General

Record of the Year

• "Change the World" – Eric Clapton
  • Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, producer
• "Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
  • Tracy Chapman & Don Gehman, producers
• "Because You Loved Me" – Celine Dion
  • David Foster, producer
• "Ironic" – Alanis Morissette
  • Glen Ballard, producer
• "1979" – The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Billy Corgan, Flood and Alan Moulder, producers

Album of the Year

• Falling Into You – Celine Dion
  • 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 and Ric Wake, producers
• Odelay – Beck
  • Beck Hansen and The Dust Brothers, producers
• The Score – Fugees
  • Diamond D, Jerry "Te Bass" Duplessis, John Forté, Lauryn Hill, Shawn King, Prakazrel "Pras", Salaam Remi, Handel Tucker and Wyclef, producers
• Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Billy Corgan, Flood and Alan Moulder, producers
• Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack – various artists
  • Babyface, producer

Song of the Year

• "Change the World"
  • Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims, songwriters (Eric Clapton)
• "Because You Loved Me"
  • Diane Warren, songwriter (Celine Dion)
• "Blue"
  • Bill Mack, songwriter (LeAnn Rimes)
• "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
  • Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, songwriter (Whitney Houston)
• "Give Me One Reason"
  • Tracy Chapman, songwriter (Tracy Chapman)

Best New Artist

• LeAnn Rimes
• Garbage
• Jewel
• No Doubt
• The Tony Rich Project

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• "Un-Break My Heart" – Toni Braxton
• "Get Out of This House" – Shawn Colvin
• "Because You Loved Me" – Celine Dion
• "Reach" – Gloria Estefan
• "Who Will Save Your Soul" - Jewel

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• "Change the World" – Eric Clapton
• "Let's Make a Night to Remember" – Bryan Adams
• "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" – John Mellencamp
• "Nobody Knows" – The Tony Rich Project
• "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" – Sting

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

• "Free as a Bird" – The Beatles
• "As Long as It Matters" – Gin Blossoms
• "When You Love a Woman" – Journey
• "Fire on the Mountain" – The Neville Brothers
• "Peaches" – The Presidents of the United States of America
• "When You Wish Upon a Star" – Take 6

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

• "When I Fall in Love" – Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
• "God Give Me Strength" – Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello
• "Missing You" – Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan
• "Count on Me" – Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans
• "My Way" – Frank Sinatra and Luciano Pavarotti
• "The Wind Cries Mary" – Sting, John McLaughlin, Dominic Miller and Vinnie Colaiuta

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• "The Sinister Minister" – Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
• "Theme from Mission: Impossible" – Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
• "Mission: Impossible" – Lalo Schifrin with London Philharmonic Orchestra
• "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" – The Smashing Pumpkins
• "Kiss Lonely Goodbye (Harmonica with Orchestra)" – Stevie Wonder

Best Pop Album

• Falling into You – Celine Dion
• Secrets – Toni Braxton
  • Babyface, producer
• New Beginning – Tracy Chapman
  • Tracy Chapman and Don Gehman, producers
• A Few Small Repairs – Shawn Colvin
  • John Leventhal, producer
• Mercury Falling – Sting
  • Hugh Padgham and Sting, producers

Traditional Pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

• Here's to the Ladies – Tony Bennett
• Dedicated to Nelson – Rosemary Clooney
• Stardust – Natalie Cole
• Gently – Liza Minnelli
• I'll Be Your Baby Tonight – Bernadette Peters

Rock

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

• "If It Makes You Happy" – Sheryl Crow
• "Mother Mother" – Tracy Bonham
• "Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
• "Spider Web" – Joan Osborne
• "Burning Down the House" – Bonnie Raitt

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

• "Where It's At" – Beck
• "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" – Bryan Adams
• "Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up on Love" – Eric Clapton
• "Cry Love" – John Hiatt
• "Dead Man Walkin'" – Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

• "So Much to Say" – Dave Matthews Band
• "Stupid Girl" – Garbage
• "Wonderwall" – Oasis
• "1979" – The Smashing Pumpkins
• "6th Avenue Heartache" – The Wallflowers

Best Hard Rock Performance

• "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" – The Smashing Pumpkins
• "Again" – Alice in Chains
• "Bulls on Parade" – Rage Against the Machine
• "Pretty Noose" – Soundgarden
• "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" – Stone Temple Pilots

Best Metal Performance

• "Tire Me" – Rage Against the Machine
• "Shoots and Ladders" – Korn
• "Suicide Note Pt. 1" – Pantera
• "I'm Your Boogie Man" – White Zombie
• "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" – Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• "SRV Shuffle" – Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, B.B. King, Art Neville, Bonnie Raitt and Jimmie Vaughan
• "Green Onions" – Booker T. & the M.G.'s
• "Pavilion" – Eric Johnson
• "(You're) My World" – Joe Satriani
• "Respect the Wind" – Edward and Alex Van Halen

Best Rock Song

• "Give Me One Reason"
  • Tracy Chapman, songwriter (Tracy Chapman)
• "Cry Love"
  • John Hiatt, songwriter (John Hiatt)
• "6th Avenue Heartache"
  • Jakob Dylan, songwriter (The Wallflowers)
• "Stupid Girl"
  • Garbage, songwriters (Garbage)
• "Too Much"
  • Dave Matthews Band, songwriters (Dave Matthews Band)
• "Wonderwall"
  • Noel Gallagher, songwriter (Oasis)

Best Rock Album

• Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow
  • Sheryl Crow, producer
• Crash – Dave Matthews Band
  • Steve Lillywhite, producer
• Tragic Kingdom – No Doubt
  • Matthew Wilder, producer
• Road Tested – Bonnie Raitt
  • Bonnie Raitt and Don Was, producers
• Broken Arrow – Neil Young with Crazy Horse
  • Neil Young, producer

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Performance

• Odelay – Beck
• Boys for Pele – Tori Amos
• The Burdens of Being Upright – Tracy Bonham
• New Adventures in Hi-Fi – R.E.M.
• Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – The Smashing Pumpkins

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• "You're Makin' Me High" – Toni Braxton
• "Not Gon' Cry" – Mary J. Blige
• "Sittin' Up in My Room" – Brandy
• "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" – Whitney Houston
• "You Put a Move on My Heart" – Tamia

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• "Your Secret Love" – Luther Vandross
• "Lady" – D'Angelo
• "A Change Is Gonna Come" – Al Green
• "New World Order" – Curtis Mayfield
• "Like a Woman" – The Tony Rich Project

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

• "Killing Me Softly" – Fugees
• "Slow Jams" – Babyface and Tamia with Portrait and Barry White
• "Stomp" – Luke Cresswell, Fiona Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, Everett Bradley, Mr. X, Melle Mel, Coolio, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, Shaquille O'Neal and Luniz
• "Don't Let Go (Love)" – En Vogue
• "Never Miss the Water" – Chaka Khan featuring Meshell Ndegeocello

Best R&B Song

• "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
  • Babyface, songwriter (Whitney Houston)
• "Sittin' Up in My Room"
  • Babyface, songwriter (Brandy)
• "You Put a Move on My Heart"
  • Rod Temperton, songwriter (Tamia)
• "Your Secret Love"
  • Luther Vandross and Reed Vertelney (Luther Vandross)
• "You're Makin' Me High"
  • Babyface, Toni Braxton and Bryce Wilson, songwriters (Toni Braxton)

Best R&B Album

• Words – The Tony Rich Project
  • Tony Rich, producer
• Moving On – Oleta Adams
  • Michael J. Powell, producer
• Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite – Maxwell
  • Musze, producer
• New World Order – Curtis Mayfield
• Peace Beyond Passion – Meshell Ndegeocello
  • David Gamson, producer

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

Comedy

• From 1994 through 2003, see "Best Spoken Comedy Album" under the "Spoken" field, below.

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
  • Andrew Litton (conductor), Neville Creed, David Hill (chorus masters) & the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
• 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 Andraé 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 Southern 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), Mark Wilder (engineer) for Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans

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 Millón 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 Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Polka

• Best Polka Album
  • Jimmy Sturr for Polka! All Night Long

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 Engineered Album, Classical
  • 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

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

• "Hey Lover" – LL Cool J
• "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" – Coolio
• "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" – Nas
• "Rock With You" – Heavy D
• "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" – Busta Rhymes

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

• "Tha Crossroads" – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
• "California Love" – 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
• "How Do U Want It" – 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo
• "1nce Again" – A Tribe Called Quest
• "Champagne" – Salt-N-Pepa

Best Rap Album

• The Score – Fugees
• All Eyez On Me – 2Pac
• Beats, Rhymes and Life – A Tribe Called Quest
• Gangsta's Paradise – Coolio
• Mr. Smith – LL Cool J

Reggae

• Best Reggae Album
  • Bunny Wailer for Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary

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

World

• Best World Music Album
  • The Chieftains for Santiago

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Phil Collins