34th Annual Grammy Awards

Award winners

Record of the Year

David Foster (producer) for "Unforgettable" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole

Album of the Year

André Fischer, David Foster & Tommy LiPuma (producers) for Unforgettable... with Love performed by Natalie Cole

Song of the Year

Irving Gordon (songwriter) 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 (producer) for A Capella Kids performed by The Maranatha! Kids

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Corigliano: Symphony No. 1

Best Classical Vocal Soloist

Dawn Upshaw for The Girl With Orange Lips (Falla, Ravel, etc.)

Best Opera Recording

Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), 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 (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bach: Mass in B Minor

Best Instrumental Soloist With Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin (conductor), 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 (Opp. 25 and 26)

Best Contemporary Composition

John Corigliano (composer), Daniel Barenboim (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Corigliano: Symphony No. 1

Best Classical Album

Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), 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 (composer) for "Basque" performed by James Galway

Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television

Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John "Mutt" Lange (songwriters) for "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" performed by Bryan Adams

Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television

John Barry (composer) for Dances With Wolves

Best Arrangement on an Instrumental

Dave Grusin (arranger) for "Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy"

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

Johnny Mandel (arranger) 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 (songwriters) 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 (producers) 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 (choir director) for The Evolution of Gospel performed by The Sounds of Blackness

Historical

Best Historical Album

Steven Lasker & Andy McKaie (producers) 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 (producer and composer), Mike Berniker (producer), Adolph Green, Betty Comden (lyricists) & the original Broadway cast for The Will Rogers Follies

Music video

Best Music Video, Short Form

Tarsem (video director) & R.E.M. for "Losing My Religion"

Best Music Video, Long Form

Anthony Eaton (video producer), David Mallet, Mark "Aldo" Miceli (video directors) & 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 (art director) 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 (notes writers) 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 "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

Al Schmitt, Armin Steiner, David Reitzas & Woody Woodruff (engineers) for Unforgettable... with Love performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole

Best Classical Engineered Recording

Gregor Zielinsky (engineer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Bernstein: Candide

Producer of the Year, (Non Classical)

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 (songwriters) 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 (songwriter) 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

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.