26th Annual Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards 1984, the 26th presentation of the most important American Music Award.

The Grammy was awarded in 67 categories from 20 fields. After 1972, it was also for the first time for two more artists each have a Ehrengrammy for lifetime achievement. He should be from now on to a fixed base.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

  • "Beat It " by Michael Jackson

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

  • Thriller by Michael Jackson

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

  • " Every Breath You Take" by The Police (Author: Gordon Sumner )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

  • Culture Club

Pop

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

  • " Flashdance ... What a Feeling " by Irene Cara

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

  • Thriller by Michael Jackson

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

  • " Every Breath You Take" by The Police

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

  • "Being With You " by George Benson

Rock

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

  • " Love Is a Battlefield " by Pat Benatar

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

  • "Beat It " by Michael Jackson

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

  • Synchronicity by The Police

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

  • " Brimstone And Treacle " by Sting

Rhythm & Blues

Best Female Vocal Performance - R & B ( Best R & B Vocal Performance, Female):

  • Chaka Khan by Chaka Khan

Best Male Vocal Performance - R & B ( Best R & B Vocal Performance, Male):

  • "Billie Jean " by Michael Jackson

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

  • " Is not Nobody " by Rufus & Chaka Khan

Best instrumental performance - R & B ( Best R & B Instrumental Performance ):

  • " Rockit " by Herbie Hancock

Best R & B Song ( Best R & B Song):

  • "Billie Jean " by Michael Jackson (Author: Michael Jackson)

Country

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

  • A Little Good News by Anne Murray

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

  • I. O. U. Lee Greenwood

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

  • The Closer You Get ... by Alabama

Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals ( Best Country Instrumental Performance ):

  • Fireball of New South

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

  • Clifton Chenier I'm Here by & His Red Hot Louisiana band

Jazz

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female ( Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female):

  • The Best Is Yet To Come by Ella Fitzgerald

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male ( Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male):

  • Top Drawer by Mel Tormé

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group ( Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group):

  • Why Not! Manhattan Transfer

Best Jazz Instrumental performance, soloist ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist ):

  • Think Of One by Wynton Marsalis

Best Jazz Instrumental performance, group ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group):

Best Jazz Instrumental performance, Big Band ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band ):

  • All In Good Time by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass

Best jazz fusion performance, vocal or instrumental ( Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental):

  • Travels by Pat Metheny Group

Gospel

Best Female Gospel presentation ( Best Gospel Performance, Female):

  • Ageless Medley by Amy Grant

Best Male Gospel presentation ( Best Gospel Performance, Male):

  • Walls Of Glass by Russ Taff

Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group ( Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group):

  • More Than Wonderful by Sandi Patti Larnelle Harris &

Best female soul gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female):

  • We Sing Praises by Sandra Crouch

Best Male Soul Gospel performance ( Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male):

  • I'll Rise Again by Al Green

Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group ( Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group):

  • I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today by Barbara Mandrell & Bobby Jones

Best Inspirational performance ( Best Inspirational Performance):

  • He's A Rebel by Donna Summer

Latin

Best Latin Pop performance ( Best Latin Pop Performance):

  • Me Enamore by José Feliciano

Best Tropical Latin performance ( Best Tropical Latin Performance):

  • On Broadway by Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble

Best Mexican -American performance ( Best Mexican - American Performance)

  • Anselma of Los Lobos

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Recording ( Best Traditional Blues Recording):

  • Blues ' n Jazz by BB King

Folk

Best ethno folk or traditional folk recording ( Best Ethnic Or Traditional Folk Recording):

  • Clifton Chenier I'm Here by & His Red Hot Louisiana band

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

  • ET The Extra -Terrestrial by Michael Jackson ( Producer: Quincy Jones)

Language

Best spoken or non-music recording ( Best Spoken Word Or Non- Musical Recording):

  • Aaron Copland: A Lincoln Portrait by William Warfield

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

  • Eddie Murphy: Comedian by Eddie Murphy

Musical Show

Best Cast Show Album ( Best Cast Show Album ):

  • Cats (Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording ) by Original Broadway Cast ( Producer: Andrew Lloyd Webber )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

  • Love Theme From Flashdance by various artists ( composer Giorgio Moroder )

Best album of original music written for a film or a TV Special ( Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special):

  • Flash Dance by various artists (composers: Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Douglas Cotler, Ketih Forsey, Richrd Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig cramp, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello, Shandi Sinnamon )

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Arrangement On An Instrumental):

  • Summer Sketches '82 ( arranger Dave Grusin )

Best Instrumental Arrangement with Sing Along ( Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals):

  • What's New? Linda Ronstadt ( Arranger: Nelson Riddle )

Best Vocal Arrangement for two or more voices ( Best Vocal Arrangement for Two Or More Voices):

  • Be Bop Medley by Chaka Khan ( arranger Arif Mardin, Chaka Khan)

Packages and accompanying music

Best Album Package ( Best Album Package):

  • Speaking In Tongues by Talking Heads

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

  • The Interplay Sessions by Bill Evans ( Author: Orrin Keepnews )

Historical Records

Best Historical Album ( Best Historical Album):

  • The Greatest Recordings of Arturo Toscanini - Symphonies, Vol I by Arturo Toscanini ( producer: Allan Steckler, Stanley Walker)

Production and Technology

Best technical recording without classical music ( Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical ):

  • Thriller by Michael Jackson ( Technology: Bruce Swedien )

Best technical Classical Recording ( Best Engineered Recording, Classical):

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti ( Technology: James Lock)

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

  • Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones

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

  • Marc Aubort and Joanna Nick Renz

Classical music

Best classical album ( Best Classical Album):

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

Best Orchestral Recording ( Best Orchestral Recording):

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

  • Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro by Thomas Allen, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kurt Moll, Lucia Popp, Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti
  • Verdi: La Traviata by Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Teresa Stratas and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine

Best choral performance (without Opera ) ( Best Choral Performance other than opera):

  • Haydn: The Creation of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Georg Solti

Best solo instrument performance with orchestra ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists with Orchestra ):

  • Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major / Leopold Mozart: Trumpet Concerto in D Major / Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major by Wynton Marsalis and the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard

Best solo instrument performance without orchestra ( Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists without Orchestra ):

  • Beethoven: Piano Sonata Nos. 12 and 13 of Glenn Gould

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

  • Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, Op. 38 and Sonata in F major, Op. 99 of Mstislav Rostropovich and Rudolf Serkin

Best solo classical vocal performance ( Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance):

Music Video

Best Music Video Short ( Best Video, Short Form ):

  • " Girls On Film / Hungry Like The Wolf" by Duran Duran

Best Music - long video ( Best Video, Long Form ):

  • Duran Duran Duran Duran

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Chuck Berry
  • Charlie Parker
  • Béla Bartók

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