Grammy Awards of 1994

The 36th Grammy Awards were held in 1994. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.


Award winners:
Record of the Year
David Foster (producer) & Whitney Houston for "I Will Always Love You"
Album of the Year
Babyface, BeBe Winans, David Cole, David Foster, L.A. Reid, Narada Michael Walden, Robert Clivilles (producers) & Whitney Houston for The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album
Song of the Year
Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" performed by Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
Best New Artist
Toni Braxton

Alternative
Best Alternative Music Performance
U2 for Zooropa

Blues
Best Traditional Blues Album
B. B. King for Blues Summit
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Buddy Guy for Feels Like Rain

Children's
Best Musical Album for Children
Alan Menken, Tim Rice (producers) & various artists for Aladdin - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Deborah Raffin, Michael Viner (producers) & Audrey Hepburn for Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales

Classical
Best Orchestral Performance
Pierre Boulez (conductor)& the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: The Wooden Prince
Best Classical Vocal Performance
Arleen Auger for The Art of Arleen Auger (Works of Larsen, Purcell,,Schumann, Mozart)
Best Opera Recording
Steven Paul (producer), John Nelson (conductor), John Aler, Kathleen Battle, Michael Chance, Mark S. Doss, Marilyn Horne, Neil Mackie, Sylvia McNair, Samuel Ramey, the Ambrosian Opera Chorus & the English Chamber Orchestra for Handel: Semele
Best Performance of a Choral Work
Pierre Boulez (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bartók: Cantata Profana
Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)
James Levine (conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant
Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra)
John Browning for Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music
Best Chamber Music Performance
The Emerson String Quartet for Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2/ Barber: String Quartet Op.11 (American Originals)
Best Contemporary Composition
Elliott Carter (composer), Oliver Knussen (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Carter: Violin Concerto
Best Classical Album
Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), John Aler, John Tomlinson & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana

Composing and arranging
Best Instrumental Composition
Kenny G (composer) for "Forever in Love"
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" performed by Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
Alan Menken (composer) for Aladdin performed by various artists
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
Dave Grusin (arranger) for "Mood Indigo"
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock (arrangers) for "When I Fall in Love" performed by Céline Dion & Clive Griffin

Country
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Passionate Kisses"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
Dwight Yoakam for "Ain't That Lonely Yet"
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Brooks & Dunn for "Hard Workin' Man"
Best Country Vocal Collaboration
Linda Davis & Reba McEntire for "Does He Love You"
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, Reuben "Lucky Oceans" Gosfield & Vince Gill for "Red Wing"
Best Country Song
Lucinda Williams (songwriter) for "Passionate Kisses" performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Best Bluegrass Album
The Nashville Bluegrass Band for Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go

Folk
Best Traditional Folk Album
The Chieftains for The Celtic Harp
Best Contemporary Folk Album
Nanci Griffith for Other Voices/Other Rooms

Gospel
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Steven Curtis Chapman for The Live Adventure
Best Rock Gospel Album
dc Talk for Free at Last
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
Shirley Caesar for Stand Still
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
The Winans for All Out
Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Kathy Mattea for Good News
Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
Carol Cymbala (choir director) for Live...We Come Rejoicing performed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Historical
Best Historical Album
Michael Lang & Phil Schaap (producers) for The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959

Jazz
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Joe Henderson for "Miles Ahead"
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
Joe Henderson for So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
Miles Davis & Quincy Jones for Miles and Quincy Live at Montreux
Best Jazz Vocal Performance
Natalie Cole for Take a Look
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)
Pat Metheny Group for The Road to You

Latin
Best Latin Pop Album
Luis Miguel for Aries
Best Tropical Latin Album
Gloria Estefan for Mi Tierra
Best Mexican-American Album
Selena for Live

Musical Show
Best Musical Show Album
George Martin (producer), Pete Townshend (composer & lyricist) & the original cast for The Who's Tommy

Music Video
Best Music Video, Short Form
Prudence Fenton (video producer), Stephen Johnson (video director) & Peter Gabriel for "Steam"
Best Music Video, Long Form
Julie Fong (video producer), Doug Nichol (video director) & Sting for Ten Summoner's Tales

New Age
Best New Age Album
Paul Winter Consort for Spanish Angel

Packaging and Notes
Best Recording Package
David Lau (art director) for The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 performed by Billie Holiday
Best Album Notes
Buck Clayton, Joel E. Siegel & Phil Schaap (notes writers) for The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 performed by Billie Holiday

Polka
Best Polka Album
Walter Ostanek for Accordionally Yours performed by Walter Ostanek & His Band

Pop
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
Whitney Houston for "I Will Always Love You"
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
Sting for "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)"
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Branford Marsalis & Bruce Hornsby for "Barcelona Mona"

Production and engineering
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Hugh Padgham (engineer) for Ten Summoner's Tales performed by Sting
Best Classical Engineered Recording
Rainer Maillard (engineer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
Producer of the Year
David Foster
Classical Producer of the Year
Judith Sherman

R&B
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
Toni Braxton for "Another Sad Love Song"
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
Ray Charles for "A Song for You"
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Sade for "No Ordinary Love"
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (songwriters) for "That's the Way Love Goes" performed by Janet Jackson

Rap
Best Rap Solo Performance
Dr. Dre for "Let Me Ride"
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Digable Planets for "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"

Reggae
Best Reggae Album
Inner Circle for Bad Boys

Rock
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo
Meat Loaf for "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Aerosmith for "Livin' on the Edge"
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Steve Vai for "Sofa"
Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal
Stone Temple Pilots for "Plush"
Best Metal Performance with Vocal
Ozzy Osbourne for "I Don't Want to Change the World"
Best Rock Song
David Pirner (songwriter) for "Runaway Train" performed by Soul Asylum

Spoken
Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
Maya Angelou for On the Pulse of Morning
Best Spoken Comedy Album
George Carlin for Jammin' in New York

Trad Pop
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
Tony Bennett for Steppin' Out

World
Best World Music Album
V. M. Bhatt & Ry Cooder for A Meeting by the River