Grammy Awards of 1997
The 39th
Grammy Awards were held in
1997. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.
- Record of the Year
- Album of the Year
- 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, Ric Wake (producers) & Céline Dion for Falling Into You
- Song of the Year
- Best New Artist
Alternative
Blues
Children's
Classical
- Best Orchestral Performance
- 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
- Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
- Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
- 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 John Corigliano|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
- Best Traditional Folk Album
- Best Contemporary Folk Album
Gospel
- Best Rock Gospel Album
- Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
- Neal Joseph & Norman Miller (producers) for Tribute - The Songs of Andrae Crouch performed by various artists
- Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
- Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
- Cissy Houston for Face to Face
- Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
- Kirk Franklin for Whatcha Lookin' 4
- Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
- Shirley Caesar (choir director) for Just a Word
Historical
- Best Historical Album
- Bob Belden, Phil Schaap (producers), Mark Wilder & Phil Schaap (engineers) for The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Jazz
- Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance
- Cassandra Wilson for New Moon Daughter
- Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
- Michael Brecker for "Cabin Fever"
- Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
- Michael Brecker for Tales From the Hudson
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
- Grover Mitchell for Live At Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
- Best Latin Jazz Performance
- Paquito D'Rivera for Portraits of Cuba
Latin
- Best Latin Pop Performance
- Best Tropical Latin Performance
- Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance
- La Mafia for Un Millon de Rosas
Musical Show
- Best Musical Show Album
- Bill Whelan (composer, lyricist & producer) & various artists for Riverdance
Music Video
- Best Music Video, Short Form
- Joe Pytka (video director), Vincent Joliet (video producer) & The Beatles for "Free as a Bird"
- Best Music Video, Long Form
- Bob Smeaton, Geoff Wonfor (video directors), Chips Chipperfield, Neil Aspinall (video producers) & The Beatles for The Beatles Anthology
New Age
- Best New Age Album
- Enya for The Memory of Trees
Packaging and Notes
- Best Recording Package
- Andy Engel & Tommy Steele (art directors) for Ultra-Lounge (Leopard Skin Sampler) performed by various artists
- Best Recording Package - Boxed
- Arnold Levine & Chika Azuma (art directors) for The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans
- Best Album Notes
- Bill Kirchner, Bob Belden, George Avakian & Phil Schaap (notes writers) for The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Polka
Pop
Production and engineering
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Al Schmitt, Bruce Swedien, Francis Buckley & Tommy Vicari for Q's Jook Joint performed by Quincy Jones
- Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
- Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (engineers), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony for Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony
- Classical Producer of the Year
R&B
Rap
Reggae
- Best Reggae Album
- Bunny Wailer for Hall of Fame - A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary
Rock
Trad Pop
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
World
- Best World Music Album
- The Chieftains for Santiago
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