| Record of the Year |
"Wind Beneath My Wings", Bette Midler |
| Album of the Year |
Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt (Capitol) |
| Song of the Year |
"Wind Beneath My Wings", Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar, songwriters |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male |
"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You", Michael Bolton |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female |
"Nick of Time", Bonnie Raitt |
| Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal |
"Don't Know Much", Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance |
"Healing Chant", Neville Brothers |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male |
The End of the Innocence, Don Henley |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female |
Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt |
| Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal |
Traveling Wilburys Volume One, Traveling Wilburys |
| Best Rock Instrumental Performance |
Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop With Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas, Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas |
| Best Hard Rock Performance |
"Cult of Personality", Living Colour |
| Best Metal Performance |
"One", Metallica |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song |
"If You Don't Know Me by Now", Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, songwriters |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male |
"Every Little Step", Bobby Brown |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female |
Giving You the Best That I Got, Anita Baker |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal |
"Back to Life", Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance |
"African Dance", Soul II Soul |
| Best Rap Performance |
"Bust a Move", Young MC |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male |
When Harry Met Sally, Harry Connick, Jr. |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female |
Blues on Broadway, Ruth Brown |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group |
"Makin' Whoopee", Dr. John and Rickie Lee Jones |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist on a Jazz Recording |
Aura, Miles Davis (Columbia/CBS) |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group |
Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Chick Corea Akoustic Band |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band |
Aura, Miles Davis |
| Best Jazz Fusion Performance |
Letter From Home, Pat Metheny Group |
| Best Country Song |
"After All This Time", Rodney Crowell, songwriter |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male |
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Lyle Lovett |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female |
Absolute Torch and Twang, k.d. lang |
| Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| Best Country Vocal Collaboration |
"There's a Tear in My Beer", Hank Williams, Jr. and Hank Williams, Sr. |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance |
"Amazing Grace", Randy Scruggs |
| Best Bluegrass Recording |
"The Valley Road", Bruce Hornsby and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Universal) |
| Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male |
"Meantime", BeBe Winans |
| Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female |
"Don't Cry", CeCe Winans |
| Best Gospel Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus |
"The Savior Is Waiting", Take 6 |
| Best Soul Gospel Vocal Performance, Male or Female |
"As Long as We're Together", Al Green |
| Best Soul Gospel Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus |
"Let Brotherly Love Continue", Daniel Winans and Choir |
| Best Latin Pop Performance |
"Cielito Lindo", José Feliciano |
| Best Tropical Latin Performance |
Ritmo en el Corazon, Celia Cruz and Ray Barretto |
| Best Mexican/American Performance |
La Pistola y el Corazon, Los Lobos |
| Best Traditional Blues Recording |
"I'm in the Mood", John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt (Chameleon Music Group) |
| Best Contemporary Blues Recording |
In Step, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (Epic) |
| Best Traditional Folk Recording |
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Vol. II, Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir (Elektra/Nonesuch) |
| Best Contemporary Folk Recording |
Indigo Girls, Indigo Girls (Epic) |
| Best Reggae Recording |
One Bright Day, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers (Virgin) |
| Best New Age Performance |
Passion (Music from The Last Temptation of Christ), Peter Gabriel |
| Best Polka Recording |
All in My Love for You, Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra (Starr) |
| Best Arrangement on an Instrumental |
"Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War", Dave Grusin, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) |
"My Funny Valentine", Dave Grusin, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Composition |
"The Batman Theme", Danny Elfman, composer |
| Best Musical Cast Show Album |
Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Jason Alexander, Debbie Shapiro and Robert La Fasse (RCA Victor) |
| Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television |
The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dave Grusin, composer (GRP) |
| Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television |
Let the River Run (From the motion picture Working Girl), Carly Simon, composer (Arista) |
| Best Contemporary Composition |
Different Trains, Steve Reich, composer |
| Best Classical Album |
Bartók, 6 String Quartets, Emerson String Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Best Orchestral Performance |
Mahler, Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic |
| Best Chamber Music Performance |
Bartók, 6 String Quartets, Emerson String Quartet |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) |
Barber, Cello Concerto, Op. 22; Britten, Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68, Yo-Yo Ma, cellist; David Zinman conducting Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) |
Bach, English Suites, BMV 806-11, Andras Schiff, pianist |
| Best Opera Recording |
Wagner, Die Walkuere, James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; solos: Lakes, Moll, Morris, Norman, Behrens and Ludwig (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) |
Britten, War Requiem, Robert Shaw conducting Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Atlanta Boys Choir |
| Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance |
Knoxville, Summer of 1915 (Music of Barber, Menott, Harbison and Stravinsky), Dawn Upshaw, soprano; David Zinman conducting Orchestra of St. Luke's |
| Best Comedy Recording |
P.D.Q. Bach, 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults, Professor Peter Schickele (Telarc) |
| Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording |
It's Always Something, Gilda Radner (Simon and Schuster Audio) |
| Best Recording for Children |
The Rock-a-Bye Collection Vol. I, Tanya Goodman (Jaba) |
| Best Album Package |
Sound + Vision, Roger Gorman, art director (Rykodisc) |
| Best Album Notes |
Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve, Phil Schaap, annotator (Verve) |
| Best Historical Album |
Chuck Berry - The Chess Box, Chuck Berry (Chess/MCA) |
| Best Music Video, Short Form |
"Leave Me Alone", Michael Jackson |
| Best Music Video, Long Form |
"Rhythm Nation 1814", Janet Jackson |
| Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) |
Peter Asher |
| Classical Producer of the Year |
Robert Woods |
