40th Annual Grammy Awards

The 40th Annual Grammy Awards took place on 25 February 1998.

When Grammy Award in 1998, there were 92 categories in 26 fields and four honorary Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Main categories

Single of the Year ( Record of the Year ):

• "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin

Album of the Year (Album of the Year ):

• Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan

Song of the Year ( Song of the Year ):

• "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin (Authors: John Leventhal, Shawn Colvin )

Best New Artist ( Best New Artist):

• Paula Cole

Work behind the mixing desk

Producer of the Year, without classical music (Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical ):

• Babyface

Producer of the Year, classical music (Producer Of The Year, Classical):

• Steven Epstein

Best mix 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):

Remixer of the Year, without classical music ( Remixer Of The Year, Non-Classical ):

• Frankie Knuckles

Pop

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

• "Building A Mystery " by Sarah McLachlan

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

• " Candle In The Wind 1997 " by Elton John

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 ):

• " Do not Look Back " by John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison

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

• " 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

Rock

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

• "Criminal " by Fiona Apple

Best Male 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 " by the Wallflowers

Best hard rock performance ( Best Hard Rock Performance ):

• " The End Is The Beginning Is The End" by the Smashing Pumpkins

Best Metal performance ( Best Metal Performance):

• " Ænima " by Tool

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

• " Block Rockin ' Beats" by the Chemical Brothers

Best rock song ( Best Rock Song):

• " One Headlight " by the 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 " by 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 of 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 Vocal Performance - Country ( Best Female Country Vocal Performance ):

• " How Do I Live " by Trisha Yearwood

Best Male 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 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 by 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 ):

• Beyond The Missouri Sky by Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny

Best Performance by a large ensemble jazz ( Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance):

• Joe Henderson Big Band by Joe Henderson Big Band

Best Latin jazz performance ( Best Latin Jazz Performance):

• Habana by 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 by Jars Of Clay

Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album ( Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album):

• Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute To Gospel by various artists

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

• I Could not Hear Nobody Pray by the Fairfield Four

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

• Brothers by Take 6

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

• God 's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation of God 's Property, led by 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-Darbietung ( Best Latin Rock / Alternative Performance):

• Fabulosos Calavera Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

Best Tropical Latin performance ( Best Tropical Latin Performance):

• Buena Vista Social Club Ry Cooder

Best Performance or Mexican-American Tejano music ( Best Mexican - American / Tejano Music Performance ):

• En tus manos by La Mafia

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Album ( Best Traditional Blues Album):

• Do not Look Back by John Lee Hooker

Best Contemporary Blues Album ( Best Contemporary Blues Album):

• Señor Blues by 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):

World Music

Best World Music Album ( Best World Music Album ):

• Nascimento Milton Nascimento of

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 Charles Kuralt 's Spring of

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 artists

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

• " Cotton Tail " by Dee Dee Bridgewater ( arranger: Slide Hampton )

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

• "I Believe I Can Fly " (from Space Jam ) by R. Kelly (Author: Robert Kelly)

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

• The English Patient by Gabriel Yared

Packages and accompanying music

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 ):

Best music accompanying text ( Best Album Notes ):

• Anthology Of American Folk Music ( 1997 Edition Expanded) by various artists ( Author: Chuck Pirtle, Eric Schmidt, Jeff Place, John Fahey, Jon Pankake, Kip Lornell, Luc Sante, Luis Kemnitzer, Neil V. Rosenberg, Peter Stampfel )

Historical Records

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 Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse ) by Yo -Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by David Zinman

Best Orchestral Performance ( Best Orchestral Performance):

• Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Tristia by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez

Best Opera Recording ( Best Opera Recording):

• Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti

Best choir performance ( Best Choral Performance):

• Adams: Harmonium / Rachmaninoff: The Bells by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus under the direction of Robert Shaw

Best solo instrument performance 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 conducted by David Zinman

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

• Bach: Suites for Cello Solo Nos. 1-6 by Janos Starker

Best chamber music performance ( Best Chamber Music Performance ):

• Beethoven: The String Quartets by 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 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under 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, conducted by 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

Special Merit Awards

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Paul Robeson
• Bo Diddley
• Mills Brothers
• Roy Orbison

• Hollund - Dozier - Hollund
• Frances Preston
• Richard Rodgers

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