The 31st Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 22, 1989, at

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. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Album of the Year went to

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for ''

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'', and Song of the Year went to

Bobby McFerrin Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American folk and jazz singer. He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rap ...

for "

Don't Worry, Be Happy "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 song by American musician Bobby McFerrin, released as the first single from his fourth album, '' Simple Pleasures'' (1988). It was the first ''a cappella'' song to reach number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 c ...

Performers

Award winners

;

Record of the Year The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without reg ...

* Linda Goldstein (producer) &

for "

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Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to: Awards * ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia * Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK * Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US * Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA * Lati ...

(producer & artist) for ''

'' ; Song of the Year *

for "

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Best New Artist The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for records released in the previous year. The award was not presented in 1967. The official guidelines are as ...

Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. Chapman is best known for her hit singles "Fast Car" and " Give Me One Reason". Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released ...

Blues

* Best Traditional Blues Recording **

Willie Dixon William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...

for '' Hidden Charms'' * Best Contemporary Blues Recording **

The Robert Cray Band Robert William Cray (born August 1, 1953) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He has led his own band and won five Grammy Awards. Early life Robert Cray was born on August 1, 1953, in Columbus, Georgia, while his father was statione ...

for '' Don't Be Afraid of the Dark''

Children's

* Best Recording for Children **

Ry Cooder Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, a ...

(producer & composer), Mark Sottnick (producer) &

Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and come ...

for ''Pecos Bill''

Classical

* Best Orchestral Recording ** Robert Woods (producer), Louis Lane, Robert Shaw (conductors) & the

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for '' Rorem: String Symphony; Sunday Morning; Eagles'' * Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance ** Emerson Buckley (conductor),

Luciano Pavarotti Luciano Pavarotti (, , ; 12 October 19356 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time. He made numero ...

& the Symphony Orchestra of Amelia Romangna for ''Luciano Pavarotti in Concert'' *

Best Opera Recording The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording has been awarded since 1961. The award was originally titled Best Classical Opera Production. The current title has been used since 1962. Prior to 1961 the awards for operatic and choral performances were ...

** Christopher Raeburn (producer),

Georg Solti Sir Georg Solti ( , ; born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-servin ...

(conductor),

Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French ...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (28 May 1925 – 18 May 2012) was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous Lieder (art song) performers of the post-war period, best known as a singer of Franz Schubert's Lieder, ...

Siegmund Nimsgern Siegmund Nimsgern (born 14 January 1940) is a German bass-baritone, born in Sankt Wendel, Saarland, Germany. After leaving school in 1960 he studied singing and musical education at the Hochschule für Musik Saar with Sibylle Fuchs, Jakob St� ...

Jessye Norman Jessye Mae Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but refused to be limited to that voice type. A commanding presence on operatic, concert ...

, Eva Randová, Hans Sotin, & the Vienna State Opera Orchestra for ''

Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

: Lohengrin '' * Best Choral Performance (other than opera) ** Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for ''

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the ...

: Requiem & Operatic Choruses '' * Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra) **

Carlo Maria Giulini Carlo Maria Giulini (; 9 May 1914 – 14 June 2005) was an Italian conductor. From the age of five, when he began to play the violin, Giulini's musical education was expanded when he began to study at Italy's foremost conservatory, the Conserva ...

(conductor),

Vladimir Horowitz Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz; yi, וולאַדימיר סאַמוילאָוויטש האָראָוויץ, group=n (November 5, 1989)Schonberg, 1992 was a Russian-born American classical pianist. Considered one of the greatest pianists of al ...

& the La Scala Opera Orchestra for ''

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

: Piano Concerto No. 23 '' * Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra) **

Alicia de Larrocha Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle (23 May 192325 September 2009) was a Spanish pianist and composer. She was considered one of the great piano legends of the 20th century. Reuters called her "the greatest Spanish pianist in history", ''Time'' "o ...

for '' Albéniz: Iberia, Navarra, Suite Espagnola '' *

Best Chamber Music Performance The Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by man ...

** David Corkhill,

Evelyn Glennie Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish percussionist. She was selected as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015. Early life Glennie was born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The in ...

Murray Perahia Murray David Perahia () (born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. He is widely considered one of the greatest living pianists. He was the first North American pianist to win the Leeds International Piano Competition, in 1972. Kn ...

for '' Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion'' * Best Contemporary Composition **

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...

(composer), Edo de Waart (conductor) & the Orchestra of St. Luke's for ''Adams: Nixon in China'' *

Best Classical Album The Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by m ...

** Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for ''

: Requiem & Operatic Choruses ''

Comedy

* Best Comedy Recording **

for ''Good Morning Vietnam''

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (including its previous names) has been awarded since 1960. The award is presented to the composer of an original piece of music (not an adaptation), first released during the eligibility year. I ...

Danny Elfman Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the singer-songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since the 1990s, Elfman has garnered internation ...

(composer) for "The ''

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Theme" * Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television **

Phil Collins Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and also has a career as a solo performer. Between 1982 and ...

and

Lamont Dozier Lamont Herbert Dozier (; June 16, 1941 – August 8, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit, Michigan. He co-wrote and produced 14 US ''Billboard'' number-one hits and four number ones in the UK. Career Doz ...

(songwriters) for " Two Hearts" performed by Phil Collins * Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television **

David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...

, Cong Su, and

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(composers) for ''

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'' * Best Arrangement on an Instrumental **

Roger Kellaway Roger Kellaway (born November 1, 1939) is an American composer, arranger and jazz pianist. Life and career Kellaway was born in Waban, Massachusetts, United States. He is an alumnus of the New England Conservatory. Kellaway has composed commissi ...

(arranger) for "Memos From Paradise" performed by

Eddie Daniels Eddie Daniels (born October 19, 1941) is an American musician and composer. Although he is best known as a jazz clarinetist, he has also played saxophone and flute as well as classical music on clarinet. Early life, family and education Daniel ...

* Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) **

Jonathan Tunick Jonathan Tunick (born April 19, 1938, New York City) is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer, and one of seventeen " EGOTs" - people to have won all four major American showbusiness awards: the Tony Awards, Academy Awards, Em ...

(arranger) for " No One Is Alone" performed by

Cleo Laine Dame Cleo Laine, Lady Dankworth (born Clementine Dinah Bullock; 28 October 1927)Best Country Vocal Performance, Female The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West Dorothy Marie Marsh West (October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends ...

** K.T. Oslin for " Hold Me" * Best Country Vocal Performance, Male **

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for ''

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'' *

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded from 1970 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes: * In 1970 the award was known as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group * From 1971 to 19 ...

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for " Give a Little Love" * Best Country Vocal Collaboration ** k.d. lang &

Roy Orbison Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. His music was described by critics as ...

for "

Crying Crying is the dropping of tears (or welling of tears in the eyes) in response to an emotional state, or pain. Emotions that can lead to crying include sadness, anger, and even happiness. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secr ...

" * Best Country Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist) **

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for "Sugarfoot Rag" *

Best Country Song The Grammy Award for Best Country Song (sometimes known as the Country Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the songwriter(s) of the song, not to the artist, except if the artist is also the songwriter. There ha ...

** K.T. Oslin (songwriter) for " Hold Me" * Best Bluegrass Recording (vocal or instrumental) **

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for '' Southern Flavor''

Folk

* Best Traditional Folk Recording ** Don DeVito,

Harold Leventhal Harold Leventhal (May 24, 1919 – October 4, 2005) was an American music manager. He died in 2005 at the age of 86. Leventhal's career began as a song plugger for Irving Berlin and then Benny Goodman. While working for Goodman, he connected ...

Joe McEwen Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * Joe (1970 film), ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * Joe (2013 film), ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * Joe (TV series), ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from ...

Ralph Rinzler Ralph Rinzler (July 20, 1934 – July 2, 1994) was an American mandolin player, folksinger, and the co-founder of the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the Mall every summer in Washington, D.C., where he worked as a curator for American a ...

(producers) for ''Folkways - A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly'' performed by various artists *

Best Contemporary Folk Recording The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011. Until 1991 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. In 2007, this category was renamed Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. As ...

for ''

Gospel

* Best Gospel Performance, Female **

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for '' Lead Me On'' * Best Gospel Performance, Male **

Larnelle Harris Larnelle Steward Harris (born July 6, 1947) is an American gospel singer and songwriter. During his 40-plus years of ministry, Harris has recorded 18 albums, won five Grammy Awards and 11 Dove Awards, and has had several number one songs on the ...

for ''Christmas'' * Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus **

The Winans The Winans are an American gospel quartet from Detroit, Michigan consisting of brothers Marvin, Carvin, Michael and Ronald Winans. Members ''Please refer to the Winans family page for more detail on the individual members.'' About: Origins & Mu ...

for ''The Winans Live at Carnegie Hall'' * Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female **

Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the " Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in '' Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Wit ...

for ''

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism ''One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism'' is a 1987 gospel album recorded by Aretha Franklin, for Arista Records. Recorded at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, over the course of three nights (July 27, 28, and 30, 1987), ''One Lord, ...

'' * Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male **

BeBe Winans Benjamin "BeBe" Winans (born September 17, 1962) is an American gospel and R&B singer. He is a member of the noted Winans family, most members of which are also gospel artists. Winans has released nine albums, seven with his sister CeCe as Be ...

for "Abundant Life" * Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus ** Take 6 for '' Take 6''

Historical

Best Historical Album The Grammy Award for Best Historical Album has been presented since 1979 and recognizes achievements in audio restoration. Since this category's creation, the award had several minor name changes: *In 1979 the award was known as Best Historical Re ...

** Bill Levenson (producer) for ''

Crossroads Crossroads, crossroad, cross road or similar may refer to: * Crossroads (junction), where four roads meet Film and television Films * ''Crossroads'' (1928 film), a 1928 Japanese film by Teinosuke Kinugasa * ''Cross Roads'' (film), a 1930 Brit ...

'' performed by

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list o ...

Jazz

* Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female **

Betty Carter Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones; May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative inte ...

for ''

Look What I Got! ''Look What I Got!'' is a 1988 album by the American jazz singer Betty Carter. At the 31st Grammy Awards, Carter's performance on this album won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female. Track listing For the 1992 Verve CD ...

'' * Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male **

for ''Brothers'' * Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group ** Take 6 for "Spread Love" * Best Jazz Instrumental Performance Soloist (On a Jazz Recording) **

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...

for ''Don't Try This at Home'' *

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Roy Haynes Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925) is an American jazz drummer. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career lasting over 80 years, he has played swing, bebop, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz and is considered a pioneer of jaz ...

Cecil McBee Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935) is an American jazz bassist. He has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970s, but has contributed as a sideman to a number of jazz albums. Biography Early life and career McBee was born in Tu ...

, David Murray,

Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of " sheets of sound", ...

McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Gram ...

for '' Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane'' * Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band **

Gil Evans Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role i ...

for ''

Bud and Bird ''Bud and Bird'' is a live album by Gil Evans that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1989. Evans conducted the orchestra, which included Hamiet Bluiett, Bill Evans, and Johnny Coles. Reception In 1989, the album receiv ...

'' performed by Gil Evans & the Monday Night Orchestra * Best Jazz Fusion Performance **

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for ''Politics''

Latin

* Best Latin Pop Performance **

Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his car ...

for ''Roberto Carlos'' * Best Tropical Latin Performance **

Rubén Blades Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades (, but in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in th ...

for ''Antecedente'' * Best Mexican-American Performance **

Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is a retired American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin. She has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American ...

for '' Canciones de Mi Padre''

Musical show

* Best Musical Cast Show Album **

Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...

(composer & lyricist), Jay David Saks (producer), & various artists for ''

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Music video

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

New Age

*Grammy Award for Best New Age Album, Best New Age Performance **Shadowfax (band), Shadowfax for ''Folksongs for a Nuclear Village'' (Band members: Charlie Bisharat, Charles Bisharat, Chuck Greenberg (musician), Chuck Greenberg, David C. Lewis (musician), David Lewis, Phil Maggini, Stuart Nevitt, G. E. Stinson).

Packaging and notes

*Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, Best Album Package ** Bill Johnson (art director) for ''Tired of Runnin' '' performed by The O'Kanes *Grammy Award for Best Album Notes, Best Album Notes ** Anthony DeCurtis (notes writer) for ''

'' performed by

Polka

*Grammy Award for Best Polka Album, Best Polka Recording **Jimmy Sturr for ''Born to Polka''

Pop

*Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female **

for "Fast Car" *Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male **

for "

" *Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal **The Manhattan Transfer for ''Brasil (Manhattan Transfer album), Brasil'' *Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) **David Sanborn for ''Close Up''

Production and engineering

*Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical **Tom Lord-Alge (engineer) for ''Roll With It'' performed by Steve Winwood *Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical, Best Engineered Recording, Classical **Jack Renner (recording engineer), Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the

for ''

: Requiem & Operatic Choruses '' *Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, Producer of the Year, (Non-Classical) ** Neil Dorfsman *Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical, Classical Producer of the Year ** Robert Woods

R&B

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

Rap

;Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Performance * "Parents Just Don't Understand" – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince * "Supersonic (J.J. Fad song), Supersonic" – J. J. Fad * "Wild Wild West (Kool Moe Dee song), Wild Wild West" – Kool Moe Dee * "Going Back to Cali (LL Cool J song), Going Back to Cali" – LL Cool J * "Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song), Push It" – Salt-n-Pepa

Reggae

*Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album, Best Reggae Recording **Ziggy Marley, Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers for ''Conscious Party''

Rock

*Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female **Tina Turner for ''Tina Live in Europe'' *Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male **Robert Palmer (singer), Robert Palmer for "Simply Irresistible" *Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal **U2 for "Desire" *Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Best Rock Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist) **Carlos Santana for ''Blues for Salvador'' *Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental, Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental **Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull for ''Crest of a Knave''

Spoken

*Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, 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. * The Best Metal/Hard Rock award was also added this year, and Jethro Tull infamously won the award over the heavily favored Metallica.

References

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