1993 Grammy Awards
In 1993 it was the 35th time that the Grammy Award for the best musical performance of the previous year had been presented in the USA .
At the 1993 Grammy Awards , winners were called 80 times in various categories from 27 fields, and six other winners could look forward to an honorary award for their life's work.
Main categories
Single of the year (Record of the Year):
Album of the Year:
- Unplugged by Eric Clapton
Song of the Year:
- Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton (Authors: Eric Clapton, Will Jennings )
Best New Artist:
Work behind the mixer
Best mix of a recording without classical music (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical):
- Dangerous by Michael Jackson (Technicians: Bruce Swedien , Teddy Riley)
Best mix of a classical recording (Best Engineered Recording, Classical):
- Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten from the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Georg Solti (technicians: James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes, Philip Siney)
Producer of the Year (with no classic) (Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical):
Classical Producer of the Year (Classical Producer Of The Year):
pop
Best female vocal performance - Pop (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female):
- Constant craving from kd lang
Best Male Vocal Performance - Pop (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male):
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Pop :
- Beauty and the Beast by the Nürnberger Symphoniker under the direction of Richard Kaufman
Traditional pop
Best Vocal Album - Traditional Pop (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album):
- Perfectly Frank by Tony Bennett
skirt
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance - Rock :
- Ain't It Heavy by Melissa Etheridge
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Rock (Best Male Rock Vocal Performance):
- Unplugged by Eric Clapton
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Rock (Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- Attention baby from U2
Best hard rock performance (Best Hard Rock Performance):
- Give It Away from the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best metal performance (Best Metal Performance):
- Wish from the Nine Inch Nails
Best Rock Song (Best Rock Song):
- Layla by Eric Clapton (Authors: Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon )
Best performance of a rock instrumentals ( Best Rock Instrumental Performance ):
- Little Wing by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
alternative
Best Alternative Album ( Best Alternative Music Album ):
Rhythm & Blues
Best female vocal performance - R&B (Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female):
- The Woman I Am by Chaka Khan
Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B (Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male):
- Heaven And Earth by Al Jarreau
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best R & B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- End Of The Road by Boyz II Men
Best instrumental performance - R&B (Best R&B Instrumental Performance):
- Doo-Bop by Miles Davis
Best R&B Song (Best R&B Song):
- End Of The Road by Boyz II Men (Writers: Kenneth Edmonds , LA Reid , Daryl Simmons )
rap
Best Solo Performance - Rap (Best Rap Solo Performance):
- Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot
Best Performance By A Duo Or Group - Rap (Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group):
- Tennessee from Arrested Development
Country
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Female):
- I Feel Lucky by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Male):
- I Still Believe In You by Vince Gill
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group (Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal):
- Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers At The Ryman by Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Best collaboration with vocals - Country (Best Country Vocal Collaboration):
- The Whiskey Ain't Workin ' by Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt
Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance):
- Sneakin 'Around by Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed
Best Country Song (Best Country Song):
- I Still Believe In You by Vince Gill (Authors: Vince Gill, John Barlow Jarvis)
Best Bluegrass Album (Best Bluegrass Album):
- Every Time You Say Goodbye by Alison Krauss & Union Station
New Age
Best New Age Album (Best New Age Album):
- Shepherd Moons by Enya
jazz
Best contemporary jazz performance (Instrumental) (Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental):
- Secret Story by Pat Metheny
Best Jazz Vocal Performance (Best Jazz Vocal Performance):
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (Best Jazz Instrumental Solo):
Best Jazz Instrumental performance, single artist or group (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group):
- I Heard You Twice The First Time by Branford Marsalis
Best Performance by a jazz big ensembles (Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance):
- The Turning Point by McCoy Tyner
Gospel
Best Pop Gospel Album (Best Pop Gospel Album):
- The Great Adventure by Steven Curtis Chapman
Best Contemporary / rock gospel album (Best Rock / Contemporary Gospel Album):
- Unseen Power from Petra
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album (Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album):
- He's Working It Out For You by Shirley Caesar
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album (Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album):
- Handel's Messiah - A Soulful Celebration by various artists (Producer: Mervyn E. Warren)
Best Southern Gospel Album (Best Southern Gospel Album):
- Sometimes Miracles Hide by Bruce Carroll
Best Gospel Choir album (Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus)
- Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Recorded Live In Los Angeles by the Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir conducted by Edwin Hawkins
Latin
Best Latin Pop Album (Best Latin Pop Album):
- Otro dia mas sin verte by Jon Secada
Best Tropical Latin Album (Best Tropical Latin Album):
Best Mexican-American Album (Best Mexican-American Album)
- Mas canciones by Linda Ronstadt
blues
Best Traditional Blues Album (Best Traditional Blues Album):
- Goin 'Back To New Orleans by Dr. John
Best Contemporary Blues Album (Best Contemporary Blues Album):
- The Sky Is Crying by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Folk
Best Traditional Folk Album (Best Traditional Folk Album):
- An Irish Evening - Live At The Grand Opera House, Belfast by the Chieftains
Best Contemporary Folk Album (Best Contemporary Folk Album):
- Another Country from the Chieftains
reggae
Best Reggae Album (Best Reggae Album):
- X-tra Naked by Shabba Ranks
World music
Best World Music Album (Best World Music Album):
- Brasileiro by Sergio Mendes
polka
Best Polka Album (Best Polka Album):
- 35th Anniversary from Walter Ostanek & His Band
For children
Best Album for Children (Best Album For Children):
- Beauty and the Beast - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by various artists (Authors: Alan Menken , Howard Ashman )
language
Best Spoken or non-music album (Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album):
- What You Can Do To Avoid AIDS by Magic Johnson & Robert O'Keefe
Comedy
Best Comedy Album (Best Comedy Album):
- PDQ Bach: Music For An Awful Lot Of Winds & Percussion by Peter Schickele
Musical show
Best Musical Show Album (Best Musical Show Album):
- Guys and Dolls - The New Broadway Cast Recording of the new Broadway cast (Producer: Jay David Saks)
Composition / arrangement
Best Instrumental Composition (Best Instrumental Composition):
- Harlem Renaissance Suite by Benny Carter
Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Arrangement On An Instrumental):
- Strike Up The Band by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass (Arranger: Rob McConnell )
Best Instrumental Arrangement with vocal accompaniment (Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal (s)):
- Here's To Life by Shirley Horn (Arranger: Johnny Mandel )
Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television :
- Beauty and the Beast by Peabo Bryson & Celine Dion (Authors: Howard Ashman , Alan Menken )
Best instrumental composition written for film or television (Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television) :
- Beauty and the Beast by various artists (Author: Alan Menken)
Packages and album text
Best Album Package (Best Album Package):
- Spellbound - Compact by Paula Abdul (Artistic Director: Melanie Nissen)
Best Album Notes:
- Queen Of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings by Aretha Franklin (authors: Ahmet Ertegün , Arif Mardin , Dave Marsh , David Ritz , Jerry Wexler , Thulani Davis , Tom Dowd )
Historical recordings
Best Historical Album (Best Historical Album):
- The Complete Capitol Recordings by the Nat King Cole Trio
Classical music
Best classical album (Best Classical Album):
- Mahler: Symphony No. 9 of the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Leonard Bernstein
Best orchestral recording:
- Mahler: Symphony No. 9 of the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Leonard Bernstein
Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):
- R.Strauss: The woman without a shadow by Hildegard Behrens , José van Dam , Plácido Domingo , Sumi Jo , Reinhild Runkel , Júlia Várady and the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Georg Solti
Best performance of a choral work (Best Performance Of A Choral Work):
- Orff: Carmina Burana of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
with boys and girls choir under the direction of Herbert Blomstedt
Best classical performance - solo instrument with orchestra (Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo with Orchestra):
- Prokofiew: Sinfonia concertante / Tschaikowski: Variations On A Rococo Theme by Yo-Yo Ma and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Lorin Maazel
Best classical performance - solo instrument without orchestra (Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo without Orchestra):
- Horowitz - Dicovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi) by Vladimir Horowitz
Best chamber music performance (Best Chamber Music Performance):
- Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano by Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma
Best Classical Vocal Performance (Best Classical Vocal Performance):
- Kathleen Battle At Carnegie Hall (Handel, Mozart, Liszt, Strauss etc.) by Kathleen Battle & Margo Garrett
Best Classical Contemporary Composition (Best Classical Contemporary Composition):
- Barber: The Lovers from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Andrew Schnenck (composer: Samuel Barber )
Music video
Best Music Video Short (Best Short Form Music Video):
- Digging In The Dirt by Peter Gabriel
Best Music Video Long (Best Long Form Music Video):
- Diva by Annie Lennox