39th Annual Grammy Awards
The 39th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 26, 1997, at Madison Square Garden, New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Babyface and the Beatles were the night's biggest winners, with 3 awards each. Celine Dion, Toni Braxton, Sheryl Crow, and The Fugees won two awards. Celine Dion for "Best Pop Album" and "Album of the Year" and Toni Braxton for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" and "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance". The show was hosted by Ellen DeGeneres who also performed the opening with Shawn Colvin, Bonnie Rait, and Chaka Khan.
Performers
- Chaka Khan, Bonnie Raitt, Sheila E., Shawn Colvin & Ellen DeGeneres - Opening
- Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
- Natalie Cole with Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock – A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald: You'll Have to Swing It
- Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost of Tom Joad
- Celine Dion with David Foster – All By Myself
- Beck – Where It's At
- No Doubt – Spiderwebs
- Tracy Chapman – Give Me One Reason
- The Fugees – No Woman, No Cry
- Vince Gill with Alison Krauss and Union Station - High Lonesome Sound
- Patty Loveless - A Thousand Times a Day
- Vince Gill, Patty Loveless with Alison Krauss and Union Station - Working on a Building
- Brandy - Sittin' Up in My Room
- Mary J. Blige - Not Gon' Cry
- Whitney Houston - Exhale
- Whitney Houston with CeCe Winans, Brandy, Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan & Aretha Franklin – Count On Me
- Eric Clapton & Babyface – Change The World
- Riverdance: Music from the Show
- Gil Shaham with Charles Dutoit - Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 In D Major, Op. 19 - 2. Scherzo. Vivacissimo
Presenters
- Maxwell & Toni Braxton – Best Rap Album
- LeAnn Rimes & Clint Black – Best Country Album
- Kevin Bacon, Fiona Apple & Dwight Yoakam – Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
- Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach – Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
- Kevin Spacey & Jewel – Best Hard Rock Performance
- Deana Carter, Shawn Colvin & Trisha Yearwood – Best Contemporary Folk Album
- Enrique Iglesias, Tyra Banks & LL Cool J – Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Seal & Bonnie Raitt – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Quincy Jones & Liza Minnelli – Best Musical Show Album
- Jessye Norman - Best Instrumental Soloist Performance
- Jakob Dylan, Sheryl Crow & Steve Winwood – Best New Artist
- Tony Rich Project & Gloria Estefan – Song of the Year
- Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin & Stevie Wonder – Record of the Year
- Sting & Diana Ross – Album of the Year
Award winners
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
- 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
- "Change the World"
- * Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims, songwriters
- "Because You Loved Me"
- * Diane Warren, songwriter
- "Blue"
- * Bill Mack, songwriter
- "Exhale "
- * Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, songwriter
- "Give Me One Reason"
- * Tracy Chapman, songwriter
- LeAnn Rimes
- Garbage
- Jewel
- No Doubt
- The Tony Rich Project
Pop
- "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
- "Change the World" – Eric Clapton
- "Let's Make a Night to Remember" – Bryan Adams
- "Key West Intermezzo " – John Mellencamp
- "Nobody Knows" – The Tony Rich Project
- "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" – Sting
- "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
- "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
- "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 " – Stevie Wonder
- 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
- 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
- "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
- "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
- "So Much to Say" – Dave Matthews Band
- "Stupid Girl" – Garbage
- "Wonderwall" – Oasis
- "1979" – The Smashing Pumpkins
- "6th Avenue Heartache" – The Wallflowers
- "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
- "Tire Me" – Rage Against the Machine
- "Shoots and Ladders" – Korn
- "Suicide Note Pt. I" – Pantera
- "I'm Your Boogie Man" – White Zombie
- "Hands of Death " – Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper
- "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
- " My World" – Joe Satriani
- "Respect the Wind" – Edward and Alex Van Halen
- "Give Me One Reason"
- * Tracy Chapman, songwriter
- "Cry Love"
- * John Hiatt, songwriter
- "6th Avenue Heartache"
- * Jakob Dylan, songwriter
- "Stupid Girl"
- * Garbage, songwriters
- "Too Much"
- * Dave Matthews Band, songwriters
- "Wonderwall"
- * Noel Gallagher, songwriter
- 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
- 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
- "You're Makin' Me High" – Toni Braxton
- "Not Gon' Cry" – Mary J. Blige
- "Sittin' Up in My Room" – Brandy
- "Exhale " – Whitney Houston
- "You Put a Move on My Heart" – Tamia
- "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
- "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 " – En Vogue
- "Never Miss the Water" – Chaka Khan featuring Meshell Ndegeocello
- "Exhale "
- * Babyface, songwriter
- "Sittin' Up in My Room"
- * Babyface, songwriter
- "You Put a Move on My Heart"
- * Rod Temperton, songwriter
- "Your Secret Love"
- * Luther Vandross and Reed Vertelney
- "You're Makin' Me High"
- * Babyface, Toni Braxton and Bryce Wilson, songwriters
- 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