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Grammy Awards of 1993

Award Winners

* Album of the Year
o Russ Titelman (producer) & Eric Clapton for Unplugged

* Song of the Year
o Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) for Tears in Heaven

* Best New Artist
o Arrested Development

Alternative

* Best Alternative Music Album
o Tom Waits for Bone Machine

Blues

* Best Traditional Blues Album
o Dr. John for Goin' Back to New Orleans
* Best Contemporary Blues Album
o Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble for The Sky Is Crying

Children's

* Best Album for Children
o Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) for Beauty and the Beast - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack performed by various artists

Classical

* Best Orchestral Recording
o Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9
* Best Classical Vocal Performance
o Kathleen Battle & Margo Garrett for Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall (Handel, Mozart, Liszt, Strauss, etc.)
* Best Opera Recording
o Christopher Raeburn, Stephen Trainor, Morten Winding (producers), Georg Solti (conductor), Hildegard Behrens, José van Dam, Plácido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Julia Varady & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
* Best Performance of a Choral Work
o Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director), the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Boys Choir & the San Francisco Symphony Girls Choir for Orff: Carmina Burana
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo With Orchestra
o Lorin Maazel (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante - Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo Without Orchestra
o Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi)
* Best Chamber Music Performance
o Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano
* Best Contemporary Composition
o Samuel Barber (composer), Andrew Schnenck (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Barber: The Lovers
* Best Classical Album
o Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Comedy

* Best Comedy Album
o Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion

Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Composition
o Benny Carter (composer) for Harlem Renaissance Suite
* Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
o Howard Ashman & Alan Menken (songwriters) for Beauty and the Beast performed by Peabo Bryson & Céline Dion
* Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
o Alan Menken (composer) for Beauty and the Beast performed by various artists
* Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
o Rob McConnell (arranger) for Strike Up the Band performed by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
* Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
o Johnny Mandel (arranger) for Here's to Life performed by Shirley Horn

Country

* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
o Mary Chapin Carpenter for I Feel Lucky
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
o Vince Gill for I Still Believe in You
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers for Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers at the Ryman
* Best Country Vocal Collaboration
o Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt for The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
* Best Country Instrumental Performance
o Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed for Sneakin' Around
* Best Country Song
o Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (songwriters) for I Still Believe In You, performed by Vince Gill
* Best Bluegrass Album
o Alison Krauss & Union Station for Every Time You Say Goodbye

Folk

* Best Traditional Folk Album
o The Chieftains for An Irish Evening - Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast
* Best Contemporary Folk Album
o The Chieftains for Another Country

Gospel

* Best Pop Gospel Album
o Steven Curtis Chapman for The Great Adventure
* Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album
o Petra for Unseen Power
* Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
o Shirley Caesar for He's Working It Out For You
* Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
o Mervyn E. Warren (producer) for Handel's Messiah - A Soulful Celebration performed by various artists
* Best Southern Gospel Album
o Bruce Carroll for Sometimes Miracles Hide
* Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
o Edwin Hawkins (choir director) for Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Recorded Live in Los Angeles performed by the Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir

Historical

* Best Historical Album
o Michael Cuscuna (producer) for The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Nat "King" Cole Trio

Jazz

* Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
o Joe Henderson for Lush Life
* Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
o Branford Marsalis for I Heard You Twice the First Time
* Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
o McCoy Tyner for The Turning Point
* Best Jazz Vocal Performance
o Bobby McFerrin for 'Round Midnight
* Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)
o Pat Metheny for Secret Story

Latin

* Best Latin Pop Album
o Jon Secada for Otro Dia Mas Sin Verte
* Best Tropical Latin Album
o Linda Ronstadt for Frenesi
* Best Mexican-American Album
o Linda Ronstadt for Mas Canciones

Musical Show

* Best Musical Show Album
o Jay David Saks (producer) & the New Broadway cast for Guys and Dolls - The New Broadway Cast Recording

Music Video

* Best Music Video, Short Form
o John Downer (video director & producer) & Peter Gabriel for Digging in the Dirt
* Best Music Video, Long Form
o Rob Small (video producer), Sophie Muller (video director) & Annie Lennox for Diva

New Age

* Best New Age Album
o Enya for Shepherd Moons

Packaging and Notes

* Best Album Package
o Melanie Nissen (art director) for Spellbound - Compact performed by Paula Abdul
* Best Album Notes
o Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Dave Marsh, David Ritz, Jerry Wexler, Thulani Davis & Tom Dowd (notes writers) for Queen of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings performed by Aretha Franklin

Polka

* Best Polka Album
o Walter Ostanek for 35th Anniversary performed by Walter Ostanek & His Band

Pop

* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
o k.d. lang for Constant Craving
* Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
o Eric Clapton for Tears in Heaven
* Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson for Beauty and the Beast
* Best Pop Instrumental Performance
o Richard Kaufman (conductor) for Beauty and the Beast

Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
o Bruce Swedien & Teddy Riley (engineers) for Dangerous performed by Michael Jackson
* Best Engineered Recording, Classical
o James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes & Philip Siney (engineers), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Vienna Philharmonic for R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
* Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
o Babyface & L.A. Reid
o Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois
* Classical Producer of the Year
o Michael Fine

R&B

* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
o Chaka Khan for The Woman I Am
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
o Al Jarreau for Heaven and Earth
* Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o Boyz II Men for End of the Road
* Best R&B Instrumental Performance
o Miles Davis for Doo-Bop
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
o Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons (songwriters) for End of the Road performed by Boyz II Men

Rap

* Best Rap Solo Performance
o Sir Mix-a-Lot for Baby Got Back
* Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
o Arrested Development for Tennessee

Reggae

* Best Reggae Album
o Shabba Ranks for X-tra Naked

Rock

* Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
o Melissa Etheridge for Ain't It Heavy

* Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
o Eric Clapton for Unplugged
* Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o U2 for Achtung Baby
* Best Rock Instrumental Performance
o Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble for Little Wing
* Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal
o Red Hot Chili Peppers for Give It Away
* Best Metal Performance
o Nine Inch Nails for Wish
* Best Rock Song
o Eric Clapton & Jim Gordon (songwriters) for Layla performed by Eric Clapton

Spoken

* Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
o Earvin "Magic" Johnson & Robert O'Keefe for What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS

Trad Pop

* Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
o Tony Bennett for Perfectly Frank

World

* Best World Music Album
o Sergio Mendes for Brasileiro