31st Annual Grammy Awards
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Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Skip Scarborough |
Giving You the Best That I Got
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| Anita Baker |
Giving You the Best That I Got
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| Luther Vandross |
Any Love
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| Marcus Miller |
Any Love
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| Babyface |
Don't Be Cruel
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| Daryl Simmons |
Don't Be Cruel
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| L.A. Reid |
Don't Be Cruel
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| Johnny Kemp |
Just Got Paid
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| Gene Griffin |
Just Got Paid
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| Jimmy George |
I'll Always Love You
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| Randy Holland |
Giving You the Best That I Got
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Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| K.T. Oslin |
Hold Me
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| Tanya Tucker |
Strong Enough to Bend
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| k.d. lang |
I'm Down to My Last Cigarette
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| Reba McEntire |
Reba
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| Emmylou Harris |
Back In Baby's Arms
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Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Randy Travis |
Old 8x10
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| Lyle Lovett |
Pontiac
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| Dan Seals |
Addicted
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| Rodney Crowell |
Diamonds & Dirt
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| Dwight Yoakam |
Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room
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Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| The Judds |
Give a Little Love
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| The Forester Sisters |
Sincerely
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| The Oak Ridge Boys |
Gonna Take a Lot of River
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| Restless Heart |
Big Dreams in a Small Town
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| Highway 101 |
Highway 101, Volume 2
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Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| k.d. lang |
Crying
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| Roy Orbison |
Crying
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Grammy Award for Best Country Song
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| K.T. Oslin |
Hold Me
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| Vern Gosdin |
Chiseled in Stone
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| Max D. Barnes |
Chiseled in Stone
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| Lyle Lovett |
She's No Lady
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| Rodney Crowell |
I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried
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| Homer Joy |
Streets of Bakersfield
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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Cecil McBee |
Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
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| McCoy Tyner |
Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
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| Pharoah Sanders |
Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
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| Roy Haynes |
Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
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| David Murray |
Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane
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Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
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Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
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Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance
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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
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Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robert Shaw |
Requiem & Operatic Choruses (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor Robert Shaw)
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| Robert Woods |
Requiem & Operatic Choruses (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus feat. conductor Robert Shaw)
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Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Jackson |
Man in the Mirror
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| Steve Winwood |
Roll With It
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| Tracy Chapman |
Fast Car
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| Anita Baker |
Giving You the Best that I Got
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| Bobby McFerrin |
Don't Worry Be Happy
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| Linda Goldstein |
Don't Worry Be Happy
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Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sting |
...Nothing Like the Sun
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| Tracy Chapman |
Tracy Chapman
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| Steve Winwood |
Roll With It
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| Bobby McFerrin |
Simple Pleasures
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| George Michael |
Faith
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Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sting |
Be Still My Beating Heart
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| Brenda Russell |
Piano in the Dark (feat. Joe Esposito)
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| Tracy Chapman |
Fast Car
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| Anita Baker |
Giving You the Best that I Got
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| Bobby McFerrin |
Don't Worry Be Happy
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Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Toni Childs |
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| Take 6 |
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| Rick Astley |
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| Vanessa L. Williams |
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| Tracy Chapman |
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Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Taylor Dayne |
Tell It to My Heart
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| Whitney Houston |
One Moment in Time
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| Brenda Russell |
Get Here
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| Joni Mitchell |
Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm
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| Tracy Chapman |
Fast Car
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Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| George Michael |
Father Figure
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| Sting |
Be Still My Beating Heart
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| Phil Collins |
A Groovy Kind of Love
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| Steve Winwood |
Roll With It
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| Bobby McFerrin |
Don't Worry Be Happy
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Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| The Beach Boys |
Kokomo
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| Joe Esposito |
Piano in the Dark (feat. Joe Esposito)
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| Brenda Russell |
Piano in the Dark (feat. Joe Esposito)
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| The Escape Club |
Wild, Wild West
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| Miami Sound Machine |
Anything for You
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| The Manhattan Transfer |
Brasil
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Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Kenny G |
Silhouette
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| Joe Satriani |
Always With Me, Always With You
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| MARRS |
Pump Up the Volume
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| Mike Post |
Music From LA Law And Otherwise
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| David Sanborn |
Close-Up
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Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Melissa Etheridge |
Bring Me Some Water
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| Pat Benatar |
All Fired Up
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| Sinéad O'Connor |
The Lion and the Cobra
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| Toni Childs |
Don't Walk Away
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| Tina Turner |
Tina Live in Europe
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Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robbie Robertson |
Robbie Robertson
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| Eric Clapton |
After Midnight
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| Rod Stewart |
Forever Young
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| Joe Cocker |
Unchain My Heart
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| Robert Palmer |
Simply Irresistible
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Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
I Hate Myself for Loving You
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| INXS |
Kick
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| Midnight Oil |
Beds Are Burning
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| Little Feat |
Let It Roll
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| U2 |
Desire
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Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Joe Satriani |
Surfing With the Alien
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| Frank Zappa |
Guitar
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| Jimmy Page |
Writes of Winter
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| The Jeff Healey Band |
Hideaway
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| Carlos Santana |
Blues for Salvador
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Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jane's Addiction |
Nothing\u2019s Shocking
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| Metallica |
\u2026and Justice for All
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| AC/DC |
Blow Up Your Video
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| Iggy Pop |
Cold Metal
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| Jethro Tull |
Crest of a Knave
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Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Taylor Dayne |
I'll Always Love You
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| Vanessa L. Williams |
The Right Stuff
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| Perri "Pebbles" Reid |
Girlfriend
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| Karyn White |
The Way That You Love Me
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| Anita Baker |
Giving You the Best That I Got
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Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Teddy Pendergrass |
Joy
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| Al B. Sure! |
Nite and Day
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| Stevie Wonder |
Characters
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| Luther Vandross |
Any Love
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| Sananda Maitreya |
Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
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Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| The Jets |
Rocket 2 U
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| Experience Unlimited |
Da' Butt
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| The Robert Cray Band |
Acting This Way
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| New Edition |
If It Isn't Love
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| Gladys Knight & the Pips |
Love Overboard
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Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Doc Powell |
What's Going On
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| Gerald Albright |
So Amazing
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| George Howard |
Reflections
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| Cornell Dupree |
Coast To Coast
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| Paul Jackson, Jr. |
I Came To Play
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| Chick Corea |
Light Years
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Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince |
Parents Just Don't Understand
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| J. J. Fad |
Supersonic
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| Kool Moe Dee |
Wild Wild West
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| LL Cool J |
Going Back to Cali
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| Salt-N-Pepa |
Push It
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Grammy Award for Best New Age Album
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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance
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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
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Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
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Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
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Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female
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Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male
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Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
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Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
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Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
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Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
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Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
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Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album
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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album
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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ralph Rinzler |
Folkways: A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
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| Harold Leventhal |
Folkways: A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
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| Don DeVito |
Folkways: A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
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Grammy Award for Best Polka Album
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Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
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Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mark Sottnick |
Pecos Bill
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| Robin Williams |
Pecos Bill
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| Ry Cooder |
Pecos Bill
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Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album
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Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jay David Saks |
Into the Woods (1987 original Broadway cast)
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| Stephen Sondheim |
Into the Woods (1987 original Broadway cast)
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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
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Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto |
The Last Emperor
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| Cong Su |
The Last Emperor
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| David Byrne |
The Last Emperor
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Grammy Award for Best Performance Music Video
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| U2 |
Where the Streets Have No Name
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| Ben Dossett |
Where the Streets Have No Name
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| Michael Hamlyn |
Where the Streets Have No Name
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Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Susan Zwerman |
I'm Fat
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| Jay Levey |
I'm Fat
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| "Weird Al" Yankovic |
I'm Fat
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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement
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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
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Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
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Grammy Award for Best Historical Album
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Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
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Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
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Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
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Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robert Woods |
Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles
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| Robert Shaw |
Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles
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| Louis Lane |
Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles
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Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Georg Solti |
In fernem Land, Wagner; Lohengrin
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| Siegmund Nimsgern |
In fernem Land, Wagner; Lohengrin
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| Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
In fernem Land, Wagner; Lohengrin
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| Plácido Domingo |
In fernem Land, Wagner; Lohengrin
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| Jessye Norman |
In fernem Land, Wagner; Lohengrin
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| Christopher Raeburn |
In fernem Land, Wagner; Lohengrin
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| Eva Randová |
In fernem Land, Wagner; Lohengrin
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| Hans Sotin |
In fernem Land, Wagner; Lohengrin
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Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
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Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Murray Perahia |
Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos & Percussion
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| Evelyn Glennie |
Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos & Percussion
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| David Corkhill |
Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos & Percussion
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| Georg Solti |
Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos & Percussion
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Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo
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Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
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Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical
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Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
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Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Nominations »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Phil Collins |
Two Hearts
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| Lamont Dozier |
Two Hearts
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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Grammy Hall of Fame Award
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Grammy Hall of Fame Award
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Grammy Hall of Fame Award
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Grammy Hall of Fame Award
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Grammy Hall of Fame Award
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Grammy Hall of Fame Award
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