38th Annual Grammy Awards

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38th Annual Grammy Awards
DateFebruary 28, 1996
LocationShrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
Hosted byEllen DeGeneres
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS

The 38th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1996, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. The awards recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Alanis Morissette was the main recipient, being awarded four trophies, including Album of the Year.[1] Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men opened the show with their Record of the Year nominated "One Sweet Day".

The ceremony was controversial for its unexpected snub of Mariah Carey's Daydream album, which proved to be one of the bestselling and most acclaimed albums of 1995.[2] When the Grammy Award nominees were announced, and Daydream was nominated for six different awards, critics began raving how it would be "cleaning up" that year.[3] Carey, being a multiple award nominee, was one of the headlining performers. Together with Boyz II Men, she sang a live rendition of "One Sweet Day", to a very positive response.[4] The album had lost all of its six nominations, shocking most critics who branded it the "album of the year".[5] Carey did not perform again until the 2006 ceremony, when she was nominated for eight awards (winning three) for The Emancipation of Mimi.[6]

The ceremony is also significant for Tupac Shakur introducing Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, and Paul Stanley of Kiss for the first time in full makeup and costume since 1979. Shakur said "And I've seen just about everything now," in response to seeing Kiss walk on stage to announce the nominees for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal.[7]

Award winners[]

General[]

Record of the Year
  • "Kiss From a Rose" – Seal
    • Trevor Horn, producer
  • "One Sweet Day" – Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
    • Walter Afanasieff & Mariah Carey, producers
  • "Gangsta's Paradise" – Coolio
    • Doug Rasheed, producer
  • "One of Us" – Joan Osborne
  • "Waterfalls" – TLC
Album of the Year
  • Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morissette
    • Glen Ballard, producer
  • Daydream – Mariah Carey
  • HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I – Michael Jackson
  • Relish – Joan Osborne
  • Vitalogy – Pearl Jam
Song of the Year
  • "Kiss From a Rose"
    • Seal, songwriter (Seal)
  • "I Can Love You Like That"
  • "One of Us"
    • Eric Bazilian, songwriter (Joan Osborne)
  • "You Are Not Alone"
    • R. Kelly, songwriter (Michael Jackson)
  • "You Oughta Know"
    • Glen Ballard & Alanis Morissette, songwriters (Alanis Morissette)
Best New Artist

Alternative[]

  • Best Alternative Music Performance
    • Nirvana for MTV Unplugged in New York

Blues[]

Children's[]

Classical[]

Comedy[]

  • From 1994 through 2003, see "Best Spoken Comedy Album" under the "Spoken" field, below.

Composing and arranging[]

  • Best Instrumental Composition
    • Bill Holman (composer) for "A View From the Side" performed by The Bill Holman Band
  • Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
    • Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz (songwriters) for "Colors of the Wind" performed by Vanessa Williams
  • Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
    • Hans Zimmer (composer) for Crimson Tide
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement
    • Robert Farnon (arranger) for "Lament" performed by J. J. Johnson & the Robert Farnon Orchestra
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)

Country[]

Folk[]

Gospel[]

Historical[]

Jazz[]

Latin[]

Musical show[]

Music video[]

  • Best Music Video, Short Form
    • Ceán Chaffin (producer), Mark Romanek (director), Janet Jackson & Michael Jackson for "Scream"
  • Best Music Video, Long Form
    • Robert Warr (producer), François Girard (director) & Peter Gabriel for Secret World Live

New Age[]

Packaging and notes[]

  • Best Recording Package
    • Joni Mitchell & Robbie Cavolina (art directors) for Turbulent Indigo performed by Joni Mitchell
  • Best Recording Package – Boxed
    • Frank Zappa & Gail Zappa (art directors) for Civilization Phaze III performed by Frank Zappa
  • Best Album Notes
    • Rob Bowman (notes writer) for The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972–1975 performed by various artists

Polka[]

Pop[]

Production and engineering[]

R&B[]

Rap[]

Best Rap Solo Performance
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Best Rap Album
  • Poverty's Paradise – Naughty by Nature
  • E. 1999 Eternal – Bone Thugs-n-Harmony; D.J. U-Neek, producer
  • Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version – Ol' Dirty Bastard; the RZA, producer
  • I Wish – Skee-Lo; Walter "Kandor" Kahn & Skee-Lo, producers
  • Me Against the World – 2Pac

Reggae[]

Rock[]

Spoken[]

Traditional pop[]

World[]

  • Best World Music Album
    • Deep Forest for Boheme

Special merit awards[]

MusiCares Person of the Year[]

  • Quincy Jones

References[]

  1. ^ "1995 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. ^ Nickson, Chris (1998). Mariah Carey revisited : her story. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 152. ISBN 0-312-19512-5. OCLC 39024852.
  3. ^ Nickson, Chris (1998). Mariah Carey revisited : her story. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 154. ISBN 0-312-19512-5. OCLC 39024852.
  4. ^ "Watch 11 unforgettable moments from the '96 Grammys". Today. Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  5. ^ "Five of the Biggest Snubs in the History of Grammy Awards". The Lifestyle. Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  6. ^ Cinquemani, Sal. "Screaming Mimi: 48th Annual Grammy Awards Recap". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  7. ^ Christopher, Michael. "When Kiss Made a Surprise Comeback at the Grammys". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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