31st Annual Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards 1989, the award of the 31 major U.S. music awards.

The Grammy went to artists and music creators in 77 categories from 24 fields. Once there was none in the previous year, this time there was less than nine Ehrengrammys for life achievement.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• " Do not Worry, Be Happy " by Bobby McFerrin

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• Faith by George Michael

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• " Do not Worry, Be Happy " by Bobby McFerrin (Author: Bobby McFerrin )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Tracy Chapman

Pop

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

• " Fast Car " by Tracy Chapman

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

• " Do not Worry, Be Happy " by Bobby McFerrin

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

• Brasil by Manhattan Transfer

Best instrumental performance - Pop ( Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Orchestra, Group Or Soloist ):

• Close- Up by David Sanborn

Rock

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

• Tina Live In Europe Tina Turner

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

• " Simply Irresistible " by Robert Palmer

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

• "Desire" by U2

Best Hard Rock / Metal performance - vocal or instrumental ( Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance Vocal Or Instrumental):

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

• Blues for Salvador by Carlos Santana

Rhythm & Blues

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

• " Giving You The Best That I Got" by Anita Baker

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

• Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D' Arby by Terence Trent D' Arby

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

• "Love Overboard " by Gladys Knight & the Pips

Best instrumental performance - R & B ( Best R & B Instrumental Performance, Orchestra, Group Or Soloist ):

• "Light Years" by Chick Corea

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

• " Giving You The Best That I Got" by Anita Baker (Authors: Anita Baker, Randy Holland, Skip Scarborough )

Rap

Best rap performance ( Best Rap Performance):

• " Parent's Just Do not Understand " by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Country

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

• Hold Me by K. T. Oslin

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

• Old 8x10 by Randy Travis

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

• Give A Little Love by The Judds

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

• Crying of k d long & Roy Orbison

Best Performance by a Country Instrumentals (Orchestra, Group or Soloist ) ( Best Country Instrumental Performance - Orchestra, Group Or Soloist ):

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

• Hold Me by K. T. Oslin

Best Bluegrass Recording ( sung or instrumental) ( Best Bluegrass Recording - Vocal Or Instrumental):

• Southern Flavor by Bill Monroe

New Age

Best New Age performance ( Best New Age Performance ):

• Folksongs For A Nuclear Village by Shadowfax

Jazz

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

• Look What I Got! by Betty Carter

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

• Brothers by Bobby McFerrin

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

• Spread Love by Take 6

Best Jazz Instrumental performance, Soloist (on a Jazz Recording) ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist, On A Jazz Recording):

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

• Blues For Coltrane: A Tribute To John Coltrane by Roy Haynes, Cecil McBee, David Murray, Pharoah Sanders & McCoy Tyner

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

• Bud & Bird by Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orchestra

Best jazz fusion performance ( Best Jazz Fusion Performance):

• Politics of the Yellowjackets

Gospel

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

• Lead Me On by Amy Grant

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

• Christmas by Larnelle Harris

Best Gospel Performance by a duo, a group or a choir ( Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir Or Chorus):

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

• One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism by Aretha Franklin

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

Best Soul Gospel Performance by a duo, a group or a choir ( Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir Or Chorus):

• Take 6 by Take 6

Latin

Best Latin Pop performance ( Best Latin Pop Performance):

• Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos

Best Tropical Latin performance ( Best Tropical Latin Performance):

• Antecedent of Rubén Blades

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

• Canciones de mi padre by Linda Ronstadt

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Recording ( Best Traditional Blues Recording):

• Hidden Charms by Willie Dixon

Best Contemporary Blues Recording ( Best Contemporary Blues Recording):

• Do not Be Afraid Of The Dark by Robert Cray Band

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Recording ( Best Traditional Folk Recording):

• Folkways - A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly by various artists (producers: Don DeVito, Harold Leventhal, Joe McEwen, Ralph Rinzler )

Best Contemporary Folk Recording ( Best Contemporary Folk Recording):

• Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

Reggae

Best Reggae Recording ( Best Reggae Recording):

• Conscious Party by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

Polka

Best Polka Recording ( Best Polka Recording):

• Born To Polka by Jimmy Sturr

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• Pecos Bill by Robin Williams ( Composer: Ry Cooder, producer Ry Cooder, Mark Sottnick )

Language

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

• Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson Jesse Jackson

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

• Good Morning, Vietnam, Robin Williams

Musical Show

Best Musical Cast Show Album ( Best Musical Cast Show Album ):

• Into The Woods by various artists ( music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Producer: Jay David Saks )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

• The Theme From L.A. Law by Mike Post

Best Song written specifically for film or television ( Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or Television):

• Two Hearts by Phil Collins (Authors: Phil Collins, Lamont Dozier )

Best album of original instrumental background music written for film or television ( Best Album Of Original Instrumental Background Score Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television):

• The Last Emperor ( composer: David Byrne, Cong Su, Ryuichi Sakamoto )

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Arrangement On An Instrumental):

• Memos From Paradise by Eddie Daniels ( Arranger: Roger Kellaway )

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

• No One Is Alone by Cleo Laine ( arranger: Jonathan Tunick )

Packages and music accompanying

Best Album Package ( Best Album Package):

• Tired Of Runnin 'by O'Kanes ( Artistic Director: Bill Johnson)

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• Crossroads by Eric Clapton ( Author: Anthony DeCurtis )

Historical Records

Best Historical Album ( Best Historical Album):

• Crossroads by Eric Clapton (producer: Bill Levenson )

Production and Technology

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

• Roll With It by Steve Winwood ( technique: Tom Lord-Alge )

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

• Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Robert Shaw ( technique: Jack Renner )

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

• Neil Dorfsman

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

• Robert Woods

Classical music

Best classical album ( Best Classical Album):

• Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Robert Shaw

Best Orchestral Recording ( Best Orchestral Recording):

• Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Lane and Robert Shaw

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Wagner: Lohengrin Plácido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Eva Randova, Hans Sotin and the Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera under the direction of Georg Solti

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

• Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Robert Shaw

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

• Mozart: Piano Concerto # 23 of Vladimir Horowitz and the La Scala Opera Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

Best solo instrument performance without orchestra ( Best Classical Performance Instrumental solo without Orchestra ):

• Albeniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espagnola Alicia de Larrocha of

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

• Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion by David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia and Georg Solti

Best Classical Vocal Performance ( Best Classical Vocal Performance ):

• Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti in Concert of the Symphonic Orchestra and the Emilia -Romagna region, led by Emerson Buckley

Best Classical Contemporary Composition ( Best Classical Contemporary Composition ):

• Nixon In China by the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Edo de Waart (Composer: John Adams)

Music Video

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

• " Fat " by Weird Al Yankovic

Best Music Video Long ( Best Long Form Music Video):

• Where The Streets Have No Name by U2

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Leontyne Price
• Bessie Smith
• Art Tatum
• Sarah Vaughan
• Fred Astaire
• Pablo Casals
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Jascha Heifetz
• Lena Horne

• Walt Disney
• Quincy Jones
• Cole Porter

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