The 1989 Grammy Awards The awards given in 1990 were for recordings made in 1989. << p r e v h o m e n e x t >>
	Album of the Year Bonnie Raitt For: Nick of Time Record of the Year Bette Midler For: Wind Beneath My Wings Song of the Year Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar For: Wind Beneath My Wings Best New Artist Milli Vanilli (award revoked) Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Michael Bolton For: How Am I Supposed to Live Without You Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Bonnie Raitt For: Nick of Time track from Nick of Time Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville For: Don't Know Much Best Pop Instrumental Performance Neville Brothers For: Healing Chant track from Yellow Moon Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male Don Henley For: The End of the Innocence Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female Bonnie Raitt For: Nick of Time Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Traveling Wilburys For: Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 Best Rock Instrumental Performance Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio, Tony Hyman For: Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hyman Best Hard Rock Performance (vocal or instrumental) Living Color For: Cult of Personality Best Metal Performance (vocal or instrumental) Metallica For: One Best Rhythm and Blues Song Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff (songwriters) For: If You Don't Know Me by Now Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, male Bobby Brown For: Every Little Step 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 Soul II Soul For: Back to Life Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance Soul II Soul For: African Dance track from Keep On Movin' Best Rap Performance Young MC For: Bust a Move Best Jazz Fusion Performance (vocal or instrumental) Pat Metheny Group For: Letter From Home Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male Harry Connick, Jr. For: When Harry Met Sally Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female Ruth Brown For: Blue on Broadway Best Jazz Vocal Performance by a duo or group Dr. John, Rickie Lee Jones For: Makin' Whoopee Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Soloist Miles Davis For: Aura Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Group Chick Corea Akoustic Band For: Chick Corea Akoustic Band Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band Miles Davis For: Aura Best Country Song Rodney Crowell (songwriter award) For: After All This Time Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Lyle Lovett For: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band Best Country Vocal Performance, Female k.d. lang For: Absolute Torch and Twang Best Country Performance by duo or group with vocal Nitty Gritty Dirt Band For: Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 Best Country vocal Collaboration Hank Williams, Jr., Hank Williams For: There's a Tear in My Beer Best Country Instrumental Performance Randy Scruggs, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band For: Amazing Grace track from Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2 Best Gospel Performance, Male BeBe Winans For: Meantime Best Gospel Performance, Female CeCe Winans For: Don't Cry Best Gospel Performance by a Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus Take 6 For: The Savior is Waiting Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male or Female Al Green For: As Long As We're Together Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo, Group, Choir or chorus Daniel Winans & Choir For: Let Brotherly Love Continue Best Traditional Blues Recording John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt For: I'm in the Mood Best Contemporary Blues Recording Stevie Ray Vaughn For: In Step Best Traditional Folk Recording Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir For: Le Mysteres des Voix Bulgares, Vol. 2 Best Contemporary Folk Recording Indigo Girls For: Indigo Girls Best Bluegrass Recording (vocal or instrumental) Bruce Hornsby, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band For: The Valley Road Best Latin Pop Performance Jose Feliciano For: Cielito Lindo Best Tropical Latin Performance Celia Cruz, Ray Baretto For: Rimo en el Corazon Best Mexican-American Performance Los Lobos For: La Pistola y el Corazon Best Reggae Recording Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers For: One Bright Day Best Polka Recording Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra For: All in My Love for You Best New Age Recording Peter Gabriel For: Passion - Music for "The Last Temptation of Christ" Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Dave Grusin For: Suite from the Milagro Beanfield War Best Instrumental Composition Danny Elfman For: The Batman Theme Best Musical Cast Show Album Jason Alexander, Debbie Shapiro, Robert La Fasse, others For: Jerome Robbins' Broadway Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) Dave Grusin For: My Funny Valentine from The Fabulous Baker Boys Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score written for a Motion Picture or TV Dave Grusin For: The Fabulous Baker Boys (film soundtrack) Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or TV Carly Simon For: Let the River Run from Working Girl (film soundtrack) Best Classical Album Emerson String Quartet For: Bartok: 6 String Quartets Best Classical Orchestral Recording, (conductors award) Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic For: Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor Best Chamber Music Performance Emerson String Quartet For: Bartok: 6 String Quartets Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) Yo Yo Ma For: Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22; Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) Andras Schiff For: Bach: English Suites, BWV 806-11 Best Opera Recording James Levin conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra For: Wagner: Die Walkure Best Classical Performance, Choral (other than opera) Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus For: Benjamin Bitten: War Requiem Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist Dawn Upshaw For: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Best Contemporary Composition Steve Reich (composer) For: Different Trains Best Engineered Recording, Classical Jack Renner For: Bitten: War Requiem Classical Producer of the Year Robert Woods Best Spoken Word: Documentary or Drama Recording Gilda Radner For: It's Always Something Best Comedy Recording Peter Schickele For: PDQ Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults Best Recording for Children Tanya Goodman For: The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. 1 Best Engineered Recording George Massenburg For: Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (Linda Ronstadt) Best Album Package Roger Gorman For: Sound + Vision (David Bowie) Best Album Notes Phil Schaap For: Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Charlie Parker) Best Historical Album Chuck Berry - The Chess Box Producer of the Year Peter Asher Best Music Video, Short Form Michael Jackson, Jim Blashfield, director For: Leave Me Alone Best Music Video, Long Form Janet Jackson, Dominic Sena, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, directors For: Rhythm Nation
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