30th Annual Grammy Awards

Award winners

• Record of the Year
• *Paul Simon for "Graceland"
• Album of the Year
• *Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois & U2 for The Joshua Tree
• Song of the Year
• *Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil & James Horner for "Somewhere Out There" performed by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
• Best New Artist
• *Jody Watley

  Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Recording
• *Professor Longhair for Houseparty New Orleans Style
• Best Contemporary Blues Recording
• *The Robert Cray Band for Strong Persuader

  Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• *Tom Bradshaw, Mark Sottnick, Bobby McFerrin & Jack Nicholson for The Elephant's Child

  Classical

• Best Orchestral Recording
• *Michael Haas, Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
• *Kathleen Battle for Kathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital
• Best Opera Recording
• *Cord Garben, James Levine, Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for R. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
• Best Choral Performance
• *Robert Shaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist
• *James Levine, Itzhak Perlman & the Vienna Philharmonic for Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 4
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist
• *Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Moscow
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• *Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman & for Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
• Best Contemporary Composition
• *Krzysztof Penderecki, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2
• Best Classical Album
• *Thomas Frost & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Moscow

  Comedy

• "A Night at the Met"-Robin Williams

  Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
• *Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins & Wayne Shorter for Call Sheet Blues performed by various artists
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
• *James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil for Somewhere Out There performed by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
• Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
• *Ennio Morricone for The Untouchables
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
• *Bill Holman for Take The "A" Train performed by The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal
• *Frank Foster for Deedles' Blues performed by Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestraか

  Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• *K. T. Oslin for "80's Ladies"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• *Randy Travis for Always & Forever
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt for Trio
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet
• *Ronnie Milsap & Kenny Rogers for Make No Mistake, She's Mine
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
• *Asleep at the Wheel for String of Pars
• Best Country Song
• *Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz for Forever and Ever, Amen performed by Randy Travis

  Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Recording
• *Ladysmith Black Mambazo for Shaka Zulu
• Best Contemporary Folk Recording
• *Steve Goodman for Unfinished Business

  Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance, Female
• *Deniece Williams for I Believe In You
• Best Gospel Performance, Male
• *Larnelle Harris for The Father Hath Provided
• Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
• *Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart for Crack the Sky
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
• *CeCe Winans for For Always
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
• *Al Green for Everything's Gonna Be Alright
• Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
• *The Winans & Anita Baker for Ain't No Need to Worry

  Historical

• Best Historical Album
• *Orrin Keepnews for Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings

  Jazz

• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
• *Diane Schuur for Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
• *Bobby McFerrin for What Is This Thing Called Love
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
• *Dexter Gordon for The Other Side of Round Midnight
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
• *Wynton Marsalis for Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
• *Mercer Ellington for Digital Duke
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
• *Pat Metheny Group for Still Life

  Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
• *Julio Iglesias for Un Hombre Solo
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
• *Eddie Palmieri for La Verdad - The Truth
• Best Mexican-American Performance
• *Los Tigres del Norte for Gracias!... América... Sin Fronteras

  Musical show

• Best Musical Cast Show Album
• *Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, & the original Broadway cast for Les Misérables

  Music video

• Best Concept Music Video
• *Genesis for "Land of Confusion"
• Best Performance Music Video
• * Anthony Eaton for The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert performed by various artists

  New Age

• Best New Age Performance
• *Yusef Lateef for Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony

  Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
• *Bill Johnson for King's Record Shop performed by Rosanne Cash
• Best Album Notes
• *Orrin Keepnews for Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings performed by Thelonious Monk

  Polka

• A Polka Just for Me – Jimmy Sturr

  Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• * "I Wanna Dance with Somebody " – Whitney Houston
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• * "Bring on the Night " – Sting
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• * " The Time of My Life" – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• * "Minute by Minute" – Larry Carlton

  Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
• * Bruce Swedien & Humberto Gatica for Bad performed by Michael Jackson
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• * Jack Renner, Robert Shaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem
• Producer of the Year,
• * Narada Michael Walden
• Classical Producer of the Year
• * Robert Woods

  R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• * Aretha Franklin for Aretha
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• * Smokey Robinson for "Just to See Her"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• * Aretha Franklin & George Michael for "I Knew You Were Waiting "
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
• * David Sanborn for "Chicago Song"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• * Bill Withers for "Lean on Me" performed by Club Nouveau

  Reggae

• Best Reggae Recording
• * No Nuclear War – Peter Tosh

  Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo
• * "Tunnel of Love" – Bruce Springsteen
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• * The Joshua Tree – U2

• * "Jazz from Hell" – Frank Zappa

  Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
• * Garrison Keillor for Lake Wobegon Days