
About The Show
This is truly the grand-daddy of all awards shows. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences recognizes outstanding musical achievements. The Grammys always prove to be a night of spectacle and performance that truly can't be missed.
Host: Garry Shandling
Date: February 28, 1994
City: New York City
This Year's Performers
The Nominees
Album Of The Year
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Winner:
Original Soundtrack The Bodyguard - Sting Ten Summoner's Tales
- REM For the People
- Billy Joel River of Dreams
- Donald Fagen Kamakiriad
Best Album Notes
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Winner: Billie Holiday
The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve, 1945-1959
- Wes Montgomery The Complete Riverside Recordings
- Various Artists Sounds of the South - A Musical Journey from the Georgia Sea Islands to the Mississippi Delta Recorded in the Field by Alan Lomax
- B.B. King King of the Blues
- Elvis Presley Elvis from Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters I
Best Alternative Music Album
Best Arrangement On An Instrumental
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Winner:
Dave Grusin Mood Indigo - Vince Mendoza, Arif Mardin Suite Fraternidad (1st and 2nd Movements)
- GRP All-Star Big Band Oleo
- Vince Mendoza, Arif Mardin Buleria
- Lalo Schifrin Dizzy Gillespie Fireworks
Best Bluegrass Album
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Winner:
Nashville Bluegrass Band Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go - Tony Rice Tony Rice Plays and Sings Bluegrass
- Stuart Duncan Stuart Duncan
- Ralph Stanley Saturday Night (and Sunday Morning)
- Johnson Mountain Boys Blue Diamond
Best Chamber Music Performance
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Winner:
Emerson String Quartet Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2/Barber: String Quartet, Op. 11 (American Originals) - Girdon Kremer, violin; Martha Argerich, piano Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2; Melodies
- Janos Starker, cello; Rudolf Firkusny, piano Martinu: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3
- Itzhak Perlman, violin; Pinchas Zukerman, viola; Lynn Harrell, cello Beethoven: Complete String Trios, Opp. 3, 8 and 9
- Emanuel Ax, piano; Isaac Stern, violin; Jaime Laredo, viola; Yo-Yo Ma, cello Faure: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 and 2
Best Choral Performance
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Winner:
Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Margaret Hillis, choral director Bartok: Cantata Profana - Paul McCreesh conducting the Gabrieli Consort and Players Venetian Vespers
- Leonard Slatkin conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint-Sebastien
- Roger Norrington conducting the London Classical Players and Schutz Choir of London Brahms: A German Requiem
Best Classical Album
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Winner:
Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, baritone Bartok: The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana - Paul McCreesh conducting the Gabrieli Consort and Players Venetian Vespers
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the London Symphony; McNair, Murray, Stutzmann, principal soloists Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint-Sebastien
- James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Berg: Violin Concerto; Rihm: Time Chant
- Cecilia Bartoli, soprano; Gyorgy Fischer, piano If You Love Me (18th Century Italian Songs)
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Without Orchestra
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Winner:
John Browning, piano Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music - Leon Fleisher, piano Leon Fleisher Recital (Piano Works for Left Hand - Tackacs, Saint-Saens, Bach, Scriabin)
- Richard Goode, piano Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Nos. 1-4, 8-12, 13-15, 19-27
- Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano
- Andras Schiff, piano Bach: 6 French Suites, BWV 812-17
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) With Orchestra
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Winner:
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin (James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony) Berg: Violin Concerto; Rihm: Time Chant - Gil Shaham, violin (Giuseppe Sinopoli conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Sibelius: Violin Concerto
- Leon Fleisher, piano (Seiji Ozawa conducting the Boston Symphony) Ravel: Piano Concerto for Left Hand; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 for Left Hand; Britten: Piano D
- Richard Stoltzman, clarinet (Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the London Symphony) Copland: Clairnet Concerto; Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata; Gershwin: 3 Preludes
- Stephen Kovacevich, piano (Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the London Philharmonic) Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Best Classical Vocal Performance
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Winner:
Arleen Auger, soprano (Joel Revzen, accompanist) The Art of Arleen Auger (Works of Larsen, Purcell, Schumann, Mozart) - Anne Sofie von Otter, soprano (Bengt Forsberg, accompanist) Grieg: Lieder
- Christa Ludwig, contralto (Charles Spencer, accompanist) Farewell to Salzburg (Works of Brahms, Mahler, Schumann, Strauss)
- Sylvia McNair, soprano (John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists) Exsultate Jubilate (Works of Handel, Mozart)
- Gabriela Benackova, soprano (Rudolf Firkusny, accompanist) Dvorak, Janacek, Martinu: Lieder
Best Contemporary Blues Album
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Winner: Buddy Guy
Feels Like Rain
- Robben Ford, Blue Line Mystic Mile
- Johnny Winter Hey, Where's Your Brother?
- John Mayall Wake Up Call
- Paul Rodgers Muddy Water Blues - A Tribute to Muddy Waters
Best Contemporary Composition
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Winner:
Oliver Knussen conducting the London Sinfonietta; Olc Bohn, violin Violin Concerto - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Orphee-Serenade
- Tokyo String Quartet A Way Alone
- Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony; Faye Robinson, soprano Byzantium
- Lynn Harrell, cello; Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Cello Concerto
Best Contemporary Folk Album
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Winner: Nanci Griffith
Other Voices/Other Rooms
- Shawn Colvin Fat City
- Jimmie Dale Gilmore Spinning Around the Sun
- Janice Ian Breaking Silence
- Bob Dylan Good As I Been To You
- BeauSoleil La Danse de la Vie
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance - Instrumental
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Winner:
Pat Metheny Group The Road to You - Chick Corea Elektric Band II Paint the World
- Yellowjackets Like a River
- Fourplay Between the Sheets
- John Patitucci Another World
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
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Winner: Winans
All Out
- Vanessa Bell Armstrong Something on the Inside
- Richard Smallwood Singers Live
- Helen Baylor Start All Over
- Angie & Debbie Angie and Debbie
Best Country & Western Instrumental Performance
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Winner: Asleep At The Wheel
Red Wing
- John McEuen The Ballad of Jed Clampett
- Roy Clark Jingle Bells
- Mark O'Connor, Byron Berline Gold Rush
- Mark O'Connor, Johnny Gimble Fiddlin' Around
Best Country & Western Song
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Winner: Lucinda Williams
Passionate Kisses
- Sandy Knox, Billy Stritch Does He Love You
- Mary Chapin Carpenter The Hard Way
- Alan Jackson, Jim McBride Chattahoochee
- Kostas, James House Ain't That Lonely Yet
Best Country & Western Vocal Collaboration
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Winner:
Reba McEntire, Linda Davis Does He Love You - Reba McEntire, Vince Gill The Heart Won't Lie
- Dolly Parton, Tanya Tucker, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kathy Mattea, Pam Tillis, Mary Chapin Carpenter Romeo
- Ralph Stanley, Dwight Yoakam Miner's Prayer
- Clint Black, Wynonna A Bad Goodbye
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
Best Engineered Album
Best Engineered Recording - Classical
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Winner:
Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Bartok: The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana - Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the New World Symphony Tangazo - Music of Latin America
- Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony and Chamber Chorus Haydn: The Creation
- Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the London Symphony Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint-Sebastien
- Kent Nagano conducting the Orchestra of the Opera de Lyon Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer
Best Hard Rock Vocal Performance
Best Historical Album
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Winner: Billie Holiday
The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve, 1945-1959
- Various Artists The Monterey International Pop Festival
- Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra - The Columbia Years 1943-1952: The Complete Recordings
- Bing Crosby Bing - His Legendary Years 1931-1957
- Noel Coward Noel Coward: The Masters' Voice - His HMV Recordings 1928-1953
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
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Winner:
Celine Dion, Clive Griffin When I Fall in Love - track from Sleepless in Seattle - Barbra Streisand Some Enchanted Evening
- Sounds of Blackness Santa's Comin' to Town
- Barbra Streisand Luck Be a Lady
- Whitney Houston I Have Nothing
Best Instrumental Composition
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Winner: Kenny G
Forever in Love
- Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays Half Life of Absolution
- Lyle Mays Bill Evans
- Chick Corea Blue Miles
- Dave Brunbeck Autumn
Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or Television
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Winner: Alan Menken
Aladdin
- Mark Isham A River Runs Through It
- John Williams Jurassic Park
- Elmer Bernstein The Age of Innocence
- Dave Grusin The Firm
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance - Individual Or Group
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Winner:
Joe Henderson So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles) - Lee Ritenour Wes Bound
- Kenny Barron Sambao
- Joshua Redman Joshua Redman
- Fred Hersch Trio Dancing in the Dark
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
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Winner:
Joe Henderson Miles Ahead - Benny Carter The More I See You
- Phil Woods Nostalgico
- Lee Ritenour 4 on 6
- Herbie Hancock Brasil (Aquarela do Brasil)
Best Jazz Vocal Performance
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Winner: Natalie Cole
Take a Look
- Bobby McFerrin The Pink Panther Theme (from Son of the Pink Panther soundtrack)
- Bobby Short, Alden-Barrett Quintet Swing That Music
- Ernestine Anderson Now and Then
- Shirley Horn Light out of Darkness
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
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Winner:
Miles Davis, Quincy Jones Miles and Quincy Live at Montreux - Rob McConnell The Boss Brass, Our 25th Year
- Johnny Otis & His Orchestra Spirit of the Black Territory Bands
- GRP All-Star Big Band, Tom Scott Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Star Big Band Live
- Jimmy Heath Little Man, Big Band
Best Latin Pop Album
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Winner: Luis Miguel
Aries
- Vikki Carr Brindo a la Vida, al Bolero, a Ti
- Maria Conchita Alonso Imaginame
- Jose Feliciano Latin Street '92
- Las Triplets Algo Mas Que Amor
Best Metal Vocal Performance
Best Mexican-american Album
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Winner: Selena
Live
- Vincente Fernandez Lastima Que Seas Ajena
- Santiago Jimenez Jr. Corazon de Piedra
- Los Tigres Del Norte La Garra de...
- Little Joe Que Paso?
Best Musical Album For Children
Best Musical Show Album
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Winner:
Original Cast Recording The Who's Tommy - Various Artists Bernstein: On the Town
- Various Artists Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
- Michael Damian and cast Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Best New Age Album
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Winner:
Paul Winter Consort Spanish Angel - Yanni In My Time
- Tangerine Dream 220 Volt Live
- Clannad Banba
- Ottmar Liebert Luna Negra The Hours Between Night + Day
Best Opera Recording
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Winner:
John Nelson conducting the English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus (solos: Battle, Horne, Ramey, Aler, McNair, Chance, Mackie, Doss) Handel: Semele - Valery Gergiev conducting the Kirov Orchestra and Chorus, St. Petersburg (solos: Gergalov, Prokina, Gregoriarn, Borodina, Okhotnikov, Gerelo) Prokofiev: War and Peace
- Riccardo Muti conducting the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala (solos: Vaness, Allen, Winbergh, Surian, Brunet) Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride
- Kent Nagano conducting the Orchestra of the Opera de Lyon and the London Opera Chorus (solos: Maddalena, Hammons, Sylvan, Friedman, Nadler) Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer
- Charles Mackerras conducting the Welsh National Opera Orchestra and Choir (solos: Barstow, Langridge, Opie, Kenny, Jones, Summers, Van Allan, Terfel, White) Britten: Gloriana
Best Orchestral Performance
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Winner:
Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Bartok: The Wooden Prince - Leonard Slatkin conducting the St. Louis Symphony Ives: Symphony No. 3; Three Places in New England; The Unanswered Question; Central Park in the Dark
- Ingo Metzmacher conducting the Ensemble Modern Ives: A Portrait of Charles Ives (tracks 1-4, 6-10, 15-21, 23-25)
- Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra Debussy: Images; Printemps; Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune
- David Zinman conducting the Baltimore Symphony Barber: Adagio; Symphony No. 1; The School for Scandal; Essays
Best Polka Album
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Winner:
Walter Ostanek & His Band Accordionally Yours - Polka Family Band Polka Music Fan
- Lenny Gomulka, Chicago Push Most Requested Hits
- Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra Saturday Night Polka
- Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones A New Batch of Polkas
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
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Winner:
Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis Barcelona Mona - George Benson Got to Be There
- James Galway conducting the Galway Pops Orchestra Beauty and the Beast
- Kenny G Forever in Love
Best Pop/contemporary Gospel Album
Best Rap Performance - Duo Or Group
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Winner: Digable Planets
Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
- Arrested Development Revolution
- Dr. Dre, Snoop Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang
- Cypress Hill Insane In The Brain
- Naughty By Nature Hip Hop Horray
Best Rap Performance - Solo
Best Recording Package
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Winner: Billie Holiday
The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959
- Pink Floyd Shine On
- Ozzy Osbourne Live and Loud
- 2nd Set Automatic for the People
- Paul Westerberg 14 Songs
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
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Winner:
Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis That's the Way Loves Go - Raphael Wiggins, Carl Wheeler Anniversary
- Luther Vandross, Reed Vertelney Heaven Knows
- Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)
- Babyface, Daryl Simmons Can We Talk
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Duo Or Group
Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male
Best Rock Gospel Album
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
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Winner:
Zappa's Universe Rock Group featuring Steve Vai Sofa - Joe Satriani Speed of Light (track from Super Mario Brothers soundtrack)
- Tangerine Dream Purple Haze
- Jeff Beck, Jeb Beiber Hi-Heel Sneakers
- Aerosmith Boogie Man
Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or Television
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Winner:
Alan Menken, Tim Rice A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) (Aladdin) - Steve DuBerry, Lulu Lawrie, Bill Lawrie I Don't Wanna Fight (What's Love Got to Do with It)
- David Foster, Linda Thompson I Have Nothing (The Bodyguard)
- Allan Rich, Jud Friedman Run to You (The Bodyguard)
- Alan Menken, Howard Ashman Friend Like Me (Aladdin)
Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
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Winner: Kathy Mattea
Good News
- Ralph Stanley Sunday Morning
- Gaither Vocal Band Southern Classics
- Cathedrals Worship His Glory
- Bruce Carroll Walk On
Best Spoken Comedy Album
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Winner: George Carlin
Jammin' in New York
- Leslie Nielsen Leslie Nielsen: The Naked Truth
- Garrison Keillor Lake Wobegon U.S.A.
- Erma Bombeck A Marriage Made in Heaven or Too Tired for an Affair
- Al Franken You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You!
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
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Winner:
Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales - Various Artists Aladdin Sound and Story Theater
- Muppets, Michael Caine, various others The Muppet Christmas Carol Story Album
- John Cleese Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Dr. Seuss)
- Danny Glover, Dr. John Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
Best Spoken Word Or Nonmusical Album
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Winner: Maya Angelou
On the Pulse of Morning
- Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
- LeVar Burton Miles: The Autobiography
- Emma Thompson Howard's End
- Arlo Guthrie Bound for Glory
Best Traditional Folk Album
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Winner: The Chieftains
The Celtic Harp
- Steve Riley, Manou Playboys Trace of Time
- R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton, Black Lodge Singers Ancestral Voices
- Jody Stecher, Kate Brislin Our Town
- Bill Morrissey, Greg Brown Friend of Mine
- Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares Melody, Rhythm and Harmony
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
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Winner: Shirley Caesar
Stand Still
- The Five Blind Boys of Alabama Deep River
- Dorothy Norwood Better Days Ahead
- Dixie Hummingbirds In Good Health
- Canton Spirituals Live in Memphis
- Albertina Walker He Keeps on Blessing Me
Best World Music Album
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Winner:
Ry Cooder, V.M. Bhatt A Meeting by the River - Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares From Bulgaria with Love
- Johnny Clegg & Savuka Heat, Dust and Dreams
- Henry Kaiser, David Lindley A World out of Time, Vol. 2
- Deep Forest Deep Forest
Classical Producer Of The Year
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Winner:
Judith Sherman - Michael Haas
- Andrew Cornall
- Adam Stern
- Robina G. Young
Hall Of Fame
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Winner: Beach Boys
Good Vibrations
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Winner:
Theatre De Lys Production with Lotte Lenya Weill: The Threepenny Opera -
Winner:
Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds Crazy Blues -
Winner: Bob Dylan
Blowin' in The Wind
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Winner:
Miles Davis (+19) with Gil Evans & His Orchestra I Left My Heart in San Francisco -
Winner: Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Legend Award
Lifetime Achievement Awards
New Artist
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Winner: Toni Braxton
- SWV (Sisters with Voices)
- Digable Planets
- Belly
- Blind Melon
Pop Female Vocalist
Pop Male Vocalist
Pop Vocal Group
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Winner:
Peabo Bryson, Regina Belle A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) - Celine Dion, Clive Griffin When I Fall in Love
- Barbra Streisand, Michael Crawford The Music of the Night
- REM Man On The Moon
- Vanessa Williams, Brian McKnight Love Is
Producer Of The Year
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Winner: David Foster
- Walter Afanasieff
- Bruce Fairbairn
- Hugh Padgham
- Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
- Tony Brown
Record Of The Year
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Winner: Whitney Houston
I Will Always Love You
- Sting If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
- Peabo Bryson, Regina Belle A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)
- Neil Young Harvest Moon
- Billy Joel River Of Dreams
Rock Group Vocal Performance
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Winner: Aerosmith
Livin' On The Edge
- Spin Doctors Two Princes
- Soul Asylum Runaway Train
- Blind Melon No Rain
- Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison My Back Pages
Rock Solo Vocal Performance
Rock Song
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Winner:
David Pirner Runaway Train - Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Taylor Rhodes Cryin
- Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson Livin' on the Edge
- Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross Are You Gonna Go My Way?
- Jim Steinman I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
Song Of The Year
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Winner:
Alan Menken, Tim Rice A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) - Sting If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
- Neil Young Harvest Moon
- Jim Steinman I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
- Billy Joel River Of Dreams
Traditional Pop Performance
Trustees Award
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Winner:
Norman Granz













