30th Annual Grammy Awards

Presenters

• Anita Baker & Robbie Robertson - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• Patrick Swayze & Liza Minnelli - Best Musical Cast Show Album
• Billy Joel & Herbie Hancock - Song of the Year
• Steve Allen & Steven Wright - Best Comedy Recording
• Diana Ross & Herb Alpert - Album of the Year
• Dwight Yoakam & Rosanne Cash - Best Country Song
• LeVert & Jody Watley - Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• Emanuel Ax - Best Classical Album
• Ruben Blades & Al Jarreau - Producer of the Year
• Little Richard & Buster Poindexter - Best New Artist
• Quincy Jones & Lena Horne - Best Rock Solo Performance and Record of the Year

Award winners

• "Graceland" – Paul Simon
• *Paul Simon, producer
• "La Bamba" – Los Lobos
• *Los Lobos & Mitchell Froom, producers
• "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" – U2
• *Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois, producers
• "Luka" – Suzanne Vega
• *Steve Addabbo & Lenny Kaye, producers
• "Back in the High Life Again" – Steve Winwood
• * Russ Titelman & Steve Winwood, producers

• The Joshua Tree – U2
• *Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois, producers
• Whitney – Whitney Houston
• * Narada Michael Walden, producer
• Bad – Michael Jackson
• * Michael Jackson & Quincy Jones, producers
• Trio – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
• * George Massenburg, producer
• Sign o' the Times – Prince
• *Prince, producer

• "Somewhere Out There"
• *James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, songwriters
• "La Bamba"
• *Ritchie Valens, songwriter
• "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
• *Adam Clayton, David Evans, Larry Mullen, Jr. & Paul Hewson, songwriters
• "Luka"
• *Suzanne Vega, songwriter
• "Didn't We Almost Have It All"
• *Michael Masser & Will Jennings, songwriters

• Jody Watley
• Breakfast Club
• Cutting Crew
• Terence Trent D'Arby
• Swing Out Sister

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Recording
• *Professor Longhair for Houseparty New Orleans Style
• Best Contemporary Blues Recording
• *The Robert Cray Band for ''Strong Persuader''

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• *Tom Bradshaw, Mark Sottnick, Bobby McFerrin & Jack Nicholson for ''The Elephant's Child''

Classical

• Best Orchestral Recording
• *Michael Haas, Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
• *Kathleen Battle for Kathleen Battle - Salzburg Recital
• Best Opera Recording
• *Cord Garben, James Levine, Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gary Lakes, Hermann Prey, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for R. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
• *Robert Shaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)
• *James Levine, Itzhak Perlman & the Vienna Philharmonic for Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 4
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)
• *Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Moscow
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• *Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lynn Harrell, Itzhak Perlman & for Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
• Best Contemporary Composition
• *Krzysztof Penderecki, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2
• Best Classical Album
• *Thomas Frost & Vladimir Horowitz for ''Horowitz in Moscow''

Comedy

• "A Night at the Met" - Robin Williams

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
• *Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins & Wayne Shorter for Call Sheet Blues performed by various artists
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
• *James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil for Somewhere Out There performed by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
• Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
• *Ennio Morricone for The Untouchables
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
• *Bill Holman for Take The "A" Train performed by The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
• *Frank Foster for Deedles' Blues performed by Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestraか

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• *K. T. Oslin for 80's Ladies
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• *Randy Travis for Always & Forever
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt for Trio
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet
• *Ronnie Milsap & Kenny Rogers for "Make No Mistake, She's Mine"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist)
• *Asleep at the Wheel for String of Pars
• Best Country Song
• *Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz for "Forever and Ever, Amen" performed by Randy Travis

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Recording
• *Ladysmith Black Mambazo for Shaka Zulu
• Best Contemporary Folk Recording
• *Steve Goodman for ''Unfinished Business''

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance, Female
• *Deniece Williams for I Believe In You
• Best Gospel Performance, Male
• *Larnelle Harris for The Father Hath Provided
• Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
• *Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart for Crack the Sky
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
• *CeCe Winans for For Always
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
• *Al Green for Everything's Gonna Be Alright
• Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
• *The Winans & Anita Baker for ''Ain't No Need to Worry''

Historical

• Best Historical Album
• *Orrin Keepnews for ''Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings''

Jazz

• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
• *Diane Schuur for Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
• *Bobby McFerrin for What Is This Thing Called Love?
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
• *Dexter Gordon for The Other Side of Round Midnight
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
• *Wynton Marsalis for Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
• *Mercer Ellington for Digital Duke
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
• *Pat Metheny Group for ''Still Life (Talking)''

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
• *Julio Iglesias for Un Hombre Solo
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
• *Eddie Palmieri for La Verdad - The Truth
• Best Mexican-American Performance
• *Los Tigres del Norte for ''Gracias!... América... Sin Fronteras''

Musical show

• Best Musical Cast Show Album
• *Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, & the original Broadway cast for ''Les Misérables''

Music video

• Best Concept Music Video
• *Genesis for "Land of Confusion"
• Best Performance Music Video
• * Anthony Eaton for The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert performed by various artists

New Age

• Best New Age Performance
• *Yusef Lateef for ''Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony''

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
• *Bill Johnson for King's Record Shop performed by Rosanne Cash
• Best Album Notes
• *Orrin Keepnews for Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings performed by Thelonious Monk

Polka

• A Polka Just for Me – Jimmy Sturr

Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• * "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" – Whitney Houston
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• * "Bring on the Night (live)" – Sting
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• * "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
• * "Minute by Minute" – Larry Carlton

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
• * Bruce Swedien & Humberto Gatica for Bad performed by Michael Jackson
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• * Jack Renner, Robert Shaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem
• Producer of the Year, (Non Classical)
• * Narada Michael Walden
• Classical Producer of the Year
• * Robert Woods

R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• * Aretha Franklin for Aretha
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• * Smokey Robinson for "Just to See Her"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• * Aretha Franklin & George Michael for "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
• * David Sanborn for "Chicago Song"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• * Bill Withers for "Lean on Me" performed by Club Nouveau

Reggae

• Best Reggae Recording
• * No Nuclear War – Peter Tosh

Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo
• * "Tunnel of Love" – Bruce Springsteen
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• * The Joshua Tree – U2
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)
• * "Jazz from Hell" – Frank Zappa

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
• * Garrison Keillor for ''Lake Wobegon Days''