| Record of the Year |
"Just the Way You Are", Billy Joel |
| Album of the Year |
Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees, David Shire, Yvonne Elliman, Tevares, Kool and the Gang, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, MFSB, Trammps, Walter Murphy and Ralph MacDonald (RSO) |
| Song of the Year |
"Just the Way You Are", Billy Joel, songwriter |
| Best New Artist of the Year |
A Taste of Honey |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male |
"Copacabana” (At the Copa), Barry Manilow |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female |
"You Needed Me", Anne Murray |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus |
Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance |
Children of Sanchez, Chuck Mangione Group |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song |
"Last Dance", Paul Jabara, songwriter |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male |
"On Broadway", George Benson |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female |
"Last Dance", Donna Summer |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus |
All'n All, Earth, Wind and Fire |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance |
"Runnin'", Earth, Wind and Fire |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance |
All Fly Home, Al Jarreau |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist |
Montreux '77 Oscar Peterson Jam, Oscar Peterson |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group |
Friends, Chick Corea |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band |
Live in Munich, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis |
| Best Country Song |
"The Gambler", Don Schlitz, songwriter |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male |
"Georgia on My Mind", Willie Nelson |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female |
Here You Come Again, Dolly Parton |
| Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group |
"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance |
"One O'Clock Jump", Asleep at the Wheel |
| Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational |
"What a Friend", Larry Hart |
| Best Gospel Performance, Traditional |
Refreshing, Happy Goodman Family |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary |
Live in London, Andrae Crouch and the Disciples |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional |
Live and Direct, Mighty Clouds of Joy |
| Best Latin Recording |
Homenaje a Beny Moré, Tito Puente (Tico) |
| Best Inspirational Performance |
Happy Man, B.J. Thomas |
| Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording |
I'm Ready, Muddy Waters (Blue Sky) |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement |
"Main Title” (Overture Part One, The Wiz Original Soundtrack), Quincy Jones and Robert Freedman, arrangers |
| Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) |
"Got to Get You Into My Life", Maurice White, arranger |
| Best Arrangement for Voices |
"Stayin' Alive", Bee Gees, arrangers |
| Best Instrumental Composition |
"Theme From Close Encounters of the Third Kind", John Williams, composer |
| Best Cast Show Album |
Ain't Misbehavin', Thomas "Fats” Waller and others, composers (RCA Red Seal) |
| Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, John Williams, composer (Arista) |
| Album of the Year, Classical |
Brahms, Concerto for Violin in D Major, Itzhak Perlman; Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Chicago Symphony (Angel) |
| Best Classical Orchestral Performance |
Beethoven, Symphonies (Complete), Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic |
| Best Chamber Music Performance |
Beethoven, Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Complete), Itzhak Perlman and Vladimir Ashkenazy |
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra)
 Vladimir Horowitz
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Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 3 in D Minor for Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee), Vladimir Horowitz; Eugene Ormandy conducting Philadelphia Orchestra |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) |
The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78, Vladimir Horowitz |
| Best Opera Recording |
Lehar, The Merry Widow, Julius Rudel conducting New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus; solos: Sills and Titus (Angel) |
| Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) |
Beethoven, Missa Solemnis, Sir Georg Solti, conductor and Margaret Hillis, choral director, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus |
| Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance |
Luciano Pavarotti - Hits From Lincoln Center, Luciano Pavarotti |
| Best Comedy Recording |
A Wild and Crazy Guy, Steve Martin (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Spoken Word Recording |
Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Orson Welles (Mark 56) |
| Best Recording for Children |
The Muppet Show, Jim Henson (Arista) |
| Best Album Package |
Boys in the Trees, Johnny Lee and Tony Lane, art directors (Elektra) |
| Best Album Notes |
A Bing Crosby Collection, vols. I and II, Michael Brooks, annotator (Columbia) |
| Best Historical Repackage Album |
Lester Young Story Vol. 3 (Columbia) |
| Best Producers of the Year |
Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson |
