Grammy Awards of 1990

Infobox Grammy Awards
name = 32nd


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network = CBS
next = 1991
last = 1989The 32nd Grammy Awards were held in 1990. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

Award winners:

*Record of the Year
**Arif Mardin (producer) & Bette Midler for "Wind Beneath My Wings"
*Album of the Year
**Don Was (producer) & Bonnie Raitt for "Nick of Time"
*Song of the Year
**Jeff Silbar & Larry Henley (songwriters) for "Wind Beneath My Wings" performed by Bette Midler
*Best New Artist
**Milli Vanilli (revoked)

Blues

*Best Traditional Blues Recording
**Bonnie Raitt & John Lee Hooker for "I'm in the Mood"
*Best Contemporary Blues Recording
**Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble "In Step"

Children's

*Best Recording for Children
**J. Aaron Brown, David R. Lehman (producers) & Tanya Goodman for "The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Vol. 1"

Classical

*Best Orchestral Performance
**Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for "Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor"
*Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
**David Zinman (conductor), Dawn Upshaw & the Orchestra of St. Luke's for "Knoxville - Summer of 1915 (Music of Barber, Menotti, Harbison, Stravinsky)"
*Best Opera Recording
**Cord Garben (producer), James Levine (conductor), Hildegard Behrens, Gary Lakes, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for "Wagner: Die Walkuere"
*Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
**Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for "Britten: War Requiem"
* Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
**David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for "Barber: Cello Concerto, Op. 22/Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68"
*Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra)
**Andras Schiff for "Bach: English Suites"
*Best Chamber Music Performance
**The Emerson String Quartet for "Bartók: 6 String Quartets"
*Best Contemporary Composition
**Steve Reich (composer) & the Kronos Quartet for "Reich: Different Trains"
*Best Classical Album
**Wolf Erichson (producer) & the Emerson String Quartet for "Bartók: 6 String Quartets"

Comedy

*Best Comedy Recording
**Peter Schickele for "P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults"

Composing and arranging

*Best Instrumental Composition
**Danny Elfman (composer) for "The "Batman" Theme" performed by the Sinfonia of London Orchestra
*Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
**Carly Simon (songwriter) for "Let the River Run"
*Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
**Dave Grusin (composer) for "The Fabulous Baker Boys"
*Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
**Dave Grusin (arranger) for "Suite From "The Milagro Beanfield War"
*Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals
**Dave Grusin (arranger) for "My Funny Valentine" performed by Michelle Pfeiffer

Country

*Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
**k.d. lang for "Absolute Torch and Twang"
*Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
**Lyle Lovett for "Lyle Lovett and His Large Band"
*Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
**Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for ""
*Best Country Vocal Collaboration
**Hank Williams Jr. & Hank Williams Sr. for "There's a Tear in My Beer"
*Best Country Instrumental Performance
**Randy Scruggs for "Amazing Grace"
*Best Country Song
**Rodney Crowell (songwriter) for "After All This Time"
*Best Bluegrass Recording
**Bruce Hornsby & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for "The Valley Road"

Folk

*Best Traditional Folk Recording
**Marcel Cellier (producer) for "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Vol. II" performed by the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
*Best Contemporary Folk Recording
**Indigo Girls for "Indigo Girls"

Gospel

*Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female
**CeCe Winans for "Don't Cry"
*Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male
**BeBe Winans for "Meantime"
*Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
**Take 6 for "The Savior Is Waiting"
*Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male or Female
**Al Green for "As Long as We're Together"
*Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
**Daniel Winans for "Let Brotherly Love Continue"

Historical

*Best Historical Album
**Andy McKaie (producer) for "Chuck Berry - The Chess Box"

Jazz

*Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
**Ruth Brown for "Blues on Broadway"
*Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
**Harry Connick Jr. for "When Harry Met Sally"
*Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
**Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones for "Makin' Whoopee"
*Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist (On a Jazz Recording)
**Miles Davis for "Aura"
*Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
**Chick Corea Akoustic Band for "Chick Corea Akoustic Band"
*Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
**Miles Davis for "Aura"
*Best Jazz Fusion Performance
**Pat Metheny Group for "Letter From Home"

Latin

*Best Latin Pop Performance
**Jose Feliciano for "Cielito Lindo"
*Best Tropical Latin Performance
**Ray Barretto & Celia Cruz for "Ritmo en el Corazon"
*Best Mexican-American Performance
**Los Lobos for "La Pistola y el Corazon"

Musical Show

*Best Musical Cast Show Album
**Jay David Saks (producer) & the original cast with Jason Alexander & Debbie Shapiro & Robert La Fasse for "Jerome Robbins' Broadway"

Music video

*Best Music Video, Short Form
**Jim Blashfield, Paul Diener, Frank DiLeo, Jerry Kramer, (video producers), Jim Blashfield (video director) & Michael Jackson for "Leave Me Alone"
*Best Music Video, Long Form
**Aris McGarry (video producer), Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (video producers & directors), Dominic Sena (video director), & Janet Jackson for "Rhythm Nation 1814"

New Age

*Best New Age Performance
**Peter Gabriel for "Passion - Music For the Last Temptation of Christ"

Packaging and Notes

*Best Album Package
**Roger Gorman (art director) for "Sound + Vision" performed by David Bowie
*Best Album Notes
**Phil Schaap (notes writer) for "Bird - The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve"

Polka

*Best Polka Recording
**Jimmy Sturr for "All in My Love for You"

Pop

*Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
**Bonnie Raitt for "Nick of Time"
*Best Vocal Performance, Male
**Michael Bolton for "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
*Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
**Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt for "Don't Know Much"
*Best Pop Instrumental Performance
**The Neville Brothers for "Healing Chant"

Production and engineering

*Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
**George Massenburg (engineer) for "Cry Like a Rainstorm - Howl Like the Wind" performed by Linda Ronstadt
*Best Engineered Recording, Classical
**Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw (conductor), the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & the Atlanta Boy Choir for "Britten: War Requiem "
*Producer of the Year
**Peter Asher
*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
**Bobby Brown for "Every Little Step"
*Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
**Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler for "Back to Life"
*Best R&B Instrumental Performance
**Soul II Soul for "African Dance"
*Best Rhythm & Blues Song
**Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff (songwriters) for "If You Don't Know Me By Now" performed by Simply Red

Rap

*Best Rap Performance
**Young MC for "Bust a Move"

Reggae

*Best Reggae Recording
**Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers for "One Bright Day"

Rock

*Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
**Bonnie Raitt for "Nick of Time"
*Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
**Don Henley for "The End of the Innocence"
*Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
**Traveling Wilburys for "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1"
*Best Rock Instrumental Performance
**Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio & Tony Hymas for "Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop with Terry Bozzio & Tony Hymas"
*Best Hard Rock Performance
**Living Colour for "Cult of Personality"
*Best Metal Performance
**Metallica for "One"

poken

*Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
**Gilda Radner for "It's Always Something"

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