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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Hugh Padgham (producer) & Phil Collins (producer & artist) for "Another Day in Paradise"

Album Of The Year

--- Quincy Jones (producer & artist) for ''Back on the Block''

Song Of The Year

--- Julie Gold (songwriter) for "From a Distance" performed by Bette Midler

Best New Artist

--- Mariah Carey

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 (composer) & Howard Ashman (lyricist) for ''The Little Mermaid'' performed by various artists

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

--- Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Shostakovich : Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7''

Best Classical Vocal Performance

--- Zubin Mehta (conductor), José Carreras , Plácido Domingo , Luciano Pavarotti , & the Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale for ''Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert ''

Best Opera Recording

--- Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), 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 (other Than Opera)

---: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis''

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with Orchestra)

---: Violin Concerto in A Minor''

Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (without Orchestra)

--- 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 (composer), Judy Kaye & William Sharp for ''Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles''

Best Classical Album

--- Hans Weber (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & 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 (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 Vesner (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 Que 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 Garry Morris for ''Les Miserables - 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 Vocal Performance, Female

--- Mariah Carey for " Vision Of Love "

Best 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''

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