Grammy Awards 1998
The 40th Grammy Awards ceremony took place on February 25, 1998.
At the 1998 Grammy Award there were 92 categories in 26 fields as well as four honorary Grammys for life's work.
Main categories
Single of the year (Record of the Year):
- "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin
Album of the Year:
- Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan
Song of the Year:
- "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin (Authors: John Leventhal, Shawn Colvin)
Best New Artist:
Work behind the mixer
Producer of the Year, without classical music (Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical):
Producer of the Year, classical music (Producer Of The Year, Classical):
Best mix of an album without classical music (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical):
- Hourglass by James Taylor
Best mix of an album, classical music (Best Engineered Album, Classical):
- Copland: The Music of America ( Fanfare for the Common Man ; Rodeo etc.) by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the direction of Erich Kunzel
Remixer Of The Year, Non-Classical:
pop
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Pop :
- "Building A Mystery" by Sarah McLachlan
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):
- "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai
Best collaboration with vocals - Pop (Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals):
- "Don't Look Back" by John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison
Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Pop :
- "Last Dance" by Sarah McLachlan
Best Pop Album (Best Pop Album):
- Hourglass by James Taylor
Best Dance Recording (Best Dance Recording):
- "Carry On" by Giorgio Moroder & Donna Summer
Traditional pop
Best Vocal Album - Traditional Pop (Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album):
- Tony Bennett On Holiday by Tony Bennett
skirt
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance - Rock :
- "Criminal" by Fiona Apple
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Rock (Best Male Rock Vocal Performance):
- "Cold Irons Bound" by Bob Dylan
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Rock (Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- "One Headlight" from Wallflowers
Best hard rock performance (Best Hard Rock Performance):
- "The End Is The Beginning Is The End" by Smashing Pumpkins
Best metal performance (Best Metal Performance):
- "Ænima" from Tool
Best performance of a rock instrumentals ( Best Rock Instrumental Performance ):
- "Block Rockin 'Beats" by the Chemical Brothers
Best Rock Song (Best Rock Song):
- "One Headlight" by Wallflowers (Author: Jakob Dylan )
Best rock album (Best Rock Album):
- Blue Moon Swamp by John Fogerty
alternative
Best Alternative Album ( Best Alternative Music Album ):
- OK Computer by Radiohead
Rhythm & Blues
Best Female Vocal Performance - R&B (Best Female R&B Vocal Performance):
- "On & On" by Erykah Badu
Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B (Best Male R&B Vocal Performance):
- " I Believe I Can Fly " by R. Kelly
Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop (Best R & B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals):
- "No Diggity" from Blackstreet
Best R&B Song (Best R&B Song):
- " I Believe I Can Fly " by R. Kelly (Author: Robert Kelly)
Best R&B Album (Best R&B Album):
- Baduizm by Erykah Badu
rap
Best Solo Performance - Rap (Best Rap Solo Performance):
- "Men In Black" by Will Smith
Best Performance By A Duo Or Group - Rap (Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group):
- " I'll Be Missing You " by Puff Daddy , Faith Evans and 112
Best Rap Album (Best Rap Album):
- No Way Out by Puff Daddy & The Family
Country
Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Country :
- "How Do I Live" by Trisha Yearwood
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Country (Best Male Country Vocal Performance):
- "Pretty Little Adriana" by Vince Gill
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group (Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal):
- "Looking In The Eyes Of Love" by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Best collaboration with vocals - Country (Best Country Collaboration With Vocals):
- "In Another's Eyes" by Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood
Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance):
- "Little Liza Jane" by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Best Country Song (Best Country Song):
- "Butterfly Kisses" by Bob Carlisle , Jeff Carson & The Raybon Brothers (Authors: Bob Carlisle, Randy Thomas )
Best Country Album (Best Country Album):
- Unchained by Johnny Cash
Best Bluegrass Album (Best Bluegrass Album):
- So Long So Wrong by Alison Krauss & Union Station
New Age
Best New Age Album (Best New Age Album):
- Landmarks of Clannad
jazz
Best contemporary jazz performance (Best Contemporary Jazz Performance):
- Into The Sun by Randy Brecker
Best Jazz Vocal Performance (Best Jazz Vocal Performance):
- Dear Ella from Dee Dee Bridgewater
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (Best Jazz Instrumental Solo):
- "Stardust" by Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
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):
- Joe Henderson Big Band from the Joe Henderson Big Band
Best Latin jazz performance (Best Latin Jazz Performance):
- Habana from Roy Hargrove 's Crisol
Gospel
Best rock gospel album (Best Rock Gospel Album):
- Welcome To The Freak Show: dc Talk Live In Concert by dc Talk
Best Contemporary / Pop Gospel Album (Best Pop / Contemporary Gospel Album):
- Much Afraid from the Jars Of Clay
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album : (Best Southern, or Bluegrass Gospel Album Country)
- Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute To Gospel by various artists
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album (Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album):
- I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray from the Fairfield Four
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album (Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album):
- Brothers from Take 6
Best Gospel Choir album (Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album):
- God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation by God's Property under the direction of Myron Butler, Kirk Franklin and Robert Searight II
Latin
Best Latin Pop Performance (Best Latin Pop Performance):
- Romances by Luis Miguel
Best Latin rock / alternative performance (Best Latin Rock / Alternative Performance):
- Fabulosos Calavera from Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Best Tropical Latin performance (Best Tropical Latin Performance):
Best Performance by Mexican-American or Tejano Music (Best Mexican-American / Tejano Music Performance):
- En tus manos from La Mafia
blues
Best Traditional Blues Album (Best Traditional Blues Album):
- Don't Look Back by John Lee Hooker
Best Contemporary Blues Album (Best Contemporary Blues Album):
- Señor Blues from Taj Mahal
Folk
Best Traditional Folk Album (Best Traditional Folk Album):
- L'amour ou la folie by Beausoleil
Best Contemporary Folk Album (Best Contemporary Folk Album):
- Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan
reggae
Best Reggae Album (Best Reggae Album):
- Fallen Is Babylon by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
World music
Best World Music Album (Best World Music Album):
- Nascimento by Milton Nascimento
polka
Best Polka Album (Best Polka Album):
- Living On Polka Time by Jimmy Sturr
For children
Best Musical Album for Children (Best Musical Album For Children):
- All Aboard! by John Denver
Best Spoken Album for Children (Best Spoken Word Album For Children):
- Winnie-the-Pooh by Charles Kuralt
language
Best Spoken Album (Best Spoken Word Album):
- Charles Kuralt's Spring by Charles Kuralt
Best Spoken Comedy Album (Best Spoken Comedy Album):
- Roll With The New by Chris Rock
Musical show
Best Musical Show Album (Best Musical Show Album):
- Chicago by various performers
Composition / arrangement
Best Instrumental Composition (Best Instrumental Composition):
- "Aung San Suu Kyi" by Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter (Author: Wayne Shorter)
Best Instrumental Arrangement (Best Instrumental Arrangement):
- "Straight, No Chaser" by the Bill Holman Band (Arranger: Bill Holman)
Best Instrumental Arrangement with vocal accompaniment (Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal (s)):
- " Cotton Tail " by Dee Dee Bridgewater (Arranger: Slide Hampton )
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) :
Packages and album text
Best Recording Package (Best Recording Package):
- Titanic - Music As Heard On The Fateful Voyage by various artists
Best Recording Package as a box (Best Recording Package - Boxed):
- Beg, Scream And Shout! The Big Ol 'Box of' 60s Soul by various artists
Best Album Notes:
- Anthology Of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) by various artists (authors: Chuck Pirtle, Eric von Schmidt, Jeff Place, John Fahey, Jon Pankake, Kip Lornell, Luc Sante, Luis Kemnitzer, Neil V. Rosenberg, Peter Stampfel)
Historical recordings
Best Historical Album (Best Historical Album):
- Anthology Of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) by various artists
Classical music
Best classical album (Best Classical Album):
- Premieres - Cello Concertos (works by Richard Danielpour , Leon Kirchner , Christopher Rouse ) by Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of David Zinman
Best orchestral performance:
- Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Tristia of the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of Pierre Boulez
Best Opera Recording (Best Opera Recording):
- Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Georg Solti
Best choral performance (Best Choral Performance):
- Adams: Harmonium / Rachmaninoff: The Bells by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choir conducted by Robert Shaw
Best solo instrument performances with orchestra (Best Instrumental Soloist (s) Performance with Orchestra):
- Premieres - Cello Concertos (works by Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) by Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of David Zinman
Best solo instrument performance without orchestra (Best Instrumental Soloist (s) Performance without Orchestra):
- Bach: Suites for Cello Solo No. 1-6 by János Starker
Best chamber music performance (Best Chamber Music Performance):
- Beethoven: The String Quartets from the Emerson String Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance (Best Small Ensemble Performance):
- Hindemith: Chamber Music No. 1 with Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 by members of the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Claudio Abbado
Best Classical Vocal Performance (Best Classical Vocal Performance):
- An Italian Songbook (works by Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini) by Cecilia Bartoli
Best Classical Contemporary Composition (Best Classical Contemporary Composition):
- Adams. El Dorado by the Hallé Orchestra under the direction of Kent Nagano (composer: John Adams )
Music video
Best Music Video Short (Best Short Form Music Video):
- "Got 'Till It's Gone" by Janet Jackson
Best Music Video Long (Best Long Form Music Video):
- Jagged Little Pill, Live by Alanis Morissette