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AWARD WINNERS:

Record Of The Year

--- Babyface (producer) & Eric Clapton for "Change the World"

Album Of The Year

--- Roy Bittan , Jeff Bova , David Foster , Humberto Gatica , Jean-Jacques Goldman , Rick Hahn , Dan Hill , John Jones , Aldo Nova , Rick Nowels , Steven Rinkoff , Billy Steinberg , Jim Steinman , Ric Wake (producers) & Céline Dion for ''Falling Into You''

Song Of The Year

--- Gordon Kennedy , Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) for "Change the World" performed by Eric Clapton & Babyface / Wynonna

Best New Artist

--- LeAnn Rimes

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Performance

--- Beck for ''Odelay''

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Album

--- James Cotton for ''Deep in the Blues''

Best Contemporary Blues Album

--- Keb' Mo' for ''Just Like You''

Children's

Best Musical Album For Children

--- George Massenburg (producer) & Linda Ronstadt (producer & artist) for ''Dedicated to the One I Love''

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

--- Virginia Callaway , Steven Heller (producers) & David Holt (producer & narrator) for ''Stellaluna''

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance

--- Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony for '' Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet (Scenes From the Ballet)''

Best Classical Vocal Performance

--- James Levine (conductor), Bryn Terfel & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for ''Opera Arias - Works of Mozart , Wagner , Borodin ''

Best Opera Recording

--- Brian Couzens (producer), Richard Hickox (conductor), Philip Langridge , Alan Opie , Janice Watson , the London Symphony Chorus & the City Of London Sinfonia for '' Britten : Peter Grimes ''

Best Choral Performance

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Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

--- Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Yefim Bronfman & the Los Angeles Philharmonic for '' Bartók : The Three Piano Concertos ''

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

--- Earl Wild for ''The Romantic Master - Works of Saint-Saëns , Handel ''

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with Or Without Conductor)

--- Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Ensemble Inter-Contemporain for ''Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe... ''

Best Chamber Music Performance

---The Cleveland Quartet for '' Corigliano : String Quartet''

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

--- John Corigliano (composer) & the Cleveland Quartet for ''Corigliano: String Quartet''

Best Classical Album

--- Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Michelle De Young , various artists, the Washington Choral Arts Society Male Chorus , the Washington Oratorio Society Male Chorus & the National Symphony Orchestra for '' Corigliano : Of Rage and Remembrance''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

--- Herbie Hancock & Jean Hancock (composers) for "Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love)" performed by Herbie Hancock

Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television

--- Diane Warren (songwriter) for "Because You Loved Me" (Theme from ''Up Close & Personal'') performed by Céline Dion

Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television

--- David Arnold (composer) for ''Independence Day''

Best Instrumental Arrangement

--- Michael Kamen (arranger) for "An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus)"

Best Instrumental Arrangement With Accompanying Vocal(s)

--- Alan Broadbent & David Foster (arrangers) for "When I Fall in Love" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole

Country

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

--- LeAnn Rimes for "Blue"

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

--- Vince Gill for "Worlds Apart"

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Brooks & Dunn for "My Maria"

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

--- Alison Krauss & Union Station & Vince Gill for "High Lonesome Sound"

Best Country Instrumental Performance

--- Chet Atkins for "Jam Man"

Best Country Song

--- Bill Mack (songwriter) for "Blue" performed by LeAnn Rimes

Best Country Album

--- Billy Williams (producer) & Lyle Lovett (producer & artist) for ''The Road to Ensenada''

Best Bluegrass Album

--- Todd Phillips (producer) for ''True Life Blues - The Songs of Bill Monroe'' performed by various artists

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album

--- Pete Seeger for ''Pete''

Best Contemporary Folk Album

--- Bruce Springsteen for ''The Ghost of Tom Joad''

Gospel

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

--- Neal Joseph & Norman Miller (producers) for ''Tribute - The Songs of Andrae Crouch'' performed by various artists

Best Rock Gospel Album

--- Dc Talk for ''Jesus Freak''

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

--- Cissy Houston for ''Face to Face''

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

--- Kirk Franklin for ''Whatcha Lookin' 4 ''

Best Gospel, Country Gospel Or Bluegrass Gospel Album

--- Andy Griffith for ''I Love to Tell the Story - 25 Timeless Hymns''

Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus

--- Shirley Caesar (choir director) for ''Just a Word'' performed by Shirley Caesar's Outreach Convention Choir

Historical

Best Historical Album

--- Bob Belden (producer), Phil Schaap (producer & engineer) Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder (engineer) for ''The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings'' performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Jen O'Sullivan: Best Gospel Song of the Year

Jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

--- Michael Brecker for "Cabin Fever"

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group

--- Michael Brecker for ''Tales From the Hudson''

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

--- Grover Mitchell for ''Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild''

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

--- Cassandra Wilson for ''New Moon Daughter''

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance

--- Wayne Shorter for ''High Life''

Best Latin Jazz Performance

--- Paquito D'Rivera for ''Portraits of Cuba''

Latin

Best Latin Pop Performance

--- Enrique Iglesias for ''Enrique Iglesias''

Best Tropical Latin Performance

--- Rubén Blades for ''La Rosa de los Vientos''

Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance

--- La Mafia for ''Un Millon de Rosas''

Musical Show

Best Musical Show Album

--- Bill Whelan (composer, lyricist & producer) & various artists for '' Riverdance ''

Music video

Best Music Video, Short Form

--- Vincent Joliet (video producer), Joe Pytka (video director) & The Beatles for " Free As A Bird "

Best Music Video, Long Form

--- Chips Chipperfield , Neil Aspinall (video producers), Bob Smeaton , Geoff Wonfor (video directors) & The Beatles for ''The Beatles Anthology''

New Age

Best New Age Album

--- Enya for ''The Memory of Trees''

Packaging and Notes

Best Recording Package

--- Andy Engel & Tommy Steele (art directors) for ''Ultra-Lounge (Leopard Skin Sampler)'' performed by various artists

Best Recording Package - Boxed

--- Arnold Levine & Chika Azuma (art directors) for ''The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings'' performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Best Album Notes

--- Bill Kirchner , Bob Belden , George Avakian & Phil Schaap (notes writers) for ''The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings'' performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Polka

Best Polka Album

--- Jimmy Sturr for ''Polka! All Night Long''

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

--- Toni Braxton for "Un-break My Heart"

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

--- Eric Clapton for "Change the World"

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- The Beatles for " Free As A Bird "

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

--- Natalie Cole for "When I Fall in Love" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

--- Béla Fleck And The Flecktones for "The Sinister Minister"

Best Pop Album

--- Céline Dion for ''Falling Into You''

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

--- Al Schmitt , Bruce Swedien , Francis Buckley & Tommy Vicari for ''Q's Jook Joint'' performed by Quincy Jones

Best Classical Engineered Recording

--- Lawrence Rock , William Hoekstra (engineers), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony for '' Copland : Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony''

Producer Of The Year

--- Babyface

Classical Producer Of The Year

--- Joanna Nickrenz

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

--- Toni Braxton for "You're Makin' Me High"

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

--- Luther Vandross for "Your Secret Love"

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

--- The Fugees for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

--- Babyface (songwriter) for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" performed by Whitney Houston

Best R&B Album

--- Tony Rich for ''Words'' performed by The Tony Rich Project

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

--- LL Cool J for "Hey Lover"

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

--- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony for "Tha Crossroads"

Best Rap Album

--- The Fugees (producer and artist) for '' The Score ''

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

--- Bunny Wailer for ''Hall of Fame - A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary''

Rock

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

--- Sheryl Crow for "If It Makes You Happy"

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

--- Beck for "Where It's At"

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

--- Dave Matthews Band for "So Much to Say"

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

--- Eric Clapton , Robert Cray , Buddy Guy , Dr. John , B.B. King , Art Neville , Bonnie Raitt & Jimmie Vaughan for "SRV Shuffle"

Best Hard Rock Performance

--- Smashing Pumpkins for " Bullet With Butterfly Wings "

Best Metal Performance

--- Rage Against The Machine for "Tire Me"

Best Rock Song

--- Tracy Chapman (songwriter) for "Give Me One Reason"

Best Rock Album

--- Sheryl Crow (producer & artist) for ''Sheryl Crow''

Spoken

Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album

--- Hillary Rodham Clinton for ''It Takes a Village''

Best Spoken Comedy Album

--- Al Franken for ''Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot''

Trad Pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

--- Tony Bennett for ''Here's to the Ladies''

World

Best World Music Album

--- The Chieftains for ''Santiago''

EXTERNAL LINKS

39th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database

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