31st Annual Grammy Awards

Award winners

• Linda Goldstein & Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

• George Michael for Faith

• Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

• Tracy Chapman

  Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Recording
• *Willie Dixon for Hidden Charms
• Best Contemporary Blues Recording
• *The Robert Cray Band for Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

  Children's

• Best Recording for Children
• *Ry Cooder, Mark Sottnick & Robin Williams for Pecos Bill

  Classical

• Best Orchestral Recording
• *Robert Woods, Louis Lane, Robert Shaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
• *Emerson Buckley, Luciano Pavarotti & the Symphony Orchestra of Amelia Romangna for Luciano Pavarotti in Concert
• Best Opera Recording
• *Christopher Raeburn, Georg Solti, Plácido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Eva Randová, Hans Sotin, & the Vienna State Opera Orchestra for Wagner: Lohengrin
• Best Choral Performance
• *Robert Shaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist
• *Carlo Maria Giulini, Vladimir Horowitz & the La Scala Opera Orchestra for Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist
• *Alicia de Larrocha for Albéniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espagnola
• Best Chamber Music Performance
• *David Corkhill, Evelyn Glennie, Murray Perahia & Georg Solti for Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
• Best Contemporary Composition
• *John Adams, Edo de Waart & the Orchestra of St. Luke's for Adams: Nixon in China
• Best Classical Album
• *Robert Woods, Robert Shaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses

  Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
• * Robin Williams for Good Morning Vietnam

  Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
• *Danny Elfman for "The Batman Theme"
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
• *Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier for "Two Hearts" performed by Phil Collins
• Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
• *David Byrne, Cong Su, and Ryuichi Sakamoto for The Last Emperor''
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
• *Roger Kellaway for "Memos From Paradise" performed by Eddie Daniels
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal
• *Jonathan Tunick for "No One Is Alone" performed by Cleo Laine

  Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• *K.T. Oslin for "Hold Me"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• *Randy Travis for Old 8x10
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *The Judds for "Give a Little Love"
• Best Country Vocal Collaboration
• * k.d. lang & Roy Orbison for "Crying"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
• *Asleep at the Wheel for "Sugarfoot Rag"
• Best Country Song
• *K.T. Oslin for "Hold Me"
• Best Bluegrass Recording
• *Bill Monroe for Southern Flavor

  Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Recording
• *Don DeVito, Harold Leventhal, Joe McEwen & Ralph Rinzler for Folkways - performed by various artists
• Best Contemporary Folk Recording
• * Tracy Chapman for Tracy Chapman

  Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance, Female
• *Amy Grant for Lead Me On
• Best Gospel Performance, Male
• *Larnelle Harris for Christmas
• Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
• *The Winans for The Winans Live at Carnegie Hall
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
• *Aretha Franklin for One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
• *BeBe Winans for "Abundant Life"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
• *Take 6 for Take 6

  Historical

• Best Historical Album
• *Bill Levenson for Crossroads performed by Eric Clapton

  Jazz

• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
• * Betty Carter for Look What I Got!
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
• * Bobby McFerrin for Brothers
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
• * Take 6 for "Spread Love"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Soloist
• * Michael Brecker for Don't Try This at Home
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
• * Roy Haynes, Cecil McBee, David Murray, Pharoah Sanders & McCoy Tyner for
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
• * Gil Evans for Bud and Bird performed by Gil Evans & the Monday Night Orchestra
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance
• * Yellowjackets for Politics

  Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
• *Roberto Carlos for Roberto Carlos
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
• *Rubén Blades for Antecedente
• Best Mexican-American Performance
• *Linda Ronstadt for Canciones de Mi Padre

  Musical show

• Best Musical Cast Show Album
• *Stephen Sondheim, Jay David Saks, & various artists for Into the Woods

  Music video

• Best Concept Music Video
• * "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jay Levey, Susan Zwerman for Fat
• Best Performance Music Video
• * U2, Meiert Avis, Ben Dossett, Michael Hamlyn for Where The Streets Have No Name

  New Age

• Best New Age Performance
• *Shadowfax for Folksongs for a Nuclear Village.

  Packaging and notes

• Best Album Package
• * Bill Johnson for Tired of Runnin' performed by The O'Kanes
• Best Album Notes
• * Anthony DeCurtis for Crossroads performed by Eric Clapton

  Polka

• Best Polka Recording
• *Jimmy Sturr for Born to Polka

  Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• *Tracy Chapman for "Fast Car"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• *Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *The Manhattan Transfer for Brasil
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• *David Sanborn for Close Up

  Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
• *Tom Lord-Alge for Roll With It performed by Steve Winwood
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
• *Jack Renner, Robert Shaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
• Producer of the Year,
• * Neil Dorfsman
• Classical Producer of the Year
• *Robert Woods

  R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• *Anita Baker for "Giving You the Best That I Got"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• *Terence Trent D'Arby for Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'arby
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• *Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Love Overboard"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
• *Chick Corea for "Light Years"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• *Anita Baker, Randy Holland & Skip Scarborough for "Giving You the Best That I Got" performed by Anita Baker

  Rap

• "Parents Just Don't Understand" – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
• "Supersonic" – J. J. Fad
• "Wild Wild West" – Kool Moe Dee
• "Going Back to Cali" – LL Cool J
• "Push It" – Salt-n-Pepa

  Reggae

• Best Reggae Recording
• *Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers for Conscious Party

  Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
• *Tina Turner for Tina Live in Europe
• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
• *Robert Palmer for "Simply Irresistible"
• 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

  Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
• *Jesse Jackson for Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson

  Trivia

• The Rap Field was added to the Grammy Awards in 1989.