Grammy Awards of 1998

The 40th Grammy Awards were held in 1998. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

At the Awards ceremony, Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard drunkenly interrupted Shawn Colvin's acceptance speech to protest the Clan's loss in the Best Rap Album category.

• Record of the Year
  • John Leventhal (producer) & Shawn Colvin for "Sunny Came Home"

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

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

• Best New Artist
  • Paula Cole

Alternative

• Best Alternative Music Performance
  • Radiohead for Ok Computer

Blues

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

Children's

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

Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Cecilia Bartoli for An Italian Songbook (Works of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini)
• Best Opera Recording
  • 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
  • Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninov: The Bells
• Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
  • David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres - Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
• Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
  • Janos Starker for Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1 - 6
• Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
  • 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
  • Emerson String Quartet for Beethoven: The String Quartets
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition
  • John Adams (composer), Kent Nagano (conductor) & the Hallé Orchestra for "Adams: El Dorado"
• Best Classical Album
  • 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
  • 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
  • R. Kelly (songwriter) for "I Believe I Can Fly" (from Space Jam)
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • Gabriel Yared (composer) for The English Patient
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Bill Holman (arranger) for "Straight, No Chaser" performed by The Bill Holman Band
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • Slide Hampton (arranger) for "Cotton Tail" performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater

Country

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

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
  • BeauSoleil for L'amour ou la Folie
• Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording
  • Bob Dylan for Time Out of Mind

Gospel

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

Historical

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

Jazz

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

Latin

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

Musical Show

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

Music Video

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

New Age

• Best New Age Album
  • Michael Hedges for Oracle

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
  • 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
  • Rachel Gutek (art director) for Beg Scream And Shout! The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul performed by various artists
• Best Album Notes
  • 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
  • Jimmy Sturr for Living on Polka Time

Pop

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

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Frank Filipetti (engineer) for Hourglassperformed by James Taylor
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
  • Babyface
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Michael Bishop (engineer) for Copland: The Music of America (Fanfare for the Common Man; Rodeo, etc.) conducted by Erich Kunzel
• Classical Producer of the Year
  • Steven Epstein
• Remixer of the Year
  • Frankie Knuckles

R&B

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Erykah Badu for "On & On"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • R. Kelly for "I Believe I Can Fly"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Blackstreet for "No Diggity"
• Best R&B Song
  • R. Kelly for "I Believe I Can Fly"
• Best R&B Album
  • Erykah Badu for Baduizm

Rap

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

Reggae

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

Rock

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

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • Charles Kuralt for Charles Kuralt's Spring
• Best Spoken Comedy Album
  • Chris Rock for Roll With the New

Trad Pop

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
  • Tony Bennett for Tony Bennett on Holiday

World

• Best World Music Album
  • Milton Nascimento for Nascimento

---

Other Grammy Award Years

1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003