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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Trevor Horn (producer) & Seal for "Kiss From a Rose"

Album Of The Year

--- Glen Ballard (producer) & Alanis Morissette for ''Jagged Little Pill''

Song Of The Year

--- Seal (songwriter) for "Kiss From a Rose"

Best New Artist

--- Hootie & The Blowfish

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Performance

--- Nirvana for ''MTV Unplugged in New York''

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Album

--- John Lee Hooker for ''Chill Out''

Best Contemporary Blues Album

--- Buddy Guy for ''Slippin' In''

Children's

Best Musical Album For Children

--- J. Aaron Brown , David R. Lehman (producers) & Barbara Bailey Hutchison for ''Sleepy Time Lullabys''

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

--- Dan Broatman , Martin Sauer (producers) & Patrick Stewart for '' Prokofiev : Peter and the Wolf ''

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

--- Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for '' Debussy : La Mer''

Best Classical Vocal Performance

--- Christopher Hogwood (conductor), Sylvia McNair & the Academy Of Ancient Music for ''The Echoing Air - The Music of Henry Purcell ''

Best Opera Recording

--- Raymond Minshull (producer), Charles Dutoit (conductor), Gary Lakes , Francoise Pollet , Gino Quilico , Deborah Voigt & L'Orchestra Symphonie Montreal & Chorus for '' Berlioz : Les Troyens''

Best Choral Performance

--- Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director) & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for '' Brahms : Ein Deutsches Requiem''

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

--- Seiji Ozawa (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for ''The American Album - Works of Bernstein , Barber , Foss ''

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

--- Radu Lupu for '' Schubert : Piano Sonatas (B Flat Major and A Major)''

Best Chamber Music Performance

--- Emanuel Ax , Yo-Yo Ma & Richard Stoltzman for '' Brahms / Beethoven / Mozart : Clarinet Trios''

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

--- Olivier Messiaen (composer) & Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) for ''Messiaen: Concert a Quatre''

Best Classical Album

--- Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus for '' Debussy : La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

--- Bill Holman (composer) for "A View From the Side" performed by The Bill Holman Band

Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television

--- Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz (songwriters) for " Colors Of The Wind " performed by Judy Kuhn & Vanessa Williams

Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television

--- Hans Zimmer (composer) for ''Crimson Tide''

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Robert Farnon (arranger) for "Lament" performed by J. J. Johnson & the Robert Farnon Orchestra

Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal(s)

--- Rob McConnell (arranger) for "I Get a Kick Out of You" performed by Mel Tormé with Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass

Country

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

--- Alison Krauss for "Baby, Now That I've Found You"

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

--- Vince Gill for "Go Rest High on That Mountain"

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- The Mavericks for "Here Comes the Rain"

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

--- Alison Krauss & Shenandoah for "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart"

Best Country Instrumental Performance

--- Asleep At The Wheel , Béla Fleck & Johnny Gimble for "Hightower"

Best Country Song

--- Vince Gill (songwriter) for "Go Rest High on That Mountain"

Best Country Album

--- Robert John "Mutt" Lange (producer) & Shania Twain for ''The Woman In Me''

Best Bluegrass Album

---The Nashville Bluegrass Band for ''Unleashed''

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album

--- Ramblin' Jack Elliott for ''South Coast''

Best Contemporary Folk Album

--- Emmylou Harris for ''Wrecking Ball''

Gospel

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

--- Michael W. Smith for ''I'll Lead You Home''

Best Rock Gospel Album

--- Ashley Cleveland for ''Lesson of Love''

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

--- Shirley Caesar for ''Shirley Caesar Live - He Will Come''

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

--- CeCe Winans for ''Alone In His Presence''

Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

--- Bill Hearn (producer) for ''Amazing Grace - A Country Salute to Gospel'' performed by various artists

Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus

--- Carol Cymbala (choir director) for ''Praise Him - Live!'' performed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Historical

Best Historical Album

--- John Pfeiffer (producer & notes writer), Ray Hall , Thomas MacCluskey , James P. Nichols , Anthony Salvatore , Jon M. Samuels , David Satz (engineers), J.J. Stelmach (art director), Gabriel Banat , Grant Beglarian , Robert Cowan , Mortimer W. Frank , Richard Freed , Erick Friedman , Harris Goldsmith , Josefa Heifetz , George Jellinek , Irving Kolodin , Jacob Lateiner , Laurence Lesser , Myra C. Livingston , John Maltese , John Anthony Maltese , Leonard Pennario & Brooks Smith (notes writers) for ''The Heifetz Collection'' performed by Jascha Heifetz & various artists

Jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

--- Michael Brecker for "Impressions"

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group

--- McCoy Tyner Trio & Michael Brecker for "Infinity"

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

--- Tom Scott for "All Blues" performed by the GRP All-Star Big Band

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

--- Lena Horne for ''An Evening With Lena Horne''

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance

--- Pat Metheny Group for "We Live Here"

Best Latin Jazz Performance

--- Jobim for ''Antonio Brasileiro''

Latin

Best Latin Pop Performance

--- Jon Secada for "Amor"

Best Tropical Latin Performance

--- Gloria Estefan for "Abriendo Puertas"

Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance

--- Flaco Jimenez for "Flaco Jimenez"

Musical Show

Best Musical Show Album

--- Arif Mardin , Jerry Leiber , Mike Stoller (producers) & the original Broadway cast for ''Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber & Stoller''

Music video

Best Music Video, Short Form

--- Cean Chaffin (producer), Mark Romanek (director), Janet Jackson & Michael Jackson for " Scream "

Best Music Video, Long Form

--- Robert Warr (producer), Francois Girard (director) & Peter Gabriel for ''Secret World Live''

New Age

Best New Age Album

--- George Winston for ''Forest''

Packaging and Notes

Best Recording Package

--- Joni Mitchell & Robbie Cavolina (art directors) for ''Turbulent Indigo'' performed by Joni Mitchell

Best Recording Package - Boxed

--- Frank Zappa & Gail Zappa (art directors) for'' Civilization Phaze III'' performed by Frank Zappa

Best Album Notes

--- Rob Bowman (notes writer) for ''The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972 - 1975 '' performed by various artists

Polka

Best Polka Album

--- Jimmy Sturr for ''I Love to Polka''

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

--- Annie Lennox for "No More 'I Love Yous'"

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

--- Seal for "Kiss From a Rose"

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Hootie & The Blowfish for "Let Her Cry"

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

--- The Chieftains & Van Morrison for "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

--- Los Lobos for "Mariachi Suite"

Best Pop Album

--- Larry Klein (producer) & Joni Mitchell (producer & artist) for ''Turbulent Indigo''

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

--- David Bianco , Jim Scott , Richard Dodd & Stephen McLaughlin (engineers) for ''Wildflowers'' performed by Tom Petty

Best Classical Engineered Recording

--- Jonathan Stokes , Michael Mailes (engineers), Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony for '' Bartók : Concerto For Orchestra; " Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem''

Producer Of The Year

--- Babyface

Classical Producer Of The Year

--- Steven Epstein

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

--- Anita Baker for "I Apologize"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

--- Stevie Wonder for "For Your Love"

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

--- TLC for "Creep"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "For Your Love"

Best R&B Album

--- TLC for ''CrazySexyCool''

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

--- Coolio for "Gangsta's Paradise"

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- Mary J. Blige & Method Man for "I'll Be There for You"/"You're All I Need to Get By"

Best Rap Album

--- Naughty By Nature for ''Poverty's Paradise''

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

--- Shaggy for ''Boombastic''

Rock

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

--- Alanis Morissette for "You Oughta Know"

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

--- Tom Petty for "You Don't Know How It Feels"

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Blues Traveler for "Run-Around"

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

--- Allman Brothers Band for "Jessica"

Best Hard Rock Performance

--- Pearl Jam for "Spin the Black Circle"

Best Metal Performance

--- Nine Inch Nails for "Happiness in Slavery"

Best Rock Song

--- Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard (songwriters) for "You Oughta Know" performed by Alanis Morissette

Best Rock Album

--- Glen Ballard (producer) & Alanis Morissette for ''Jagged Little Pill''

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album

--- Maya Angelou for ''Phenomenal Woman''

Best Spoken Comedy Album

--- Jonathan Winters for ''Crank Calls ''

Trad Pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

--- Frank Sinatra for ''Duets II''

World

Best World Music Album

--- Deep Forest for ''Boheme''

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