40th Annual Grammy Awards

40th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	February 25, 1998
Location	Radio City Music Hall, New York City
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Host	Kelsey Grammer
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Network	CBS

The 40th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1998 at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Rock icon Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss, and R. Kelly were the main recipients with three awards each.

Award winners

• Record of the Year
  • John Leventhal (producer) & Shawn Colvin for "Sunny Came Home"

• Album of the Year
  • Daniel Lanois (producer) & Bob Dylan for Time Out of Mind

• Song of the Year
  • John Leventhal & Shawn Colvin (songwriters) for "Sunny Came Home" performed by Shawn Colvin

• Best New Artist
  • Paula Cole

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Performance

• "OK Computer"-Radiohead
• "Homogenic"-Björk
• "Earthling"-David Bowie
• "Dig Your Own Hole"-The Chemical Brothers
• "The Fat of the Land"-The Prodigy

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Album
  • John Lee Hooker for Don't Look Back
• Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • Taj Mahal for Señor Blues

Children's

• Best Musical Album for Children
  • Roger Nichols, Kris O'Connor (producers) & John Denver (producer & artist) for All Aboard!
• Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • John McElroy (producer) & Charles Kuralt for Winnie-the-Pooh

Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Cecilia Bartoli for An Italian Songbook (Works of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)
• Best Opera Recording
  • Michael Woolcock (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), José van Dam, Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Alan Opie, Rene Pape, Iris Vermillion & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
• Best Choral Performance
  • Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells
• Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
  • David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
• Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
  • János Starker for Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1 - 6
• Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
  • Claudio Abbado (conductor) for "Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1" performed by members of the Berliner Philharmonic
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Emerson String Quartet for Beethoven: The String Quartets
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition
  • John Adams (composer), Kent Nagano (conductor) & the Hallé Orchestra for "Adams: El Dorado"
• Best Classical Album
  • Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Wayne Shorter (composer) for "Aung San Suu Kyi" performed by Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • R. Kelly (songwriter) for "I Believe I Can Fly" (from Space Jam)
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • Gabriel Yared (composer) for The English Patient
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Bill Holman (arranger) for "Straight, No Chaser" performed by The Bill Holman Band
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • Slide Hampton (arranger) for "Cotton Tail" performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater

Country

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance
  • Trisha Yearwood for "How Do I Live"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Vince Gill for "Pretty Little Adriana"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station for "Looking in the Eyes of Love"
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
  • Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood for "In Another's Eyes"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station for "Little Liza Jane"
• Best Country Song
  • Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas (songwriters) for "Butterfly Kisses" performed by Bob Carlisle / Jeff Carson / the Raybon Brothers
• Best Country Album
  • Rick Rubin (producer) & Johnny Cash for Unchained
• Best Bluegrass Album
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station for So Long So Wrong

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album

• L'amour ou la Folie'-BeauSoleil

Best Contemporary Folk Album

• Time Out of Mind-Bob Dylan

Gospel

• Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Jars of Clay for Much Afraid
• Best Rock Gospel Album
  • dc Talk for Welcome to the Freak Show: dc Talk Live in Concert
• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
  • The Fairfield Four for I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
  • Take 6 for Brothers
• Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
  • Peter York (producer) for Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute to Gospel performed by various artists
• Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
  • Myron Butler, Kirk Franklin & Robert Searight II (choir directors) for God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation performed by God's Property

Historical

Best Historical Album

• Amy Horowitz, Jeff Place & Pete Reiniger (producers), David Glasser & Charlie Pilzer (engineers) for Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) performed by various artists

Jazz

• Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton for "Stardust"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
  • Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny for Beyond the Missouri Sky
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  • Joe Henderson for Joe Henderson Big Band performed by the Joe Henderson Big Band
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater for Dear Ella
• Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
  • Randy Brecker for Into the Sun
• Best Latin Jazz Performance
  • Roy Hargrove's Crisol for Habana

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
  • Luis Miguel for Romances
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
  • Ry Cooder for Buena Vista Social Club
• Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance
  • La Mafia for En Tus Manos
• Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance
  • Los Fabulosos Cadillacs for Fabulosos Calavera

Musical show

Best Musical Show Album

• Jay David Saks (producer) for Chicago the Musical performed by Various Artists featuring Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton & Joel Grey

Music video

Best Short Form Music Video

• Aris McGarry (video producer), Mark Romanek (video director) & Janet Jackson for "Got 'Till It's Gone

Best Long Form Music Video

• David May, Glen Ballard (video producers), Steve Purcell (video producer & director) & Alanis Morissette (video producers, director & artist) for Jagged Little Pill, Live

New Age

Best New Age Album

• Oracle-Michael Hedges

Packaging and notes

Best Recording Package

• Al Quattrocchi, Hugh Brown & Jeff Smith (art directors) for Titanic - Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage performed by Various Artists

Best Recording Package - Boxed

• David Gorman, Hugh Brown & Rachel Gutek (art directors) for Beg Scream and Shout! The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul performed by Various Artists

Best Album Notes

• Chuck Pirtle, Eric von Schmidt, Jeff Place, John Fahey, Jon Pankake, Kip Lornell, Luc Sante, Luis Kemnitzer, Neil V. Rosenberg & Peter Stampfel (notes writers) for Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) performed by Various Artists

Polka

Best Polka Album

• Living on Polka Time-Jimmy Sturr

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

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

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• "Candle in the Wind 1997"-Elton John
• "Every Time I Close My Eyes"-Babyface
• "Whenever Wherever Whatever"-Maxwell
• "Fly Like an Eagle"-Seal
• "Barely Breathing"-Duncan Sheik

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

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

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

• "Don't Look Back"-John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• "Last Dance"-Sarah McLachlan

Best Dance Recording

• • Giorgio Moroder (producer & artist) & Donna Summer for "Carry On"

Best Pop Album

• "Hourglass"-James Taylor

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Frank Filipetti (engineer) for Hourglass performed by James Taylor

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Michael J. Bishop, Jack Renner (engineers), Erich Kunzel (conductor) & the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for Copland: The Music of America (Fanfare for the Common Man; Rodeo, etc.)

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Babyface

Producer of the Year, Classical

• Steven Epstein

Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical

• Frankie Knuckles

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• On & On-Erykah Badu

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• I Believe I Can Fly-R.Kelly

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

• No Diggity-Blackstreet

Best Rhythm & Blues Song

• I Believe I Can Fly-R.Kelly
  • R.Kelly (songwriter)

Best R&B Album

• Baduizm-Erykah Badu

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

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

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

• "I'll Be Missing You"-Puff Daddy, Faith Evans & 112

Best Rap Album

• "No Way Out"-Puff Daddy & the Family

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

• "Fallen is Babylon"-Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers

Rock

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

• "Criminal"-Fiona Apple

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

• "Cold Irons Bound"-Bob Dylan

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

• "One Headlight"-The Wallflowers

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• "Block Rockin' Beats"-The Chemical Brothers

Best Hard Rock Performance

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

Best Metal Performance

• "Ænema"-Tool

Best Rock Song

• Jakob Dylan (songwriter) for "One Headlight" performed by The Wallflowers

Best Rock Album

• "Blue Moon Swamp"-John Fogerty

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word Album
  • Charles Kuralt for Charles Kuralt's Spring
• Best Spoken Comedy Album
  • Chris Rock for Roll With the New

Traditional pop

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
  • Tony Bennett for Tony Bennett on Holiday

World

• Best World Music Album
  • Milton Nascimento for Nascimento

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Luciano Pavarotti

Grammy Legend Award

• Luciano Pavarotti

See also

• Stevie J.