Grammy Awards of 1996

The 38th Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1996. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.


Award winners:
Record of the Year
Trevor Horn (producer) & Seal for "Kiss From a Rose"
Album of the Year
Glen Ballard (producer) & Alanis Morissette for Jagged Little Pill
Song of the Year
Seal (songwriter) for "Kiss From a Rose"
Best New Artist
Hootie & the Blowfish

Alternative
Best Alternative Music Performance
Nirvana for MTV Unplugged in New York

Blues
Best Traditional Blues Album
John Lee Hooker for Chill Out
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Buddy Guy for Slippin' In

Children's
Best Musical Album for Children
J. Aaron Brown, David R. Lehman (producers) & Barbara Bailey Hutchison for Sleepy Time Lullabys
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Dan Broatman, Martin Sauer (producers) & Patrick Stewart for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

Classical
Best Orchestral Performance
Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Debussy: La Mer
Best Classical Vocal Performance
Christopher Hogwood (conductor), Sylvia McNair & the Academy of Ancient Music for The Echoing Air - The Music of Henry Purcell
Best Opera Recording
Raymond Minshull (producer), Charles Dutoit (conductor), Gary Lakes, Francoise Pollet, Gino Quilico, Deborah Voigt & L'Orchestra Symphonie Montreal & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens
Best Choral Performance
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director) & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
Seiji Ozawa (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for The American Album - Works of Bernstein, Barber, Foss
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
Radu Lupu for Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B Flat Major and A Major)
Best Chamber Music Performance
Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Richard Stoltzman for Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Olivier Messiaen (composer) & Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) for Messiaen: Concert a Quatre
Best Classical Album
Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus for Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux

Composing and arranging
Best Instrumental Composition
Bill Holman (composer) for "A View From the Side" performed by The Bill Holman Band
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz (songwriters) for "Colors of the Wind" performed by Judy Kuhn & Vanessa Williams
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
Hans Zimmer (composer) for Crimson Tide
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Robert Farnon (arranger) for "Lament" performed by J. J. Johnson & the Robert Farnon Orchestra
Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)
Rob McConnell (arranger) for "I Get a Kick Out of You" performed by Mel Tormé with Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass

Country
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Alison Krauss for "Baby, Now That I've Found You"
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Vince Gill for "Go Rest High on That Mountain"
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
The Mavericks for "Here Comes the Rain"
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
Alison Krauss & Shenandoah for "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart"
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck & Johnny Gimble for "Hightower"
Best Country Song
Vince Gill (songwriter) for "Go Rest High on That Mountain"
Best Country Album
Robert John "Mutt" Lange (producer) & Shania Twain for The Woman In Me
Best Bluegrass Album
The Nashville Bluegrass Band for Unleashed

Folk
Best Traditional Folk Album
Ramblin' Jack Elliott for South Coast
Best Contemporary Folk Album
Emmylou Harris for Wrecking Ball

Gospel
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Michael W. Smith for I'll Lead You Home
Best Rock Gospel Album
Ashley Cleveland for Lesson of Love
Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
Shirley Caesar for Shirley Caesar Live - He Will Come
Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
CeCe Winans for Alone In His Presence
Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Bill Hearn (producer) for Amazing Grace - A Country Salute to Gospel performed by various artists
Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
Carol Cymbala (choir director) for Praise Him - Live! performed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Historical
Best Historical Album
John Pfeiffer (producer & notes writer), Ray Hall, Thomas MacCluskey, James P. Nichols, Anthony Salvatore, Jon M. Samuels, David Satz (engineers), J.J. Stelmach (art director), Gabriel Banat, Grant Beglarian, Robert Cowan, Mortimer W. Frank, Richard Freed, Erick Friedman, Harris Goldsmith, Josefa Heifetz, George Jellinek, Irving Kolodin, Jacob Lateiner, Laurence Lesser, Myra C. Livingston, John Maltese, John Anthony Maltese, Leonard Pennario & Brooks Smith (notes writers) for The Heifetz Collection performed by Jascha Heifetz & various artists

Jazz
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Michael Brecker for "Impressions"
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
McCoy Tyner Trio & Michael Brecker for "Infinity"
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
Tom Scott for "All Blues" performed by the GRP All-Star Big Band
Best Jazz Vocal Performance
Lena Horne for An Evening With Lena Horne
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
Pat Metheny Group for "We Live Here"
Best Latin Jazz Performance
Jobim for Antonio Brasileiro

Latin
Best Latin Pop Performance
Jon Secada for "Amor"
Best Tropical Latin Performance
Gloria Estefan for "Abriendo Puertas"
Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance
Flaco Jimenez for "Flaco Jimenez"

Musical Show
Best Musical Show Album
Arif Mardin, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (producers) & the original Broadway cast for Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber & Stoller

Music Video
Best Music Video, Short Form
Cean Chaffin (producer), Mark Romanek (director), Janet Jackson & Michael Jackson for "Scream"
Best Music Video, Long Form
Robert Warr (producer), Francois Girard (director) & Peter Gabriel for Secret World Live

New Age
Best New Age Album
George Winston for Forest

Packaging and Notes
Best Recording Package
Joni Mitchell & Robbie Cavolina (art directors) for Turbulent Indigo performed by Joni Mitchell
Best Recording Package - Boxed
Frank Zappa & Gail Zappa (art directors) for Civilization Phaze III performed by Frank Zappa
Best Album Notes
Rob Bowman (notes writer) for The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972 - 1975 performed by various artists

Polka
Best Polka Album
Jimmy Sturr for I Love to Polka

Pop
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Annie Lennox for "No More 'I Love Yous'"
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Seal for "Kiss From a Rose"
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Hootie & the Blowfish for "Let Her Cry"
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
The Chieftains & Van Morrison for "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Los Lobos for "Mariachi Suite"
Best Pop Album
Larry Klein (producer) & Joni Mitchell (producer & artist) for Turbulent Indigo

Production and engineering
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
David Bianco, Jim Scott, Richard Dodd & Stephen McLaughlin (engineers) for Wildflowers performed by Tom Petty
Best Classical Engineered Recording
Jonathan Stokes, Michael Mailes (engineers), Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony for Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; " Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem
Producer of the Year
Babyface
Classical Producer of the Year
Steven Epstein

R&B
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Anita Baker for "I Apologize"
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Stevie Wonder for "For Your Love"
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
TLC for "Creep"
Best Rhythm & Blues Song
Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "For Your Love"
Best R&B Album
TLC for CrazySexyCool

Rap
Best Rap Solo Performance
Coolio for "Gangsta's Paradise"
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Mary J. Blige & Method Man for "I'll Be There for You"/"You're All I Need to Get By"
Best Rap Album
Naughty by Nature for Poverty's Paradise

Reggae
Best Reggae Album
Shaggy for Boombastic

Rock
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
Alanis Morissette for "You Oughta Know"
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Tom Petty for "You Don't Know How It Feels"
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Blues Traveler for "Run-Around"
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Allman Brothers Band for "Jessica"
Best Hard Rock Performance
Pearl Jam for "Spin the Black Circle"
Best Metal Performance
Nine Inch Nails for "Happiness in Slavery"
Best Rock Song
Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard (songwriters) for "You Oughta Know" performed by Alanis Morissette
Best Rock Album
Glen Ballard (producer) & Alanis Morissette for Jagged Little Pill

Spoken
Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
Maya Angelou for Phenomenal Woman
Best Spoken Comedy Album
Jonathan Winters for Crank Calls

Trad Pop
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
Frank Sinatra for Duets II

World
Best World Music Album
Deep Forest for Boheme