1998 Grammy Awards

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

The 41st Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium on February 24, 1999.

Record:“My Heart Will Go On,” Celine Dion
Album:The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia Records)
Song:“My Heart Will Go On,” James Horner and Will Jennings, songwriters
New Artist:Lauryn Hill
Female Pop Vocal:“My Heart Will Go On,” Celine Dion
Male Pop Vocal:“My Father's Eyes,” Eric Clapton
Pop Duo or Group with Vocals:“Jump Jive An' Wail,” The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Pop Collaboration with Vocals:“I Still Have That Other Girl,”Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach
Pop Instrumental:“Sleepwalk,” The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Dance Recording:“Ray of Light,” Madonna
Pop Album:Ray of Light, Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records)
Traditional Pop Album:Live at Carnegie Hall—The 50th Anniversary Concert, Patti Page
Female Rock Vocal:“Uninvited,” Alanis Morissette
Male Rock Vocal:“Fly Away,” Lenny Kravitz
Rock Duo or Group with Vocals:“Pink,”Aerosmith
Hard Rock:“Most High,” Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
Metal:“Better Than You,” Metallica
Rock Instrumental:“The Roots of Coincidence,” Pat Metheny Group
Rock Song:“Uninvited,” Alanis Morissette, songwriter
Rock Album:The Globe Sessions, Sheryl Crow (A&M Records)
Alternative Album:Hello Nasty, Beastie Boys
Female R&B Vocal:“Doo Wop (That Thing),” Lauryn Hill
Male R&B Vocal:“St. Louis Blues,” Stevie Wonder
R&B Duo or Group with Vocals:“The Boy Is Mine,” Brandy and Monica
R&B Song:“Doo Wop (That Thing),” Lauryn Hill, songwriter
R&B Album:The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia Records)
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:Live! One Night Only, Patti LaBelle
Rap Solo:“Gettin' Jiggy Wit It,” Will Smith
Rap Duo or Group:“Intergalactic,” Beastie Boys
Rap Album:Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life, Jay-Z
Female Country Vocal:“You're Still the One,” Shania Twain
Male Country Vocal:“If You Ever Have Forever in Mind,” Vince Gill
Country Duo or Group with Vocals:“There's Your Trouble,” Dixie Chicks
Country Collaboration with Vocals:“Same Old Train,”Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, and Dwight Yoakam
Country Instrumental:“A Soldier's Joy,” Randy Scruggs and Vince Gill
Country Song:“You're Still the One,” Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Shania Twain, songwriters
Country Album:Wide Open Spaces, Dixie Chicks (Monument Records)
Bluegrass Album:Bluegrass Rules!, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family Records)
New Age Album:Landmarks, Clannad (Atlantic Records)
Contemporary Jazz:Imaginary Day, Pat Metheny Group
Jazz Vocal:I Remember Miles, Shirley Horn
Jazz Instrumental, Solo:“Rhumbata,” Chick Corea and Gary Burton
Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group:Gershwin's World, Herbie Hancock (Verve Records)
Large Jazz Ensemble:Count Plays Duke, Count Basie Orchestra
Latin Jazz:Hot House, Arturo Sandoval
Rock Gospel Album:You Are There, Ashley Cleveland (Cadence/204 Records)
Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:This Is My Song, Deniece Williams (Harmony Records)
Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album:The Apostle—Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture, various artists (Sparrow Records/Rising Tide [MCA])
Traditional Soul Gospel Album:He Leadeth Me, Cissy Houston (House of Blues Music)
Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:The Nu Nation Project, Kirk Franklin (Gospo Centric Records)
Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus:Reflections, The Associates; O'Landa Draper, Choir Director (Warner Alliance Records)
Latin Pop:Vuelve, Ricky Martin
Latin Rock/Alternative:Sueños Liquidos, Mana
Tropical Latin:Contra la Corriente, Marc Anthony
Mexican-American:Los Super Seven, Los Super Seven
Tejano:Said and Done, Flaco Jimenez
Traditional Blues:Any Place I'm Going, Otis Rush (House of Blues Records)
Contemporary Blues:Slow Down, Keb' Mo' (Okeh/550 Music)
Traditional Folk:Long Journey Home, The Chieftains with various artists (Wicklow Records)
Contemporary Folk:Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Lucinda Williams (Mercury Records)
Reggae Album:Friends, Sly and Robbie (EastWest Records America/EEG)
World Music Album:Quanta Live, Gilberto Gil (Atlantic/Mesa Records)
Polka Album:Dance with Me, Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra (Rounder Records)
Musical Album for Children:Elmopalooza!, The Sesame Street Muppets with various artists (Sony Wonder Records)
Spoken Word Album for Children:The Children's Shakespeare, various artists (Dove Audio)
Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:Still Me (Christopher Reeve), Christopher Reeve (Random House Audio Books)
Spoken Comedy Album:The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner (Rhino Records)
Musical Show Album:The Lion King (Walt Disney Records)
Instrumental Composition:“Almost 12,” Bela Fleck, Future Man, and Victor Lemonte Wooten, composers
Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television:Saving Private Ryan, John Williams, composer
Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:“My Heart Will Go On” (from Titanic), James Horner and Will Jennings, songwriters
Instrumental Arrangement:“Waltz for Debby,” Don Sebesky, arranger
Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals:“St. Louis Blues,” Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, and Stevie Wonder, arrangers
Best Recording Package:Ray of Light, Kevin Reagan, art director (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records)
Best Recording Package—Boxed:The Complete Hank Williams, Jim Kemp and Virginia Team, art directors (Rhino Records)
Best Album Notes:Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968, Bob Belden, Todd Coolman and Michael Cuscuna, album notes writers
Historical Album:The Complete Hank Williams (Mercury Records Nashville)
Best-Engineered Album, Non-Classical:The Globe Sessions, Tchad Blake, Trina Shoemaker and Andy Wallace, engineers (A&M Records)
Producer, Non-Classical:Rob Cavallo
Remixer, Non-Classical:David Morales
Best-Engineered Album, Classical:Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana, Jack Renner, engineer
Classical Producer:Steven Epstein
Classical Album:Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc)
Orchestral:Mahler: Sym. No. 9, Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
Opera:Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle, Pierre Boulez, conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
Choral:Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana, Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc)
Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra:Penderecki: Violin Con. No. 2 “Metamorphosen”, Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor
Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra:Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 and 6, Murray Perahia, piano
Chamber Music:American Scenes (Works of Copland, Previn, Barber, Gershwin), Andre Previn, piano; Gil Shaham, violin
Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor):“Reich: Music for 18 Musicians,” Steve Reich and Musicians
Classical Vocal:The Beautiful Voice (Works of Charpentier, Gounod, Massenet, Flotow, Etc.), Renee Fleming, soprano
Classical Contemporary Composition:Penderecki: Violin Con. No. 2 “Metamorphosen”, Krzysztof Penderecki, composer
Classical Crossover Album:“Soul of the Tango—The Music of Astor Piazzolla, ” Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Jorge Calandrelli, conductor
Music Video, Short Form:“Ray of Light,” Jonas Akerlund, video director
Music Video, Long Form:American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, video director
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