| Record of the Year |
"Mack the Knife", Bobby Darin |
| Album of the Year |
Come Dance With Me, Frank Sinatra (Capitol) |
| Song of the Year |
"The Battle of New Orleans", Jimmy Driftwood, songwriter |
| Best Artist of 1959 |
Bobby Darin |
| Best Performance By a "Top 40” Artist |
"Midnight Flyer", Nat King Cole |
| Best Vocal Performance, Male |
Come Dance With Me, Frank Sinatra |
| Best Vocal Performance, Female |
"But Not for Me", Ella Fitzgerald |
| Best Performance By a Chorus |
"Battle Hymn of the Republic", Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Performance |
"What a Diff'rence a Day Makes", Dinah Washington |
| Best Jazz Performance, Soloist |
Ella Swings Lightly, Ella Fitzgerald |
| Best Jazz Performance, Group |
I Dig Chicks, Jonah Jones |
| Best Performance By a Dance Band |
Anatomy of a Murder, Duke Ellington |
| Best Country and Western Performance |
"The Battle of New Orleans", Johnny Horton |
| Best Performance, Folk |
The Kingston Trio at Large, Kingston Trio |
| Best Performance By an Orchestra |
Like Young, David Rose and His Orchestra With André Previn |
| Best Arrangement |
Come Dance With Me, Billy May, arranger |
| Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1959 (More Than Five Minutes) |
Anatomy of a Murder, Duke Ellington, composer |
| Best Broadway Show Album (tie) |
Gypsy, Ethel Merman (Columbia) |
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Redhead, Gwen Verdon (RCA) |
| Best Soundtrack Album, Original Cast, Motion Picture or Television |
Porgy and Bess, André Previn and Ken Darby (Columbia) |
| Best Soundtrack Album, Background Score From Motion Picture or Television |
Anatomy of a Murder, Duke Ellington (Columbia) |
| Best Classical Performance, Orchestra |
Debussy, Images for Orchestra, Charles Munch conducting Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Best Classical Performance, Chamber Music (Including Chamber Orchestra) |
Beethoven, Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53; Waldstein Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat, Op. 31, No. 3, Artur Rubinstein, pianist |
| Best Classical Performance, Concerto or Instrumental Soloist (Full Orchestra) |
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3, Van Cliburn, pianist; Kiril Kondrashin conducting Symphony of the Air |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (Other Than Full Orchestral Accompaniment) |
Beethoven, Sonata No. 21 in C, Op. 53; Waldstein Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat, Op. 31, No. 3, Artur Rubinstein, pianist |
| Best Classical Performance, Opera Cast or Choral |
Mozart, The Marriage of Figaro, Erich Leinsdorf conducting Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist (With or Without Orchestra) |
Björling in Opera, Jussi Björling |
| Best Comedy Performance, Spoken Word |
Inside Shelley Berman, Shelley Berman |
| Best Comedy Performance, Musical |
The Battle of Kookamonga, Homer and Jethro |
| Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word (Other Than Comedy) |
A Lincoln Portrait, Carl Sandburg |
| Best Recording for Children |
Peter and the Wolf, Peter Ustinov, narrating; Herbert von Karajan conducting Philharmonia Orchestra (Angel) |
| Best Album Cover |
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Robert M. Jones, art director (RCA) |
