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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Quincy Jones (producer) & Michael Jackson (producer & artist) for " Beat It "

Album Of The Year

--- Quincy Jones (producer) & Michael Jackson (producer & artist) for ''Thriller''

Song Of The Year

--- Sting (songwriter) for " Every Breath You Take " performed by The Police

Best New Artist

--- Culture Club

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Recording

--- B. B. King for ''Blues 'n Jazz''

Children's

Best Recording For Children

--- Quincy Jones (producer) & Michael Jackson for ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''

Classical

Best Orchestral Recording

--- James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Mahler : Symphony No. 9 in D''

Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance

--- James Levine (conductor), Marilyn Horne , Leontyne Price & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for ''Leontyne Price & Marilyn Horne in Concert at the Met''

Best Opera Recording

--- Christopher Raeburn (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Thomas Allen , Kiri Te Kanawa , Kurt Moll , Lucia Popp , Samuel Ramey , Frederica Von Stade & the London Philharmonic for '' Mozart : Le Nozzi di Figaro''

--- Jay David Saks , Max Wilcox (producers), James Levine (conductor), Plácido Domingo , Cornell MacNeil , Teresa Stratas , & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for '' Verdi : La Traviata''

Best Choral Performance (other Than Opera)

--- Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for '' Haydn : The Creation''

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (with Orchestra)

---: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat''

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (without Orchestra)

--- Glenn Gould for '' Beethoven : Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 & 13''

Best Chamber Music Performance

--- Mstislav Rostropovich & Rudolf Serkin for '' Brahms : Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 38 and Sonata in F, Op. 99''

Best Classical Album

--- James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conducytor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Mahler : Symphony No. 9 in D''

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording

--- Eddie Murphy for ''Eddie Murphy: Comedian''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

--- Giorgio Moroder (composer) for "Love Theme From ''Flashdance''" performed by various artists

Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special

--- Michael Boddicker , Irene Cara , Kim Carnes , Douglas Cotler , Keith Forsey , Richard Gilbert , Jerry Hey , Duane Hitchings , Craig Krampf , Ronald Magness , Dennis Matkosky , Giorgio Moroder , Phil Ramone , Michael Sembello , Shandi Sinnamon (composers) for ''Flashdance'' performed by various artists

Best Arrangement On An Instrumental

--- Dave Grusin (arranger) for "Summer Sketches '82"

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

--- Nelson Riddle (arranger) for "What's New" performed by Linda Ronstadt

Best Vocal Arrangement For Two Or More Voices

--- Arif Mardin & Chaka Khan (arrangers) for "Be Bop Medley" performed by Chaka Khan

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female

--- Anne Murray for "A Little Good News"

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male

--- Lee Greenwood for "I.O.U."

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Alabama for ''The Closer You Get...''

Best Country Instrumental Performance

--- New South for "Fireball"

Best Country Song

--- Mike Reid (songwriter) for "Stranger in My House" performed by Ronnie Milsap

Folk

Best Ethnic Or Traditional Folk Recording

--- Clifton Chenier for ''I'm Here'' performed by Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance, Female

--- Amy Grant for "Ageless Medley"

Best Gospel Performance, Male

--- Russ Taff for ''Walls of Glass''

Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- Larnelle Harris & Sandi Patti for "More Than Wonderful"

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female

--- Sandra Crouch for ''We Sing Praises''

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male

--- Al Green for ''I'll Rise Again ''

Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- Barbara Mandrell & Bobby Jones for "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today"

Best Inspirational Performance

--- Donna Summer for "He's a Rebel"

Historical

Best Historical Album

--- Allan Steckler & Stanley Walker (producers) for ''The Greatest Recordings of Arturo Toscanini - Symphonies, Vol. I''

Jazz

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

--- Ella Fitzgerald for ''The Best Is Yet to Come''

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

--- Mel Tormé for ''Top Drawer''

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group

--- The Manhattan Transfer for "Why Not!"

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist

--- Wynton Marsalis for ''Think of One''

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group

--- Phil Woods for ''At the Vanguard'' performed by the Phil Woods Quartet

Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Big Band

--- Rob McConnell for ''All in Good Time'' performed by Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass

Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental

--- Pat Metheny Group for ''Travels ''

Latin

Best Latin Pop Performance

--- Jose Feliciano for ''Me Enamore''

Best Tropical Latin Performance

--- Tito Puente for ''On Broadway'' performed by Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble

Best Mexican-American Performance

--- Los Lobos for "Anselma"

Musical Show

Best Cast Show Album

--- Andrew Lloyd Webber (producer) & the original Broadway cast for ''Cats (Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording)''

Music video

Best Video, Short Form

--- Duran Duran for "Girls on Film/Hungry Like the Wolf"

Best Video Album

--- Duran Duran for '' Duran Duran ''

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Package

--- Robert Rauschenberg (art director) for ''Speaking in Tongues'' performed by Talking Heads

Best Album Notes

--- Orrin Keepnews (notes writer) for ''The Interplay Sessions'' performed by Bill Evans

Pop

Best Vocal Performance, Female

--- Irene Cara for "Flashdance - What a Feeling"

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

--- Michael Jackson for ''Thriller ''

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- The Police for " Every Breath You Take "

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

--- George Benson for "Being With You"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical

--- Bruce Swedien (engineer) for ''Thriller'' performed by Michael Jackson

Best Engineered Recording, Classical

--- James Lock (engineer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for '' Mahler : Symphony No. 9 in D''

Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical)

--- Michael Jackson & Quincy Jones

Classical Producer Of The Year

--- Marc Aubort & Joanna Nickrenz

R&B

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

--- Chaka Khan for ''Chaka Khan''

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

--- Michael Jackson for "Billie Jean"

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Chaka Khan & Rufus for "Ain't Nobody"

Best R&B Instrumental Performance

--- Herbie Hancock for "Rockit"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Michael Jackson (songwriter) for "Billie Jean"

Rock

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

--- Pat Benatar for "Love Is a Battlefield"

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

--- Michael Jackson for " Beat It "

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- The Police for ''Synchronicity''

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

--- Sting for "Brimstone and Treacle"

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Recording

--- William Warfield for ''Copland: A Lincoln Portrait''

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