| Record of the Year |
"Rosanna", Toto |
| Album of the Year |
Toto IV, Toto (Columbia) |
| Song of the Year |
"Always on My Mind", Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson, songwriters |
| Best New Artist |
Men at Work |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male |
"Truly", Lionel Richie |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female |
"You Should Hear How She Talks About You", Melissa Manchester |
| Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal |
"Up Where We Belong", Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance |
"Chariots of Fire Theme” (dance version), Ernie Watts |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male |
"Hurts So Good", John Cougar |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female |
"Shadows of the Night", Pat Benatar |
| Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal |
"Eye of the Tiger", Survivor |
| Best Rock Instrumental Performance |
"D.N.A.", A Flock of Seagulls |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song |
"Turn Your Love Around", Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather and Bill Champlin, songwriters |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male |
"Sexual Healing", Marvin Gaye |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Performance, Female |
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", Jennifer Holliday |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal (tie) |
"Let It Whip", Dazz Band |
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"Wanna Be With You", Earth, Wind and Fire |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance |
"Sexual Healing", Marvin Gaye |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male |
An Evening With George Shearing and Mel Tormé, Mel Tormé |
| Best Vocal Jazz Performance, Female |
Gershwin Livel, Sarah Vaughan |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group |
"Route 66", Manhattan Transfer |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist |
We Want Miles, Miles Davis |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group |
"More” Live, Phil Woods Quartet |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band |
Warm Breeze, Count Basie and His Orchestra |
| Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental |
Offramp, Pat Metheny Group |
| Best Country Song |
"Always on My Mind", Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson, songwriters |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male |
"Always on My Mind", Willie Nelson |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female |
"Break It to Me Gently", Juice Newton |
| Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal |
Mountain Music, Alabama |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance |
"Alabama Jubilee", Roy Clark |
| Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary |
Age to Age, Amy Grant |
| Best Gospel Performance, Traditional |
I'm Following You, Blackwood Brothers |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary |
Higher Plane, Al Green |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional |
Precious Lord, Al Green |
| Best Latin Recording |
Machito and His Salsa Big Band '82, Machito (Timeless) |
| Best Inspirational Performance |
He Set My Life to Music, Barbara Mandrell |
| Best Traditional Blues Recording |
Alright Again, Clarence Gatemouth Brown (Rounder) |
| Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording |
Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on Tour, Queen Ida (GNR/Crescendo) |
| Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording |
"Flying", John Williams, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) |
"Rosanna", Jerry Hey, David Paich and Jeff Porcaro, arrangers |
| Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices |
"Rosanna", David Paich, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Composition |
"Flying” (Theme From E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), John Williams, composer |
| Best Cast Show Album |
Dreamgirls, Henry Krieger, composer; Tom Eyen, lyricist (Geffen/Warner Bros.) |
| Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestial, John Williams, composer (MCA) |
| Best Classical Album |
Bach, The Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould (CBS) |
| Best Classical Orchestral Recording |
Mahler, Symphony No. 7 in E Minor, James Levine conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra (RCA) |
| Best Chamber Music Performance |
Brahms, The Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120, Richard Stoltzman and Richard Goode |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) |
Elgar, Concerto for Violin in B Minor, Itzhak Perlman; Daniel Barenboim conducting Chicago Symphony |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) |
Bach, The Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould |
| Best Opera Recording |
Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Pierre Boulez conducting Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; solos: Jones, Altmeyer, Wenkel, Hofmann, Jung, Jerusalem, Zednik, Mclntrye, Salminen and Becht (Philips) |
| Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) |
Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Margaret Hillis, chorus director, Chicago Symphony Chorus |
| Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance |
Leontyne Price Sings Verdi, Leontyne Price; Zubin Mehta conducting Israel Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Best Comedy Recording |
Live on the Sunset Strip, Richard Pryor (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording |
Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record (Columbia) |
| Best Recording for Children |
In Harmony 2, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Kenny Loggins, Carly and Lucy Simon, Teddy Pendergrass, Crystal Gayle, Lou Rawls, Deniece Williams, Janis Ian and Dr. John (CBS) |
| Best Album Package |
Get Closer, Kosh and Ron Larson, art directors (Elektra/Asylum) |
| Best Album Notes |
Bunny Berigan (Giants of Jazz), John Chilton and Richard Sudhalter, art directors (Time Life) |
| Best Historical Album |
The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions vols. 1, 2 and 3 (RCA) |
| Video of the Year |
"Olivia Physical", Olivia Newton-John |
| Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) |
Toto |
| Classical Producer of the Year |
Robert Woods |
