Grammy Awards of 1988
The 30th
Grammy Awards were held in
1988. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.
Blues
Children's
Classical
Comedy
Composing and arranging
Country
Folk
- Best Traditional Folk Recording
- Best Contemporary Folk Recording
Gospel
- Best Gospel Performance, Female
- Deniece Williams for "I Believe In You"
- Best Gospel Performance, Male
- Larnelle Harris for The Father Hath Provided
- Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
- Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart for Crack the Sky
- Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
- CeCe Winans for "For Always"
- Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
- Al Green for "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
- Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
- Anita Baker & The Winans for "Ain't No Need to Worry"
Historical
- Best Historical Album
- Orrin Keepnews (producer) for Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings
Jazz
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
- Diane Schuur for Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
- Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
- Pat Metheny Group for Still Life (Talking)
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Big Band
- Mercer Ellington for Digital Duke
Latin
- Best Latin Pop Performance
- Best Tropical Latin Performance
- Eddie Palmieri for La Verdad - The Truth
- Best Mexican-American Music Performance
- Los Tigres Del Norte for Gracias! America Sin Fronteras
Musical Show
- Best Musical Cast Show Album
- Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg (producers), Claude-Michel Schonberg (composer), Herbert Kretzmer (lyricist) & the original Broadway cast for Les Miserables
Music Video
- Best Concept Music Video
- Best Performance Music Video
- Anthony Eaton (video producer) for The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert performed by various artists
New Age
Packaging and Notes
- Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
- Bill Johnson (art director) for King's Record Shop performed by Rosanne Cash
- Best Album Notes
- Orrin Keepnews (album notes writer) for Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings performed by Thelonious Monk
Polka
Pop
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Bruce Swedien & Humberto Gatica (engineers) for Bad performed by Michael Jackson
- Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
- Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Classical Producer Of The Year
R&B
Reggae
Rock
Spoken
- Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
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