• Source: 40th Annual Grammy Awards

The 40th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1998, at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. This event is best known for Ol' Dirty Bastard interrupting Shawn Colvin's speech for Song of the Year.




Performers


Will Smith – Men In Black/Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
R. Kelly – I Believe I Can Fly
Fiona Apple – Criminal
Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon/Go Your Own Way/Don't Stop
Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
LeAnn Rimes – How Do I Live
Lilith Fair Tribute: Paula Cole – Where Have All The Cowboys Gone, Shawn Colvin – Sunny Came Home & Sarah McLachlan – Building A Mystery
Hanson – MMMBop
Vince Gill – Pretty Little Adriana
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill – It's Your Love
Aretha Franklin & the cast of Blues Brothers 2000 – Respect/Nessun Dorma
Erykah Badu & Wyclef Jean – On & On/Gone 'Till November
Bob Dylan – Love Sick




Presenters


Chris Rock & Vanessa Williams – Best Rap Solo Performance
Gloria Estefan & Dwight Yoakam – Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Mike Myers & Jewel – Best R&B Album
Erykah Badu & Wyclef Jean – Song of the Year
Missy Elliott & LL Cool J – Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill – Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Danny De Vito & Puff Daddy – Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Deana Carter & Julio Iglesias – Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Aretha Franklin & Blues Brothers – Best New Artist
Boyz II Men & Tara Lipinski – Best Pop Vocal Album
Kelsey Grammer & Bette Midler – Record of the Year
Usher, Sheryl Crow & John Fogerty – Album of the Year




Award winners


Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and R. Kelly were the main recipients with three awards each. Following R. Kelly's federal conviction of racketeering and violations of the Mann Act in New York on September 27, 2021, The Recording Academy declined to strip Kelly of his awards.




= General

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Record of the Year
"Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin; John Leventhal, producer
"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" – Paula Cole; Paula Cole, producer
"Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow; Sheryl Crow, producer
"MMMBop" – Hanson; The Dust Brothers, producers
"I Believe I Can Fly" – R. Kelly; R. Kelly, producer
Album of the Year
Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan; Daniel Lanois, producer
The Day – Babyface; Babyface, producer
This Fire – Paula Cole; Paula Cole, producer
Flaming Pie – Paul McCartney; Jeff Lynne, George Martin & Paul McCartney, producers
OK Computer – Radiohead; Nigel Godrich & Radiohead, producers
Song of the Year
"Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal, songwriters (Shawn Colvin)
"Don't Speak" – Eric Stefani & Gwen Stefani, songwriters (No Doubt)
"How Do I Live" – Diane Warren, songwriter (LeAnn Rimes & Trisha Yearwood)
"I Believe I Can Fly" – R. Kelly, songwriter (R. Kelly)
"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" – Paula Cole, songwriter (Paula Cole)
Best New Artist
Paula Cole
Fiona Apple
Erykah Badu
Puff Daddy
Hanson




= Pop

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Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Building a Mystery" – Sarah McLachlan
"Butterfly" – Mariah Carey
"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" – Paula Cole
"Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin
"Foolish Games" – Jewel
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Candle in the Wind 1997" – Elton John
"Every Time I Close My Eyes" – Babyface
"Whenever Wherever Whatever" – Maxwell
"Fly Like an Eagle" – Seal
"Barely Breathing" – Duncan Sheik
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
"Virtual Insanity" – Jamiroquai
"Silver Springs" – Fleetwood Mac
"MMMBop" – Hanson
"Don't Speak" – No Doubt
"Anybody Seen My Baby?" – The Rolling Stones
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
"Don't Look Back" – John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison
"How Come, How Long" – Babyface & Stevie Wonder
"God Bless the Child" – Tony Bennett with Billie Holiday
"I Finally Found Someone" – Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams
"Tell Him" – Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
"Last Dance" – Sarah McLachlan
"Song for My Brother" – George Benson
"An Gaoth Aneas" – The Chieftains
"Havana" – Kenny G
"Soulful Strut" – Grover Washington Jr.
Best Dance Recording
"Carry On" – Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder
"Da Funk" – Daft Punk
"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" – Gina G
"To Step Aside" – Pet Shop Boys
"Space Jam" – Quad City DJ's
Best Pop Album
Hourglass – James Taylor; Frank Filipetti & James Taylor, producers
This Fire – Paula Cole; Paula Cole, producer
The Dance – Fleetwood Mac; Lindsey Buckingham & Elliot Scheiner, producers
Travelling Without Moving – Jamiroquai; Jay Kay & Al Stone, producers
Surfacing – Sarah McLachlan; Pierre Marchand, producer
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
Tony Bennett on Holiday – Tony Bennett
Julie Andrews Broadway/Here I'll Stay – Julie Andrews
Mothers & Daughters – Rosemary Clooney
Sondheim, Etc., – Live at Carnegie Hall – Bernadette Peters
Film Noir – Carly Simon




= Alternative

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Best Alternative Music Performance
OK Computer – Radiohead
Homogenic – Björk
Earthling – David Bowie
Dig Your Own Hole – The Chemical Brothers
The Fat of the Land – Prodigy




= Blues

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




= Children's

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




= Comedy

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




= Classical

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Best Orchestral Performance
Pierre Boulez (conductor) and 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 and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Best Choral Performance
Robert Shaw (conductor) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres – Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
János 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 Berlin Philharmonic
Best Chamber Music Performance
Emerson String Quartet for Beethoven: The String Quartets
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
John Adams (composer), Kent Nagano (conductor) and the Hallé Orchestra for "Adams: El Dorado"
Best Classical Album
Steven Epstein (producer), David Zinman (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra for Premieres – Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse)




= Composing and arranging

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Best Instrumental Composition
Wayne Shorter (composer) for "Aung San Suu Kyi" performed by Herbie Hancock and 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

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Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Trisha Yearwood for "How Do I Live"
other nominees

Deana Carter – "Did I Shave My Legs For This?"
Patty Loveless – "The Trouble with the Truth"
LeAnn Rimes – "How Do I Live"
Pam Tillis – "All the Good Ones Are Gone"
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Vince Gill for "Pretty Little Adriana"
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Alison Krauss and Union Station for "Looking in the Eyes of Love"
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood for "In Another's Eyes"
Best Country Instrumental Performance
Alison Krauss and Union Station for "Little Liza Jane"
Best Country Song
Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas (songwriters) for "Butterfly Kisses" performed by Bob Carlisle / Jeff Carson / the Raybon Brothers
other nominees

Bob McDill & Dean Dillon for "All the Good Ones Are Gone" (Pam Tillis)
Deana Carter & Rhonda Hart for "Did I Shave My Legs For This?" (Deana Carter)
Bobby Wood, John Peppard & Garth Brooks for "In Another's Eyes" (Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood)
Stephony Smith for "It's Your Love" (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
Best Country Album
Rick Rubin (producer) and Johnny Cash for Unchained
Best Bluegrass Album
Alison Krauss and Union Station for So Long So Wrong




= Folk

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Best Traditional Folk Album
BeauSoleil for L'amour ou la Folie
Best Contemporary Folk Album
Bob Dylan for Time Out of Mind




= Gospel

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Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
Jars of Clay for Much Afraid
Best Rock Gospel Album
dc Talk for Welcome to the Freak Show
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 Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Peter York (producer) for Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute to Gospel performed by various artists
Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
Myron Butler, Kirk Franklin and Robert Searight II (choir directors) for God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation performed by God's Property




= Historical

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




= Jazz

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Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton for "Stardust"
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny for Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
Joe Henderson for Big Band performed by the Joe Henderson Big Band
Best Jazz Vocal Performance
Dee Dee Bridgewater for Dear Ella
Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
Randy Brecker for Into the Sun
Best Latin Jazz Performance
Roy Hargrove's Crisol for Habana




= Latin

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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

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




= New Age

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Best New Age Album
Michael Hedges for Oracle




= Packaging and notes

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Best Recording Package
Al Quattrocchi, Hugh Brown and Jeff Smith (art directors) for Titanic – Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage performed by Various Artists
Best Boxed Recording Package
David Gorman, Hugh Brown and Rachel Gutek (art directors) for Beg Scream and Shout! The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul performed by Various Artists
Best Album Notes
Chuck Pirtle, Eric von Schmidt, Jeff Place, John Fahey, Jon Pankake, Kip Lornell, Lucy Sante, Luis Kemnitzer, Neil V. Rosenberg and Peter Stampfel (notes writers) for Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) performed by Various Artists




= Polka

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Best Polka Album
Jimmy Sturr for Living on Polka Time




= Production and engineering

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Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Frank Filipetti (engineer) for Hourglass performed by James Taylor
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Michael J. Bishop, Jack Renner (engineers), Erich Kunzel (conductor) and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for Copland: The Music of America (Fanfare for the Common Man; Rodeo, etc.)
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Babyface
Producer of the Year, Classical
Steven Epstein
Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical
Frankie Knuckles




= R&B

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Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Erykah Badu- "On & On"
Chaka Khan- "Summertime"
Mariah Carey- "Honey"
Patti LaBelle- "When You Talk About Love"
Whitney Houston- "I Believe in You and Me"
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
R. Kelly- "I Believe I Can Fly"
Curtis Mayfield- "Back to Living Again"
Kenny Lattimore- "For You"
Luther Vandross- "When You Call On Me/Baby That's When I Come Runnin"
Usher- "You Make Me Wanna..."
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Blackstreet- "No Diggity"
Az Yet & Peter Cetera- "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
Boyz II Men- "A Song for Mama"
God's Property & Salt- "Stomp"
Take 6- "You Don't Have to Be Afraid"
Best R&B Song
R. Kelly (songwriter) for "I Believe I Can Fly"
Andre Young, Chauncey Hannibal, Teddy Riley, William Stewart, Lynise Walters, Richard Vick, & Bill Withers for "No Diggity" (Blackstreet)
Erykah Badu & Jaborn Jamal for "On & On" (Erykah Badu)
Kirk Franklin for "Stomp" (God's Property featuring Kirk Franklin & Salt)
Mariah Carey, Puff Daddy, Stevie J, Q-Tip, Bobby Robinson, Stephen Hague, Ronald Larkins, Malcolm McLaren, & Larry Price for "Honey" (Mariah Carey)
Best R&B Album
Erykah Badu- Baduizm
Babyface - The Day
Mary J. Blige- Share My World
Boyz II Men- Evolution
Patti LaBelle- Flame
Whitney Houston- The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album




= Rap

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Best Rap Solo Performance
"Men in Black" – Will Smith
"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" – Busta Rhymes
"The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" – Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
"Ain't Nobody" – LL Cool J
"Hypnotize" – The Notorious B.I.G.
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
"I'll Be Missing You" – Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" – Puff Daddy featuring Mase
"Guantanamera" – Wyclef Jean featuring Celia Cruz & Jeni Fujita
"Not Tonight" – Lil' Kim featuring Da Brat, Left Eye, Missy "Misdeameanor" Elliott & Angie Martinez
"Mo Money Mo Problems" – The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy
Best Rap Album
No Way Out – Puff Daddy & The Family; Sean "Puffy" Combs & Stevie J., producers
Supa Dupa Fly – Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival – Wyclef Jean
Life After Death – The Notorious B.I.G.
Wu-Tang Forever – Wu-Tang Clan




= Reggae

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Best Reggae Album
Beenie Man for Many Moods of Moses
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers for Fallen Is Babylon
Shaggy for Midnite Lover
Buju Banton for Inna Heights




= Rock

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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 Rock Instrumental Performance
The Chemical Brothers for "Block Rockin' Beats"
Best Hard Rock Performance
The Smashing Pumpkins for "The End Is the Beginning Is the End"
Best Metal Performance
Tool for "Ænema"
Best Rock Song
Jakob Dylan (songwriter) for "One Headlight" performed by The Wallflowers
Best Rock Album
John Fogerty for Blue Moon Swamp




= Spoken

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Best Spoken Word Album
Charles Kuralt for Charles Kuralt's Spring
Best Spoken Comedy Album
Chris Rock for Roll with the New




= Traditional pop

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




= World

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Best World Music Album
Milton Nascimento for Nascimento




= Music video

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Best Short Form Music Video
"Got 'til It's Gone" – Janet Jackson
Mark Romanek, video director; Aris McGarry, video producer
"How Come, How Long" – Babyface featuring Stevie Wonder
F. Gary Gray, video director; Craig Fanning, video producer
"I Care 'Bout You" – Milestone
Mark Gerard, video director; Melinda Nugent, video producer
"Early to Bed" – Morphine
Jamie Caliri, video director; Adam Stern, video producer
"Stinkfist" – Tool
Adam Jones, video director; Donna Langston & Kevin Willis, video producers
Best Long Form Music Video
Jagged Little Pill, Live – Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette & Steve Purcell, video directors; Glen Ballard, David May, Alanis Morissette & Steve Purcell, video producers
Letters from a Porcupine – Blind Melon
Steve MacCorkle, video director; Steve MacCorkle, video producer
Forever's a Long, Long Time – Orquestra Was
Don Was, video director; Larry Shapiro, video producer
Live in Amsterdam: Wildest Dreams Tour – Tina Turner
David Mallet, video director; Monique Ten Berge & Patrick Roubroeks, video producers
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz – Various Artists
Julian Benedikt, video director; Ulli Pfau, video producer




Special merit awards






= MusiCares Person of the Year

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Luciano Pavarotti




= Grammy Legend Award

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Luciano Pavarotti




References

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