The 1988 Grammy Awards The awards given in 1989 were for recordings made in 1988. << p r e v h o m e n e x t >>
	Album of the Year George Michael For: Faith Record of the Year Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy Song of the Year Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy Best New Artist Tracy Chapman Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Tracy Chapman For: Fast Car Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Manhattan Transfer For: Brasil Best Pop Instrumental Performance David Sanborn For: Close-Up Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male Robert Palmer For: Simply Irresistible Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female Tina Turner For: Tina Live in Europe Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal U2 For: Desire Best Rock Instrumental Performance Carlos Santana For: Blues for Salvador Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance (vocal or instrumental) Jethro Tull For: Crest of a Knave Best Rhythm and Blues Song Anita Baker, Skip Scarborough, Randy Holland (songwriters) For: Giving You the Best That I Got Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, male Terrence Trent D'Arby For: Introducing the Hardline According to Terrence Trent D'Arby Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, female Anita Baker For: Giving You the Best That I Got Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Gladys Knight and the Pips For: Love Overboard Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance Chick Corea For: Light Years track from GRP Super Live in Concert, Vols. 1 and 2 Best Rap Performance D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince For: Parents Just Don't Understand Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male Bobby McFerrin For: Brothers, track from Rob Wasserman's Duets Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female Betty Carter For: Look What I Got! Best Jazz Vocal Performance by a duo or group Take 6 For: Spread Love Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Soloist Micheal Brecker For: Don't Try This at Home Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Group McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, David Murray, Cecil McBee, Roy Haynes For: Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band Gil Evans & the Monday Night Orchestra For: Bud and Bird Best Jazz Fusion Performance (vocal or instrumental) Yellowjackets For: Politics Best Country Song K.T. Oslin (songwriter award) For: Hold Me Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Randy Travis For: Old 8 x 10 Best Country Vocal Performance, Female K. T. Oslin For: Hold Me track from This Woman Best Country Performance by duo or group with vocal Judds For: Give a Little Love Best Country vocal Collaboration Roy Orbison, k.d. lang For: Crying Best Country Instrumental Performance Asleep at the Wheel For: Sugarfoot Rag track from Western Standard Time Best Gospel Performance, Male Larnelle Harris For: Christmas Best Gospel Performance, Female Amy Grant For: Lead Me On Best Gospel Performance by a Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus Winans For: The Winans Live at Carnegie Hall Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male BeBe Winans For: Abundant Life Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female Aretha Franklin For: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo, Group, Choir or chorus Take 6 For: Take 6 Best Traditional Blues Recording Willie Dixon For: Hidden Charms Best Contemporary Blues Recording Robert Cray Band For: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Best Traditional Folk Recording various artists For: Folkways: A Vision Shared - A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly Best Contemporary Folk Recording Tracy Chapman For: Tracy Chapman Best Bluegrass Recording (vocal or instrumental) Bill Monroe For: Southern Flavor Best Latin Pop Performance Roberto Carlos For: Roberto Carlos Best Tropical Latin Performance Ruben Blades, Son del Solar For: Antecedente Best Mexican-American Performance Linda Ronstadt For: Canciones de Mi Padre Best Reggae Recording Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers For: Conscious Party Best Polka Recording Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra For: Born to Polka Best New Age Recording Shadowfax For: Folksongs for a Nuclear Village Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Roger Kellaway For: Memos from Paradise Best Instrumental Composition Mike Post For: The Theme from L.A. Law Best Musical Cast Show Album Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge, Robert Westenberg, Stephen Sondheim For: Into the Woods Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) Jonathan Tunick For: No One is Alone track from Cleo Sings Sondheim (Cleo Laine) Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score written for a Motion Picture or TV Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su For: The Last Emperor (film soundtrack) Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or TV Phil Collins, Lamont Dozier For: Two Hearts track from Buster Best Classical Album Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus For: Verdi: Requiem and Operatic Choruses Best Classical Orchestral Recording, (conductors award) Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra For: Rorem: String Symphony Best Chamber Music Performance Murray Perahia, Sir Georg Solti, David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie For: Bartok: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, Brahms: Variation on a Theme by Joseph Haydn for 2 Pianos Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz (Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the La Scala Opera Orchestra) For: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) Alicia de Larrocha For: Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espagnola Best Opera Recording Sir Georg Solti conducting the Vienna State Opera Choir and Vienna Philharmonic For: Wagner: Lohengrin Best Classical Performance, Choral (other than opera) Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus For: Verdi: Requiem and Operatic Choruses Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist Luciano Pavarotti For: Luciano Pavarotti in Concert Best Contemporary Composition John Adams (composer) For: Nixon in China Best Engineered Recording, Classical Jack Renner For: Verdi: Requiem and Operatic Choruses Classical Producer of the Year Robert Woods Best Spoken Word: Documentary or Drama Recording Rev. Jesse Jackson For: Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson, July 27 Best Comedy Recording Robin Williams For: Good Morning, Vietnam Best Recording for Children Robin Williams, Ry Cooder For: Pecos Bill Best Engineered Recording Tom Lord Alge For: Roll With It (Steve Winwood) Best Album Package Bill Johnson For: Tired of the Runnin' (O'Kanes) Best Album Notes Anthony DeCurtis For: Crossroads (Eric Clapton) Best Historical Album Crossroads (Eric Clapton) Producer of the Year Neil Dorfsman Best Performance Music Video U2, Meiert Avis, director For: Where the Streets Have No Name Best Concept Music Video Weird Al Yankovic, Jay Levey, director For: Fat
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