| Record of the YearEric Clapton & Babyface"Change The World" [ from Phenomenon soundtrack ] |
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other nominees: Tracy Chapman - "Give Me One Reason" Celine Dion - "Because You Loved Me" Alanis Morissette - "Ironic" Smashing Pumpkins - "1979" |
| Song of the Year (songwriter)"Change The World" Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, & Tommy Sims [ from Phenomenon soundtrack ] |
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other nominees: "Because You Loved Me" - Diane Warren "Blue" - Bill Mack "Give Me One Reason" - Tracy Chapman "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" - Kenneth Edmonds |
| Best New ArtistLeAnn Rimes |
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other nominees: GarbageJewelNo Doubt Tony Rich Project |
| Best Female Pop Vocal PerformanceToni Braxton "Un-Break My Heart" [ from Secrets] |
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other nominees: Shawn Colvin - "Get Out Of This House" Celine Dion - "Because You Loved Me" Gloria Estefan - "Reach" Jewel - "Who Will Save Your Soul" |
| Best Male Pop Vocal PerformanceEric Clapton"Change The World" [ from Phenomenon soundtrack ] |
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other nominees: Bryan Adams - "Let's Make A Night To Remember" John Mellencamp - "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" Tony Rich Project - "Nobody Knows" Sting - "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" |
| Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with VocalThe Beatles "Free As A Bird" [ from The Beatles Anthology, Volume 1 ] |
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other nominees: Gin Blossoms - "As Long As It Matters" Journey - "When You Love A Woman" Neville Brothers - "Fire On The Mountain" Presidents Of The United States Of America - "Peaches" Take 6 - "When You Wish Upon A Star" |
| Best Pop Instrumental PerformanceBela Fleck & The Flecktones "The Sinister Minister" [ from Live Art] |
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other nominees: Larry Mullen & Adam Clayton - "Theme From Mission Impossible" Lalo Schifrin with The London Philharmonic Orchestra - "Mission Impossible" Smashing Pumpkins - "Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness" Stevie Wonder - "Kiss Lonely Goodbye" |
| Best Pop Collaboration with VocalsNatalie Cole with Nat King Cole "When I Fall In Love" [ from Stardust] |
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other nominees: Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello - "God Give Me Strength" Brandy, Tamia,Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan - "Missing You" Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans - "Count On Me" Frank Sinatra & Luciano Pavarotti - "My Way Sting, John McLaughlin, Dominic Miller & Vinnie Colaiuta - "The Wind Cries Mary" |
| Best Pop AlbumCeline Dion Falling Into You |
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other nominees: Toni Braxton - SecretsTracy Chapman - New BeginningShawn Colvin - A Few Small RepairsSting - Mercury Falling |
| Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumTony Bennett Here's To The Ladies |
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other nominees: Rosemary Clooney - Dedicated To Nelson Natalie Cole - Stardust Liza Minnelli - Gently Bernadette Peters - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight |
| Best R&B Vocal Performance - FemaleToni Braxton "You're Makin' Me High" [ from Secrets] |
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other nominees: Mary J. Blige - "Not Gon' Cry" Brandy - "Sittin' Up In My Room" Whitney Houston - "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Tamia - "You Put A Move On My Heart" |
| Best R&B Vocal Performance - MaleLuther Vandross "Your Secret Love" [ from Your Secret Love] |
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other nominees: D'Angelo - "Lady" Al Green - "A Change Is Gonna Come" Curtis Mayfield - "New World Order" Tony Rich Project - "Like A Woman" |
| Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or GroupFugees "Killing Me Softly" [ from The Score] |
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other nominees: Babyface, Tamia,Portrait &Barry White - "Slow Jams Luke Cresswell, Fiona Wilkes, Carl Smith,Fraser Morrison, Everett Bradley, Mr. X,Melle Mel, Coolio, Yo-Yo,Chaka Khan, Charlie Wilson,Shaquille O'Neal & Luniz - "Stomp" En Vogue - "Don't Let Go (Love)" Chaka Khan & Me'Shell Ndeg�Ocello - "Never Miss The Water" |
| Best R&B Song(awarded to the songwriter) "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Babyface [ from Waiting To Exhalesoundtrack ] |
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other nominees: "Sittin' Up In My Room" - Babyface "You Put A Move On My Heart" - Rod Temperton "Your Secret Love" - Luther Vandross & Reed Vertelney "You're Makin' Me High" - Babyface & Bryce Wilson |
| Best R&B AlbumThe Tony Rich Project Words |
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other nominees: Oleta Adams - Moving On Maxwell - Maxwell's Hang Suite Curtis Mayfield - New World Order Me'Shell Ndeg�Ocello - Peace Beyond Passion |
| Best Country Vocal Performance - FemaleLeAnn Rimes "Blue" [ from Blue] |
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other nominees: Mary Chapin Carpenter - "Let Me Into Your Heart" Deana Carter - "Strawberry Wine" Alison Krauss - "Baby Mine" Trisha Yearwood - "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" |
| Best Country Vocal Performance - MaleVince Gill "Worlds Apart" [ from High Lonesome Sound] |
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other nominees: Clint Black - "Like The Rain" Junior Brown - "My Wife Thinks You're Dead" Lyle Lovett - "Private Conversation" Dwight Yoakam - "Nothing" |
| Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or GroupBrooks & Dunn "My Maria" [ from Borderline] |
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other nominees: BR5-49 - "Cherokee Boogie" Diamond Rio - "That's What I Get For Loving You" Mavericks - "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" Texas Tornadoes - "Little Bit Is Better Than Nada" |
| Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Vince Gill featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station "High Lonesome Sound" [ from High Lonesome Sound] |
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other nominees: Jeff Foxworth with Alan Jackson - "Redneck Games" Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood, Lorrie Morgan,Marty Stuart, Little Texas, Tracy Lawrence,Terri Clark, Neal McCoy, Travis Tritt & John Berry - "Hope: Country Music's Quest For A Cure" Lyle Lovett & Randy Newman - "Long Tall Texan" Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt - "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" |
| Best Country AlbumLyle Lovett The Road To Ensenada |
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other nominees: Brooks & Dunn - Borderline Vince Gill - High Lonesome Sound Patty Loveless - The Trouble With The Truth Trisha Yearwood - Everybody Knows Dwight Yoakam - Gone |
| Best Country Song (awarded to the songwriter)"Blue" (Bill Mack) [ from Blue] |
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other nominees: "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" - Angelo, Larry Gottlieb & Kim Richey "High Lonesome Sound" - Vince Gill "My Wife Thinks You're Dead" - Junior Brown "Strawberry Wine" - Matraca Berg & Gary Harrison |
| Best Rock Song (awarded to the songwriter)"Give Me One Reason" (Tracy Chapman) [ from New Beginning] |
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other nominees: "Cry Love" - John Hiatt "6th Avenue Heartache" - Jakob Dylan "Stupid Girl" - Garbage "Too Much" - Dave Matthews Band "Wonderwall" - Noel Gallagher |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or GroupDave Matthews Band "So Much To Say" [ from Crash] |
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other nominees: Garbage - "Stupid Girl" Oasis - "Wonderwall" Smashing Pumpkins - "1979" The Wallflowers - "6th Avenue Heartache" |
| Best Hard Rock PerformanceSmashing Pumpkins "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" [ from Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness] |
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other nominees: Alice In Chains - "Again" Rage Against The Machine - "Bulls On Parade" Soundgarden - "Pretty Noose" Stone Temple Pilots - "Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart" |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance - FemaleSheryl Crow "If It Makes You Happy" [ from Sheryl Crow] |
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other nominees: Tracy Bonham - "Mother Mother" Tracy Chapman - "Give Me One Reason" Joan Osborne - "Spider Web" Bonnie Raitt - "Burning Down The House" |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance - MaleBeck "Where It's At" [ from Odelay] |
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other nominees: Bryan Adams - "The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You" Eric Clapton - "Ain't Gone 'N Give Up On Your Love" John Hiatt - "Cry Love" Bruce Springsteen - "Dead Man Walkin'" |
| Best Metal PerformanceRage Against The Machine "Tire Me" [ from Evil Empire] |
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other nominees: Korn - "Shoots And Ladders" Pantera - "Suicide Note Pt. 1" White Zombie - "I'm Your Boogie Man" Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper - "Hands Of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" |
| Best Rock Instrumental PerformanceJimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray,B.B. King, Buddy Guy,Dr. John, & Art Neville "SRV Shuffle" [ from A Tribute To Stevie Ray Vaughancompilation ] |
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other nominees: Booker T & The MG's - "Green Onions Eric Johnson - "Pavilion" Joe Satriani - "(You're) My World" Edward & Alex Van Halen - "Respect The Wind" |
| Best Rock AlbumSheryl Crow Sheryl Crow |
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other nominees: Dave Matthews Band - CrashNo Doubt - Tragic KingdomBonnie Raitt - Road TestedNeil Young - Broken Arrow |
| Best Alternative Music PerformanceBeck Odelay |
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other nominees: Tori Amos - Boys For PeleTracy Bonham - The Burdens Of Being UprightR.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-FiSmashing Pumpkins -Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness |
| Best Rap Solo PerformanceL.L. Cool J "Hey Lover" [ from Mr. Smith] |
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other nominees: Busta Rhymes - "Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check"Coolio - "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" Heavy D - "Rock With You" Nas - "If I Ruled The World" |
| Best Rap Performance by a Duo or GroupBone Thugs-N-Harmony "Tha Crossroads" [ from E. 1999 Eternal] |
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other nominees: Salt-N-Pepa: "Champagne" A Tribe Called Quest - "1nce Again" 2Pac & Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman - "California Love" 2Pac & K-Ci & JoJo - "How Do U Want It" |
| Best Rap AlbumFugees The Score |
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other nominees: Coolio - Gangsta's ParadiseL.L. Cool J - Mr. SmithA Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes & Life2Pac - All Eyez On Me |
| Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (songwriter)"Because You Loved Me" Diane Warren [ from Up Close * Personal soundtrack ] |
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other nominees: "Count On Me" - Babyface, Michael Houston & Whitney Houston "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" - Babyface "It Hurts Liek Hell" - Babyface "Moonlight" - Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & John Williams |
| Best Music Video, Short FormThe Beatles"Free As A Bird" [ from The Beatles Anthology, Volume 1 ] |
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other nominees: Alanis Morissette - "Ironic" Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight, Tonight" Michael Jackson - "Earth Song" Green Day - "Walking Contradiction" |
| Best Music Video, Long FormThe BeatlesThe Beatles Anthology |
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other nominees: Reinbert de Leeuw - Satie & Suzanne Bon Jovi - Live From London Bruce Springsteen - Blood Brothers Oingo Boingo - Farewell - Live From The Universal Amphitheatre |
| Producer of the Year (non-classical)Babyface |
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other nominees: David Foster Don Gehman Brendan O'Brien Don Was |