40th Annual Grammy Award Nominations

Here's the full list of nominees for the 40th Anuual Grammy Awards, which took place on February 25th, 1998. After taking a look at the list, check out our results and commentary.

Record Of The Year

• Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Paula Cole (Paula Cole, producer)
  
• Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin (John Leventhal, producer)
  
• Everyday Is A Winding Road - Sheryl Crow (Sheryl Crow, producer)
  
• MMMBop - Hanson (The Dust Brothers, producers)
  
• I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly (R. Kelly, producer)

Album Of The Year

• The Day - Babyface (Babyface, producer)
  
• This Fire - Paula Cole (Paula Cole, producer)
  
• Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan (Daniel Lanois, producer)
  
• Flaming Pie - Paul McCartney (Jeff Lynne, George Martin & Paul McCartney, producers)
  
• OK Computer - Radiohead (Nigel Godrich & Radiohead, producers)

Song Of The Year

• Don't Speak - Eric Stefani & Gwen Stefani, songwriters (No Doubt)
  
• How Do I Live - Diane Warren, songwriter ((LeAnn Rimes) & (Trisha Yearwood))
  
• I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly, songwriter (R. Kelly)
  
• Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal, songwriters (Shawn Colvin)
  
• Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Paula Cole, songwriter (Paula Cole)

Best New Artist

• Fiona Apple
• Erykah Badu
• Paula Cole
• Puff Daddy
• Hanson

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• Butterfly - Mariah Carey
  
• Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Paula Cole
  
• Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
  
• Foolish Games - Jewel
  
• Building A Mystery - Sarah McLachlan

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• Every Time I Close My Eyes - Babyface
  
• Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John
  
• Whenever Wherever Whatever - Maxwell
  
• Fly Like An Eagle - Seal
  
• Barely Breathing - Duncan Sheik

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac
  
• MMMBop - Hanson
  
• Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
  
• Don't Speak - No Doubt
  
• Anybody Seen My Baby? - The Rolling Stones

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

• How Come, How Long - Babyface & Stevie Wonder
  
• God Bless The Child - Tony Bennett (with Billie Holiday)
  
• Don't Look Back - John Lee Hooker With Van Morrison
  
• I Finally Found Someone - Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams
  
• Tell Him - Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• Song For My Brother - George Benson
  
• An Gaoth Aneas - The Chieftains
  
• Havana - Kenny G
  
• Last Dance - Sarah McLachlan
  
• Soulful Strut - Grover Washington, Jr.

Best Dance Recording

• Da Funk - Daft Punk
  
• Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit - Gina G
  
• To Step Aside - Pet Shop Boys
  
• Space Jam - Quad City DJ's
  
• Carry On - Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder

Best Pop Album

• This Fire - Paula Cole (Paula Cole, producer)
  
• The Dance - Fleetwood Mac (Lindsey Buckingham & Elliot Scheiner, producers)
  
• Travelling Without Moving - Jamiroquai (Jay Kay & Al Stone, producers)
  
• Surfacing - Sarah McLachlan (Pierre Marchand, producer)
  
• Hourglass - James Taylor (Frank Filipetti & James Taylor, producers)

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

• Julie Andrews Broadway/Here I'll Stay - Julie Andrews
  
• Tony Bennett On Holiday - Tony Bennett
  
• Mothers & Daughters - Rosemary Clooney
  
• Sondheim, Etc., - Live At Carnegie Hall - Bernadette Peters
  
• Film Noir - Carly Simon

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

• Criminal - Fiona Apple
  
• Bitch - Meredith Brooks
  
• Shy - Ani Difranco
  
• Four Leaf Clover - Abra Moore
  
• 1959 - Patti Smith

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

• Dead Man Walking - David Bowie
  
• Cold Irons Bound - Bob Dylan
  
• Blueboy - John Fogerty
  
• Just Another Day - John Mellencamp
  
• Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees) - Aerosmith
  
• The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
  
• Push - Matchbox 20
  
• Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band
  
• One Headlight - The Wallflowers

Best Hard Rock Performance

• Swallowed - Bush
  
• Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters
  
• The Perfect Drug - Nine Inch Nails
  
• People Of The Sun - Rage Against The Machine
  
• The End Is The Beginning Is The End - The Smashing Pumpkins

Best Metal Performance

• Drowning In A Daydream - Corrosion Of Conformity
  
• No Place To Hide - Korn
  
• Trust - Megadeth
  
• Cemetery Gates - Pantera
  
• Aenema - Tool

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• Block Rockin' Beats - The Chemical Brothers
  
• In The Beginning - Robben Ford
  
• S.R.V. - Eric Johnson
  
• Summer Song - Joe Satriani
  
• For The Love Of God - Steve Vai

Best Rock Song

• Bitch - Meredith Brooks & Shelly Peiken, songwriters (Meredith Brooks)
  
• Crash Into Me - David Matthews, songwriter (Dave Matthews Band)
  
• Criminal - Fiona Apple, songwriter (Fiona Apple)
  
• The Difference - Jakob Dylan, songwriter (The Wallflowers)
  
• One Headlight - Jakob Dylan, songwriter (The Wallflowers)

Best Rock Album

• Nine Lives - Aerosmith (Kevin Shirley, producer)
  
• Blue Moon Swamp - John Fogerty (John Fogerty, producer)
  
• The Colour And The Shape - Foo Fighters (Gil Norton, producer)
  
• Bridges To Babylon - The Rolling Stones (The Glimmer Twins & Don Was, producers)
  
• Pop - U2 (Flood, producer)

Best Alternative Music Performance

• Homogenic - Bjork
  
• Earthling - David Bowie
  
• Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
  
• The Fat Of The Land - Prodigy
  
• OK Computer - Radiohead

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• On & On - Erykah Badu
  
• Honey - Mariah Carey
  
• I Believe In You And Me - Whitney Houston
  
• Summertime - Chaka Khan
  
• When You Talk About Love - Patti LaBelle

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
  
• For You - Kenny Lattimore
  
• Back To Living Again - Curtis Mayfield
  
• You Make Me Wanna - Usher
  
• When You Call On Me/Baby That's When I Come Runnin' - Luther Vandross

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• Hard To Say I'm Sorry (Remix) - Az Yet Featuring Peter Cetera
  
• No Diggity - Blackstreet
  
• A Song For Mama - Boyz II Men
  
• Stomp - God's Property Featuring Kirk Franklin & "Salt"
  
• You Don't Have To Be Afraid - Take 6

Best R&B Song

• Honey - Mariah Carey, Sean "Puffy" Combs, K. Fareed, S. Hague, S. Jordan, R. Larkins, M. McLaren, L. Price & B. Robinson, songwriters (Mariah Carey)
  
• I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly, songwriter (R. Kelly)
  
• No Diggity - Dr. Dre, C. Hannibal, Teddy Riley, William "Skylz" Stewart & L. Walters, songwriters (Blackstreet)
  
• On & On - Erykah Badu & JaBorne Jamal Cantero, songwriters (Erykah Badu)
  
• Stomp - George Clinton, Jr., Kirk Franklin, Walter Morrison & Garry M. Shider, songwriters (God's Property Featuring Kirk Franklin & "Salt")

Best R&B Album

• The Day - Babyface (Babyface, producer)
  
• Baduizm - Erykah Badu
  
• Share My World - Mary J. Blige
  
• Evolution - Boyz II Men (Boyz II Men, producers)
  
• The Preacher's Wife - Soundtrack - Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston & Mervyn Warren, producers)
  
• Flame - Patti LaBelle

Best Rap Solo Performance

• Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - Busta Rhymes
  
• The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
  
• Ain't Nobody - LL Cool J
  
• Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.
  
• Men In Black - Will Smith

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

• I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112
  
• Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - Puff Daddy Featuring Mase
  
• Guantanamera - Wyclef Jean Featuring Celia Cruz & Jeni Fujita
  
• Not Tonight - Lil' Kim Featuring Da Brat, Left Eye, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott & Angie Martinez
  
• Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G. Featuring Mase & Puff Daddy

Best Rap Album

• No Way Out - Puff Daddy & The Family (Sean "Puffy" Combs & Stevie J., producers)
  
• Supa Dupa Fly - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott (Timbaland, producer)
  
• Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival - Wyclef Jean Featuring Refugee Allstars (Jerry "Te Bass" Duplessis & Wyclef Jean, producers)
  
• Life After Death - The Notorious B.I.G. (Sean "Puffy" Combs & Stevie J., producers)
  
• Wu-Tang Forever - Wu-Tang Clan (The RZA, producer)

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

• Did I Shave My Legs For This? - Deana Carter
  
• The Trouble With The Truth - Patty Loveless
  
• How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
  
• All The Good Ones Are Gone - Pam Tillis
  
• How Do I Live - Trisha Yearwood

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

• Something That We Do - Clint Black
  
• Rusty Cage - Johnny Cash
  
• Pretty Little Adriana - Vince Gill
  
• Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia - Willie Nelson
  
• Carrying Your Love With Me - George Strait

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

• Dancin', Shaggin' On The Boulevard - Alabama
  
• How Your Love Makes Me Feel - Diamond Rio
  
• Please - The Kinleys
  
• Looking In The Eyes Of Love - Alison Krauss & Union Station
  
• I Don't Care (If You Love Me Anymore) - The Mavericks

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

• Still Holding On - Clint Black & Martina McBride
  
• I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying - Toby Keith With Sting
  
• You Don't Seem To Miss Me - Patty Loveless With George Jones
  
• It's Your Love - Tim McGraw With Faith Hill
  
• In Another's Eyes - Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks

Best Country Instrumental Performance

• Fat Boy Rag - Asleep At The Wheel
  
• Smokey Mountain Lullaby - Chet Atkins With Tommy Emmanuel
  
• Little Liza Jane - Alison Krauss & Union Station
  
• Goin' Back To Memphis - Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana & Bill Black Combo
  
• Mama, Screw Your Wig On Tight - Lee Roy Parnell

Best Country Song

• All The Good Ones Are Gone - Dean Dillon & Bob McDill, songwriters (Pam Tillis)
  
• Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas, songwriters ((Bob Carlisle) & (Jeff Carson) & (Raybon Bros.))
  
• Did I Shave My Legs For This? - Deana Carter & Rhonda Hart, songwriters (Deana Carter)
  
• In Another's Eyes - Garth Brooks, John Peppard & Bobby Wood, songwriters (Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks)
  
• It's Your Love - Stephony Smith, songwriter (Tim McGraw With Faith Hill)

Best Country Album

• Unchained - Johnny Cash (Rick Rubin, producer)
  
• Everything I Love - Alan Jackson (Keith Stegall, producer)
  
• Long Stretch Of Lonesome - Patty Loveless (Emory Gordy Jr., producer)
  
• Carrying Your Love With Me - George Strait (Tony Brown & George Strait, producers)
• Under The Covers - Dwight Yoakam (Pete Anderson, producer)

Best Bluegrass Album

• Sales Tax Toddle - Richard Greene & The Grass Is Greener
  
• So Long So Wrong - Alison Krauss & Union Station
  
• Silver And Gold - Claire Lynch
  
• Age Of Innocence - Kate MacKenzie
  
• Short Life Of Trouble - Ralph Stanley

Best New Age Album

• Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! - Enigma
  
• Oracle - Michael Hedges
  
• Voyager - Mike Oldfield
  
• Oceanic - Vangelis
  
• Canyon Lullaby - Paul Winter

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance

• Into The Sun - Randy Brecker
  
• Alive In L.A. - Lee Ritenour
  
• Signature - Patrice Rushen
  
• Sample This - Joe Sample
  
• Breath Of Heaven - Grover Washington, Jr.

Best Jazz Vocal Performance

• Dear Ella - Dee Dee Bridgewater
  
• The Messenger - Kurt Elling
  
• Loving You - Shirley Horn
• Love Scenes - Diana Krall
  
• Song For The Geese - Mark Murphy

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo

• Stardust - Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
  
• You Must Believe In Swing - Buddy DeFranco
  
• Dear Old Stockholm - Tommy Flanagan
  
• The Community - Antonio Hart
  
• Blame It On My Youth - Brad Mehldau

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group

• Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton - Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
  
• Remembering Bud Powell - Chick Corea & Friends
  
• Songbook - Kenny Garrett
  
• Beyond The Missouri Sky - Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny
  
• Celebrating Sinatra - Joe Lovano

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

• Joe Henderson Big Band - Joe Henderson Big Band
  
• Brilliant Corners - The Bill Holman Band
  
• The Brass Orchestra - J.J. Johnson
  
• Anthony Wilson - Anthony Wilson
  
• Celebration! - Phil Woods & The Festival Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Performance

• Aldeia - Banda Mantiqueira
  
• Habana - Roy Hargrove's Crisol
  
• The Latin Side Of John Coltrane - Conrad Herwig
  
• Hands Of Rhythm - Giovanni Hidalgo
  
• Ritmo Y Candela II: African Crossroads - Carlos "Patato" Valdes

Best Rock Gospel Album

• All Star United - All Star United
  
• Welcome To The Freak Show: dc Talk Live In Concert - dc Talk
  
• Threads - Geoff Moore & The Distance
  
• Smalltown Poets - Smalltown Poets
  
• Conspiracy No. 5 - Third Day

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

• Under The Influence - Anointed
  
• This Gift - Gary Chapman
  
• Much Afraid - Jars Of Clay
  
• Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus - Petra
  
• Star Bright - Vanessa Williams

Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album

• Keep Lookin' Up: The Texas Swing Sessions - James Blackwood & The Light Crust Doughboys
  
• Back Home In Indiana - The Gaither Vocal Band
  
• Light Of The World - The Martins
  
• Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute To Gospel - Various Artists; David Corlew & Peter York, compilation producers

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

• A Miracle In Harlem - Shirley Caesar
  
• I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray - The Fairfield Four
  
• Woman, Thou Art Loosed! Songs Of Healing And Restoration - T.D. Jakes
  
• Live In Charleston - Mighty Clouds Of Joy
  
• Live In Detroit - Vickie Winans

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

• Come Walk With Me - Oleta Adams
  
• Pray - Andrae Crouch
  
• Donnie McClurkin - Donnie McClurkin
• Grace And Mercy - Marvin Sapp
  
• Brothers - Take 6

Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album

• Favorite Song Of All - The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Carol Cymbala, Choir Director
  
• God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation - God's Property; Kirk Franklin, Choir Director
  
• He's Still Good! - Rev. Milton Brunson's Thompson Community Singers; Tyrone Block, Choir Director
  
• Live In London At Wembley - The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir; Hezekiah Walker, Choir Director
  
• Time For Healing - Sounds Of Blackness; Gary Hines, Choir Director

Best Latin Pop Performance

• Lo Mejor De Mi - Cristian
  
• Me Estoy Enamorando - Alejandro Fernandez
  
• Vivir - Enrique Iglesias
  
• Tango - Julio Iglesias
  
• Romances - Luis Miguel

Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance

• La Pipa De La Paz - Aterciopelados
  
• Avalancha De Exitos - Cafe Tacvba
  
• Cuando Tu No Estas - El Tri
  
• Fabulosos Calavera - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
  
• Donde Jugaran Las Ninas? - Molotov

Best Tropical Latin Performance

• A Toda Cuba Le Gusta - Afro-Cuban All Stars
  
• Una Mujer Como Yo - Albita
  
• Buena Vista Social Club - Ry Cooder
  
• Sobre El Fuego - India
  
• Llevame Contigo - Olga Tanon

Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance

• En Las Alas De Un Angel/Despedimos A Cornelio Reyna - Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte
  
• Muy Dentro De Mi Corazon - Alejandro Fernandez
  
• En Tus Manos - La Mafia
  
• Destino - Lizza Lamb
  
• Jefe De Jefes - Los Tigres Del Norte

Best Traditional Blues Album

• R + B = Ruth Brown - Ruth Brown
  
• Don't Look Back - John Lee Hooker
  
• Rough News - Charlie Musselwhite
  
• Born In The Delta - Pinetop Perkins
  
• Live At Buddy Guy's Legends - Junior Wells

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Reckless - Luther Allison
  
• Sweet Potato Pie - The Robert Cray Band
  
• Trippin' Live - Dr. John
  
• Senor Blues - Taj Mahal
  
• Come On Home - Boz Scaggs

Best Traditional Folk Album

• L'Amour Ou La Folie - BeauSoleil
  
• Deep Water - The Hackberry Ramblers
• There Ain't No Way Out - New Lost City Ramblers
• Cajun Pride - Jo-El Sonnier
  
• Heart Songs: The Old Time Country Songs Of Utah Phillips - Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin

Best Contemporary Folk Album

• Keepers - A Live Recording - Guy Clark
  
• The Way I Should - Iris DeMent
  
• Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan
  
• Shaming Of The Sun - Indigo Girls
  
• Live On Tour - John Prine

Best Reggae Album

• Big Up - Aswad
  
• Appointment With His Majesty - Burning Spear
  
• Fallen Is Babylon - Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers
  
• Rage And Fury - Steel Pulse
  
• Freedom Of Speech - Yellowman

Best World Music Album

• Cabo Verde - Cesaria Evora
  
• Compas - Gipsy Kings
  
• Passing On The Tradition - Ali Akbar Khan
  
• Nascimento - Milton Nascimento
  
• Love Drum Talk - Babatunde Olatunji

Best Polka Album

• Home Is Where The Heart Is - Lenny Gomulka & The Chicago Push
  
• Duty Free Polkas - John Gora & Gorale
  
• Moments To Remember - Walter Ostanek
  
• Living On Polka Time - Jimmy Sturr
  
• Songs Of The Polka King - Frank Yankovic & Friends

Best Musical Album For Children

• All Aboard! - John Denver (John Denver, Roger Nichols & Kris O'Connor, producers)
  
• Bigger Than Yourself - John McCutcheon (Bob Dawson & John McCutcheon, producers)
  
• Shakin' A Tailfeather - Taj Mahal, Eric Bibb & Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir (Leib Ostrow & Linda Tillery, producers)
  
• Songs From A Parent To A Child - Art Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, producer)
  
• This Land Is Your Land - Arlo Guthrie & Woody Guthrie (Frank Fuchs, producer)

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

• The Original Story Of Winnie-The-Pooh (A. A. Milne) - Long John Baldry (Ted Kryczko, producer)
  
• The Quite Remarkable Adventures Of The Owl And The Pussycat (Eric Idle) - Eric Idle (Deborah Raffin, producer)
  
• The Star-Child And The Nightingale & The Rose (Oscar Wilde) - Gabriel Byrne (Deborah Raffin, producer)
  
• Winnie-The-Pooh (A.A. Milne) - Charles Kuralt (John McElroy, producer)

Best Spoken Word Album

• Charles Kuralt's Spring (Charles Kuralt) - Charles Kuralt
  
• Contact (Carl Sagan) - Jodie Foster
  
• Even The Stars Look Lonesome (Maya Angelou) - Maya Angelou
  
• Living Faith (Jimmy Carter) - Jimmy Carter
  
• A Reporter's Life (Walter Cronkite) - Walter Cronkite

Best Spoken Comedy Album

• Button Down Concert - Bob Newhart
  
• Dirty Jokes And Beer: Stories Of The Unrefined - Drew Carey
  
• Garrison Keillor's Comedy Theater - Garrison Keillor
  
• God said ha! - Julia Sweeney
  
• Roll With The New - Chris Rock

Best Musical Show Album

• Chicago The Musical - Jay David Saks, producer; (Fred Ebb, lyricist; John Kander, composer) (Various Artists Featuring Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton & Joel Grey)
  
• Jekyll & Hyde - Karl Richardson & Frank Wildhorn, producers; (Leslie Bricusse, lyricist; Frank Wildhorn, composer) (Original Broadway Cast)
  
• The Life - Mike Berniker & Cy Coleman, producers; Ira Gasman, lyricist; Cy Coleman, composer (Original Broadway Cast)
  
• Ragtime The Musical - Jay David Saks, producer; Lynn Ahrens, lyricist; Stephen Flaherty, composer (Recording Cast)
  
• Titanic A New Musical - Tommy Krasker & Maury Yeston, producers; Maury Yeston, lyricist; Maury Yeston, composer (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Instrumental Composition

• Aung San Suu Kyi - Wayne Shorter, composer (Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter)
  
• Canonn For Bela - J.J. Johnson, composer (J.J. Johnson)
  
• Earth - Bob Florence, composer (The Bob Florence Limited Edition)
  
• Everytime I Think Of You - Alan Broadbent, composer (Alan Broadbent)
  
• New Rochelle - Bob Mintzer, composer (Yellowjackets)

Best Instrumental Composition Written For A Motion Picture Or For Television

• The English Patient - Gabriel Yared, composer
  
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park - John Williams, composer
  
• Men In Black - Main Theme - Danny Elfman, composer
  
• Selena - Dave Grusin, composer
  
• Seven Years In Tibet - John Williams, composer

Best Song Written Specifically For A Motion Picture Or For Television

• Father Of Our Nation (From Mandela) - Cedric Gradus Samson, songwriter (Jennifer Jones & Hugh Masekela)
  
• For The First Time (From One Fine Day) - Jud Friedman, James Newton Howard & Allan Rich, songwriters (Kenny Loggins)
  
• How Do I Live (From Con Air) - Diane Warren, songwriter (Trisha Yearwood)
  
• I Believe I Can Fly (From Space Jam) - R. Kelly, songwriter (R. Kelly)
  
• A Song For Mama (From Soul Food) - Babyface, songwriter (Boyz II Men)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• America - Michael Abene & Dave Grusin, arrangers (Dave Grusin)
  
• Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) - Vince Mendoza, arranger (Vince Mendoza Featuring John Abercrombie)
  
• Peter Gunn - Dave Grusin, arranger (Dave Grusin)
  
• Straight, No Chaser - Bill Holman, arranger (The Bill Holman Band)
  
• Wild Is The Wind - Robert Farnon, arranger (J. J. Johnson)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

• Cotton Tail - Slide Hampton, arranger (Dee Dee Bridgewater)
  
• Laura - Arif Mardin, arranger (Carly Simon)
  
• My Heart Belongs To Daddy - John Clayton, arranger (Dee Dee Bridgewater)
  
• Our Love Is Here To Stay - Don Sebesky, arranger (John Pizzarelli)
  
• The Summer Knows - Mike Renzi, arranger (Maureen McGovern)

Best Recording Package

• Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon - Stefan Sagmeister, art director (Skeleton Key)
  
• Free Mars - Peter Grant & Stephanie Hughes, art directors (Lusk)
  
• Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! - Johann Zambryski, art director (Enigma)
  
• The Planet Sleeps - Julian Peploe, art director (Various Artists)
  
• Titanic - Music As Heard On The Fateful Voyage - Hugh Brown, Al Q & Jeff Smith, art directors (Various Artists)

Best Boxed Recording Package

• Beg Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul - Hugh Brown, David Gorman & Rachel Gutek, art directors (Various Artists)
  
• The Complete Bill Evans On Verve - Patricia Lie, art director (Bill Evans)
  
• The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong On Verve - Giulio Turturro, art director (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong)
  
• Cuba: I Am Time - Carol Bobolts, Laurie Goldman & Jack O'Neil, art directors (Various Artists)
  
• Shakedown! The Texas Tapes Revisited - Bryan Lasley, art director (Bobby Fuller)

Best Album Notes

• Anthology - Robert Gordon, album notes writer (Al Green)
  
• Anthology Of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) - John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Jon Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Luc Sante, Peter Stampfel & Eric Von Schmidt, album notes writers (Various Artists)
  
• Farewells & Fantasies - Ben Edmonds, Mark Kemp, Meegan Lee Ochs & Michael Ventura, album notes writers (Phil Ochs)
  
• Ray Charles Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection - Dave Alvin, James Austin, Bill Dahl, Ahmet Ertegun, David Ritz, Billy Vera & Jerry Wexler, album notes writers (Ray Charles)
  
• Titanic - Music As Heard On The Fateful Voyage - Ian Whitcomb, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album

• Anthology Of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) - Jeff Place, Pete Reiniger & Harry Smith, compilation producers; David Glasser & Charlie Pilzer, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
  
• Centenary Edition: 100 Years Of Great Music - Tony Locantro, compilation producer; Tony Locantro, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
  
• The Complete Bill Evans On Verve - Michael Lang, compilation producer; Suha Gur, mastering engineer (Bill Evans)
  
• Cuba: I Am Time - Jack O'Neil, Nina Gomes & Al Pryor, compilation producers; Gene Paul, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
  
• Ray Charles Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection - James Austin, David Ritz & Billy Vera, compilation producers; Bob Fisher, Dan Hersch & Doug Sax, mastering engineers (Ray Charles)
  
• Sing, Cowboy, Sing! The Gene Autry Collection - James Austin, Karla Buhlman & Patrick Milligan, compilation producers; Bob Fisher, mastering engineer (Gene Autry)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Blue Moon Swamp - Bob Clearmountain & John Lowson, engineers (John Fogerty)
  
• The Day - "Bassy" Bob Brockmann, Jon Gass, Humberto Gatica, Brad Gilderman, Mick Guzauski, Thom Russo & Mike Scott, engineers (Babyface)
  
• Dream Walkin' - John Guess & Julian King, engineers (Toby Keith)
  
• Hourglass - Frank Filipetti, engineer (James Taylor)
  
• Two For The Road - Elliot Scheiner & Al Schmitt, engineers (Dave Grusin)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Walter Afanasieff
• Babyface
• Paula Cole
• Kirk Franklin
• Keith Thomas

Remixer of the Year

• Frankie Knuckles
• David Morales
• Mousse T.
• Todd Terry
• Armand Van Helden

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Brahms: The Four Symphonies; Academic Festival Overture, Etc. - Tony Faulkner & Jack Renner, engineers (Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor)
  
• Copland: The Music Of America (Fanfare For The Common Man; Rodeo, Etc.) - Michael Bishop & Jack Renner, engineers (Erich Kunzel, conductor)
  
• Herrmann: The Film Scores (Vertigo: Suite; Torn Curtain; Marnie: Suite, Etc.) - Richard King, engineer (Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor)
  
• Holst: The Planets/Varese: Arcana - Tony Faulkner, engineer (Leonard Slatkin, conductor)
  
• Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Neil Hutchinson, Krzysztof Jarosz, James Lock & John Pellowe, engineers (Sir Georg Solti, conductor)

Producer Of The Year, Classical

• Steven Epstein
• Wolf Erichson
• J. Tamblyn Henderson, Jr.
• Andrew Keener
• Judith Sherman

Best Classical Album

• Beethoven: The String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet; Eugene Drucker, Group Member; Lawrence Dutton, Group Member; David Finckel, Group Member; Philip Setzer, Group Member; Max Wilcox, producer
  
• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia - Pierre Boulez, conductor; Helmut Burk, producer (Gareth Morrell; The Cleveland Orch. Cho.; The Cleveland Orch.)
  
• Brahms: The Four Symphonies; Academic Festival Overture, Etc. - Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; James Mallinson, producer (Scottish Cham. Orch.)
  
• Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) - Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; David Zinman, conductor; Steven Epstein, producer (Philadelphia Orch.)
  
• Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Ben Heppner; Herbert Lippert; Karita Mattila; Alan Opie; Rene Pape; Jose van Dam; Iris Vermillion; Michael Woolcock, producer (Chicago Sym. Cho.; Chicago Sym. Orch.)

Best Orchestral Performance

• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia - Pierre Boulez, conductor (The Cleveland Orch. Cho.; The Cleveland Orch.)
  
• Brahms: The Four Symphonies; Academic Festival Overture, Etc. - Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor (Scottish Cham. Orch.)
  
• Korngold: Sym. In F Sharp, Op. 40 - Franz Welser-Most, conductor (The Philadelphia Orch.)
• Markevitch: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 (Le Nouvel Age; Sinfonietta In F; Cinema Ouverture) - Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor (Arnhem Phil. Orch.)
  
• Shostakovich: The Dance Album (Moscow-Cheromushki; The Bolt, Etc.) - Riccardo Chailly, conductor (The Philadelphia Orch.)

Best Opera Recording

• Braunfels: Die Vogel - Lothar Zagrosek, conductor; Matthias Gorne; Wolfgang Holzmair; Michael Kraus; Hellen Kwon; Endrik Wottrich; Morten Winding, producer; Michael Woolcock, producer (Rundfunkchor Berlin; Deutsches Sym.-Orch. Berlin)
  
• Glinka: Ruslan And Lyudmila - Valery Gergiev, conductor; Gennady Bezzubenkov; Larissa Diadkova; Galina Gorchakova; Anna Netrebko; Vladimir Ognovienko; Stan Taal, producer (Kirov Cho., St. Petersburg; Kirov Orch., St. Petersburg)
  
• Mozart: Don Giovanni - Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Renee Fleming; Ann Murray; Michele Pertusi; Bryn Terfel; Michael Woolcock, producer (London Voices; London Phil. Orch.)
  
• Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie - William Christie, conductor; Lorraine Hunt; Eirian James; Laurent Naouri; Mark Padmore; Anna-Maria Panzarella; Martin Sauer, producer (Cho. Of Les Arts Florissants; Orch. Of Les Arts Florissants)
  
• Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Ben Heppner; Herbert Lippert; Karita Mattila; Alan Opie; Rene Pape; Jose van Dam; Iris Vermillion; Michael Woolcock, producer (Chicago Sym. Cho.; Chicago Sym. Orch.)

Best Choral Performance

• Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells - Robert Shaw, conductor (Karl Dent, tenor; Renee Fleming, soprano; Victor Ledbetter, baritone; Atlanta Sym. Orch. Cho.; Atlanta Sym. Orch.)
  
• Bruckner: Messe No. 3 In F Min.; Te Deum - Franz Welser-Most, conductor; Balduin Sulzer, chorus master (Jane Eaglen, soprano; Alfred Muff, bass; Birgit Remmert, contralto; Deon van der Walt, tenor; Mozart Cho. Of Linz; The London Phil.)
  
• Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims; Overture: At The Tabard Inn; In Honour Of The City - Richard Hickox, conductor; Malcolm Hicks, chorus master (Yvonne Kenny, soprano; Stephen Roberts, baritone; Robert Tear, tenor; London Sym. Cho.; London Sym. Orch.)
  
• Haydn: The Creation - John Eliot Gardiner, conductor (Donna Brown, soprano; Gerald Finley, bass; Rodney Gilfry, bass; Sylvia McNair, soprano; Michael Schade, tenor; The English Baroque Soloists; The Monteverdi Cho.)
  
• Paray: Mass For The 500th Anniversary Of The Death Of Joan Of Arc - James Paul, conductor; Christopher Bell, chorus master (Joseph Harris, tenor; Lorna Haywood, soprano; Jozik Koc, bass-baritone; Terry Patrick-Harris, mezzo soprano; Royal Scottish National Orch. Cho.; Royal Scottish National Orch.)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

• Barber/Walton: Violin Concertos/Bloch: Baal Shem - Joshua Bell, violin; David Zinman, conductor (Baltimore Sym. Orch.)
  
• Mozart: Piano Cons. Nos. 18 & 20 - Richard Goode, piano (Orpheus Cham. Orch.)
  
• Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works Of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) - Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; David Zinman, conductor (Philadelphia Orch.)
  
• Schwantner: Con. For Percussion And Orch. - Evelyn Glennie, percussion & marimba; Leonard Slatkin, conductor (National Sym. Orch.)
  
• Tchaikovsky: Piano Con. No. 1 - Martha Argerich, piano; Claudio Abbado, conductor (Berliner Phil.)

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

• Bach: Suites For Solo Cello Nos. 1 - 6 - Janos Starker, cello
  
• Ligeti: Works For Piano (Etudes; Musica Ricercata, Etc.) - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
  
• Murray Perahia Plays Handel And Scarlatti (Handel: Suite No. 5 In E Maj., Etc./Scarlatti: Son. In D Maj., Etc.) - Murray Perahia, piano
  
• Schumann: Piano Son. No. 1; Fantasy In C - Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
  
• Volodos - Piano Transcriptions (Works Of Bizet, Liszt, Rachmaninoff-Volodos, Etc.) - Arcadi Volodos, piano

Best Chamber Music Performance

• Beaux Arts Trio Plays Turina, Granados (Turina: Trio No. 1, Op. 35, Etc./Granados: Trio, Op. 50) - Beaux Arts Trio; Ida Kavafian, Group Member; Menahem Pressler, Group Member; Peter Wiley, Group Member
  
• Beethoven: The String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet; Eugene Drucker, Group Member; Lawrence Dutton, Group Member; David Finckel, Group Member; Philip Setzer, Group Member
  
• The Berlin Recital (Works Of Brahms, Debussy, Franck, Mozart) - Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Lambert Orkis, piano
  
• Early Music - Lachryma Antiqua (Works Of Machaut, Tye, Lamb, Dowland, Etc.) - Kronos Quartet; Hank Dutt, Group Member; David Harrington, Group Member; Joan Jeanrenaud, Group Member; John Sherba, Group Member
  
• Schubert/Boccherini: Quintets (Schubert: Quintet In C Maj./Boccherini: Quintet In E Maj.) - Jaime Laredo, viola; Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Sharon Robinson, cello; Isaac Stern, violin

Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)

• Adams: Chamber Symphony; Shaker Loops; Phrygian Gates For Solo Piano - Sian Edwards, conductor; Ensemble Modern
  
• Chaconne (Works Of Blow, Corelli, Muffat, Etc.) - Reinhard Goebel, conductor; Musica Antiqua Koln
• Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 - Claudio Abbado, conductor; Mbrs. Of The Berliner Phil.
  
• Ockeghem: Missa De Plus En Plus, Etc./Binchois: Missa Au Travail Suis, Etc.) - Peter Phillips, conductor; The Tallis Scholars
  
• Schein: The Fountains Of Israel - Sacred Madrigals (O Herr, Ich Bin Dein Knecht; Ich Lasse Dich Nicht, Etc.) - Philippe Herreweghe, conductor; Ens. Vocal Europeen
  
• Shakespeare's Musick - Songs And Dances From Shakespeare's Plays (Works Of Byrd, Dowland, Holborne, Etc.) - Philip Pickett, conductor; Musicians Of The Globe

Best Classical Vocal Performance

• An Italian Songbook (Works Of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini) - Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo soprano (James Levine, piano)
  
• La Bonne Chanson - Faure Chamber Songs (Works Of Ravel, Chausson, Etc.) - Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano (Bengt Forsberg, piano)
  
• Ligeti: Vocal Works (Nonsense Madrigals; Aventures; Der Sommer, Etc.) - Omar Ebrahim, baritone; Rosemary Hardy, soprano; Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano; Rose Taylor, contralto (The King's Singers; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Various Artists; Mbrs. Of The Philharmonia Orch.)
  
• Mozart: Arias (Non So Piu, Cosa Son; Vedrai Carino; In Quali Eccessi, O Numi, Etc.) - Vesselina Kasarova, mezzo soprano (Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Staatskapelle Dresden)
  
• Signatures - Great Opera Scenes (Porgi, Amor; Dove Sono; O Silver Moon, Etc.) - Renee Fleming, soprano (Sir Georg Solti, conductor; London Sym. Orch.)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

• Adams: El Dorado - John Adams, composer (Kent Nagano, conductor; The Halle Orch.)
  
• Danielpour: Concerto For Orch. - Richard Danielpour, composer (David Zinman, conductor; Pittsburgh Sym. Orch.) Track from: Danielpour: Concerto For Orch.; Anima Mundi
  
• Kernis: Second Symphony - Aaron Jay Kernis, composer (Hugh Wolff, conductor; City Of Birmingham Sym. Orch.) Track from: Kernis: Second Symphony; Musica Celestis, Etc.
  
• Liebermann: Con. No. 2 For Piano And Orch., Op. 36 - Lowell Liebermann, composer (Stephen Hough, piano) Track from: Liebermann: Piano Concertos (Cons. Nos. 1 & 2; Six Pieces From Album For The Young)
  
• Norgard: Sym. No. 5 - Per Norgard, composer (Leif Segerstam, conductor; Danish National Radio Sym. Orch.) Track from: Norgard: Syms. Nos. 4 & 5

Best Short Form Music Video

• How Come, How Long - Babyface Featuring Stevie Wonder (F. Gary Gray, video director; Craig Fanning, video producer)
  
• Got 'Till It's Gone - Janet Jackson (Mark Romanek, video director; Aris McGarry, video producer)
  
• I Care 'Bout You - Milestone (Mark Gerard, video director; Melinda Nugent, video producer)
  
• Early To Bed - Morphine (Jamie Caliri, video director; Adam Stern, video producer)
  
• Stinkfist - Tool (Adam Jones, video director; , Donna Langston & Kevin Willis, video producers)

Best Long Form Music Video

• Letters From A Porcupine - Blind Melon (Steve MacCorkle, video director; Steve MacCorkle, video producer)
  
• Jagged Little Pill, Live - Alanis Morissette (Alanis Morissette & Steve Purcell, video directors; Glen Ballard, David May, Alanis Morissette & Steve Purcell, video producers)
  
• Forever's A Long, Long Time - Orquestra Was (Don Was, video director; Larry Shapiro, video producer)
  
• Live In Amsterdam - Wildest Dreams Tour - Tina Turner (David Mallet, video director; Monique Ten Berge & Patrick Roubroeks, video producers)
  
• Blue Note - A Story Of Modern Jazz - Various Artists (Julian Benedikt, video director; Ulli Pfau, video producer)