35th Annual Grammy Awards
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{{Infobox award
|name=35th Annual Grammy Awards
|image=Grammy logo 1993 035.jpg
|caption=Official poster
|date=February 24, 1993
|location=Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
|network=CBS
|host=Garry Shandling
|most_awards=Eric Clapton (6)
|most_nominations=Eric Clapton (9)
|award1_type=Record YR.
|award1_winner="Tears in Heaven"
|award2_type=Album YR.
|award2_winner=Unplugged
|award3_type=Song YR.
|award3_winner="Tears in Heaven"
|award4_type=New Artist
|award4_winner=Arrested Development
|award5_type=Person YR.
|award5_winner=Natalie Cole
|website={{URL|www.grammy.com}}
|runtime=circa 150 minutes
|previous=34th
|main=Grammy Awards
|next=36th
}}
The 35th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1993 and recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/awards/35th-annual-grammy-awards|title=35th Annual GRAMMY Awards | GRAMMY.com|work=Grammy Awards|publisher=The Recording Academy|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=June 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602050507/https://www.grammy.com/awards/35th-annual-grammy-awards|url-status=live}} The nominations were announced on January 7, 1993.{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-01-08/features/1993008073_1_eric-clapton-celine-dion-dion-and-peabo|title=1993 Grammy Nominations|publisher=Light For All, LLC|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=January 8, 1993|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=September 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902075657/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-01-08/features/1993008073_1_eric-clapton-celine-dion-dion-and-peabo|url-status=dead}} The evening's host was the American stand-up comedian Garry Shandling, who hosted the ceremony for the third time.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/garry-shandling-dead-larry-sanders-show-show-1201738601|title=Garry Shandling Dies at 66|work=Variety.com|first=Alex|last=Stedman|date=March 24, 2016|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=June 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609193119/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/garry-shandling-dead-larry-sanders-show-show-1201738601/|url-status=live}} The CBS network broadcast the show live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/26/arts/1993-grammy-winners.html|title=1993 Grammy Winners|work=The New York Times|date=February 26, 1993|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=December 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216190137/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/26/arts/1993-grammy-winners.html|url-status=live}}
This particular Grammy live broadcast was the commercially most successful of its kind in the 1990s.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/news/grammy-rewind-35th-annual-grammy-awards|title=GRAMMY Rewind: 35th Annual GRAMMY Awards|publisher=The Recording Academy|work=The Grammys|date=26 January 2012|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826124150/http://www.grammy.com/news/grammy-rewind-35th-annual-grammy-awards|url-status=live}} As Nielsen Media Research and Billboard magazine stated on January 10, 2004, "the highest-rated Grammy show of the 1990s was the 1993 telecast, which got a 19.9 rating/31 share and 30 million United States viewers" alone.{{cite journal|first=Carla|last=Hay|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2004/BB-2004-01-10.pdf|title=Grammy Ratings Share|journal=Billboard Magazine|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=116|number=2|page=13|issn=0006-2510|date=January 10, 2004|access-date=March 5, 2017}} British guitarist and singer Eric Clapton was the night's big winner, winning six awards out of nine nominations including Album, Song and Record of the Year.{{cite journal|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VzIxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2RIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6769,6231492|title=Clapton awarded 6 Grammys including best song, album|journal=The Milwaukee Sentinel|date=February 25, 1993|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=May 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506035250/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VzIxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2RIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6769,6231492|url-status=live}}
Michael Jackson received the Grammy Legend Award from his sister Janet Jackson. A small segment of the show was "How to Become a Legend" narrated by Janet.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards|title=Lifetime Achievement Award | GRAMMY.com|work=Grammy Awards|publisher=The Recording Academy|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=February 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217153829/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards|url-status=live}}
Performers
Presenters
- Janet Jackson – Grammy Legend Award to Michael Jackson
- Tina Turner & Garry Shandling – Record of the Year
- Tony Bennett & Natalie Cole – Album of the Year
- Bonnie Raitt & Lyle Lovett – Song of the Year
- Lindsey Buckingham, Melissa Etheridge & Vince Gill – Producer of the Year
- BeBe Winans, Mark Wahlberg & Mary Chapin Carpenter – Best New Artist
- LL Cool J – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- B.B. King & Billy Idol – Best Hard Rock Performance
- Pam Tillis & Lorrie Morgan – Best Male Country Vocal Performance
- Jon Secada & Kenny G – Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Boyz II Men & Patti LaBelle – Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Gloria Estefan & James Brown – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Sergio Mendes & Herbie Hancock –
Award winners
- Record of the Year
- Russ Titelman (producer) & Eric Clapton for "Tears in Heaven"
- Album of the Year
- Russ Titelman (producer) & Eric Clapton for Unplugged
- Song of the Year
- Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) for "Tears in Heaven"
- Best New Artist
- Arrested Development
=Alternative=
=Blues=
=Children's=
- Best Album for Children
- Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) for Beauty and the Beast - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack performed by various artists
=Classical=
- Best Orchestral Recording
- Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9
- Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Kathleen Battle & Margo Garrett for Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall (Handel, Mozart, Liszt, Strauss, etc.)
- Best Opera Recording
- Christopher Raeburn, Stephen Trainor, Morten Winding (producers), Georg Solti (conductor), Hildegard Behrens, José van Dam, Plácido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Reinhild Runkel, Julia Varady & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
- Best Performance of a Choral Work
- Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director), the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Boys Choir & the San Francisco Symphony Girls Choir for Orff: Carmina Burana
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo With Orchestra
- Lorin Maazel (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante - Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
- Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo Without Orchestra
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi)
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano
- Best Contemporary Composition
- Samuel Barber (composer), Andrew Schnenck (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Barber: The Lovers
- Best Classical Album
- Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9
=Comedy=
=Composing and arranging=
- Best Instrumental Composition
- Benny Carter (composer) for Harlem Renaissance Suite
- Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
- Howard Ashman & Alan Menken (songwriters) for Beauty and the Beast performed by Peabo Bryson & Céline Dion
- Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
- Alan Menken (composer) for Beauty and the Beast performed by various artists
- Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
- Rob McConnell (arranger) for Strike Up the Band performed by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
- Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
- Johnny Mandel (arranger) for Here's to Life performed by Shirley Horn
=Country=
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Mary Chapin Carpenter for "I Feel Lucky"
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Vince Gill for "I Still Believe in You"
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers for Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers at the Ryman
- Best Country Vocal Collaboration
- Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt for "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'"
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed for Sneakin' Around
- Best Country Song
- Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (songwriters) for "I Still Believe in You", performed by Vince Gill
- Best Bluegrass Album
- Alison Krauss & Union Station for Every Time You Say Goodbye
=Folk=
- Best Traditional Folk Album
- The Chieftains for An Irish Evening - Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast
- Best Contemporary Folk Album
- The Chieftains for Another Country
=Gospel=
- Best Pop Gospel Album
- Steven Curtis Chapman for The Great Adventure
- Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album
- Petra for Unseen Power
- Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
- Shirley Caesar for He's Working It Out For You
- Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
- Mervyn E. Warren (producer) for Handel's Messiah - A Soulful Celebration performed by various artists
- Best Southern Gospel Album
- Bruce Carroll for Sometimes Miracles Hide
- Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
- Edwin Hawkins (choir director) for Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Recorded Live in Los Angeles performed by the Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir
=Historical=
- Best Historical Album
- Michael Cuscuna (producer) for The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Nat "King" Cole Trio
=Jazz=
- Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
- Joe Henderson for "Lush Life" in Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
- Branford Marsalis for I Heard You Twice the First Time
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
- McCoy Tyner for The Turning Point
- Best Jazz Vocal Performance
- Bobby McFerrin for "Round Midnight" in Play
- Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)
- Pat Metheny for Secret Story
=Latin=
=Musical show=
- Best Musical Show Album
- Jay David Saks (producer) & the New Broadway cast for Guys and Dolls - The New Broadway Cast Recording
=Music video=
- Best Music Video, Short Form
- John Downer (video director & producer) & Peter Gabriel for Digging in the Dirt
- Best Music Video, Long Form
- Rob Small (video producer), Sophie Muller (video director) & Annie Lennox for Diva
=New Age=
- Best New Age Album
- Enya for Shepherd Moons
=Packaging and notes=
- Best Album Package
- Melanie Nissen (art director) for Spellbound performed by Paula Abdul
- Best Album Notes
- Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Dave Marsh, David Ritz, Jerry Wexler, Thulani Davis & Tom Dowd (notes writers) for Queen of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings performed by Aretha Franklin
=Polka=
- Best Polka Album
- Walter Ostanek for 35th Anniversary performed by Walter Ostanek & His Band
=Pop=
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
- k.d. lang for "Constant Craving"
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
- Eric Clapton for "Tears in Heaven"
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson for "Beauty and the Beast"
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Richard S. Kaufman (conductor) for "Beauty and the Beast"
=Production and engineering=
- Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- Bruce Swedien & Teddy Riley (engineers) for Dangerous performed by Michael Jackson
- Best Engineered Album, Classical
- James Lock, John Pellowe, Jonathan Stokes & Philip Siney (engineers), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Vienna Philharmonic for R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
- Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
- Babyface & L.A. Reid
- Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois
- Classical Producer of the Year
- Michael Fine
=R&B=
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
- Chaka Khan for The Woman I Am
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
- Al Jarreau for Heaven and Earth
- Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Boyz II Men for "End of the Road"
- Best R&B Instrumental Performance
- Miles Davis for Doo-Bop
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons (songwriters) for "End of the Road" performed by Boyz II Men
=Rap=
=Reggae=
=Rock=
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
- Melissa Etheridge for "Ain't It Heavy"
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
- Eric Clapton for Unplugged
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- U2 for Achtung Baby
- Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble for "Little Wing"
- Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal
- Red Hot Chili Peppers for "Give It Away"
- Best Metal Performance
- Nine Inch Nails for "Wish"
- Best Rock Song
- Eric Clapton & Jim Gordon (songwriters) for "Layla" performed by Eric Clapton
=Spoken=
- Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson & Robert O'Keefe for What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS
=Traditional pop=
=World=
Special merit awards
=[[MusiCares Person of the Year]]=
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000301/1993 35th Annual Grammy Awards (Event)] at the Internet Movie Database
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296477 35th Annual Grammy Awards (Broadcast)] at the Internet Movie Database
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