| Record of the Year |
"Hotel California", Eagles |
| Album of the Year |
Rumours, Fleetwood Mac (Warner Bros.) |
| Song of the Year (tie) |
"Love Theme From A Star Is Born” (Evergreen), Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams, songwriters |
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"You Light Up My Life", Joe Brooks, songwriter |
| Best New Artist of the Year |
Debby Boone |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male |
"Handy Man", James Taylor |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female |
"Love Theme From A Star Is Born” (Evergreen), Barbra Streisand |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus |
"How Deep Is Your Love", Bee Gees |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance |
Star Wars, John Williams conducting London Symphony Orchestra |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song |
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", Leo Sayer and Vini Poncia, songwriters |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male |
Unmistakably Lou, Lou Rawls |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female |
"Don't Leave Me This Way", Thelma Houston |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus |
"Best of My Love", Emotions |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance |
"Q", Brothers Johnson |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance |
Look to the Rainbow, Al Jarreau |
| Best Jazz Performance By a Soloist |
The Giants, Oscar Peterson |
| Best Jazz Performance By a Group |
The Phil Woods Six - Live From the Showboat, Phil Woods |
| Best Jazz Performance By a Big Band |
Prime Time, Count Basie and His Orchestra |
| Best Country Song |
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", Richard Leigh, songwriter |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male |
"Lucille", Kenny Rogers |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female |
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", Crystal Gayle |
| Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group |
"Heaven's Just a Sin Away", The Kendalls |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance |
Country Instrumentalist of the Year, Hargus "Pig” Robbins |
| Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational |
Sail On, Imperials |
| Best Gospel Performance, Traditional |
"Just a Little Talk With Jesus", Oak Ridge Boys |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary |
Wonderfull, Edwin Hawkins and the Edwin Hawkins Singers |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional |
James Cleveland Live at Carnegie Hall, James Cleveland |
| Best Latin Recording |
Dawn, Mongo Santamaria (Vaya) |
| Best Inspirational Performance |
Home Where I Belong, B.J. Thomas |
| Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording |
Hard Again, Muddy Waters (Blue Sky/CBS) |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement |
"Nadia's Theme” (The Young and the Restless), Harry Betts, Perry Botkin, Jr. and Barry De Vorzon, arrangers |
| Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) |
"Love Theme From A Star Is Born” (Evergreen), lan Freebairn-Smith, arranger |
| Best Arrangement for Voices |
"New Kid in Town", Eagles, arrangers |
| Best Instrumental Composition |
"Main Title From Star Wars", John Williams, composer |
| Best Cast Show Album |
Annie, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, composers (Columbia) |
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special |
Star Wars, John Williams, composer (20th Century) |
| Album of the Year, Classical |
Concert of the Century, Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Yehudi Menuhin and Lyndon Woodside (Columbia) |
| Best Classical Orchestral Performance |
Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Best Chamber Music Performance |
Schoenberg, Quartets for Strings, Juilliard Quartet |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) |
Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Itzhak Perlman, violin; Itzhak Perlman conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) |
Beethoven, Sonata for Piano No. 18; Schumann, Fantasiestücke, Artur Rubinstein, piano |
| Best Opera Recording |
Gershwin, Porgy and Bess, John De Main conducting Sherwin M. Goldman Houston Grand Opera Production; solos: Albert, Dale, Smith, Shakesnider, Lane, Brice and Smalls (RCA) |
| Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) |
Verdi, Requiem, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Margaret Hillis, choral director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus |
| Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance |
Bach, Arias, Janet Baker; Neville Marriner conducting Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Best Comedy Recording |
Let's Get Small, Steve Martin (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Spoken Word Recording |
The Belle of Amherst, Julie Harris (Credo) |
| Best Recording for Children |
Aren't You Glad You're You, Sesame Street cast and Muppets (Sesame Street) |
| Best Album Package |
Simple Dreams, Kosh, art director (Asylum) |
| Best Album Notes |
Bing Crosby: A Legendary Performer, George T. Simon, annotator (RCA) |
| Best Producer of the Year |
Peter Asher |
