34th Annual Grammy Awards

Award winners

• Record of the Year
• *David Foster for "Unforgettable" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
• Album of the Year
• *André Fischer, David Foster & Tommy LiPuma for Unforgettable... with Love performed by Natalie Cole
• Song of the Year
• *Irving Gordon for "Unforgettable" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
• Best New Artist
• *Marc Cohn

  Alternative

• Best Alternative Music Album
• *R.E.M. for Out of Time

  Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Album
• *B.B. King for Live at the Apollo
• Best Contemporary Blues Album
• *Buddy Guy for Damn Right, I've Got the Blues

  Children's

• Best Album for Children
• *Clifford "Barney" Robertson for A Capella Kids performed by The Maranatha! Kids

  Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
• *Daniel Barenboim & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Corigliano: Symphony No. 1
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist
• *Dawn Upshaw for The Girl With Orange Lips
• Best Opera Recording
• *Cord Garben, James Levine, Hildegard Behrens, Reiner Goldberg, Matti Salminen, Hanna Schwarz, Cheryl Studer, Bernd Weikl, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for Wagner: Götterdämmerung
• Best Performance of a Choral Work
• *Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bach: Mass in B Minor
• Best Instrumental Soloist With Orchestra
• *Leonard Slatkin, John Browning & the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for Barber: Piano Concerto
• Best Classical Performance Instrumental Solo Without Orchestra
• *Alicia de Larrocha for Granados: Goyescas; Allegro de Concierto; Danza Lenta
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• *Emanuel Ax, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma & Isaac Stern for Brahms: Piano Quartets
• Best Contemporary Composition
• *John Corigliano, Daniel Barenboim & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Corigliano: Symphony No. 1
• Best Classical Album
• *Hans Weber, Leonard Bernstein, June Anderson, Nicolai Gedda, Adolph Green, Jerry Hadley, Della Jones, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Ollmann & the London Symphony Orchestra for Bernstein: Candide

  Comedy

• Best Comedy Album
• *Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio

  Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
• *Elton John for "Basque" performed by James Galway
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
• *Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John "Mutt" Lange for " I Do It for You" performed by Bryan Adams
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
• *John Barry for Dances With Wolves
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
• *Dave Grusin for "Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal
• *Johnny Mandel for "Unforgettable" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole

  Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• *Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Down at the Twist and Shout"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• *Garth Brooks for Ropin' the Wind
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *The Judds for "Love Can Build a Bridge"
• Best Country Vocal Collaboration
• *Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs & Steve Wariner for "Restless"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
• *Mark O'Connor for The New Nashville Cats
• Best Country Song
• *John Jarvis, Naomi Judd & Paul Overstreet for "Love Can Build a Bridge" performed by The Judds
• Best Bluegrass Album
• *Carl Jackson & John Starling for Spring Training

  Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album
• *Ken Burns & John Colby for The Civil War - Original Soundtrack performed by various artists
• Best Contemporary Folk Album
• *John Prine for The Missing Years

  Gospel

• Best Pop Gospel Album
• *Steven Curtis Chapman for For the Sake of the Call
• Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album
• *Russ Taff for Under Their Influence
• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
• *Mighty Clouds of Joy for Pray For Me
• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
• *BeBe Winans & CeCe Winans for Different Lifestyles
• Best Southern Gospel Album
• *The Gaither Vocal Band for Homecoming
• Best Gospel Album by Choir or Chorus
• *Gary Hines for The Evolution of Gospel performed by The Sounds of Blackness

  Historical

• Best Historical Album
• *Steven Lasker & Andy McKaie for Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Recordings

  Jazz

• Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
• *Stan Getz for "I Remember You"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
• *The Oscar Peterson Trio for Saturday Night at the Blue Note
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
• *Dizzy Gillespie for Live at the Royal Festival Hall
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
• *Take 6 for He Is Christmas
• Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
• *The Manhattan Transfer for "Sassy"

  Latin

• Best Latin Pop Album
• *Vikki Carr for Cosas del Amor
• Best Tropical Latin Album
• *Juan Luis Guerra for Bachata Rosa
• Best Mexican-American Album
• *Little Joe for 16 de Septiembre

  Musical show

• Best Musical Show Album
• *Cy Coleman, Mike Berniker, Adolph Green, Betty Comden & the original Broadway cast for The Will Rogers Follies

  Music video

• Best Music Video, Short Form
• *Tarsem & R.E.M. for "Losing My Religion"
• Best Music Video, Long Form
• *Anthony Eaton, David Mallet, Mark "Aldo" Miceli & Madonna for Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour Live

  New Age

• Best New Age Album
• *Chip Davis for Fresh Aire 7

  Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
• *Vartan for Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Recordings performed by Billie Holiday
• Best Album Notes
• *Alan M. Leeds, Cliff White, Harry Weinger, James Brown & Nelson George for Star Time performed by James Brown

  Polka

• Best Polka Album
• *Jimmy Sturr for Live at Gilley's!

  Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• *Bonnie Raitt for "Something to Talk About"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• *Michael Bolton for "When a Man Loves a Woman"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *R.E.M. for "Losing My Religion"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• *Michael Kamen for

  Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
• *Al Schmitt, Armin Steiner, David Reitzas & Woody Woodruff for Unforgettable... with Love performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
• Best Classical Engineered Album
• *Gregor Zielinsky, Leonard Bernstein & the London Symphony Orchestra for Bernstein: Candide
• Producer of the Year,
• *David Foster
• Classical Producer of the Year
• *James Mallinson

  R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• *Lisa Fischer for "How Can I Ease the Pain"
• *Patti LaBelle for "Burnin'"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• *Luther Vandross for Power of Love
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Boyz II Men for "Cooleyhighharmony"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• *Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross & Teddy Vann for "Power of Love/Love Power" performed by Luther Vandross

  Rap

• Best Rap Solo Performance
• *LL Cool J for "Mama Said Knock You Out"
• Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
• *DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for "Summertime"

  Reggae

• Best Reggae Album
• *Shabba Ranks for As Raw as Ever

  Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo
• *Bonnie Raitt for Luck of the Draw
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Bonnie Raitt & Delbert McClinton for Good Man, Good Woman
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
• *Eric Johnson for "Cliffs of Dover"
• Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal
• *Van Halen for "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge"
• Best Metal Performance with Vocal
• *Metallica for Metallica
• Best Rock Song
• *Sting for "The Soul Cages"

  Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
• *Ken Burns for The Civil War

  Traditional pop

• Best Traditional Pop Performance
• *Natalie Cole for Unforgettable... with Love

  World

• Best World Music Album
• *Mickey Hart for Planet Drum

  Special merit awards

[MusiCares Person of the Year]

• Bonnie Raitt

  [Grammy Legend Award]

• Barbra Streisand

  Trivia

• Lisa Fischer and Patti LaBelle tied in the category of Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, therefore both won awards.