1998

Category 1
Record Of The Year
Sunny Came Home
Shawn Colvin
John Leventhal, producer
Track from: A Few Small Repairs
[Columbia Records]

Category 2
Album Of The Year
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
Daniel Lanois, producer
[Columbia Records]

Category 3
Song Of The Year
Sunny Came Home
Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal, songwriters (Shawn Colvin)
Track from: A Few Small Repairs
[Columbia Records]

Category 4
Best New Artist
Paula Cole

Category 5
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Building A Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
Track from: Surfacing
[Arista Records]

Category 6
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Candle In The Wind 1997
Elton John
[Rocket Records]

Category 7
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Virtual Insanity
Jamiroquai
Track from: Travelling Without Moving
[The WORK Group]

Category 8
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
Don't Look Back
John Lee Hooker With Van Morrison
Track from: Don't Look Back
[Pointblank/Virgin Records America]

Category 9
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Last Dance
Sarah McLachlan
Track from: Surfacing
[Arista Records]

Category 10
Best Dance Recording
Carry On
Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder
Track from: NRG Unlimited 1 (Various Artists)
Giorgio Moroder, producer
[Interhit Records]

Category 11
Best Pop Album
Hourglass
James Taylor
Frank Filipetti & James Taylor, producers
[Columbia Records]

Category 12
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
Tony Bennett On Holiday
Tony Bennett
[Columbia Records]

Category 13
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
Criminal
Fiona Apple
Track from: Tidal
[The WORK Group]

Category 14
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Cold Irons Bound
Bob Dylan
Track from: Time Out Of Mind
[Columbia Records]

Category 15
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
One Headlight
The Wallflowers
Track from: Bringing Down The Horse
[Interscope Records]

Category 16
Best Hard Rock Performance
The End Is The Beginning Is The End
The Smashing Pumpkins
Track from: Batman & Robin - Music From & Inspired By The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
[Warner Bros./Sunset Records]

Category 17
Best Metal Performance
Aenema
Tool
Track from: Aenima
[Zoo Entertainment/Volcano Recordings]

Category 18
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Block Rockin' Beats
The Chemical Brothers
Track from: Dig Your Own Hole
[Astralwerks Records]

Category 19
Best Rock Song
One Headlight
Jakob Dylan, songwriter (The Wallflowers)
Track from: Bringing Down The Horse
[Interscope Records]

Category 20
Best Rock Album
Blue Moon Swamp
John Fogerty
John Fogerty, producer
[Warner Bros. Records]

Category 21
Best Alternative Music Performance
OK Computer
Radiohead
[Capitol Records]

Category 22
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
On & On
Erykah Badu
Track from: Baduizm
[Kedar/Universal Records]

Category 23
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
I Believe I Can Fly
R. Kelly
Track from: Space Jam - Soundtrack
[Jive Records/Atlantic Records/Warner Sunset]

Category 24
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
No Diggity
Blackstreet
Track from: Another Level
[Interscope Records]

Category 25
Best R&B Song
I Believe I Can Fly
R. Kelly, songwriter (R. Kelly)
Track from: Space Jam - Soundtrack
[Jive Records/Atlantic Records/Warner Sunset]

Category 26
Best R&B Album
Baduizm
Erykah Badu
[Kedar/Universal Records]

Category 27
Best Rap Solo Performance
Men In Black
Will Smith
Track from: Men In Black - The Album - Soundtrack (Various Artists)
[Columbia Records/Sony Music Soundtrax]

Category 28
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
I'll Be Missing You
Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112
Track from: Tribute To Notorious B.I.G. (Various Artists)
[Bad Boy Records]

Category 29
Best Rap Album
No Way Out
Puff Daddy & The Family
Sean "Puffy" Combs & Stevie J., producers
[Bad Boy Records]

Category 30
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
How Do I Live
Trisha Yearwood
Track from: (Songbook) A Collection Of Hits
[MCA Records Nashville]

Category 31
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Pretty Little Adriana
Vince Gill
Track from: High Lonesome Sound
[MCA Records Nashville]

Category 32
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
Looking In The Eyes Of Love
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Track from: So Long So Wrong
[Rounder Records]

Category 33
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
In Another's Eyes
Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks
Track from: (Songbook) A Collection Of Hits
[MCA Records Nashville]

Category 34
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Little Liza Jane
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Track from: So Long So Wrong
[Rounder Records]

Category 35
Best Country Song
Butterfly Kisses
Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas, songwriters ((Bob Carlisle) AND (Jeff Carson) AND (Raybon Bros.))
[Curb Records/Diadem Music Group/MCA Records Nashville]

Category 36
Best Country Album
Unchained
Johnny Cash
Rick Rubin, producer
[American Records]

Category 37
Best Bluegrass Album
So Long So Wrong
Alison Krauss & Union Station
[Rounder Records]

Category 38
Best New Age Album
Oracle
Michael Hedges
[Windham Hill Records]

Category 39
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
Into The Sun
Randy Brecker
[Concord Vista]

Category 40
Best Jazz Vocal Performance
Dear Ella
Dee Dee Bridgewater
[Verve Records]

Category 41
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Stardust
Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
Track from: Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
[Verve Records]

Category 42
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
Beyond The Missouri Sky
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny
[Verve Records]

Category 43
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
Joe Henderson Big Band
Joe Henderson Big Band
[Verve Records]

Category 44
Best Latin Jazz Performance
Habana
Roy Hargrove's Crisol
[Verve Records]

Category 45
Best Rock Gospel Album
Welcome To The Freak Show: dc Talk Live In Concert
dc Talk
[ForeFront Records]

Category 46
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Much Afraid
Jars Of Clay
[Silvertone/Essential Records]

Category 47
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute To Gospel
Various Artists; David Corlew & Peter York, compilation producers
[Sparrow Records]

Category 48
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
The Fairfield Four
[Warner Bros. Records Nashville]

Category 49
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
Brothers
Take 6
[Warner-Alliance Records]

Category 50
Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album
God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation
God's Property; Myron Butler, Kirk Franklin & Robert Searight II, Choir Directors
[B-Rite Music]

Category 51
Best Latin Pop Performance
Romances
Luis Miguel
[WEA Latina]

Category 52
Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance
Fabulosos Calavera
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
[BMG U.S. Latin]

Category 53
Best Tropical Latin Performance
Buena Vista Social Club
Ry Cooder
[World Circuit/Nonesuch Records]

Category 54
Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance
En Tus Manos
La Mafia
[Sony Discos]

Category 55
Best Traditional Blues Album
Don't Look Back
John Lee Hooker
[Pointblank/Virgin Records America]

Category 56
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Senor Blues
Taj Mahal
[Private Music]

Category 57
Best Traditional Folk Album
L'Amour Ou La Folie
BeauSoleil
[Rhino Records]

Category 58
Best Contemporary Folk Album
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
[Columbia Records]

Category 59
Best Reggae Album
Fallen Is Babylon
Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers
[Elektra Records/EEG]

Category 60
Best World Music Album
Nascimento
Milton Nascimento
[Warner Bros. Records]

Category 61
Best Polka Album
Living On Polka Time
Jimmy Sturr
[Rounder Records]

Category 62
Best Musical Album For Children
All Aboard!
John Denver
John Denver, Roger Nichols & Kris O'Connor, producers
[Sony Wonder Records]

Category 63
Best Spoken Word Album For Children
Winnie-The-Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Charles Kuralt
John McElroy, producer
[Penguin Audiobooks]

Category 64
Best Spoken Word Album
Charles Kuralt's Spring (Charles Kuralt)
Charles Kuralt
[Simon and Schuster Audioworks]

Category 65
Best Spoken Comedy Album
Roll With The New
Chris Rock
[DreamWorks Records]

Category 66
Best Musical Show Album
Chicago The Musical
Jay David Saks, producer; (Fred Ebb, lyricist; John Kander, composer) (Various Artists Featuring Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton & Joel Grey)
[RCA Victor]

Category 67
Best Instrumental Composition
Aung San Suu Kyi
Wayne Shorter, composer (Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter)
Track from: 1 + 1
[Verve Records]

Category 68
Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television
The English Patient
Gabriel Yared, composer
[Fantasy Records]

Category 69
Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television
I Believe I Can Fly (From Space Jam)
R. Kelly, songwriter (R. Kelly)
[Jive Records/Atlantic Records/Warner Sunset]

Category 70
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Straight, No Chaser
Bill Holman, arranger (The Bill Holman Band)
Track from: Brilliant Corners
[JVC Music]

Category 71
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
Cotton Tail
Slide Hampton, arranger (Dee Dee Bridgewater)
Track from: Dear Ella
[Verve Records]

Category 72
Best Recording Package
Titanic - Music As Heard On The Fateful Voyage
Hugh Brown, Al Q Uattrocchi & Jeff Smith, art directors (Various Artists)
[Rhino Records]

Category 73
Best Boxed Recording Package
Beg Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul
Hugh Brown, David Gorman & Rachel Gutek, art directors (Various Artists)
[Rhino Records]

Category 74
Best Album Notes
Anthology Of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded)
John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Jon Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Luc Sante, Peter Stampfel & Eric Von Schmidt, album notes writers (Various Artists)
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

Category 75
Best Historical Album
Anthology Of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded)
Jeff Place & Pete Reiniger, compilation producers; David Glasser & Charlie Pilzer, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
[Smithsonian Folkways Recordings]

Category 76
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Hourglass
Frank Filipetti, engineer (James Taylor)
[Columbia Records]

Category 77
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Babyface
ï Az Yet (Az Yet) (A)
ï The Day (Babyface) (A)
ï Girl In The Life Magazine (Boyz II Men) (T)
ï Never (Boyz II Men) (T)
ï A Song For Mama (Boyz II Men) (T)
ï Soul Food - Soundtrack (Various Artists) (A)
ï This Is For The Lover In You (Babyface) (S)

Category 78
Remixer of the Year
Frankie Knuckles
ï Closer Than Close (Late Night Mix) (Rosie Gaines) (S)
ï Everything (Classic Club) (Mary J. Blige) (S)
ï I Don't Want To (Franctified Club Mix) (Toni Braxton) (S)
ï Never Gonna Give You Up (Morning Mix) (Lisa Stansfield) (S)
ï Never Miss The Water (Sunday Mix) (Chaka Khan Featuring Me'Shell Ndege'Ocello) (S)
ï Un-break My Heart (Classic Radio Mix) (Toni Braxton) (S)

Category 79
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Copland: The Music Of America (Fanfare For The Common Man; Rodeo, Etc.)
Michael Bishop & Jack Renner, engineers (Erich Kunzel, conductor)
[Telarc]

Category 80
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Steven Epstein
ï Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) (Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello)
ï Previn: From Ordinary Things (Son. For Cello And Piano; Four Songs, Etc.) (Andre Previn, piano; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Sylvia McNair, soprano)
ï Respighi: Pini Di Roma; Feste Romane; Fontane Di Roma (Lorin Maazel, conductor)
ï Schubert/Boccherini: Quintets (Schubert: Quintet In C Maj./Boccherini: Quintet In E Maj.) (Stern, violin; Lin, violin; Laredo, viola; Ma, cello & Robinson, cello)
ï Tan Dun: Symphony 1997 - Heaven Earth Mankind (Tan Dun, conductor)

Category 81
Best Classical Album
Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; David Zinman, conductor; Steven Epstein, producer (Philadelphia Orch.)
[Sony Classical]

Category 82
Best Orchestral Performance
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia
Pierre Boulez, conductor (The Cleveland Orch. Cho.; The Cleveland Orch.)
[Deutsche Grammophon]

Category 83
Best Opera Recording
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg
Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Ben Heppner; Herbert Lippert; Karita Mattila; Alan Opie; Rene Pape; Jose van Dam; Iris Vermillion; Michael Woolcock, producer (Chicago Sym. Cho.; Chicago Sym. Orch.)
[London Records]

Category 84
Best Choral Performance
Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Robert Shaw, conductor (Karl Dent, tenor; Renee Fleming, soprano; Victor Ledbetter, baritone; Atlanta Sym. Orch. Cho.; Atlanta Sym. Orch.)
[Telarc]

Category 85
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)
Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; David Zinman, conductor (Philadelphia Orch.)
[Sony Classical]

Category 86
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
Bach: Suites For Solo Cello Nos. 1 - 6
Janos Starker, cello
[RCA Victor Red Seal]

Category 87
Best Chamber Music Performance
Beethoven: The String Quartets
Emerson String Quartet
[Deutsche Grammophon]

Category 88
Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)
Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1
Claudio Abbado, conductor; Mbrs. Of The Berliner Phil.
Track from: Hindemith: Kammermusik Nos. 1, 4 & 5
[EMI Classics]

Category 89
Best Classical Vocal Performance
An Italian Songbook (Works Of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo soprano (James Levine, piano)
[London Records]

Category 90
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Adams: El Dorado
John Adams, composer (Kent Nagano, conductor; The Halle Orch.)
Track from: Adams: El Dorado (El Dorado/Busoni-Adams: Berceuse Elegiac/Liszt-Adams: The Black Gondola)
[Nonesuch Records]

Category 91
Best Short Form Music Video
Got 'Till It's Gone
Janet Jackson
Mark Romanek, video director; Aris McGarry, video producer
[Virgin Records America]

Category 92
Best Long Form Music Video
Jagged Little Pill, Live
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette & Steve Purcell, video directors; Glen Ballard, David May, Alanis Morissette & Steve Purcell, video producers
[Warner/Reprise Video/Maverick]