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Grammy Awards of 1998

Unlike many Grammy award ceremonies, which are often criticized for being staid and boring, the 1998 Grammys had several memorable moments. Among them:

* Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard drunkenly interrupts Shawn Colvin's acceptance speech to protest the Clan's loss in the Best Rap Album category.
* LeAnn Rimes performs the song "How Do I Live," and then immediately afterwards, loses the award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance to Trisha Yearwood's version of the same song
* Aretha Franklin performs a stunning version of the aria Nessun Dorma after substituting in for Luciano Pavarotti at the last minute
* During a Bob Dylan performance, a shirtless backup dancer named Michael Portnoy rushes to the front of the stage with the words "Soy Bomb" written on his chest

Award Winners

* Album of the Year
o Daniel Lanois (producer) & Bob Dylan for Time Out of Mind

* Song of the Year
o John Leventhal & Shawn Colvin (songwriters) for "Sunny Came Home" performed by Shawn Colvin

* Best New Artist
o Paula Cole

Alternative

* Best Alternative Music Performance
o Radiohead for OK Computer

Blues

* Best Traditional Blues Album
o John Lee Hooker for Don't Look Back
* Best Contemporary Blues Album
o Taj Mahal for Señor Blues

Children's

* Best Musical Album for Children
o Roger Nichols, Kris O'Connor (producers) & John Denver (producer & artist) for All Aboard!
* Best Spoken Word Album for Children
o John McElroy (producer) & Charles Kuralt for Winnie-the-Pooh

Classical

* Best Orchestral Performance
o Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia
* Best Classical Vocal Performance
o Cecilia Bartoli for An Italian Songbook (Works of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)
* Best Opera Recording
o Michael Woolcock (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), José van Dam, Ben Heppner, Herbert Lippert, Karita Mattila, Alan Opie, Rene Pape, Iris Vermillion & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
* Best Choral Performance
o Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells
* Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
o David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
* Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
o Janos Starker for Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1 - 6
* Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
o Claudio Abbado (conductor) for "Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1" performed by members of the Berliner Philharmonic
* Best Chamber Music Performance
o Emerson String Quartet for Beethoven: The String Quartets
* Best Classical Contemporary Composition
o John Adams (composer), Kent Nagano (conductor) & the Hallé Orchestra for "Adams: El Dorado"
* Best Classical Album
o Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)

Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Composition
o Wayne Shorter (composer) for "Aung San Suu Kyi" performed by Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter
* Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
o R. Kelly (songwriter) for "I Believe I Can Fly" (from Space Jam)
* Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
o Gabriel Yared (composer) for The English Patient
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
o Bill Holman (arranger) for "Straight, No Chaser" performed by The Bill Holman Band
* Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
o Slide Hampton (arranger) for "Cotton Tail" performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater

Country

* Best Female Country Vocal Performance
o Trisha Yearwood for "How Do I Live"
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance
o Vince Gill for "Pretty Little Adriana"
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o Alison Krauss & Union Station for "Looking in the Eyes of Love"
* Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
o Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood for "In Another's Eyes"
* Best Country Instrumental Performance
o Alison Krauss & Union Station for "Little Liza Jane"
* Best Country Song
o Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas (songwriters) for "Butterfly Kisses" performed by Bob Carlisle / Jeff Carson / the Raybon Brothers
* Best Country Album
o Rick Rubin (producer) & Johnny Cash for Unchained
* Best Bluegrass Album
o Alison Krauss & Union Station for So Long So Wrong

Folk

* Best Traditional Folk Album
o Beausoleil for L'amour ou la Folie
* Best Contemporary Folk Album
o Bob Dylan for Time Out of Mind

Gospel

* Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
o Jars Of Clay for Much Afraid
* Best Rock Gospel Album
o dc Talk for Welcome to the Freak Show: dc Talk Live in Concert
* Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
o The Fairfield Four for I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
* Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
o Take 6 for Brothers
* Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
o Peter York (producer) for Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute to Gospel performed by various artists
* Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
o Myron Butler, Kirk Franklin & Robert Searight II (choir directors) for God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation performed by God's Property

Historical

* Best Historical Album
o Amy Horowitz, Jeff Place & Pete Reiniger (producers), David Glasser & Charlie Pilzer (engineers) for Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) performed by various artists

Jazz

* Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
o Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton for "Stardust"
* Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
o Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny for Beyond the Missouri Sky
* Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
o Joe Henderson for Joe Henderson Big Band performed by the Joe Henderson Big Band
* Best Jazz Vocal Performance
o Dee Dee Bridgewater for Dear Ella
* Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
o Randy Brecker for Into the Sun
* Best Latin Jazz Performance
o Roy Hargrove's Crisol for Habana

Latin

* Best Latin Pop Performance
o Luis Miguel for Romances
* Best Tropical Latin Performance
o Ry Cooder for Buena Vista Social Club
* Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance
o La Mafia for En Tus Manos
* Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance
o Los Fabulosos Cadillacs for Fabulosos Calavera

Musical Show

* Best Musical Show Album
o Jay David Saks (producer) for Chicago the Musical performed by Various Artists featuring Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton & Joel Grey

Music Video

* Best Short Form Music Video
o Aris McGarry (video producer), Mark Romanek (video director) & Janet Jackson for "Got 'Till It's Gone"
* Best Long Form Music Video
o David May, Glen Ballard (video producers), Steve Purcell (video producer & director) & Alanis Morissette (video producers, director & artist) for Jagged Little Pill, Live

New Age

* Best New Age Album
o Michael Hedges for Oracle

Packaging and Notes

* Best Recording Package
o Al Quattrocchi, Hugh Brown & Jeff Smith (art directors) for Titanic - Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage performed by various artists
* Best Recording Package - Boxed
o David Gorman, Hugh Brown & Rachel Gutek (art directors) for Beg Scream and Shout! The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul performed by various artists
* Best Album Notes
o Chuck Pirtle, Eric von Schmidt, Jeff Place, John Fahey, Jon Pankake, Kip Lornell, Luc Sante, Luis Kemnitzer, Neil V. Rosenberg & Peter Stampfel (notes writers) for Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) performed by various artists

Polka

* Best Polka Album
o Jimmy Sturr for Living on Polka Time

Pop

* Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
o Sarah McLachlan for "Building a Mystery"
* Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
o Elton John for "Candle in the Wind 1997"
* Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o Jamiroquai for "Virtual Insanity"
* Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
o John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison for "Don't Look Back"
* Best Pop Instrumental Performance
o Sarah McLachlan for "Last Dance"
* Best Dance Recording
o Giorgio Moroder (producer & artist) & Donna Summer for "Carry On"
* Best Pop Album
o Frank Filipetti (producer) & James Taylor (producer & artist) for Hourglass

Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
o Frank Filipetti (engineer) for Hourglass performed by James Taylor
* Best Engineered Album, Classical
o Michael J. Bishop, Jack Renner (engineers), Erich Kunzel (conductor) & the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for Copland: The Music of America (Fanfare for the Common Man; Rodeo, etc.)
* Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
o Babyface
* Producer of the Year, Classical
o Steven Epstein
* Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical
o Frankie Knuckles

R&B

* Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
o Erykah Badu for "On & On"
* Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
o R. Kelly for "I Believe I Can Fly"
* Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o Blackstreet for "No Diggity"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
o R. Kelly (songwriter) for "I Believe I Can Fly"
* Best R&B Album
o Erykah Badu for Baduizm

Rap

* Best Rap Solo Performance
o Will Smith for "Men in Black"
* Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
o Puff Daddy, Faith Evans & 112 for "I'll Be Missing You"
* Best Rap Album
o Stevie J. (producer) & Puff Daddy & the Family (producer & artist) for "No Way Out"

Reggae

* Best Reggae Album
o Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers for Fallen is Babylon

Rock

* Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
o Fiona Apple for "Criminal"
* Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
o Bob Dylan for "Cold Irons Bound"
* Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
o The Wallflowers for "One Headlight"
* Best Rock Instrumental Performance
o The Chemical Brothers for "Block Rockin' Beats"
* Best Hard Rock Performance
o Smashing Pumpkins for "The End is the Beginning is the End"
* Best Metal Performance
o Tool for "Ænima"
* Best Rock Song
o Jakob Dylan (songwriter) for "One Headlight" performed by The Wallflowers
* Best Rock Album
o John Fogerty (producer & artist) for Blue Moon Swamp

Spoken

* Best Spoken Word Album
o Charles Kuralt for Charles Kuralt's Spring
* Best Spoken Comedy Album
o Chris Rock for Roll With the New

Trad Pop

* Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
o Tony Bennett for Tony Bennett on Holiday

World

* Best World Music Album
o Milton Nascimento for Nascimento