35th Annual Grammy Awards

{{Short description|Award ceremony}}

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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

|ratings=30.0 million viewers

|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}}

|producer=Matt Sager · Tzvi Small{{cite web|url=http://fs5.directupload.net/images/170423/s8b5xzzs.png|title=35th Annual Grammy Awards Production Credits|publisher=Direct Upload|work=The Recording Academy|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303060825/http://fs5.directupload.net/images/170423/s8b5xzzs.png|url-status=live}}

|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

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scope="col" | Artist(s)

! scope="col" | Song(s){{cite web|author=Todd Everett|url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/35th-annual-grammy-awards-1200431412|title=35th Annual Grammy Awards|publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC|work=Variety|date=February 24, 1993|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312031710/http://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/35th-annual-grammy-awards-1200431412/|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Peter Gabriel

| "Steam"

scope="row" | k. d. lang

| "Constant Craving"

scope="row" | Red Hot Chili Peppers with George Clinton and P-Funk

| "Give It Away"

scope="row" | Vanessa Williams

| "Save the Best for Last"

scope="row" | En Vogue

| "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"

scope="row" | Tony Bennett & Natalie Cole

| "The Lady Is a Tramp"

scope="row" | Travis Tritt & Marty Stuart

| "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'"

scope="row" | Arrested Development

| "People Everyday"

scope="row" | Billy Ray Cyrus

| "Achy Breaky Heart"

scope="row" | Mervyn Warren with Los Angeles Master Chorale

| "Hallelujah!"

scope="row" | Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson

| "Beauty and the Beast"

scope="row" | Arturo Sandoval featuring the GRP All-Stars Ensemble

| "Cherokee"

scope="row" | Eric Clapton

| "Tears in Heaven"

Presenters

Award winners

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=Music video=

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Special merit awards

=[[MusiCares Person of the Year]]=

References

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