33rd Annual Grammy Awards

On 20 February 1991, the 33rd ceremony of the Grammy took place. With the American Music Award 1991 Awards were distributed in 77 categories from 25 fields at the Grammy Awards. Four other honorary Grammys there was the life's work of artists.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• "Another Day in Paradise " by Phil Collins

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• Back on the Block by Quincy Jones

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• " From A Distance " by Bette Midler (Author: Julie Gold)

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Mariah Carey

Pop

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

• "Vision of Love" by Mariah Carey

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

• " Oh Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison ( posthumously: † 1988)

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

• "All My Life" by Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt

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

• " Twin Peaks Theme" by Angelo Badalamenti

Rock

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

• " Black Velvet " by Alannah Myles

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

• " Bad Love " by Eric Clapton

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

• " Janie 's Got A Gun " by Aerosmith

Best hard rock performance ( Best Hard Rock Performance ):

• Time's Up by Living Colour

Best Metal performance ( Best Metal Performance):

• "Stone Cold Crazy " by Metallica

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

• "D / FW" by the Vaughan Brothers

Alternative

Best Alternative Album ( Best Alternative Music Album ):

• I Do Not Want What I Have not Got by Sinéad O'Connor

Rhythm & Blues

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

• Compositions by Anita Baker

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

• "Here And Now" by Luther Vandross

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

• "I'll Be Good To You " by Ray Charles & Chaka Khan

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

• " U Can not Touch This " by MC Hammer (Authors: Stanley Burrell, Rick James, Alonzo Miller)

Rap

Best solo performance - Rap ( Best Rap Solo Performance ):

• " U Can not Touch This " by MC Hammer

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

• "Back on the Block" by Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Koo Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Quincy D. III & Quincy Jones

Country

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

• Where've You Been by Kathy Mattea

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

• When I Call Your Name by Vince Gill

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

• Pickin 'On Nashville by Kentucky Headhunters

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

• Poor Boy Blues by Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler

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

• So Soft, Your Goodbye by Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler

Best Country Song ( Best Country Song):

• Where've You Been by Kathy Mattea (Authors: Don Henry, Jon Vesner )

Best Bluegrass Recording ( Best Bluegrass Recording):

• I've Got That Old Feeling by Alison Krauss

New Age

Best New Age performance ( Best New Age Performance ):

• Mark Isham by Mark Isham

Jazz

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

• All That Jazz by Ella Fitzgerald

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

• Junior We Are In Love by Harry Connick

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

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

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

• Basie 's Bag by Frank Foster

Best jazz fusion performance ( Best Jazz Fusion Performance):

• Birdland from Quincy Jones

Gospel

Best Pop Gospel Album ( Best Pop Gospel Album):

• Another Time ... Another Place by Sandi Patti

Best Contemporary / Rock Gospel Album ( Best Rock / Contemporary Gospel Album):

• Beyond Belief by Petra

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

• Tramaine Hawkins Tramaine Hawkins Live by

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album ( Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album):

• So Much 2 Say by Take 6

Best Southern Gospel Album ( Best Southern Gospel Album):

• The Great Exchange by Bruce Carroll

Best Gospel Choir Album ( Best Gospel Album By A Choir Or Chorus):

• Having Church by the Southern California Community Choir under the direction of James Cleveland

Latin

Best Latin Pop performance ( Best Latin Pop Performance):

• ¿ Por que te tengo que olvidar? by José Feliciano

Best Tropical Latin performance ( Best Tropical Latin Performance):

• Lambada timbales Tito Puente

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

• Soy de San Luis from the Texas Tornados

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Recording ( Best Traditional Blues Recording):

Best Contemporary Blues Recording ( Best Contemporary Blues Recording):

• Family Style of Jimmie Vaughan & Stevie Ray Vaughan

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Recording ( Best Traditional Folk Recording):

• On Praying Ground by Doc Watson

Best Contemporary Folk Recording ( Best Contemporary Folk Recording):

• Steady On by Shawn Colvin

Reggae

Best Reggae Recording ( Best Reggae Recording):

• Time Will Tell - A Tribute To Bob Marley by Bunny Wailer

Polka

Best Polka Recording ( Best Polka Recording):

For children

Best Recording for Children ( Best Recording For Children ):

• The Little Mermaid by various artists (music by Alan Menken, lyrics: Howard Ashman )

Language

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

• Gracie - A Love Story by George Burns

Comedy

Best Comedy Recording ( Best Comedy Recording):

Musical Show

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

• Les Misérables - The Complete Symphonic Recording of the musical performers and Gary Morris ( Producer: David Caddick )

Composition / Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition ( Best Instrumental Composition ):

• Change Of Heart by Roy Haynes, Dave Holland & Pat Metheny (Composer: Pat Metheny )

Best Instrumental Arrangement ( Best Arrangement On An Instrumental):

• Birdland from Quincy Jones ( arranger Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince, Rod Temperton )

Best Instrumental Arrangement with Sing Along ( Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal ( s ) ):

• The Places You Find Love by Siedah Garrett & Chaka Khan ( arrangers: Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Clif Magness )

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

• Under The Sea by various artists (music by Alan Menken, lyrics: Howard Ashman )

Best Instrumental Composition written for film or television ( Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television):

Packages and music accompanying

Best Album Package ( Best Album Package):

• Days Of Open Hand by Suzanne Vega ( Artistic Director: Jeffrey Gold, Len Peltier, Suzanne Vega )

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• Brownie - The Complete Recording Emacy of Clifford Brown ( Author: Dan Morgenstern )

Historical Records

Best Historical Album ( Best Historical Album):

• Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings ( producer: Lawrence Cohn, Stephen Lavere )

Production and Technology

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

• Back on the Block by Quincy Jones ( technique: Bruce Swedien )

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

• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers ( The great evening and morning prayers ) by the Robert Shaw Festival Singers under the direction of Robert Shaw ( technique: Jack Renner )

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

• Quincy Jones

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

• Adam Stern

Classical music

Best classical album ( Best Classical Album):

• Ives: Symphony No. 2; Gong On the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question of the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein

Best Orchestral Performance ( Best Orchestral Performance):

• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 and 7 of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Wagner: Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner, Siegfried Jerusalem, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jan Hendrik Rootering, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Heinz Zednik and the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera under the direction of James Levine

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

• Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Robert Shaw

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

• Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor; Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor by Itzhak Perlman and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta

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

• The Last Recording by Vladimir Horowitz

Best chamber music or other small ensemble performance ( Best Chamber Music or Other Small Ensemble Performance):

• Brahms: The Three Violin Sonatas by Daniel Barenboim and Itzhak Perlman

Best Classical Vocal Performance ( Best Classical Vocal Performance ):

• Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert by José Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale under the direction of Zubin Mehta

Best Classical Contemporary Composition ( Best Classical Contemporary Composition ):

• Arias & Barcarolles by Judy Kaye & William Sharp ( Composer: Leonard Bernstein)

Music Video

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

• " Opposites Attract " by Paula Abdul

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

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Bob Dylan
• John Lennon
• Kitty Wells
• Marian Anderson

• Milt Gabler
• Berry Gordy
• Sam Phillips

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