33rd Annual Grammy Awards

General

Record of the Year

• "Another Day in Paradise" – Phil Collins
  • Hugh Padgham & Phil Collins, producers
• "Vision of Love" – Mariah Carey
  • Rhett Lawrence & Narada Michael Walden, producers
• "U Can't Touch This" – MC Hammer
  • MC Hammer, producer
• "From a Distance" – Bette Midler
  • Arif Mardin, producer
• "Nothing Compares 2 U" – Sinéad O'Connor
  • Sinéad O'Connor & Nellee Hooper, producers

Album of the Year

• Back on the Block – Quincy Jones
  • Quincy Jones, producer
• ...But Seriously – Phil Collins
  • Phil Collins & Hugh Padgham, producers
• Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey
  • Mariah Carey, Rhett Lawrence, Ric Wake, Narada Michael Walden, Ben Margulies & Walter Afanasieff, producers
• Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em – MC Hammer
  • Felton Pilate & James Earley, producers
• Wilson Phillips – Wilson Phillips
  • Glen Ballard, producer

Song of the Year

• "From a Distance"
  • Julie Gold, songwriter (Bette Midler)
• "Vision of Love"
  • Mariah Carey & Ben Margulies, songwriters (Mariah Carey)
• "Another Day in Paradise"
  • Phil Collins, songwriter (Phil Collins)
• "Nothing Compares 2 U"
  • Prince, songwriter (Sinéad O'Connor)
• "Hold On"
  • Chynna Phillips, Glen Ballard & Carnie Wilson, songwriters (Wilson Phillips)

Best New Artist

• Mariah Carey
• Lisa Stansfield
• The Black Crowes
• The Kentucky Headhunters
• Wilson Phillips

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

• I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got – Sinéad O'Connor
• Strange Angels – Laurie Anderson
• The Sensual World – Kate Bush
• All Shook Down – The Replacements
• Goodbye Jumbo – World Party

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Recording

• Live at San Quentin – B. B. King
• Standing My Ground – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
• "T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" – Ruth Brown & Linda Hopkins
• "Coming to Town" – John Lee Hooker, Earl Palmer, Tim Drummond, Miles Davis & Roy Rogers
• Too Much Pain – Little Milton

Best Contemporary Blues Recording

• Family Style – Jimmie Vaughan & Stevie Ray Vaughan
• Midnight Stroll – The Robert Cray Band featuring The Memphis Horns
• Jump for Joy – Koko Taylor
• "Red Hot & Blue" – B.B. King and Lee Atwater
• Stickin' to My Guns – Etta James

Children's

Best Recording for Children

• The Little Mermaid – Alan Menken (composer) & Howard Ashman (lyricist)
• Doc Watson Sings Songs for Little Pickers – Doc Watson
• How the Leopard Got His Spots – Danny Glover & Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• The Little Mermaid: Read Along – Roy Dotrice
• The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 2 – Tanya Goodman

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

• Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7
  • Leonard Bernstein, conductor & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 in A & 8 in F
  • Georg Solti, conductor & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6
  • Gerard Schwarz, conductor & the Seattle Symphony Orchestra
• Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question
  • Leonard Bernstein, conductor & the New York Philharmonic
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8, Op. 65
  • Leonard Slatkin, conductor & the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Best Classical Vocal Performance

• Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert
  • Zubin Mehta, conductor, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, & the Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale
• Schubert: The Complete Songs, Vol. 7
  • Elly Ameling
• Berlioz: Les Nuits d Ete, Op. 7; Mahler: 5 Wunderhorn Songs and 5 Ruckert Songs
  • Jan DeGaetani
• Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler, Brahms, Schumann, Loewe, Strauss, Zemlinsky, von Weber)
  • Thomas Hampson
• Adams: The Wound-Dresser
  • Sanford Sylvan

Best Opera Recording

• Wagner: Das Rheingold
  • James Levine (conductor), Siegfried Jerusalem, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jan Hendrik Rootering, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Heinz Zednik; Cord Garben,producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
• Weill: The Threepenny Opera
  • Mario Adorf, Helga Dernesch, René Kollo, Ute Lemper, John Mauceri & Milua; Michael Haas, producer (Berlin Sinfonietta)
• Verdi: Attila
  • Ernesto Gavazzi, Riccardo Muti, Samuel Ramey, Neil Shicoff, Cheryl Studer, Giorgio Surian & Giorgio Zancanaro; David Groves, producer (Milano Teatro Alla Scala Chorus; Milano Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra)
• Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges
  • Gabriel Bacquier, Jules Bastin, Catherine Dubosc, Georges Gautier, Kent Nagano & Jean-Luc Viala; Arend Prohmann, producer (Lyon Opera Chorus; Orchestra De Lyon)
• Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
  • Nicolai Gedda, Paul Plishka, Ruggero Raimondi, Kenneth Riegel, Mstislav Rostropovich, Romauld Tesarowicz & Galina Vichnievskaia; Michel Garcin, producer (National Symphony Orchestra)

Best Choral Performance (other than opera)

• Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis
  • Robert Shaw, conductor; the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
• Bach: St Matthew Passion
  • John Eliot Gardiner, conductor; London Oratory Choir & Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists
• Handel: Susanna
  • Nicholas McGegan, conductor; U. C. Berkeley Chamber Choir; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
• Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 (Sea Symphony)
  • Bernard Haitink, conductor; London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic
• Rachmaninoff: Vespers
  • Robert Shaw, conductor; Robert Shaw Festival Singers

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)

• Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor/ Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor
  • Itzhak Perlman, soloist; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor
• Hanson: Fantasy Variations On A Theme of Youth
  • Gerard Schwarz, soloist; Carol Rosenberger, conductor
• Lazarof: Tableaux (After Kandinsky)
  • Garrick Ohlsson, soloist; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
• Stravinsky: Works for Piano and Orchestra
  • Paul Crossley, soloist; London Sinfonietta; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
• Trumpet Concertos (Haydn, Hummel, Tartini, Torelli, and Bellini)
  • Rolf Smedvig, soloist; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Jahja Ling, conductor

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra)

• The Last Recording – Vladimir Horowitz
• Carter: Night Fantasies; Adams: Phrygian Gates – Ursula Oppens
• Debussy: 12 Piano Études – Mitsuko Uchida
• Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 283, 331, 332, 333 – Alicia de Larrocha
• Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 – Midori

Best Chamber Music or Other Small Ensemble Performance

• Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas
  • Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman
• Arensky: Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor
  • Mona Golabek, Andres Cardenes & Jeffrey Solow
• Bartók: Contrasts; Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat-Suite; Ives: Largo, Songs
  • Richard Stoltzman, Richard Goode & Lucy Chapman Stoltzman
• Crumb: Black Angels; Tallis: Spem in Alium; Marta: Doom. A Sigh; Ives: They Are There!; Shostakovich: Quartet No. 8
  • Kronos Quartet
• Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ
  • Juilliard String Quartet, Benita Valente, Jan DeGaetani, Jon Humphrey, Thomas Paul

Best Contemporary Composition

• Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles
  • Leonard Bernstein, composer
• Adams: The Wound-Dresser
  • John Adams, composer
• Lazarof: Tableaux (After Kandinsky) For Piano And Orchestra
  • Henri Lazarof, composer
• Riley: Salome Dances For Peace
  • Terry Riley, composer
• Zwilich: Symphony No. 2
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, composer

Best Classical Album

• Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question
  • Hans Weber, producer; Leonard Bernstein, conductor & the New York Philharmonic
• Adams: Fearful Symmetries; The Wound-Dresser
  • John Adams, conductor; Sanford Sylvan
• Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert
  • Christopher Raeburn, producer; Zubin Mehta, conductor; José Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti
• Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6; Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth
  • Adam Stern, producer; Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Carol Rosenberger
• The Last Recording
  • Thomas Frost, producer; Vladimir Horowitz
• Rachmaninoff: Vespers
  • Robert Woods, producer; Robert Shaw, conductor

Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
  • Peter Schickele for P. D. Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Pat Metheny (composer) for "Change of Heart" performed by Roy Haynes, Dave Holland & Pat Metheny
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
  • Alan Menken (composer) & Howard Ashman (lyricist) for "Under the Sea" performed by various artists
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • James Horner (composer) for Glory performed by James Horner & the Boys Choir of Harlem
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
  • Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince & Rod Temperton (arrangers) for "Birdland" performed by Quincy Jones
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones & Clif Magness (arrangers) for "The Places You Find Love" performed by Siedah Garrett & Chaka Khan

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Kathy Mattea for "Where've You Been"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Vince Gill for "When I Call Your Name"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Kentucky Headhunters for Pickin' on Nashville
• Best Country Vocal Collaboration
  • Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler for "Poor Boy Blues"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler for "So Soft, Your Goodbye"
• Best Country Song
  • Don Henry & Jon Vezner (songwriters) for "Where've You Been" performed by Kathy Mattea
• Best Bluegrass Recording
  • Alison Krauss for I've Got That Old Feeling

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Recording
  • Doc Watson for On Praying Ground
• Best Contemporary Folk Recording
  • Shawn Colvin for Steady On

Gospel

• Best Pop Gospel Album
  • Sandi Patti for Another Time... Another Place
• Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Petra for Beyond Belief
• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
  • Tramaine Hawkins for Tramaine Hawkins Live
• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
  • Take 6 for So Much 2 Say
• Best Southern Gospel Album
  • Bruce Carroll for The Great Exchange
• Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
  • James Cleveland (choir director) for Having Church performed by the Southern California Community Choir

Historical

• Best Historical Album
  • Lawrence Cohn & Stephen Lavere (producers) for Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings

Jazz

• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
  • Ella Fitzgerald for All That Jazz
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
  • Harry Connick Jr. for We Are in Love
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • Oscar Peterson for The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
  • The Oscar Peterson Trio for The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
  • Frank Foster for "Basie's Bag"
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance
  • Quincy Jones for "Birdland"

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
  • Jose Feliciano for "¿Por Qué Te Tengo Que Olvidar?"
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
  • Tito Puente for "Lambada Timbales"
• Best Mexican-American Performance
  • The Texas Tornados for "Soy de San Luis"

Musical show

• Best Musical Cast Show Album
  • David Caddick (producer) & cast members with Gary Morris for Les Misérables - The Complete Symphonic Recording

Music video

• Best Music Video, Short Form
  • Sharon Oreck (video producer), Candice Reckinger, Michael Patterson (video directors) & Paula Abdul for "Opposites Attract"
• Best Music Video, Long Form
  • John Oetjen (video producer), Rupert Wainwright (video director) & M.C. Hammer for Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie

New Age

• Best New Age Performance
  • Mark Isham for Mark Isham

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
  • Jeffrey Gold, Len Peltier & Suzanne Vega (art directors) for Days of Open Hand performed by Suzanne Vega
• Best Album Notes
  • Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for Brownie - The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown performed by Clifford Brown

Polka

• Best Polka Recording
  • Jimmy Sturr for When It's Polka Time at Your House

Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • Mariah Carey for "Vision of Love"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • Roy Orbison for "Oh Pretty Woman"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt for "All My Life"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Angelo Badalamenti for "Twin Peaks Theme"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Bruce Swedien (engineer) for Back On the Block performed by Quincy Jones
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Festival Singers for Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers
• Producer of the Year, (Non-Classical)
  • Quincy Jones
• Classical Producer of the Year
  • Adam Stern

R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • Anita Baker for Compositions
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Luther Vandross for "Here and Now"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Ray Charles & Chaka Khan for "I'll Be Good to You"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • M.C. Hammer, Rick James & Alonzo Miller (songwriters) for "U Can't Touch This" performed by M.C. Hammer

Rap

• Best Rap Solo Performance
  • M.C. Hammer for "U Can't Touch This"
• Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Quincy D. III & Quincy Jones for "Back on the Block"

Reggae

• Best Reggae Recording
  • Bunny Wailer for Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley

Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
  • Alannah Myles for "Black Velvet"
• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
  • Eric Clapton for "Bad Love"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Aerosmith for "Janie's Got a Gun"
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Vaughan Brothers for "D/FW"
• Best Hard Rock Performance
  • Living Colour for Time's Up
• Best Metal Performance
  • Metallica for "Stone Cold Crazy"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
  • George Burns for Gracie - A Love Story

MusiCares Person of the Year

• David Crosby