1998 Grammy Awards
Details & Performances
- Host: Kelsey Grammer
- Venue: Radio City Music Hall
- City: New York City
- Date: February 25, 1998
Awards
Album of the Year
Alternative Music
Bluegrass Album
- Alison Krauss, Union Station - So Long So Wrong
- Claire Lynch - Silver and Gold
- Kate MacKenzie - Age of Innocence
- Ralph Stanley - Short Life of Trouble
- Richard Greene and The Grass Is Greener - Sales Tax Toddle
Chamber Music Performance
- Emerson String Quartet - Beethoven: The String Quartets
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis - The Berlin Recital
- Beaux Arts Trio - Beaux Arts Tiro Plays Turnia, Granados
- Jaime Laredo, Cho-Liang Lin, Yo-Yo Ma, Sharon Robinson, Isaac Stern - Schubert/Boccherini: Quintets
- Kronos Quartet - Early Music: Lachryma Antiqua
Choir or Chorus Gospel Album
- God's Property - God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation
- Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir - Favorite Song of All
- Love Fellowship Crusade Choir - Live in London at Wembley
- Rev. Milton Brunson's Thompson Community Singers - He's Still Good!
- Sounds of Blackness - Time for Healing
Choral Performance
- Robert Shaw - Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells
- Fran Welster-Most - Bruckner: Messe No. 3 in F Minor; Te Deum
- James Paul - Paray: Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc
- John Eliot Gardiner - Haydn: The Creation
- Richar dHickox - Dyson: the Cantebury Pilgrims; Overture: At the Tabard Inn; In Honour of the City
Classical Album
- Philadelphia Orchestra - Premieres - Cello Concertos
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg
- Emerson String Quartet - Beethoven: The String Quartets
- Scottis Chamber Orchestra - Brahms: The Four Symphonies: Academic Festival Overture, Etc
- The Cleveland Orchestra - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Classical Contemporary Composition
- John Adams - Adams: El Dorado
- Aaron Jay Kernis - Kernis: Second Symphony
- Lowell Liebermann - Liebermann: Con. No. 2 for Piano and Orch, Op. 36
- Per Norgard - Norgard: Symp. No. 5
- Richard Danielpour - Danielpour: Concerto for Orch:
Classical Orchestral Performance
- Pierre Boulez conducting The Cleveland Orchstra - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
- Charles Mackerras conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Brahms: The Four Symhonies: Academic Festival Overture
- Christopher Lyndon-Gee conducting the Arnhem Phil. Orchestra - Markevitch: Complete Orchestral Musica, Vol. 1
- Franz Welser-Most conduting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Korngold: Sym. in F Sharp, Op. 40
- Riccardo Chailly conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra - Shostakovich: The Dance Album
Classical Producer of the Year
- Steven Epstein
- J. Tamblyn Henderson Jr.
- Judith Sherman
- Wolf Erichson
- Andrew Keener
Classical Vocal Performance
- Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook
- Anne Sofie von Otter - La Bonne Chanson - Faure Chamber Songs
- Renee Fleming - Signatures - Great Opera Scenes
- Omar Ebrahim, Rosemary Hardy, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Rose Taylor - Ligeti: Vocal Works
- Vesselina Kasarova - Mozart: Arias
Contemporary Blues Album
- Taj Mahal - Senor Blues
- Boz Scaggs - Come on Home
- Dr. John - Trippin' Live
- Luther Allison - Reckless
- Robert Cray Band - Sweeet Potato Pie
Contemporary Folk Album
Contemporary Jazz Performance
- Randy Brecker - Into the Sun
- Grover Washington Jr. - Breath of Heaven
- Joe Sample - Sample This
- Lee Ritenour - Alive in L.A.
- Patrice Rushen - Signature
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
- Take 6 - Brothers
- Andrae Crouch - Pary
- Donnie McClurkin - Donnie McClurkin
- Marvin Sapp - Grace and Mercy
- Oleta Adams - Come Walk with Me
Country Album
Country Collaboration
- Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks - In Another's Eyes
- Toby Keith, Sting - I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
- Tim McGraw, Faith Hill - It's Your Love
- Clint Black, Martina McBride - Still Holding On
- Patty Loveless, George Jones - You Don't Seem to Miss Me
Country Female Vocalist
Country Instrumental Performance
- Alison Krauss, Union Station - Little Liza Jane
- Asleep at the Wheel - Fat Boy Rag
- Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel - Smokey Mountain Lullaby
- Lee Roy Parnell - Mama, Screw Your Wig on Tight
- Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana, Bill Black Combo - Goin' Back to Memphis
Country Male Vocalist
- Pretty Little Adriana - Vince Gill
- Carrying Your Love with Me - George Strait
- Peach Pickin' Time Down in Georgia - Willie Nelson
- Rusty Cage - Johnny Cash
- Something That We Do - Clint Black
Country Song
- Bob Carlisle, Jeff Carson, Raybon Brothers - Butterfly Kisses
- Deana Carter, Rhonda Hart - Did I Shave My Legs For This?
- Pam Tillis - All The Good Ones Are Gone Lyrics
- Tim McGraw, Faith Hill - It's Your Love
- Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks - In Another's Eyes
Country Vocal Group
Dance Recording
Hall of Fame
- Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter Lyrics
- Original Broadway Cast; John Raitt, Jan Clayton - Carousel
- Original Broadway cast; Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine, Isabel Bigley - Guys and Dolls
- Original Broadway cast; Zerol Mostel, Tanya Everett, Maria Karnilova, Beatrice Arthur, Bert Convy - Fiddler on the Roof
- Original Cast with Robert Preston, Barbara Cook - The Music Man
- Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay Lyrics
- Pablo Casals; George Szell conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Dvorak: Concerto in B Minor for Cello and Orchestra
- Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz Lyrics
- Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Whispering
- Peggy Lee - Fever Lyrics
- The Penguins - Earth Angel (will You Be Mine) Lyrics
- Perry Como - Till The End Of Time Lyrics
- Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale Lyrics
- Professor Longhair and His Blues Scholars - Tipitina
- Rafael Kubelik conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
- Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues
- original Broadway cast; Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton - Annie Get Your Gun
- Original Broadway cast; Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman, Sandra Church - Gypsy
- Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Caldonia Boogie
- Mahalia Jackson - Move On Up a Little Higher
- Marty Robbins - El Paso Lyrics
- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Lyrics
- Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Lyrics
- The Mills Brothers - Paper Doll Lyrics
- Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man
- Motion Picture Soundtrack; Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer - The Sound of Music
- Motion Picture soundtrack; Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan - Gigi
- Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Koochie Man
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken Lyrics
- Original Broadway Cast - The Cradle Will Rock
- Original Broadway cast; Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, etc. - Kiss Me, Kate
- Original Broadway Cast; Barbara Cook, Max Adrian, Robert Rounseville - Candide
- Original Broadway cast; Ella Logan, David Wayne - Finian's Rainbow
- Roger Miller - Dang Me Lyrics
- Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys - Wabash Cannonball
- The Five Satins - In the Still of the Nite
- The Hi-Lo's - The Hi-Lo's and All That Jazz
- The Impressions - People Get Ready Lyrics
- The Miracles - You've Really Got a Hold On Me
- The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Lyrics
- Rolling Stones - (i Can't Get No) Satisfaction Lyrics
- Temptations - My Girl Lyrics
- The Tijuana Brass featuring Herb Alpert - The Lonely Bull
- The Weavers - The Weavers at Carnegie Hall
- The Who - Tommy
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra; Jack Leonard, vocal - Marie
- Vernon Dalhart - The Prisoner's Song
- Vladimir Horowitz, Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor for Piano & Orchestra (Live Performance)
- Walter Gieseking - Debussy: Preludes, Book I and II
- Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love Lyrics
- The Drifters - There Goes My Baby Lyrics
- Sam Cooke - You Send Me Lyrics
- Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through the Night
- Sarah Vaughan - If You Could See Me Now
- Simon & Garfunel - Bridge over Troubled Water
- Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music Lyrics
- Sousa's Band (1897) - The Stars and Stripes Forever
- Stevie Wonder - Superstition Lyrics
- Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
- The Band - Music from Big Pink
- Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Lyrics
- Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand Lyrics
- The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man Lyrics
- The Carter Family - Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)
- The Crickets - That'll Be the Day
- The Doors - Light My Fire Lyrics
- Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads, Volumes 1 & 2
- Little Richard - Tutti Frutti Lyrics
- Motion Picture Soundtrack - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - New San Antonio Rose
- Carole King - Tapestry Lyrics
- The Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun Lyrics
- Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Cherokee
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary Lyrics
- Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
- Derek And The Dominos - Layla Lyrics
- Dinah Washington - What a Difference a Day Makes
- Dinu Lipatti - Dinu Lipatti Plays the Waltzes of Chopin
- Dionne Warwick - Walk On By Lyrics
- Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose Lyrics
- Elmore James - Dust My Broom
- Elvis Presley - That's All Right Lyrics
- Ernest Tubb - Walking The Floor Over You Lyrics
- Ethel Waters - Dinah
- Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Lyrics
- Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Lyrics
- Al Jolson - Swanee
- Andres Segovia - Music of Albeniz & Granados
- Antal Dorati and Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (Yale Bells, West Point Cannon) - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/Capriccio Italien
- Aretha Franklin - Respect Lyrics
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
- B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone Lyrics
- Barbra Streisand - People Lyrics
- Ben E. King - Stand By Me Lyrics
- Benjamin Britten conducting the London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Highgate School Choir, Melos Ensemble; Vishnevskaya, Pears, Fischer-Dieskau - Britten: War Requiem Op. 66
- Benny Goodman Quartet - Moonglow
- Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2)
- Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby
- Bill Justis & His Orchestra - Raunchy
- Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys - Blue Moon of Kentucky
- Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters - Don't Fence Me In
- Fiddlin' John Carson - The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane
- Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There Lyrics
- Jo Stafford - You Belong to Me
- Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle and Roll
- John Coltrane Quartet - My Favorite Things
- John Denver - Take Me Home Country Roads Lyrics
- Johnnie Ray - Cry
- Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line Lyrics
- Johnny Mathis - Chances Are Lyrics
- Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
- Joseph Szigeti - Bach: Sonata No. 1 for Unaccompanied Violin, BVW 1001
- Judy Garland - Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You) Lyrics
- Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall
- Kay Starr - Wheel of Fortune
- King Cole Trio - Straighten Up and Fly Right
- Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley Lyrics
- Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Lyrics
- Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire Lyrics
- Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit Lyrics
- Frank Sinatra - House I Live In Lyrics
- Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin Lyrics
- Frankie Laine - That's My Desire Lyrics
- Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight
- Fritz Kreisler; Leo Blech conducting the Berlin State Opera Orchestra - Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E Minor
- Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
- Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony; Balatsch, director, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera; Froschauer, director, Vienna Singverein - Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (The Symphony of a Thousand)
- Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (19 - Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra - Manhattan Tower
- Helen Morgan - Bill
- Henry Mancini - The Music from Peter Gunn
- Huddie Leadbelly Ledbetter - Negro Sinful Songs
- Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
- James Brown - Live at the Apollo
- James Taylor - Fire And Rain Lyrics
- Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - Sing a Song of Basie
Hard Rock Performance
Historical Album
- Anthology of American Folk Music
- Cuba: I Am Time
- Centenary Edition: 100 Years of Great Music
- Bill Evans - The Complete Bill Evans on Verve
- Gene Autry - Sing, Cowboy, Sing! The Gene Autry Collection
- Ray Charles - Ray Charles Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
Instrumental Arrangement
- Bill Holman - Straight, No Chaser
- Dave Grusin - Peter Gunn
- Michael Abene, Dave Grusin - America
- Robert Farnon - Wild Is the Wind
- Vince Mendoza - Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)
- Slide Hampton - Cotton Tail
- Arif Mardin - Laura
- Don Sebesky - Our Love is Here to Stay
- John Clayton - My Heart Belongs to Daddy
- Mike Renzi - The Summer Knows
Instrumental Composition
- Wayne Shorter - Aung San Suu Kyi
- Alan Broadbent - Everytime I Think of You
- Bob Florence - Earth
- Bob Mintzer - New Rochelle
- J.J. Johnson - Canon for Bela
Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra
- Yo-Yo Ma, David Ziman - Premieres - Cello Concerto (Works of Danielpour, Krchnner, Rouse)
- Evelyn Glennie, Leonard Slatkin - Schwanter: Con. for Percussion and Orch.
- Joshua Bell, David Zinman - Barber/Walton: Violin Concertos/Block: Baal Shem
- Martha Argerich, Claudio Abbado - Tchaikovsky: Piano Con. No. 1
- Richard Goode - Mozart: Piano Cons. Nos. 18 & 20
Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra
- Janos Starker - Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1 to 6
- Arcadi Volodos - Volodos, Piano Transcriptions
- Leif Ove Andsnes - Schumann: Piano Son. No. 1; Fantasy in C
- Murray Perahia - Murray Perahia Plays Handel and Scarlatti
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard - Liegeti: Works for Piano
Jazz Instrumental Performance
- Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky
- Chick Corea & Friends - Remembering Bud Powell
- Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton - Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
- Joe Lovano - Celebrating Sinatra
- Kenny Garrett - Songbook
Jazz Instrumental Solo
- Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton - Stardust
- Antonio Hart - The Community
- Brad Mehldau - Blame It on My Youth
- Buddy DeFranco - You Must Believe in Swing
- Tommy Flanagan - Dear Old Stockholm
Jazz Vocal Performance
- Dee Dee Bridgewater - Dear Ella
- Diana Krall - Love Scenes
- Kurt Elling - The Messenger
- Mark Murphy - Ssong for the Geese
- Shirley Horn - Loving You'
Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
- Joe Henderson Big Band - Joe Henderson Big Band
- Anthony Wilson - Anthony Wilson
- Bill Holman Band - Brilliant Colors
- J.J. Johnson - The Brass Orchestra
- Phil Woods & the Festival Orchestra - Celebration!
Latin Jazz Performance
- Roy Hargrove's Crisol - Habana
- Banda Mantiqueira - Aldeia
- Carlos Patato Valdes - Ritmo y Candela II: African Crossroads
- Conrad Herwig - The Latin Side of John Coltrane
- Giovanni Hidalgo - Hands of Rhythm
Latin Pop Performance
Latin Rock/Alternative Performance
- Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Fabulosos Calavera
- Aterciopelados - La Pipa de la Paz
- Cafe Tacuba - Avalancha de Exitos
- El Tri - Cuando Tu No Estas
- Molotov - Donde Jugaran las Ninas?
Life Achievement Awards
Long Form Music Video
- Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
- various artists - Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
- Blind Melon - Letters From A Porcupine Lyrics
- Orquestra Was - Forever's a Long, Long Time
- Tina Turner - Live in Amsterdam - Wildest Dreams Tour
Metal Performance
- Aenema - Tool
- Cemetery Gates - Pantera
- Drowning in a Daydream - Corrosion of Conformity
- No Place to Hide - KoRn
- Trust - Megadeth
Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance
- La Mafia - En Tus Manos Lyrics
- Alejandro Fernandez - Muy Dentro de Mi Corazon
- Lizza Lamb - Destino
- Los Tigres del Norte - Jefe de Jefes
- Ramon Ayala y sus Bravos del Norte - En las Alas de un Angel/Despedimos a Cornelio Reyna
Musical Album for Children
- John Denver - All Aboard!
- Arlo Guthrie - This Land is Your Land
- Art Garfunkel - Songs from a Parent to a Child
- John McCutcheon - Bigger Than Yourself
- Taj Mahal, Eric Bibb & Linda Tillery - Shakin' a Tailfeather
New Age Album
- Michael Hedges - Oracle
- Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
- Mike Oldfield - Voyager
- Paul Winter - Canyon Lullaby
- Vangelis - Oceanic
New Artist
Opera Recording
- Georg Solti - Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg
- Georg Solti - Mozart Don Giovanni
- Lothar Zagrosek - Braunfels: Die Vogel
- Valery Gergiev - Glinka: Russlan and Lydumila
- William Christie - Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Original Soundtrack
- Gabriel Yared - The English Patient
- Dave Grusin - Selena
- John Williams - Seven Years in Tibet
- John Williams - The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- Danny Elfman - Men in Black - Main Theme
Polka Album
- Jimmy Sturr - Living on Polka Time
- Frank Yankovic & Friends - Sonngs of the Polka King
- John Gora & Gorale - Duty Free Polkas
- Lenny Gomulka & the Chicago Push - Home Is Where the Heart Is
- Walter Ostanek - Moments to Remember
Pop Album
