Grammy Awards 1995
The 37th US Grammy Awards took place on March 1, 1995.
At the 1995 Grammy Awards , 87 categories were honored in 26 fields and five honorary Grammys were awarded for life's work.
Main categories
Single of the year (Record of the Year):
- " All I Wanna Do " by Sheryl Crow
Album of the Year:
- MTV Unplugged by Tony Bennett
Song of the Year:
- " Streets of Philadelphia " by Bruce Springsteen (Author: Bruce Springsteen)
Best New Artist:
Work behind the mixer
Producer of the Year (Producer Of The Year):
Classical Producer of the Year (Classical Producer Of The Year):
Best mix of an album without classical music (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical):
- Longing In Their Hearts by Bonnie Raitt
Best mix of a classical recording (Best Classical Engineered Recording):
- Copland: Music For Films (The Red Pony, Our Town, Etc.) by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leonard Slatkin
pop
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Pop :
- " All I Wanna Do " by Sheryl Crow
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Pop :
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- "I Swear" from All-4-One
Best collaboration with vocals - Pop (Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals):
- "Funny How Time Slips Away" by Al Green & Lyle Lovett
Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Pop :
- "Cruisin '" by Booker T. & the MG's
Best Pop Album (Best Pop Album):
- Longing In Their Hearts by Bonnie Raitt
Traditional pop
Best Vocal Album - Traditional Pop (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album):
- MTV Unplugged by Tony Bennett
skirt
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance - Rock :
- "Come To My Window" by Melissa Etheridge
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Rock (Best Male Rock Vocal Performance):
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Rock (Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
Best hard rock performance (Best Hard Rock Performance):
- "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
Best metal performance (Best Metal Performance):
- "Spoonman" from Soundgarden
Best performance of a rock instrumentals ( Best Rock Instrumental Performance ):
- "Marooned" by Pink Floyd
Best Rock Song (Best Rock Song):
- " Streets of Philadelphia " by Bruce Springsteen (Author: Bruce Springsteen)
Best rock album (Best Rock Album):
- Voodoo Lounge from the Rolling Stones
alternative
Best Alternative Album ( Best Alternative Music Album ):
Rhythm & Blues
Best Female Vocal Performance - R&B (Best Female R&B Vocal Performance):
- "Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton
Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B (Best Male R&B Vocal Performance):
- "When Can I See You" by Babyface
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best R & B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- "I'll Make Love To You" by Boyz II Men
Best R&B Song (Best R&B Song):
- "I'll Make Love To You" by Boyz II Men (Author: Kenneth Edmonds )
Best R&B Album (Best R&B Album):
- II by Boyz II Men
rap
Best Solo Performance - Rap (Best Rap Solo Performance):
- "UNITY" by Queen Latifah
Best Performance By A Duo Or Group - Rap (Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group):
- "None Of Your Business" by Salt'N'Pepa
Country
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Female):
- "Shut Up And Kiss Me" by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Male):
- "When Love Finds You" by Vince Gill
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group (Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal):
- "Blues For Dixie" by Asleep At The Wheel & Lyle Lovett
Best collaboration with vocals - Country (Best Country Vocal Collaboration):
- "I Fall To Pieces" by Aaron Neville & Trisha Yearwood
Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance):
- "Young Thing" by Chet Atkins
Best Country Song (Best Country Song):
- "I Swear" by John Michael Montgomery (Authors: Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers)
Best Country Album (Best Country Album):
- Stones In The Road by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Best Bluegrass Recording (Best Bluegrass Recording):
- The Great Dobro Sessions by various performers
New Age
Best New Age Album (Best New Age Album):
- Prayer For The Wild Things by Paul Winter
jazz
Best contemporary jazz performance (Best Contemporary Jazz Performance):
- "Out Of The Loop" by the Brecker Brothers
Best Jazz Vocal Performance (Best Jazz Vocal Performance):
- Mystery Lady - Songs Of Billie Holiday by Etta James
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (Best Jazz Instrumental Solo):
- "Prelude To A Kiss" by Benny Carter
Best Jazz Instrumental performance, single artist or group (Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group):
Best Performance by a jazz big ensembles (Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance):
- "Journey" by McCoy Tyner
Best Latin jazz performance (Best Latin Jazz Performance):
- "Danzon" by Arturo Sandoval
Gospel
Best rock gospel album (Best Rock Gospel Album):
- Wake-up call from Petra
Best Contemporary / Pop Gospel Album (Best Pop / Contemporary Gospel Album):
- Mercy by Andraé Crouch
Best Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album (Best Gospel, Country Gospel Or Bluegrass Gospel Album):
- I Know Who Holds Tomorrow by Alison Krauss & The Cox Family
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album (Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album):
- Songs Of The Church - Live In Memphis by Albertina Walker
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album (Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album):
- Join The Band from Take 6
Best Gospel Choir album (Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus)
- Through God's Eyes by the Thompson Community Singers, conducted by Milton Brunson
- Live In Atlanta At Morehouse College by the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir conducted by Hezekiah Walker
Latin
Best Latin Pop Performance (Best Latin Pop Performance):
- "Segundo Romance" by Luis Miguel
Best Tropical Latin performance (Best Tropical Latin Performance):
- Master Sessions Volume 1 by Israel "Cachao" López
Best Performance by Mexican-American Music (Best Mexican-American Performance)
- "Recuerdo a Javier Solis" by Vikki Carr
blues
Best Traditional Blues Album (Best Traditional Blues Album):
Best Contemporary Blues Album (Best Contemporary Blues Album):
- Father Father from the Pops Staples
Folk
Best Traditional Folk Album (Best Traditional Folk Album):
- World Gone Wrong by Bob Dylan
Best Contemporary Folk Album (Best Contemporary Folk Album):
- American Recordings by Johnny Cash
reggae
Best Reggae Album (Best Reggae Album):
- Crucial! Roots Classics by Bunny Wailer
World music
Best World Music Album (Best World Music Album):
- Talking Timbuktu by Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Touré
polka
Best Polka Album (Best Polka Album):
- Music And Friends from the Walter Ostanek Band
For children
Best Musical Album for Children (Best Musical Album For Children):
- The Lion King - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by various artists (Producers: Mark Mancina , Jay Rifkin , Chris Thomas , Hans Zimmer )
Best Spoken Album for Children (Best Spoken Word Album For Children):
- The Lion King Read-Along by Robert Guillaume (Producers: Ted Kryczko, Randy Thornton)
language
Best Spoken Album or album without music (Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Album):
- Get In The Van - On The Road With Black Flag by Henry Rollins
Best Spoken Comedy Album (Best Spoken Comedy Album):
- Live From Hell by Sam Kinison
Musical show
Best Musical Show Album (Best Musical Show Album):
- Passion from the original cast (composer: Stephen Sondheim ; producer: Phil Ramone )
Composition / arrangement
Best Instrumental Composition (Best Instrumental Composition):
- "African Skies" by Michael Brecker
Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):
- "Three Cowboy Songs" (Arranger: Dave Grusin )
Best instrumental arrangement with vocal accompaniment (Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals):
- " Circle of Life " by Carmen Twillie (Arrangers: Hans Zimmer , Lebo Morake )
Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television :
Best instrumental composition written for film or television (Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television) :
- Schindler's List (Composer: John Williams )
Packages and album text
Best Recording Package (Best Recording Package):
- Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys by Asleep At The Wheel
Best Recording Package as a box (Best Recording Package - Boxed):
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks by Ella Fitzgerald
Best Album Notes:
- Louis Armstrong - Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923–1934 by Louis Armstrong
Historical recordings
Best Historical Album (Best Historical Album):
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books On Verve by Ella Fitzgerald (Producer: Michael Lang)
Classical music
Best classical album (Best Classical Album):
- Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Pierre Boulez
Best orchestral performance:
- Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Boulez
Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):
- Floyd: Susannah von Kenn Chester, Jerry Hadley, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer and the Orchester de l'Opéra de Lyon and choir under the direction of Kent Nagano
Best choral performance (Best Choral Performance):
- Berlioz: Mass solennelle by the Monteverdi Choir under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchester Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Best solo instrument performances with orchestra (Best Instrumental Soloist (s) Performance with Orchestra):
- The New York Album - Works Of Albert, Bartók & Bloch by Yo-Yo Ma and the Baltimore Orchestra under the direction of David Zinman
Best solo instrument performance without orchestra (Best Instrumental Soloist (s) Performance without Orchestra):
- Haydn: Piano Sonatas No. 32, 47, 53, 59 by Emanuel Ax
Best chamber music performance (Best Chamber Music Performance):
- Beethoven / Mozart: Quintets (Chicago-Berlin) by Daniel Barenboim , Dale Clevenger , Larry Combs , Daniele Damiano , Hansjörg Schellenberger and the Berliner Philharmoniker
Best Classical Vocal Performance (Best Classical Vocal Performance):
- The Impatient Lover - Italian Songs By Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart by Cecilia Bartoli
Best Classical Contemporary Composition (Best Classical Contemporary Composition):
- Cello Concerto by Yo-Yo Ma under the direction of David Zinman (Composer: Stephen Albert )
Music video
Best Music Video Short (Best Short Form Music Video):
- "Love Is Strong" by the Rolling Stones
Best Music Video Long (Best Long Form Music Video):
- Zoo TV - Live From Sidney by U2