The 1990 Grammy Awards The awards given in 1991 were for recordings made in 1990. << p r e v h o m e n e x t >>
	Album of the Year Quincy Jones For: Back on the Block Record of the Year Phil Collins For: Another Day in Paradise Song of the Year Julie Gold For: From a Distance Best New Artist Mariah Carey Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Roy Orbison For: Oh Pretty Woman track from A Black and White Night Live Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Mariah Carey For: Vision of Love Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Linda Ronstadt with Aaron Neville For: All My Life Best Pop Instrumental Performance Angelo Madalamenti For: Twin Peaks Theme Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male Eric Clapton For: Bad Love Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female Alannah Myles For: Black Velvet Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Aerosmith For: Janie's Got a Gun Best Rock Instrumental Performance Vaughn Brothers For: D/FW track from Family Style Best Hard Rock Performance (vocal or instrumental) Living Color For: Time's Up Best Metal Performance (vocal or instrumental) Metallica For: Stone Cold Crazy track from Rubaiyat Best Alternative Music Performance Sinead O'Connor For: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Best Rhythm and Blues Song James Miller, M.C. Hammer (songwriters) For: U Can't Touch This Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, male Luther Vandross For: Here and Now Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, female Anita Baker For: Compositions Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Ray Charles, Chaka Khan For: I'll Be Good to You Best Rap Solo Performance M.C. Hammer For: U Can't Touch This Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Ice-T, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee For: Back on the Block track from Quincy Jones' Back on the Block Best Jazz Fusion Performance (vocal or instrumental) Qunicy Jones For: Birdland track from Quincy Jones' Back on the Block Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male Harry Connick, Jr. For: We Are in Love Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female Ella Fitzgerald For:All that Jazz Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a group Oscar Peterson Trio For: The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Soloist Oscar Peterson For: The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band Count Basie Orchestra For: Basie's Bag track from George Benson's Big Boss Band Best Country Song Jon Vezner, Don Henry (songwriter award) For: Where've You Been Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Vince Gill For: When I Call Your Name Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Kathy Mattea For: Where've You Been Best Country Performance by duo or group with vocal Kentucky Headhunters For: Pickin' on Nashville Best Country vocal Collaboration Chet Atkins, Mark Knoffler For: Poor Boy Blues Best Country Instrumental Performance Chet Atkins, Mark Knoffler For: So Soft Your Goodbye Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Performance Petra For: Beyond Belief Best Pop Gospel Album Sandi Patti For: Another Time...Another Place Best Southern Gospel Album Bruce Carroll For: The Great Exchange Best Traditiional Soul Gospel Album Tremaine Hawkins For: Tremaine Hawkins Live Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album Take 6 For: So Much 2 Say Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus Rev. James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir For: Having Church Best Traditional Blues Recording B.B. King For: Live at San Quentin Best Contemporary Blues Recording Vaughn Brothers For: Family Style Best Traditional Folk Recording Doc Watson For: On Praying Ground Best Contemporary Folk Recording Shawn Colvin For: Steady On Best Bluegrass Recording (vocal or instrumental) Alison Krauss For: I've Got That Old Feeling Best Latin Pop Performance Jose Feliciano For: Por Que Te Tengo Que Olvidar? track from Nina Best Tropical Latin Performance Tito Puente For: Lambada Timbales track from Goza Mi Timbal Best Mexican-American Performance Texas Tornados For: Soy de San Luis Best Reggae Recording Bunny Wailer For: Time Will Tell - A Tribute to Bob Marley Best Polka Recording Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra For: When It's Polka Time at Your House Best New Age Performance Mark Isham For: Mark Isham Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Quincy Jones, Ian Prince, Rod Temperton, Jerry Hey For: Birdland Best Instrumental Composition Pat Metheny For: Change of Heart Best Musical Cast Show Album Gary Morris, Philip Quast, Kaho Shimada, Tracey Shayne and various casts For: Les Miserables, the Complete Symphonic Recording Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) Jerry Hey, Glen Ballard, Cliff Magness, Quincy Jones For: The Places You Find Love track from Back on the Block Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score written for a Motion Picture or TV James Horner For: Glory (film soundtrack) Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or TV Alan Menken, Howard Ashman For: Under the Sea track from The Little Mermaid Original Soundtrack Best Classical Album Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic For: Ives: Symphony No. 2; The Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question Best Classical Orchestral Performance, (conductors award) Leonard Bernstein conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra For: Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 1, Op. 10 and No. 7, Op. 60 Best Chamber Music Performance Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim For: The 3 Violin Sonatas (No. 1, Op. 78; No. 2, Op. 100; No. 3, Op. 108) Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) Itzhak Perlman (Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic) For: Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor; Glazunov; Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82 Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra) Vladmimir Horowitz For: The Last Recording (Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Wagner) Best Opera Recording James Levin conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra For: Das Rheingold Best Classical Performance, Choral (other than opera) Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus For: Belshazzar's Feast; Berstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti For: Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert Best Contemporary Composition Leonard Bernstein (composer) For: Arias and Barcarolles Best Engineered Recording, Classical Jack Renner For: Rachmaninov: Vespers (Robert Shaw conducting the Robert Shaw Festival Singers) Classical Producer of the Year Adam Stern Best Spoken Word: Documentary or Drama Recording George Burns For: Gracie: A Love Story Best Comedy Recording Peter Schickele For: PDQ Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities Best Recording for Children Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, composers For: The Little Mermaid Best Engineered Recording Bruce Swedien For: Back on the Block (Quincy Jones) Best Album Package Len Peltier, Jeffrey gold, Suzanne Vega For: Days of Open Hand (Suzanne Vega) Best Album Notes Dan Morgenstern For: Brownie: The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown (Clifford Brown) Best Historical Album Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings (Robert Johnson) Producer of the Year Quincy Jones Best Music Video, Short Form Paula Abdul, Michael Patterson, Candice Reckinger, directors For: Opposites Attract Best Music Video, Long Form M.C. Hammer, Rupert Wainwright, director For: Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, the Movie
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