39th Annual Grammy Awards

39th Annual Grammy Awards
Date	February 26, 1997
Location	Madison Square Garden, New York City
Hosted by	Ellen DeGeneres
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 39th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 26, 1997 at Madison Square Garden, New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Babyface was the nights biggest winner, with 4 awards. Celine Dion and Toni Braxton won two awards. Celine Dion for "Best Pop Album" and "Album of the Year" and Toni Braxton for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" and "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" .

Award winners

• Record of the Year
  • Babyface (producer) & Eric Clapton for "Change the World"
• Album of the Year
  • Roy Bittan, Jeff Bova, David Foster, Humberto Gatica, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Rick Hahn, Dan Hill, John Jones, Aldo Nova, Rick Nowels, Steven Rinkoff, Billy Steinberg, Jim Steinman, Ric Wake (producers) & Celine Dion for Falling Into You

• Song of the Year
  • Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) for "Change the World" performed by Eric Clapton & Babyface / Wynonna

• Best New Artist
  • LeAnn Rimes

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Performance

• Odelay-Beck

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Album
  • James Cotton for Deep in the Blues
• Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • Keb' Mo' for Just Like You

Children's

• Best Musical Album for Children
  • George Massenburg (producer) & Linda Ronstadt (producer & artist) for Dedicated to the One I Love
• Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • Virginia Callaway, Steven Heller (producers) & David Holt (producer & narrator) for Stellaluna

Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
  • Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony for Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Scenes From the Ballet)
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • James Levine (conductor), Bryn Terfel & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for Opera Arias - Works of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin
• Best Opera Recording
  • Brian Couzens (producer), Richard Hickox (conductor), Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Janice Watson, the London Symphony Chorus & the City of London Sinfonia for Britten: Peter Grimes
• Best Choral Performance
  • Andrew Litton (conductor), Neville Creed, David Hill (chorus masters) & the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
• Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Yefim Bronfman & the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos
• Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
  • Earl Wild for The Romantic Master - Works of Saint-Saëns, Handel
• Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Ensemble Inter-Contemporain for Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe...
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • The Cleveland Quartet for Corigliano: String Quartet
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition
  • John Corigliano (composer) & the Cleveland Quartet for Corigliano: String Quartet
• Best Classical Album
  • Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Michelle De Young, various artists, the Washington Choral Arts Society Male Chorus, the Washington Oratorio Society Male Chorus & the National Symphony Orchestra for Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Herbie Hancock & Jean Hancock (composers) for "Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love)" performed by Herbie Hancock
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • Diane Warren (songwriter) for "Because You Loved Me" (Theme from Up Close & Personal) performed by Céline Dion
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • David Arnold (composer) for Independence Day
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Michael Kamen (arranger) for "An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus)"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • Alan Broadbent & David Foster (arrangers) for "When I Fall in Love" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole

Country

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance
  • LeAnn Rimes for "Blue"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Vince Gill for "Worlds Apart"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Brooks & Dunn for "My Maria"
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station & Vince Gill for "High Lonesome Sound"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Chet Atkins for "Jam Man"
• Best Country Song
  • Bill Mack (songwriter) for "Blue" performed by LeAnn Rimes
• Best Country Album
  • Billy Williams (producer) & Lyle Lovett (producer & artist) for The Road to Ensenada
• Best Bluegrass Album
  • Todd Phillips (producer) for True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe performed by various artists

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album
  • Pete Seeger for Pete
• Best Contemporary Folk Album
  • Bruce Springsteen for The Ghost of Tom Joad

Gospel

• Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Neal Joseph & Norman Miller (producers) for Tribute - The Songs of Andrae Crouch performed by various artists
• Best Rock Gospel Album
  • dc Talk for Jesus Freak
• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
  • Cissy Houston for Face to Face
• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
  • Kirk Franklin for Whatcha Lookin' 4
• Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album
  • Andy Griffith for I Love to Tell the Story - 25 Timeless Hymns
• Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
  • Shirley Caesar (choir director) for Just a Word performed by Shirley Caesar's Outreach Convention Choir

Historical

• Best Historical Album
  • Bob Belden (producer), Phil Schaap (producer & engineer) Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder (engineer) for The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Jazz

• Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • Michael Brecker for "Cabin Fever"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
  • Michael Brecker for Tales From the Hudson
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  • Grover Mitchell for Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Cassandra Wilson for New Moon Daughter
• Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
  • Wayne Shorter for High Life
• Best Latin Jazz Performance
  • Paquito D'Rivera for Portraits of Cuba

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
  • Enrique Iglesias for Enrique Iglesias
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
  • Rubén Blades for La Rosa de los Vientos
• Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance
  • La Mafia for Un Millón de Rosas

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album
  • Bill Whelan (composer, lyricist & producer) & various artists for Riverdance

Music video

• Best Music Video, Short Form
  • Vincent Joliet (video producer), Joe Pytka (video director) & The Beatles for "Free as a Bird"
• Best Music Video, Long Form
  • Chips Chipperfield, Neil Aspinall (video producers), Bob Smeaton, Geoff Wonfor (video directors) & The Beatles for The Beatles Anthology

New Age

Best New Age Album

• The Memory of Trees-Enya

Packaging and Notes

• Best Recording Package
  • Andy Engel & Tommy Steele (art directors) for Ultra-Lounge (Leopard Skin Sampler) performed by various artists
• Best Recording Package - Boxed
  • Arnold Levine & Chika Azuma (art directors) for The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans
• Best Album Notes
  • Bill Kirchner, Bob Belden, George Avakian & Phil Schaap (notes writers) for The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Polka

Best Polka Album

• Polka! All Night Long-Jimmy Sturr

Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Toni Braxton for "Unbreak My Heart"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Eric Clapton for "Change the World"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Beatles for "Free as a Bird"
• Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
  • Natalie Cole for "When I Fall in Love" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Béla Fleck and the Flecktones for "The Sinister Minister"
• Best Pop Album
  • Celine Dion for Falling Into You

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
  • Al Schmitt, Bruce Swedien, Francis Buckley & Tommy Vicari for Q's Jook Joint performed by Quincy Jones
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (engineers), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony for Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony
• Producer of the Year
  • Babyface
• Classical Producer of the Year
  • Joanna Nickrenz

R&B

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Toni Braxton for "You're Makin' Me High"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Luther Vandross for "Your Secret Love"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Fugees for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Babyface for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" performed by Whitney Houston
• Best R&B Album
  • Tony Rich for Words performed by The Tony Rich Project

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

• "Hey Lover"-LL Cool J

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

• "Tha Crossroads"-Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Best Rap Album

• "The Score"-The Fugees

Reggae

• Best Reggae Album
  • Bunny Wailer for Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary

Rock

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

• If It Makes You Happy-Sheryl Crow

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

• Where It's At-Beck

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

• So Much to Say-Dave Matthews Band

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• SRV Shuffle-Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, B.B. King, Art Neville, Bonnie Raitt & Jimmie Vaughan

Best Hard Rock Performance

• "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"-The Smashing Pumpkins

Best Metal Performance

• "Tire Me"-Rage Against the Machine

Best Rock Song

• '"Give Me One Reason"-Tracy Chapman
  • Tracy Chapman (songwriter)

Best Rock Album

• Sheryl Crow-Sheryl Crow

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton for It Takes a Village
• Best Spoken Comedy Album
  • Al Franken for Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot

Traditional Pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

• Tony Bennett for Here's to the Ladies

World

• Best World Music Album
  • The Chieftains for Santiago

Special Merit Awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Phil Collins

External links

• 39th Grammy Awards at the Internet Movie Database