Record of the Year “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston
Album of the Year The Bodyguard—Original Soundtrack Album, Whitney Houston (Arista)
Song of the Year “A Whole New World” (Theme From Aladdin), Alan Menken and Tim Rice, songwriters
Best New Artist Toni Braxton
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You,” Sting
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston
Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal “A Whole New World” (Theme From Aladdin), Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance Steppin' Out, Tony Bennett
Best Pop Instrumental Performance “Barcelona Mona,” Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis
Best Rock Gospel Album Free at Last, DC Talk (ForeFront)
Best Rock Song “Runaway Train,” David Pirner, songwriter
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo “I'd Do Anything for Love” (But I Won't Do That), Meat Loaf
Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal “Livin' on the Edge,” Aerosmith
Best Rock Instrumental Performance “Sofa,” Zappa's Universe Rock Group Featuring Steve Vai
Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal “Plush,” Stone Temple Pilots
Best Metal Performance With Vocal “I Don't Want to Change the World,” Ozzy Osbourne
Best Alternative Music Album Zooropa, U2 (Island)
Best Rhythm and Blues Song “That's the Way Love Goes,” Janet Jackson, James Harris III and Terry Lewis, songwriters
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male “A Song for You,” Ray Charles
Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female “Another Sad Love Song,” Toni Braxton
Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal “No Ordinary Love,” Sade
Best Rap Solo Performance “Let Me Ride,” Dr. Dre
Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group “Rebirth of Slick” (Cool Like Dat), Digable Planets
Best Jazz Vocal Performance Take a Look, Natalie Cole
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo “Miles Ahead,” Joe Henderson
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles), Joe Henderson
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental) The Road to You, Pat Metheny Group
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance Miles and Quincy Live at Montreux, Miles Davis and Quincy Jones
Best Country Song “Passionate Kisses,” Lucinda Williams, songwriter
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male “Ain't That Lonely Yet,” Dwight Yoakam
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female “Passionate Kisses,” Mary Chapin Carpenter
Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal “Hard Workin' Man,” Brooks and Dunn
Best Country Vocal Collaboration “Does He Love You,” Reba McEntire and Linda Davis
Best Country Instrumental Performance “Red Wing,” Asleep at the Wheel featuring Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart and Reuben “Lucky Orleans” Gosfield
Best Bluegrass Album Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go, Nashville Bluegrass Band (Sugar Hill)
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album Stand Still, Shirley Caesar (Word Record and Music)
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album All Out, Winans (Qwest/Warner Alliance)
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album The Live Adventure, Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow)
Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album Good News, Kathy Mattea (Mercury)
Best Gospel Album By a Choir or Chorus Live . . .We Come Rejoicing, Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Carol Cymbala, choir director (Warner Alliance)
Best Latin Pop Album Aries, Luis Miguel (WEA Latina)
Best Tropical Latin Album Mi Tierra, Gloria Estefan (Epic)
Best Mexican/American Album Live, Selena (Capitol/EMI Latin)
Best Traditional Blues Album Blues Summit, B.B. King (MCA)
Best Contemporary Blues Album Feels Like Rain, Buddy Guy (Silvertone)
Best Traditional Folk Album The Celtic Harp, Chieftains (RCA Victor)
Best Contemporary Folk Album Other Voices/Other Rooms, Nanci Griffith (Elektra)
Best Reggae Album Bad Boys, Inner Circle (Big Beat/Atlantic)
Best New Age Album Spanish Angel, Paul Winter Consort (Living Music)
Best World Music Album A Meeting by the River, Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt (Walter Lily Acoustics)
Best Polka Album Accordionally Yours, Walter Ostanek and His Band (WRS)
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental “Mood Indigo,” Dave Grusin, arranger
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) “When I Fall in Love,” Jeremy Lubbock and David Foster, arrangers
Best Instrumental Composition “Forever in Love,” Kenny G, composer
Best Musical Show Album The Who's Tommy—Original Cast Recording, original cast (RCA Victor)
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television Aladdin, Alan Menken, composer
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or for Television “A Whole New World” (Theme From Aladdin), Alan Menken and Tim Rice, songwriters
Best Contemporary Composition Violin Concerto, Elliott Carter, composer
Best Classical Album Bartók, The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, baritone (Deutsche Grammophon)
Best Chamber Music Performance Ives, String Quartets nos. 1 and 2; Barber String Quartet Op. 11 (American Originals), Emerson String Quartet
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) Berg, Violin Concerto; Rihm, Time Chant, Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist; James Levine conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) Barber, The Complete Solo Piano Music, John Browning, pianist
Best Orchestral Performance Bartók, The Wooden Prince, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony
Best Opera Recording Handel, Semele, John Nelson conducting English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus; solos: Battle, Horne, Ramey, Aler, McNair, Chance, Mackie and Doss (Deutsche Grammophon)
Best Performance of a Choral Work Bartók, Cantata Profana, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Margaret Hillis, choral director
Best Classical Vocal Performance The Art of Arleen Auger (Works of Larsen, Purcell, Schumann, Mozart), Arleen Auger, soprano; Joel Revzen, accompanist
Best Spoken Comedy Album Jammin' in New York, George Carlin (Eardrum/Atlantic)
Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album On the Pulse of Morning, Maya Angelou (Random House Audio Books)
Best Musical Album for Children Aladdin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), various artists (Walt Disney Records)
Best Spoken Word Album for Children Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales, Audrey Hepburn (Dove Audio)
Best Recording Package The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959, David Lau, art director (Verve)
Best Album Notes The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959, Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap and Joel E. Siegel, annotators (Verve)
Best Historical Album The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959, Billie Holiday (Verve)
Best Music Video, Short Form “Steam,” Peter Gabriel
Best Music Video, Long Form “Ten Summoner's Tales,” Sting
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) David Foster
Classical Producer of the Year Judith Sherman