33rd Annual Grammy Awards

Award winners

General

• "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

• Quincy Jones for Back on the Block

• Julie Gold for "From a Distance" performed by Bette Midler

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

  Alternative

• Best Alternative Music Performance
• *Sinéad O'Connor for I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

  Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Recording
• *B.B. King for Live at San Quentin
• Best Contemporary Blues Recording
• *Jimmie Vaughan & Stevie Ray Vaughan for Family Style

  Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• *Alan Menken & Howard Ashman for The Little Mermaid performed by various artists

  Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
• *Leonard Bernstein & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
• *Zubin Mehta, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, & the Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale for Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert
• Best Opera Recording
• *Cord Garben, James Levine, Siegfried Jerusalem, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jan Hendrik Rootering, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Heinz Zednik & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for Wagner: Das Rheingold
• Best Choral Performance
• *Robert Shaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis
• Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist
• *Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor/ Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor
• Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist
• *Vladimir Horowitz for The Last Recording
• Best Chamber Music or Other Small Ensemble Performance
• *Daniel Barenboim & Itzhak Perlman for Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas
• Best Contemporary Composition
• *Leonard Bernstein, Judy Kaye & William Sharp for Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles
• Best Classical Album
• *Hans Weber, Leonard Bernstein & the New York Philharmonic for Ives: Sym. No. 2; Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question

  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 for "Change of Heart" performed by Roy Haynes, Dave Holland & Pat Metheny
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
• *Alan Menken & Howard Ashman for "Under the Sea" performed by various artists
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
• *James Horner for Glory performed by James Horner & the Boys Choir of Harlem
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
• *Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince & Rod Temperton for "Birdland" performed by Quincy Jones
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal
• *Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones & Clif Magness 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 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 for Having Church performed by the Southern California Community Choir

  Historical

• Best Historical Album
• *Lawrence Cohn & Stephen Lavere 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 & cast members with Gary Morris for Les Misérables - The Complete Symphonic Recording

  Music video

• Best Music Video, Short Form
• *Sharon Oreck, Candice Reckinger, Michael Patterson & Paula Abdul for "Opposites Attract"
• Best Music Video, Long Form
• *John Oetjen, Rupert Wainwright & 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 for Days of Open Hand performed by Suzanne Vega
• Best Album Notes
• *Dan Morgenstern 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 for Back On the Block performed by Quincy Jones
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• *Jack Renner, Robert Shaw & the Robert Shaw Festival Singers for Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers
• Producer of the Year,
• *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 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

  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

  Special merit awards

• Bob Dylan was given a lifetime award presented by Jack Nicholson and sang "Masters of War" on the night of the first US invasion of Iraq.
• John Lennon was granted a posthumous lifetime achievement award, one year after his partner, Paul McCartney.
• The Chairman's Merit Award to Harry Everett Smith for the "Anthology of American Folk Music''

  [MusiCares Person of the Year]

• David Crosby

  Reception

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