanchard And Ivan Lins	The Heart Speaks
Nominee	Ray Barretto	My Summertime
Nominee	Don Grolnick	Medianoche
Nominee	Steve Berrios	And Then Some!

Best Rock Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	dc Talk	Jesus Freak
Nominee	Newsboys	Take Me To Your Leader
Nominee	Big Tent Revival	Open All Nite
Nominee	Rebecca St. James	God
Nominee	Audio Adrenaline	Bloom

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Various Artists)	Tribute - The Songs Of Andrae Crouch
Nominee	4 Him	The Message
Nominee	Steven Curtis Chapman	Signs Of Life
Nominee	Gary Chapman	Shelter
Nominee	Point Of Grace	Life Love And Other Mysteries

Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Andy Griffith	I Love To Tell The Story - 25 Timeless Hymns
Nominee	Doyle Lawson And Quicksilver	There's A Light Guiding Me
Nominee	Charlie Daniels	Steel Witness
Nominee	Willie Nelson And Bobbie Nelson	How Great Thou Art

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Cissy Houston	Face To Face
Nominee	Slim And The Supreme Angels And Mighty Clouds Of Joy (And The Williams Brothers)	Together As One - A Tribute To The Heritage Of Quartet Music
Nominee	Dorothy Norwood	Shake The Devil Off
Nominee	Walter Hawkins And The Hawkins Family	New Dawning
Nominee	Albertina Walker	Lets Go Back: Live In Chicago

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Kirk Franklin & The Family	Whatcha Lookin' 4
Nominee	Hezekiah Walker, Yolanda Adams And Fred Hammond	Shakin' The House...Live In L.A.
Nominee	Helen Baylor	Love Brought Me Back
Nominee	Yolanda Adams	Live In Washington
Nominee	The Winans	Heart And Soul

Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Shirley Caesar, choir director (Shirley Caesar's Outreach Convention Choir)	Just A Word
Nominee	David R. Curry, Jerry Smith & Dorcus Thigpen, choir directors (Mississippi Mass Choir, David R. Curry, Jerry Smith And Dorcus Thigpen)	I'll See You In The Rapture
Nominee	O'Landa Draper, choir director (O'Landa Draper And The Associates Choir)	Gotta Feelin'
Nominee	(Edwin Hawkins Music And Arts Seminar)	All Things Are Possible
Nominee	(Bishop) Paul S. Morton, choir director (Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Mass Choir; Bishop Paul S. Morton, Choir Director)	A New Thing...Experience The Fullness

Best Latin Pop Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Enrique Iglesias	Enrique Iglesias
Nominee	Luis Miguel	Nada Es Igual...
Nominee	Marco Antonio Solis	En Pleno Vuelo
Nominee	Vikki Carr	Emociones
Nominee	Jose Feliciano	Americano

Best Tropical Latin Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Rubén Blades	La Rosa De Los Vientos
Nominee	Tony Vega	Tony Vega
Nominee	Jerry Rivera	Fresco
Nominee	Oscar D'Leon	El Sonero Del Mundo
Nominee	Albita	Dicen Que...
Nominee	DLG (Dark Latin Groove)	DLG (Dark Latin Groove)

Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	La Mafia	Un Millon De Rosas
Nominee	Vicente Fernandez	Vicente Fernandez Y Sus Canciones
Nominee	Jaime Y Los Chamacos	En Vivo...Puro Party Live!
Nominee	Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte	Arrancame El Corazon
Nominee	Fandango U.S.A.	10th Anniversary

Best Traditional Blues Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	James Cotton	Deep In The Blues
Nominee	The Muddy Waters Tribute Band	You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead And Gone)
Nominee	Jimmy Witherspoon	Live At The Mint
Nominee	John Hammond	Found True Love
Nominee	Junior Wells With Guest Slide Guitarists	Come On In This House

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Keb' Mo'	Just Like You
Nominee	Bobby Blue Bland	Sad Street
Nominee	Taj Mahal	Phantom Blues
Nominee	Clarence Gatemouth Brown	Long Way Home
Nominee	Buddy Guy With G. E. Smith And The Saturday Night Live Band	Live! The Real Deal
Nominee	Bo Diddley	A Man Amongst Men

Best Traditional Folk Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Pete Seeger	Pete
Nominee	John Hartford	Wild Hog In The Red Brush
Nominee	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Thuthukani Ngoxolo - Let's Develop In Peace
Nominee	Norman And Nancy Blake	The Hobo's Last Ride
Nominee	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	Intoxicated Spirit

Best Contemporary Folk Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bruce Springsteen	The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Nominee	Richard Thompson	You? Me? Us?
Nominee	Jerry Douglas And Peter Rowan	Yonder
Nominee	Gillian Welch	Revival
Nominee	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Braver Newer World

Best Reggae Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bunny Wailer	Hall Of Fame - A Tribute To Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary
Nominee	Gregory Isaacs	Mr. Cool
Nominee	Maxi Preist	Man With The Fun
Nominee	Sister Carol	Lyrically Potent
Nominee	The Skatalites	Greetings From Skamania

Best World Music Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Chieftains	Santiago
Nominee	Gipsy Kings	Tierra Gitana
Nominee	Béla Fleck, V.M. Bhatt And Jie-Bing Chen	Tabula Rasa
Nominee	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan And Michael Brook	Night Song
Nominee	Josef Zawinul	My People
Nominee	Ali Akbar Khan And Asha Bhosle	Legacy

Best Polka Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Jimmy Sturr	Polka! All Night Long
Nominee	Frank Yankovic And Friends	Songs Of The Polka King Vol. 1
Nominee	Walter Ostanek And Friends	Putting It All To-Gether
Nominee	Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones	Music, Music, Music!
Nominee	Lenny Gomulka And Chicago Push	Irresistible You

Best Musical Album For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Linda Ronstadt	Dedicated To The One I Love
Nominee	Tom Wurth	Love Songs And Lullabyes For Daddy's Little Dreamer
Nominee	John McCutcheon	John McCutcheon's Four Seasons: Wintersongs
Nominee	Cathy Fink And Marcy Marxer	Blanket Full Of Dreams
Nominee	Tom Chapin	Around The World And Back Again

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Holt	Stellaluna
Nominee	Michael York	Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Nominee	Melissa Manchester	The Wonderful O (James Thurber)
Nominee	Carl Reiner	The Prince And The Pauper (Mark Twain)
Nominee	Robin Williams	Jumanji (Chris Van Allsburg)

Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Hillary Rodham Clinton	It Takes A Village
Nominee	Garrison Keillor	The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Nominee	Lauren Bacall, Martin Landau, Jack Lemmon And Gregory Peck	Harry S Truman: A Journey To Independence
Nominee	Edward Asner, Ellen Burstyn, CCH Pounder And Alfre Woodard	Grow Old Along With Me The Best Is Yet To Be
Nominee	Charles Kuralt	Charles Kuralt's America

Best Spoken Comedy Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Al Franken	Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot
Nominee	Adam Sandler	What The Hell Happened To Me?
Nominee	Dennis Miller	The Rants
Nominee	Peter Schickele	The Definitive Biography Of P.D.Q. Bach
Nominee	Stan Freberg	Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America Vol. 2 (The Middle Years)

Best Musical Show Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bill Whelan, composer; Bill Whelan, lyricist; Bill Whelan, producer (Various Artists)	Riverdance
Nominee	Thomas Z. Shepard, producer (Original Broadway Cast With Julie Andrews, Michael Nouri, Tony Roberts, Rachel York)	Victor/Victoria
Nominee	Jonathan Larson, composer; Jonathan Larson, lyricist; Arif Mardin & Steve Skinner, producers (Original Broadway Cast)	Rent
Nominee	Ann Duquesnay, Zane Mark & Daryl Waters, composers; Ann Duquesnay, Reg E. Gaines & George C. Wolfe, lyricists; James P. Nichols, producer (Original Broadway Cast With Savion Glover)	Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk
Nominee	Phil Ramone, producer (Original 1996 Broadway Cast)	A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

Best Instrumental Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Herbie Hancock & Jean Hancock, composers (Herbie Hancock)	Manhattan (Island Of Lights And Love)
Nominee	Jorge Calandrelli, composer (Eddie Daniels)	The Fifth Season
Nominee	Arturo Sandoval, composer (Arturo Sandoval)	Real McBop
Nominee	Wayne Shorter, composer (Wayne Shorter)	Midnight In Carlotta's Hair
Nominee	Billy Childs, composer (Billy Childs)	Aaron's Song

Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	David Arnold, composer (David Arnold)	Independence Day
Nominee	Thomas Newman, composer (Thomas Newman)	Unstrung Heroes
Nominee	Ennio Morricone, composer (Ennio Morricone)	The Star Maker
Nominee	John Lurie, composer (John Lurie)	Get Shorty - Instrumental s
Nominee	Elliot Goldenthal, composer (Elliot Goldenthal)	Defile And Lament (From A Time To Kill)

Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Celine Dion	Because You Loved Me (Theme From Up Close & Personal)
Nominee	Sting	Moonlight (From Sabrina)
Nominee	Aretha Franklin	It Hurts Like Hell (From The Motion Picture /Waiting To Exhale/)
Nominee	Whitney Houston	Exhale (Shoop Shoop) ( From The Motion Picture /Waiting To Exhale/)
Nominee	Whitney Houston And CeCe Winans	Count On Me (From The Motion Picture /Waiting To Exhale/)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Kamen, arranger (Michael Kamen)	An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus)
Nominee	Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Eddie Daniels)	Summer
Nominee	Jim McNeely, arranger (Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Jon Faddis, Music Director)	Sing, Sing, Sing
Nominee	Wayne Shorter, arranger (Wayne Shorter)	Children Of The Night
Nominee	Lalo Schifrin, arranger (Lalo Schifrin)	Charlie Parker: The Firebird (Medley)

Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal(s)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Alan Broadbent & David Foster, arrangers (Natalie Cole [& Nat King Cole])	When I Fall In Love
Nominee	Take 6, arrangers (Take 6)	When You Wish Upon A Star
Nominee	John Clayton Jr., arranger (Natalie Cole)	Teach Me Tonight
Nominee	Clare Fischer, arranger (Chanticleer)	In The Still Of The Night
Nominee	Quincy Jones & Sam Nestico, arrangers (Phil Collins)	Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

Best Recording Package

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Andy Engel & Tommy Steele, art directors (Various Artists)	Ultra-Lounge (Leopard Skin Sampler)
Nominee	Stefan Sagmeister, art director (Lou Reed)	Set The Twilight Reeling
Nominee	Stefan Sagmeister, art director (Marshall Crenshaw)	Miracle Of Science
Nominee	Chika Azuma & Patricia Lie, art directors (Stan Getz)	East Of The Sun: The West Coast Sessions
Nominee	Adam Jones & Kevin Willis, art directors (Tool)	Aenima

Best Recording Package - Boxed

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Chika Azuma & Arnold Levine, art directors (Miles Davis & Gil Evans)	The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Nominee	Giulio Turturro, art director (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	The Man From Ipanema
Nominee	Jim Ladwig & JoDee Stringham, art directors (Frank Sinatra)	The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
Nominee	Chris Bilheimer & Michael Stipe, art directors (R.E.M.)	New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Nominee	Michael Lang, David Lau & Giulio Turturro, art directors (Various Artists)	Blues, Boogie And Bop: The 1940s Mercury Sessions

Best Album Notes

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	George Avakian, Bob Belden, Bill Kirchner & Phil Schaap, album notes writers (Miles Davis & Gil Evans)	The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Nominee	Will Friedwald, Dave Kapp & Mel Tormé, album notes writers (Mel Tormé)	The Mel Tormé Collection 1944 - 1985
Nominee	Chris Albertson, album notes writer (Bessie Smith)	The Complete Recordings Vol. 5: The Final Chapter
Nominee	Will Friedwald, album notes writer (Frank Sinatra)	The Complete Capitol Singles Collection
Nominee	Lawrence Hoffman, album notes writer (Various Artists)	Mean Old World - The Blues From 1940 To 1994

Best Historical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Bob Belden & Phil Schaap, compilation producers; Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder, mastering engineers (Miles Davis & Gil Evans)	The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Nominee	Jim Fishel & Barbara Lynn Micale, compilation producers; Suha Gur, mastering engineer (Various Artists)	The Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Story 1945 - 1955
Nominee	Dave Kapp, compilation producer; Bob Fisher, Dan Hersch & Bill Inglot, mastering engineers (Mel Torme)	The Mel Torme Collection 1944 - 1985
Nominee	Gregg Geller, Lee Herschberg, Joe McEwen & Ric Ross, compilation producers; Lee Herschberg, mastering engineer (Frank Sinatra)	The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
Nominee	John Pfeiffer, compilation producer; Harold Hagopian, Glen Kolotkin & Ward Marston, mastering engineers (Fritz Kreisler)	Fritz Kreisler: The Complete RCA Recordings

Best Engineered Album - Non-Classical

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Francis Buckley, Al Schmitt, Bruce Swedien & Tommy Vicari, engineers (Quincy Jones)	Q's Jook Joint
Nominee	Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt & Bill Smith, engineers (Toto)	Tambu
Nominee	David Reitzas, Elliot Scheiner, Al Schmitt & Erik Zobler, engineers (Natalie Cole)	Stardust
Nominee	Michael Krowiak, Bob Power & Rail Jon Rogut, engineers (Me'Shell NdegeOcello)	Peace Beyond Passion
Nominee	Moogie Canazio, engineer (Sergio Mendes)	Oceano

Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Babyface	-
Nominee	Don Was (producer)	-
Nominee	Brendan O'Brien (producer)	-
Nominee	Don Gehman (producer)	-
Nominee	David Foster (producer)	-

Best Classical Engineered Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	William Hoekstra & Lawrence Rock, engineers (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)	Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony
Nominee	John Eargle, engineer (Andrew Litton, conductor)	Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (With Chorus); Moscow Coronation Cantata, Etc.
Nominee	Keith O. Johnson, engineer (Eiji Oue, conductor)	Stravinsky: The Song Of The Nightingale; The Firebird Suite, Etc.
Nominee	Charles Harbutt, engineer (Yefim Bronfman, piano)	Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos
Nominee	Lawrence Rock, engineer (Kyoko Takezawa, violin; Steven Isserlis, cello)	Barber: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto, Etc.

Classical Producer Of The Year

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Joanna Nickrenz	-
Nominee	Gary Schultz	-
Nominee	Martin Sauer	-
Nominee	James Mallinson	-
Nominee	Manfred Eicher	-

Best Classical Album

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Leonard Slatkin, artist; Joanna Nickrenz, producer	Corigliano: Of Rage And Remembrance
Nominee	Andre Previn & Gil Shaham, artists; Christian Gansch, producer	Prokofiev: Violin Concerto Nos. 1 And 2; Sonata For Solo Violin
Nominee	James Levine & Bryn Terfel, artists; Arend Prohmann, producer	Opera Arias (Works Of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin, Etc.)
Nominee	Simon Preston & Leonard Slatkin, artists; Joanna Nickrenz, producer	Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony, Etc.
Nominee	Yefim Bronfman & Esa-Pekka Salonen, artists; Gary Schultz, producer	Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos
Nominee	Pierre Boulez, artist; Karl-August Naegler, producer	Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta

Best Orchestral Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)	Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet (Scenes From The Ballet)
Nominee	(St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra)	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 /Leningrad/
Nominee	(Cleveland Orchestra)	Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum; Chronochromie, Etc.
Nominee	(Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra)	Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 2
Nominee	(Chicago Symphony Orchestra)	Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta

Best Opera Recording

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Philip Langridge, Alan Opie & Janice Watson; Richard Hickox, conductor; Brian Couzens, producer (London Symphony Chorus; City Of London Sinfonia)	Britten: Peter Grimes
Nominee	Gilles Cachemaille, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wolfgang Holzmair, Kurt Moll, Luba Orgonasova, Matti Salminen, Christine Schafer & Endrik Wottrich; Helmet Muhle, producer (Berliner Philharmonic)	Weber: Der Freischutz
Nominee	Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Inger Dam-Jensen, Thomas Dausgaard, Gert Henning-Jensen, Johannes Mannov, Inga Nielsen, Guido Paevatalu, Johan Reuter & Marianne Rorholm; Claus Due, producer (Danish National Radio Symphony Chorus; Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra)	Kunzen: Holger Danske
Nominee	Alison Hagley, Jennifer Larmore, Donald Runnicles & Dawn Upshaw; James Mallinson, producer (San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra)	Gluck: Orphee Et Eurydice
Nominee	Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Howard Haskin, Jorma Hynninen & Esa-Pekka Salonen; David Mottley, producer (Eric Chamber Chorus Ericson & Swedish Radio Symphony Chorus; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)	Dallapiccola: Il Prigioniero

Best Choral Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Neville Creed & David Hill, chorus masters; Andrew Litton, conductor (Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)	Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
Nominee	(Chorus Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Orchestra Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)	Schubert: Mass In E Flat
Nominee	Francois Bazola, chorus master (Les Arts Florissants Chorus; Les Arts Florissants Orchestra)	Mozart: Requiem
Nominee	(Monteverdi Chorus; English Country Gardiner Orchestra)	Danny Boy - Songs And Dancing Ballads By Percy Grainger
Nominee	(Amsterdam Baroque Chorus; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra)	Bach: Complete Cantatas, Vol. 1 (Der Herr Denket An Uns; Gott Ist Mein Konig, Etc.)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Yefim Bronfman, artist (Los Angeles Philharmonic)	Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos
Nominee	Truls Mork, artist (London Philharmonic)	Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 And 2
Nominee	Alfred Brendel, artist (SWF Symphony Baden-Baden)	Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
Nominee	Gil Shaham, artist (London Symphony Orchestra)	Prokofiev: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 2
Nominee	Gidon Kremer, artist (London Symphony Orchestra)	Adams: Violin Concerto

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Earl Wild, artist	The Romantic Master - Works Of Saint-Saens, Handel
Nominee	Alan Feinberg, artist	Wuorinen: Third Piano Sonata; Bagatelle, Etc./ Feldman: Palais De Mari
Nominee	Radu Lupu, artist	Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana, Etc.
Nominee	Evgeny Kissin, artist	Schumann: Fantasy/ Liszt: Transcendental Etudes
Nominee	Yefim Bronfman, artist	Prokofiev: Piano Sons. Nos. 2, 3, 5 And 9

Best Chamber Music Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	Cleveland Quartet (James Dunham, Paul Katz, William Preucil & Peter Salaff), artists	Corigliano: String Quartet
Nominee	Martha Argerich, artist	Schumann: Piano Quintet; Piano Quartet, Etc.
Nominee	Olaf Bar, Barbara Bonney, Kurt Streit & Anne Sofie von Otter, artists	Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52/ Neue Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 65
Nominee	Anner Bylsma & Lambert Orkis, artists	Brahms: Cello Sons. Nos. 1 And 2/ Schumann: 5 Stucke Im Volkston, Op. 102, Etc.
Nominee	Martha Argerich & Gidon Kremer, artists	Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 9 /Kreutzer/ And 10

Best Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor)

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	NOMINEES	Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe...
Nominee	New Century Chamber Orchestra	Vivaldi: Concerti Per Molti Istromenti
Nominee	Oliver Knussen	Shostakovich: Written With The Heart's Blood (Chamber Symphony For Strings, Op. 110A; Two Pieces For String Octet, Op. 11, Etc.
Nominee	Gidon Kremer	Matthews: Suns Dance
Nominee	-	Hommage A Piazzolla (Milonga En Re; Vardarito; Oblivion, Etc.)

Best Classical Vocal Performance

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	(Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)	Opera Arias - Works Of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin
Nominee	Jennifer Larmore	Wings In The Night - Swedish Songs (Works Of Peterson-berger; Von Koch, Etc.)
Nominee	(Orchestra De Chambre de Lausanne)	Where Shall I Fly - Handel And Mozart Arias (Voi Che Sapete; Ombra Mai Fu, Etc.)
Nominee	(Orchestra Of St. Luke's)	Visions Of Love - A Collection Of Mozart Arias (Giunse Alfin II Momento...Deh, Vieni; Ruhe Sanft, Etc.)
Nominee	Lorraine Hunt	Faure: L'Horizon Chimerique (Dans La Foret De Septembre; La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61, Etc.)
Nominee	(Hallé Orchestra)	Britten: Phaedra

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	John Corigliano, composer	Corigliano: String Quartet
Nominee	Gunther Schuller, composer	Schuller: Four Soundscapes
Nominee	Einojuhani Rautavaara, composer	Rautavaara: Angel Of Light
Nominee	Colin Matthews, composer	Matthews: Fourth Sonata
Nominee	John Adams, composer	Adams: Violin Concerto

Best Music Video, Short Form

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Beatles	Free As A Bird
Nominee	Green Day	Walking Contradiction
Nominee	The Smashing Pumpkins	Tonight, Tonight (Video)
Nominee	Alanis Morissette	Ironic (Video)
Nominee	Michael Jackson	Earth Song (Video)

Best Music Video, Long Form

Result	Artist	Work
Winner	The Beatles	The Beatles Anthology
Nominee	Reinbert de Leeuw	Satie And Suzanne (Video)
Nominee	Bon Jovi	Live From London (Video)
Nominee	Oingo Boingo	Farewell - Live From The Universal Amphitheatre (Video)
Nominee	Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band	Blood Brothers (Video)