39th Annual Grammy Awards

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39th Annual Grammy Awards
DateFebruary 26, 1997
LocationMadison Square Garden, New York City
Hosted byEllen DeGeneres
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS

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 night's biggest winner, with 3 awards. Celine Dion, Toni Braxton, Sheryl Crow, and The Fugees 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".[1] The show was hosted by Ellen Degeneres who also performed the opening with Shawn Colvin, Bonnie Rait, and Chaka Khan.

Award winners[]

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General[]

Record of the Year
  • "Change the World" – Eric Clapton
    • Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, producer
  • "Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
  • "Because You Loved Me" – Celine Dion
    • David Foster, producer
  • "Ironic" – Alanis Morissette
    • Glen Ballard, producer
  • "1979" – The Smashing Pumpkins
    • Billy Corgan, Flood and Alan Moulder, producers
Album of the Year
  • Falling Into You – Celine Dion
    • 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 and Ric Wake, producers
  • Odelay – Beck
  • The Score – Fugees
  • Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – The Smashing Pumpkins
    • Billy Corgan, Flood and Alan Moulder, producers
  • Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack – various artists
    • Babyface, producer
Song of the Year
  • "Change the World"
    • Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims, songwriters (Eric Clapton)
  • "Because You Loved Me"
    • Diane Warren, songwriter (Celine Dion)
  • "Blue"
    • Bill Mack, songwriter (LeAnn Rimes)
  • "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
    • Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, songwriter (Whitney Houston)
  • "Give Me One Reason"
    • Tracy Chapman, songwriter (Tracy Chapman)
Best New Artist
  • LeAnn Rimes
  • Garbage
  • Jewel
  • No Doubt
  • The Tony Rich Project

Pop[]

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • "Un-Break My Heart" – Toni Braxton
  • "Get Out of This House" – Shawn Colvin
  • "Because You Loved Me" – Celine Dion
  • "Reach" – Gloria Estefan
  • "Who Will Save Your Soul" - Jewel
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • "Change the World" – Eric Clapton
  • "Let's Make a Night to Remember" – Bryan Adams
  • "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" – John Mellencamp
  • "Nobody Knows" – The Tony Rich Project
  • "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" – Sting
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • "Free as a Bird" – The Beatles
  • "As Long as It Matters" – Gin Blossoms
  • "When You Love a Woman" – Journey
  • "Fire on the Mountain" – The Neville Brothers
  • "Peaches" – The Presidents of the United States of America
  • "When You Wish Upon a Star" – Take 6
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
  • "When I Fall in Love" – Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
  • "God Give Me Strength" – Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello
  • "Missing You" – Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan
  • "Count on Me" – Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans
  • "My Way" – Frank Sinatra and Luciano Pavarotti
  • "The Wind Cries Mary" – Sting, John McLaughlin, Dominic Miller and Vinnie Colaiuta
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • "The Sinister Minister" – Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
  • "Theme from Mission: Impossible" – Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
  • "Mission: Impossible" – Lalo Schifrin with London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" – The Smashing Pumpkins
  • "Kiss Lonely Goodbye (Harmonica with Orchestra)" – Stevie Wonder
Best Pop Album
  • Falling into You – Celine Dion
  • Secrets – Toni Braxton
    • Babyface, producer
  • New Beginning – Tracy Chapman
  • A Few Small Repairs – Shawn Colvin
    • John Leventhal, producer
  • Mercury Falling – Sting

Traditional Pop[]

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
  • Here's to the Ladies – Tony Bennett
  • Dedicated to Nelson – Rosemary Clooney
  • Stardust – Natalie Cole
  • Gently – Liza Minnelli
  • I'll Be Your Baby Tonight – Bernadette Peters

Rock[]

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
  • "If It Makes You Happy" – Sheryl Crow
  • "Mother Mother" – Tracy Bonham
  • "Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman
  • "Spider Web" – Joan Osborne
  • "Burning Down the House" – Bonnie Raitt
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
  • "Where It's At" – Beck
  • "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" – Bryan Adams
  • "Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up on Love" – Eric Clapton
  • "Cry Love" – John Hiatt
  • "Dead Man Walkin'" – Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • "So Much to Say" – Dave Matthews Band
  • "Stupid Girl" – Garbage
  • "Wonderwall" – Oasis
  • "1979" – The Smashing Pumpkins
  • "6th Avenue Heartache" – The Wallflowers
Best Hard Rock Performance
  • "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" – The Smashing Pumpkins
  • "Again" – Alice in Chains
  • "Bulls on Parade" – Rage Against the Machine
  • "Pretty Noose" – Soundgarden
  • "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" – Stone Temple Pilots
Best Metal Performance
  • "Tire Me" – Rage Against the Machine
  • "Shoots and Ladders" – Korn
  • "Suicide Note Pt. 1" – Pantera
  • "I'm Your Boogie Man" – White Zombie
  • "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" – Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • "SRV Shuffle" – Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, B.B. King, Art Neville, Bonnie Raitt and Jimmie Vaughan
  • "Green Onions" – Booker T. & the M.G.'s
  • "Pavilion" – Eric Johnson
  • "(You're) My World" – Joe Satriani
  • "Respect the Wind" – Edward and Alex Van Halen
Best Rock Song
  • "Give Me One Reason"
    • Tracy Chapman, songwriter (Tracy Chapman)
  • "Cry Love"
    • John Hiatt, songwriter (John Hiatt)
  • "6th Avenue Heartache"
    • Jakob Dylan, songwriter (The Wallflowers)
  • "Stupid Girl"
    • Garbage, songwriters (Garbage)
  • "Too Much"
    • Dave Matthews Band, songwriters (Dave Matthews Band)
  • "Wonderwall"
    • Noel Gallagher, songwriter (Oasis)
Best Rock Album
  • Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow
    • Sheryl Crow, producer
  • Crash – Dave Matthews Band
    • Steve Lillywhite, producer
  • Tragic Kingdom – No Doubt
    • Matthew Wilder, producer
  • Road Tested – Bonnie Raitt
    • Bonnie Raitt and Don Was, producers
  • Broken Arrow – Neil Young with Crazy Horse
    • Neil Young, producer

Alternative[]

Best Alternative Music Performance
  • Odelay – Beck
  • Boys for Pele – Tori Amos
  • The Burdens of Being Upright – Tracy Bonham
  • New Adventures in Hi-Fi – R.E.M.
  • Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – The Smashing Pumpkins

R&B[]

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • "Your Secret Love" – Luther Vandross
  • "Lady" – D'Angelo
  • "A Change Is Gonna Come" – Al Green
  • "New World Order" – Curtis Mayfield
  • "Like a Woman" – The Tony Rich Project
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • "Killing Me Softly" – Fugees
  • "Slow Jams" – Babyface and Tamia with Portrait and Barry White
  • "Stomp" – Luke Cresswell, Fiona Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, Everett Bradley, Mr. X, Melle Mel, Coolio, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson, Shaquille O'Neal and Luniz
  • "Don't Let Go (Love)" – En Vogue
  • "Never Miss the Water" – Chaka Khan featuring Meshell Ndegeocello
Best R&B Song
  • "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
    • Babyface, songwriter (Whitney Houston)
  • "Sittin' Up in My Room"
    • Babyface, songwriter (Brandy)
  • "You Put a Move on My Heart"
    • Rod Temperton, songwriter (Tamia)
  • "Your Secret Love"
  • "You're Makin' Me High"
    • Babyface, Toni Braxton and Bryce Wilson, songwriters (Toni Braxton)
Best R&B Album
  • Words – The Tony Rich Project
    • Tony Rich, producer
  • Moving On – Oleta Adams
  • Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite – Maxwell
    • Musze, producer
  • New World Order – Curtis Mayfield
  • Peace Beyond Passion – Meshell Ndegeocello
    • David Gamson, producer

Blues[]

Best Traditional Blues Album
  • James Cotton for Deep in the Blues
Best Contemporary Blues Album

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

Comedy[]

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

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[]

Country[]

Folk[]

Gospel[]

Historical[]

Jazz[]

Latin[]

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[]

Packaging and Notes[]

Polka[]

Production and engineering[]

  • Best Engineered Album, Classical
    • Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (engineers), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony for Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony

Rap[]

Best Rap Solo Performance
  • "Hey Lover" – LL Cool J
  • "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" – Coolio
  • "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" – Nas
  • "Rock With You" – Heavy D
  • "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" – Busta Rhymes
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  • "Tha Crossroads" – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
  • "California Love" – 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
  • "How Do U Want It" – 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo
  • "1nce Again" – A Tribe Called Quest
  • "Champagne" – Salt-N-Pepa
Best Rap Album
  • The Score – Fugees
  • All Eyez On Me – 2Pac
  • Beats, Rhymes and Life – A Tribe Called Quest
  • Gangsta's Paradise – Coolio
  • Mr. Smith – LL Cool J

Reggae[]

Spoken[]

World[]

  • Best World Music Album
    • The Chieftains for Santiago

Special Merit Awards[]

MusiCares Person of the Year[]

  • Phil Collins

References[]

  1. ^ "1996 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. ^ "The Complete List of Nominees". 8 January 1997. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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