1993 Grammy Awards
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
| “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston | |
| Album of the Year | The Bodyguard—Original Soundtrack Album, Whitney Houston (Arista) | |
| Song of the Year | “A Whole New World” (Theme From Aladdin), Alan Menken and Tim Rice, songwriters | |
| Best New Artist | Toni Braxton | |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You,” Sting | |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston | |
| Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | “A Whole New World” (Theme From Aladdin), Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle | |
| Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance | Steppin' Out, Tony Bennett | |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance | “Barcelona Mona,” Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis | |
| Best Rock Gospel Album | Free at Last, DC Talk (ForeFront) | |
| Best Rock Song | “Runaway Train,” David Pirner, songwriter | |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo | “I'd Do Anything for Love” (But I Won't Do That), Meat Loaf | |
| Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | “Livin' on the Edge,” Aerosmith | |
| Best Rock Instrumental Performance | “Sofa,” Zappa's Universe Rock Group Featuring Steve Vai | |
| Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal | “Plush,” Stone Temple Pilots | |
| Best Metal Performance With Vocal | “I Don't Want to Change the World,” Ozzy Osbourne | |
| Best Alternative Music Album | Zooropa, U2 (Island) | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song | “That's the Way Love Goes,” Janet Jackson, James Harris III and Terry Lewis, songwriters | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male | “A Song for You,” Ray Charles | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female | “Another Sad Love Song,” Toni Braxton | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | “No Ordinary Love,” Sade | |
| Best Rap Solo Performance | “Let Me Ride,” Dr. Dre | |
| Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group | “Rebirth of Slick” (Cool Like Dat), Digable Planets | |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance | Take a Look, Natalie Cole | |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Solo | “Miles Ahead,” Joe Henderson | |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group | So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles), Joe Henderson | |
| Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental) | The Road to You, Pat Metheny Group | |
| Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance | Miles and Quincy Live at Montreux, Miles Davis and Quincy Jones | |
| Best Country Song | “Passionate Kisses,” Lucinda Williams, songwriter | |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male | “Ain't That Lonely Yet,” Dwight Yoakam | |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female | “Passionate Kisses,” Mary Chapin Carpenter | |
| Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | “Hard Workin' Man,” Brooks and Dunn | |
| Best Country Vocal Collaboration | “Does He Love You,” Reba McEntire and Linda Davis | |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance | “Red Wing,” Asleep at the Wheel featuring Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart and Reuben “Lucky Orleans” Gosfield | |
| Best Bluegrass Album | Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go, Nashville Bluegrass Band (Sugar Hill) | |
| Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album | Stand Still, Shirley Caesar (Word Record and Music) | |
| Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album | All Out, Winans (Qwest/Warner Alliance) | |
| Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album | The Live Adventure, Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow) | |
| Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album | Good News, Kathy Mattea (Mercury) | |
| Best Gospel Album By a Choir or Chorus | Live…We Come Rejoicing, Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir; Carol Cymbala, choir director (Warner Alliance) | |
| Best Latin Pop Album | Aries, Luis Miguel (WEA Latina) | |
| Best Tropical Latin Album | Mi Tierra, Gloria Estefan (Epic) | |
| Best Mexican/American Album | Live, Selena (Capitol/EMI Latin) | |
| Best Traditional Blues Album | Blues Summit, B.B. King (MCA) | |
| Best Contemporary Blues Album | Feels Like Rain, Buddy Guy (Silvertone) | |
| Best Traditional Folk Album | The Celtic Harp, Chieftains (RCA Victor) | |
| Best Contemporary Folk Album | Other Voices/Other Rooms, Nanci Griffith (Elektra) | |
| Best Reggae Album | Bad Boys, Inner Circle (Big Beat/Atlantic) | |
| Best New Age Album | Spanish Angel, Paul Winter Consort (Living Music) | |
| Best World Music Album | A Meeting by the River, Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt (Walter Lily Acoustics) | |
| Best Polka Album | Accordionally Yours, Walter Ostanek and His Band (WRS) | |
| Best Arrangement on an Instrumental | “Mood Indigo,” Dave Grusin, arranger | |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) | “When I Fall in Love,” Jeremy Lubbock and David Foster, arrangers | |
| Best Instrumental Composition | “Forever in Love,” Kenny G, composer | |
| Best Musical Show Album | The Who's Tommy—Original Cast Recording, original cast (RCA Victor) | |
| Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | Aladdin, Alan Menken, composer | |
| Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | “A Whole New World” (Theme From Aladdin), Alan Menken and Tim Rice, songwriters | |
| Best Contemporary Composition | Violin Concerto, Elliott Carter, composer | |
| Best Classical Album | Bartók, The Wooden Prince and Cantata Profana, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, baritone (Deutsche Grammophon) | |
| Best Chamber Music Performance | Ives, String Quartets nos. 1 and 2; Barber String Quartet Op. 11 (American Originals), Emerson String Quartet | |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) | Berg, Violin Concerto; Rihm, Time Chant, Anne-Sophie Mutter, violinist; James Levine conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra | |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) | Barber, The Complete Solo Piano Music, John Browning, pianist | |
| Best Orchestral Performance | Bartók, The Wooden Prince, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony | |
| Best Opera Recording | Handel, Semele, John Nelson conducting English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus; solos: Battle, Horne, Ramey, Aler, McNair, Chance, Mackie and Doss (Deutsche Grammophon) | |
| Best Performance of a Choral Work | Bartók, Cantata Profana, Pierre Boulez conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Margaret Hillis, choral director | |
| Best Classical Vocal Performance | The Art of Arleen Auger (Works of Larsen, Purcell, Schumann, Mozart), Arleen Auger, soprano; Joel Revzen, accompanist | |
| Best Spoken Comedy Album | Jammin' in New York, George Carlin (Eardrum/Atlantic) | |
| Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album | On the Pulse of Morning, Maya Angelou (Random House Audio Books) | |
| Best Musical Album for Children | Aladdin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), various artists (Walt Disney Records) | |
| Best Spoken Word Album for Children | Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales, Audrey Hepburn (Dove Audio) | |
| Best Recording Package | The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959, David Lau, art director (Verve) | |
| Best Album Notes | The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959, Buck Clayton, Phil Schaap and Joel E. Siegel, annotators (Verve) | |
| Best Historical Album | The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959, Billie Holiday (Verve) | |
| Best Music Video, Short Form | “Steam,” Peter Gabriel | |
| Best Music Video, Long Form | “Ten Summoner's Tales,” Sting | |
| Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | David Foster | |
| Classical Producer of the Year | Judith Sherman |
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