Album of the Year

• Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale Lyrics
• Elton John - Caribou Lyrics
• John Denver - Back Home Again
• Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark Lyrics
• Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run

Album of the Year - Classical

• Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
• Benjamin Britten conducting the English Chamber Orchestra (solos: Fischer-Dieskau, Pears, Shirley-Quirk) - Schumann: Faust
• Carlos Kleiber conducting the Dresden State Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Chorus (solos: Mathis, Janowitz, Schreier, Adam) - Weber: Der Freischutz
• Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chors, Ambrosian Singers, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (solos: Gedda, Bastin, Veasey, Van Allan) - Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
• Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing
• Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony; Edinburgh Festival Chorus (solos: Baker, Armstrong) - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
• various artists - Ives: The 100th Anniversary

Best Album Notes

• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - For the Last Time
• Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Flies
• Duke Ellington - The Pianist
• Les Paul, Mary Ford - The World Is Still Waiting for the Sunrise

Best Album Notes - Classical

• solo: Hoeischer; Mattes, conductor - Korngold: The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold
• Kleiber, conductor - Weber: Der Freischutz
• Davis conducting the London Symphony - Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
• Gerhardt conducting the National Philharmonic - Herrmann: Citizen Kane
• Eichhorn conducting the Bavarian Radio Orchestra; solos: Moffo, Donath - Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
• Morris conducting the New Philharmonia Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony No. 10
• Davis conducting the Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra - Mozart: Don Giovanni
• Ormandy, conductor; Temple University Choirs - Rachmaninov: The Bells and 3 Russian Songs
• Levine conducting the New Philharmonia - Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani

Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special

• Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman - The Way We Were
• Herbie Hancock - Death Wish
• Jerry Goldsmith - QB VII
• Michel Legrand - The Three Musketeers
• Mikis Theodorakis - Serpico

Best Album Package

• Mason Proffit - Come and Gone
• Cheech & Chong - Cheech and Chong's Wedding Album
• Eddie Harris - Is It In
• Loggins & Messina - On Stage
• Who - Quadrophenia Lyrics
• Paul Davis - Ride 'Em Cowboy
• Santana - Santana's Greatest Hits
• Pointer Sisters - That's a Plenty

Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• Joni Mitchell - Down to You Lyrics
• Chuck Mangione, Hamilton Philharmonic - Land of Make Believe
• Carol Shive; Mahavishnu Orchestra with the London Symphony - Smile of the Beyond
• Singers Unlimited - We've Only Just Begun
• Singers Unlimited - Where Is Love

Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal

• Albenitz, Giuliani, Granados, etc. - Julian and John, Vol. 2

Best Classical Performance - Choral

• Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Ambrosian Singers, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (solos: Gedda, Bastin, Veasey, Van Allan) - Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
• Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra - Holst: Choral Symphony
• Rudolf Kempe conducting the Royal Philharmonic and Brighton Festival Chorus - Janacek: Glagolitic Mass (Slavonic Mass)
• Jozef Bok, chorus master, Chorus of National Philharmonic Warsaw; Wladyslaw Skoraczewski, chorus master, Pioneer Choir; Andrezej Markowski conducting the Symphony Orchestra of National Philharmonic - Penderecki: Utrenja
• Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra; Robert Page directing the Temple University Choirs - Rachmaninov: The Bells
• Aleksander Svenshnikov conducting the USSR Russian Chorus - Rachmaninov: Vespers (Mass), Op. 37
• Russell Burgess conducting the Aldeburgh Festival Singers, Wandsworth School Choir; Benjamin Britten conducting the English Chamber Orchestra - Schumann: Faust
• John Alldis, chorus master, London Philharmonic Choir; Sir Adrian Boult conducting the orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra

• David Oistrakh (M. Shostakovich conducting the New Philharmonic) - Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Itzhak Perlman (Previn conducting the London Symphony) - Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2
• Alfred Brendel (Haitink conducting the Concertgebouw Orchestra) - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat Major
• Claudio Arrau (Inbal conducting the London Philharmonic) - Chopin: Variations on La ci darem la mano; Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13; Andante Spianato and Gran
• Andre Watts (Leinsdorf conducting the London Symphony) - Liszt: Todtentunz for Piano and Orchestra; Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra
• Norbert Hauptmann (von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic) - Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E Flat Major
• Kyung-Wha Chung (Previn conducting the London Symphony) - Walton: Violin Concerto; Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D Major
• Barry Tuckwell (Marriner conducting the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields) - Weber: Concertino in E Minor for Horn and Orchestra

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra

• Alicia de Larrocha - Albeniz: Iberia
• Glenn Gould - Bach: French Suites, Vol. 2, Nos. 5 and 6
• Vladimir Horowitz - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 21 in C Major (Waldstein) and No. 23 in F Minor (Appassionata)
• David Burge - Crumb: Makro Kosmos
• Itzhak Perlman - Perpetual Motion
• Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky - Ravel and Debussy: Music for 2 Pianos/4 Hands
• Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra

• Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
• Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
• Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic - Bernstein Conducts Ravel
• Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony - Holst: The Planets
• Jose Serebrier conducting the London Philharmonic - Ives: Symphony No. 4
• Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor

Best Classical Performance - Vocal Soloist

• Leontyne Price - Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss
• Sherrill Milnes - Amazing Grace (Agnus Dei, Bless the Lord, O My Soul, etc.)
• Martina Arroyo - There's a Meeting Here Tonight
• Elly Ameling - Schubert: Goethe-Lieder
• Marilyn Horne - French and Spanish Songs
• Julius Eastman - Davies: 8 Songs for a Mad King
• Jan DeGaetani - Crumb: Night of the Four Moons
• Cathy Berberian - Cathy Berberian at the Edinburgh Festival
• Janet Baker - Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
• Birgit Nilsson, Helge Brilioth - Wagner: Duets from Parsifal and Die Walkure

Best Comedy Recording

• Richard Pryor - That Nigger's Crazy
• Cheech & Chong - Cheech and Chong's Wedding Album
• David Steinberg - Booga! Booga!
• National Lampoon - Missing White House Tapes
• Robert Klein - Mind over Matter

Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance

• Chet Atkins, Merle Travis - The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show
• Charlie McCoy, Barefoot Jerry - Boogie Woogie
• Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass - Nashville Brass in Blue Grass Country
• Charlie McCoy - The Nashville Hit Man
• Floyd Cramer - The Young and the Restless

Best Country & Western Song

• Norris Wilson, Billy Sherrill - A Very Special Love Song
• Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer - Fairytale
• Janice Torre, Fred Spielman - Paper Roses
• Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December Lyrics
• Ray Pennington - I'm a Ramblin' Man

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo or Group

• Pointer Sisters - Fairytale
• Willie Nelson, Tracy Nelson - After the Fire is Gone
• Bobby Bare, Bobby Bare Jr. - Daddy What If
• Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge - Loving Arms
• The Statler Brothers - Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott Lyrics

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female

• Anne Murray - Love Song Lyrics
• Dolly Parton - Jolene Lyrics
• Dottie West - Last Time I Saw Him
• Tammy Wynette - Woman To Woman Lyrics
• Tanya Tucker - Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) Lyrics

Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male

• Ronnie Milsap - Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends Lyrics
• Glen Campbell - Bonaparte's Retreat
• Charley Pride - Country Feelin'
• Waylon Jennings - I'm A Ramblin' Man Lyrics
• Roy Clark - The Entertainer

Best Engineered Recording

• Geoff Emerick - Band on the Run (Paul McCartney & Wings)
• Ken Scott, John Jansen - Crime of the Century (Supertramp)
• Bill Schnee - Lincoln Mayorga and Distinguished Colleagues, Vol. 3 (Lincoln Mayorga)
• Tommy Vicari, Larry Forkner - Powerful People (Gino Vannelli)
• Rik Pekkonen, Peter Granet - Southern Comfort (Crusaders)

Best Engineered Recording - Classical

• Kenneth Wilkinson - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony)
• Bud Graham, Ray Moore - Bernstein: Candide (original cast)
• Stanley Tonkel, Ray Moore, Milt Cherin - Copland: Appalachian Spring (Copland conducting the Columbia Chamber Players)
• Paul Goodman, Robert Auger - Ives: Symphony No. 4 (Serebrier conducting the London Philharmonic)
• Marc Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz - Percussion Music (New Jersey Percussion Ensemble)
• Anthony Salvatore - Puccini: La Boheme (Solti conducting the London Philharmonic; solos: Domingo, Caballe)
• Isao Tornita - Snowflakes Are Dancing (Isao Tomita)

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording

• Doc & Merle Martin - Two Days in November
• Bukka White - Big Daddy
• Howlin' Wolf - The Back Door Wolf
• Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf - London Revisted
• Willie Dixon - Catalyst

Best Gospel Performance

• Oak Ridge Boys - The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor Lyrics
• Imperials - Follow the Man with the Music
• LeFevres - Stepping on the Clouds
• Wendy Bagwell & the Sunliters - The Carpenter's Tool
• Blackwood Brothers - There He Goes

Best Inspirational Performance

• Elvis Presley - How Great Thou Art Lyrics
• Bill Pursell - Listen
• Tennessee Ernie Ford - Make a Joyful Noise
• Bill Gaither Trio - Thanks for Sunshine
• Sister Janet Mead - The Lord's Prayer

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• Pat Williams - Threshold (Pat Williams)
• Les Hooper - Circumvent (Les Hooper Big Band)
• Don Sebesky - Firebird/Birds of Fire (Don Sebesky)
• Les Hooper - Look What They've Done (Les Hooper Big Band)
• Bob James - Night on Bald Mountain

Best Instrumental Composition

• Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (Theme from The Exorcist)
• Benny Golson - Along Came Betty
• Barry White - Barry's Theme
• Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson, Bernie Maupin, Harvey Mason - Chameleon
• Barry White - Rhapsody in White

Best Jazz Performance - Big Band

• Woody Herman - Thundering Herd
• Chuck Mangione, Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra - Land of Make Believe
• Les Hooper Big Band - Look What They've Done
• Pat Williams - Threshold
• Don Sebesky - Giant Box

Best Jazz Performance - Group

• Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Niels Pedersen - The Trio
• Freddie Hubbard - High Energy
• Supersax - Salt Peanuts
• McCoy Tyner - Sama Layuca
• Bill Evans - The Tokyo Concert

Best Jazz Performance - Soloist

• Charlie Parker - First Recordings!
• Freddie Hubbard - High Energy
• Hubert Laws - In the Beginning
• McCoy Tyner - Naima
• Keith Jarrett - Solo Concerts

Best Opera Recording

• Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic (solos: Caballe, Domingo, Milnes, Blegen, Raimondi) - Puccini: La Boheme
• Carlos Kleiber conducting the Dresden State Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Chorus (solos: Mathis, Janowitz, Schreier, Adam, Crass, Weikl) - Weber: Der Freischutz
• Colin Davis conducting the Chorus and Orchestra Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (solos: Wixell, Ganzarolli, Arroyo, Te Kanawa, Freni, Burrows) - Mozart: Don Giovanni
• Georg Solti conducting the London Philharmonic (solos: Lorengar, Berganza, Berbie, Davies, Krause, Bacquier) - Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
• James Levine conducting the New Philharmonia; John Alldis Choir (solos: Arroyo, Domingo, Milnes, Raimondi) - Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
• Kurt Eichhorn conducting the Bavarian Radio Orchestra (solos: Moffo, Ludwig, Fischer-Dieskau) - Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel
• Rafael Kubelik conducting the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra (solos: Donath, Fassbaender, Gedda, Fischer-Dieskau, Prey) - Pfitzner: Palestrina

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• Marvin Hamlisch - The Entertainer
• Quincy Jones - Along Came Betty
• Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
• Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Love Unlimited Orchestra - Rhapsody in White

Best Recording for Children

• Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway, Paul Winchell - Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger Too
• Burl Ives, others - America Sings
• Eli Wallach - Eli Wallach Reads Isaac Bashevis Singer
• Mel Blanc - New Adventures of Bugs Bunny, Vol. 2
• various artists, narrated by Roger Miller - Robin Hood

Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance

• MFSB - TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)
• Kool & The Gang - Light of Worlds
• Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces Lyrics
• Crusaders - Scratch
• Billy Preston - Struttin'

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

• Stevie Wonder - Living in the City
• Harold Davis, Don Fletcher, Dean Parts - Dancing Machine
• Henry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch - Rock Your Baby
• Ken Gamble - For the Love of Money

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo, Group or Chorus

• Rufus - Tell Me Somethign Good
• Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine Lyrics
• O'Jays - For the Love of Money
• Gladys Knight And The Pips - I Feel A Song In My Heart Lyrics
• Spinners - Mighty Love

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female

• Aretha Franklin - Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
• Ann Peebles - (You Keep Me) Hangin' On
• Millie Jackson - If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
• Etta James - St. Louis Blues
• Tina Turner - Tina Turns the Country On!
• Shirley Brown - Woman to Woman
• Thelma Houston - You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long

Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male

• Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman Lyrics
• Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down
• Johnny Bristol - Hang On in There Baby
• Marvin Gaye - Marvin Gaye - Live
• George Mccrae - Rock Your Baby Lyrics

Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album

• Judd Woldin, Robert Brittan - Raisin
• Earl Wilson Jr., Phil Oesterman - Let My People Come
• Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman - Over Here
• Richard O'Brien - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Stephen Schwartz - The Magic Show

Best Soul Gospel Performance

• James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir - In the Ghetto
• Edwin Hakwins Singers - Edwin Hawkins Singers Live
• Ike Turner - Father Alone
• Five Blind Boys - My Desire
• Ike & Tina Turner - The Gospel According to Ike and Tina

Best Spoken Word Recording

• Peter Cook, Dudley Moore - Good Evening
• Eric Sevareid - An Ear to the Sounds of Our History
• Rod McKuen - Autumn
• Sam Ervin - Senator Sam at Home

Hall of Fame

• Artur Schnabel - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas
• Benny Goodman - Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
• Bunny Berigan - I Can't Get Started
• Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo
• Enrico Caruso - Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Act I: Vesti La Giubba

New Artist

• Marvin Hamlisch
• David Essex
• Johnny Bristol
• Graham Central Station
• Bad Company Lyrics
• Phoebe Snow Lyrics

Pop Female Vocalist

• Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You Lyrics
• Cleo Laine - Cleo Laine Live at Carnegie Hall
• Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark Lyrics
• Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love
• Carole King - Jazzman Lyrics

Pop Male Vocalist

• Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale
• Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle Lyrics
• Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Lyrics
• Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing Lyrics
• Dave Loggins - Please Come to Boston

Pop Vocal Group

• Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
• Quincy Jones - Body Heat
• Steely Dan - Ricky, Don't Lose That Number
• Dionne Warwick and the Spinners - Then Came You
• The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New Lyrics

Producer of the Year

• Thom Bell
• Rick Hall
• Lenny Waronker
• Stevie Wonder Lyrics
• Billy Sherrill

Record of the Year

• Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You Lyrics
• Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Lyrics
• Joni Mitchell - Help Me Lyrics
• Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis
• Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love

Song of the Year

• Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch - The Way We Were
• David Nichtern - Midnight at the Oasis
• Eugene McDaniels - Feel Like Makin' Love
• Jeff Barry, Peter Allen - I Honestly Love You
• Paul Williams, Ken Ascher - You and Me against the World