35th Annual Grammy Awards

In 1993 it was the 35th time that the Grammy Award were awarded for the best musical performances of the previous year in the United States.

At the Grammy Awards 1993 winners were 80 - times called in different categories from 27 fields and six other winners were able to enjoy an honor award for lifetime achievement.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• Unplugged by Eric Clapton

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton (Authors: Eric Clapton, Will Jennings )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Arrested Development

Work behind the mixing desk

Best mix of a recording without classical music ( Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical ):

• Dangerous by Michael Jackson ( engineer Bruce Swedien, Teddy Riley )

Best mix of a classical recording ( Best Engineered Recording, Classical):

• Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti ( technician: James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes, Philip Siney )

Producer of the Year (not classical) (Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical ):

• Babyface & L. A. Reid
• Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois

Classical Producer of the Year (Classical Producer of the Year ):

• Michael Fine

Pop

Best Female Vocal Performance - Pop ( Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female):

• Constant Craving of k d long

Best Male Vocal Performance - Pop ( Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male):

• Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton

Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - Pop ( Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ):

• Beauty and the Beast by Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson

Best instrumental performance - Pop ( Best Pop Instrumental Performance ):

• Beauty and the Beast by the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Richard Kaufman

Traditional Pop

Best Vocal Album - Traditional Pop ( Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album ):

• Perfectly Frank by Tony Bennett

Rock

Best Female Vocal Performance - Rock ( Best Female Rock Vocal Performance ):

• Is not It Heavy Melissa Etheridge

Best Male 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 ):

• Achtung Baby U2

Best hard rock performance ( Best Hard Rock Performance ):

• Give It Away by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best Metal performance ( Best Metal Performance):

• Wish by Nine Inch Nails

Best rock song ( Best Rock Song):

• Layla by Eric Clapton (Authors: Eric Clapton, Jim Gordon)

Best Performance by a rock instrumentals ( Best Rock Instrumental Performance ):

• Little Wing by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Alternative

Best Alternative Album ( Best Alternative Music Album ):

• Bone Machine by Tom Waits

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 (Authors: 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 by Arrested Development

Country

Best Female Vocal Performance - Country ( Best Country Vocal Performance, Female):

• I Feel Lucky by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Best Male 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):

Best collaboration with vocals - Country ( Best Country Vocal Collaboration):

• The Whiskey Is not 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):

• 'Round Midnight by Bobby McFerrin

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo ( Best Jazz Instrumental Solo):

• Lush Life by Joe Henderson

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 large ensemble jazz ( 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 by Petra

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album ( Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album):

• He's Working It Out For You 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):

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):

• Frenesi Linda Ronstadt

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 ):

Best Contemporary Folk Album ( Best Contemporary Folk Album ):

• Another Country by 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 ):

• Sergio Mendes Brasileiro of

Polka

Best Polka Album ( Best Polka Album):

• 35th Anniversary of 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 Sing Along ( Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal ( s ) ):

• Here's To Life by Shirley Horn ( arranger Johnny Mandel)

Best Song written specifically for film or television ( 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 music accompanying

Best Album Package ( Best Album Package):

• Spellbound - Compact by Paula Abdul ( Artistic Director: Melanie Nissen )

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• Queen Of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings by Aretha Franklin ( Author: Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Dave Marsh, David Ritz, Jerry Wexler, Thulani Davis, Tom Dowd )

Historical Records

Best Historical Album ( Best Historical Album):

• The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio

Classical music

Best classical album ( Best Classical Album):

• Mahler: Symphony No. 9 with the Berlin Philharmonic led by Leonard Bernstein

Best Orchestral Recording ( Best Orchestral Recording):

• Mahler: Symphony No. 9 with the Berlin Philharmonic led by Leonard Bernstein

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten by Hildegard Behrens, José van Dam, Plácido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Julia Varady and the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti

Best performance by a choral work ( Best Performance Of A Choral Work):

• Orff: Carmina Burana by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

With boys 'and girls' choir under the direction of Herbert Blomstedt

Best classic performance - solo instrument with orchestra ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo with Orchestra ):

• Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante / Tchaikovsky: Variations On A Rococo Theme by Yo- Yo Ma and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Lorin Maazel

Best classic 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 conducted by 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

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Little Richard
• Thelonious Monk
• Bill Monroe
• Pete Seeger
• Fats Waller
• Chet Atkins

• Ahmet Ertegun
• Nesuhi Ertegun
• W. C. Hundy
• George T. Simon

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