Grammy Awards of 1983

The 25th Grammy Awards were held in 1983. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

Record of the Year
- Toto (producer & artist) for "Rosanna"
Album of the Year
- Toto (producer & artist) for Toto IV
Song of the Year
- Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) for "Always on My Mind" performed by Willie Nelson
Best New Artist
- Men at Work

Blues

Children's

Best Recording for Children
- David Levine & Lucy Simon (producers) for In Harmony 2 performed by various artists

Classical

Best Orchestral Performance
- Jay David Saks, Thomas Z. Shepard (producers), James Levine (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Sym. No. 7 in E Min. (Song of the Night)
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- Zubin Mehta (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for Verdi: Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi)
Best Opera Recording
- Andrew Kazdin (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Jeannine Altmeyer, Hermann Becht, Peter Hofmann, Siegfried Jerusalem, Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salminen, Ortrun Wenkel, Heinz Zednik & the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra for Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
- Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)
- Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor
Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra)
- Glenn Gould for Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Best Chamber Music Performance
- Richard Goode & Richard Stoltzman for Brahms: The Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120
Best Classical Album
- Samuel H. Carter (producer) & Glenn Gould for Bach: The Goldberg Variations

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition
- John Williams (composer) for "Flying - Theme From E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
- John Williams (composer) for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording
- John Williams (arranger) for "Flying - Theme From E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
- Jerry Hey & David Paich, Jeff Porcaro (arrangers) for "Rosanna" performed by Toto
Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
- David Paich (arranger) for "Rosanna" performed by Toto

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Juice Newton for "Break It to Me Gently"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Willie Nelson for "Always on My Mind"
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Alabama for Mountain Music
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Roy Clark for "Alabama Jubilee"
Best Country Song
- Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James (songwriters) for "Always on My Mind" performed by Willie Nelson

Folk

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
- Queen Ida for Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band on Tour

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational
- Amy Grant for Age to Age
Best Gospel Performance, Traditional
- Blackwood Brothers for I'm Following You
Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional
- Al Green for Precious Lord
Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary
- Al Green for Higher Plane
Best Inspirational Performance
- Barbara Mandrell for He Set My Life to Music

Historical

Best Historical Album
- Alan Dell, Don Wardell & Ethel Gabriel (producers) for The Tommy Dorsey/Frank Sinatra Sessions - Vols.1,2 & 3 performed by Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra

Jazz

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
- Sarah Vaughan for Gershwin Live!
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
- Mel Torm� for An Evening With George Shearing & Mel Torm�
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
- The Manhattan Transfer for "Route 66"
Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
- Pat Metheny for Offramp
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
- Miles Davis for We Want Miles
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group
- Phil Woods for More Live
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Big Band
- Count Basie for Warm Breeze

Latin

Musical Show

Best Cast Show Album
- Henry Krieger (composer), Tom Eyen (lyricist), David Foster (producer) for Dreamgirls performed by various artists

Music Video

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
- John Kosh & Ron Larson (art directors) for Get Closer performed by Linda Ronstadt
Best Album Notes
- John Chilton & Richard M. Sudhalter (notes writers) for Bunny Berigan - Giants Of Jazz performed by Bunny Berigan

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Melissa Manchester for "You Should Hear How She Talks About You"
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Lionel Richie for "Truly"
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Jennifer Warnes & Joe Cocker for "Up Where We Belong"
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Ernie Watts for "Chariots of Fire Theme (Dance Version)"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Al Schmitt, David Leonard, Greg Ladanyi & Tom Knox (engineers) for Toto IV performed by Toto
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Toto
Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Paul Goodman (engineer), James Levine & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor (Song of the Night) conducted by James Levine
Classical Producer of the Year
- Robert Woods

R&B

Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- Marvin Gaye for "Sexual Healing (Instrumental Version)"
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Jennifer Holliday for "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
- Marvin Gaye for "Sexual Healing"
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Dazz Band for "Let It Whip"
- Earth, Wind & Fire for "Wanna Be With You"
Best R&B Song
- Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon & Steve Lukather (songwriters) for "Turn Your Love Around" performed by George Benson

Rock

Spoken

Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama
- Tom Voegeli (producer) for Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Movie on Record performed by various artists