1989 Grammy Awards
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| Record of the Year | “Wind Beneath My Wings,” Bette Midler |
| Album of the Year | Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt (Capitol) |
| Song of the Year | “Wind Beneath My Wings,” Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar, songwriters |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You,” Michael Bolton |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | “Nick of Time,” Bonnie Raitt |
| Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | “Don't Know Much,” Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance | “Healing Chant,” Neville Brothers |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male | The End of the Innocence, Don Henley |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female | Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt |
| Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | Traveling Wilburys Volume One, Traveling Wilburys |
| Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop With Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas, Jeff Beck, Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas |
| Best Hard Rock Performance | “Cult of Personality,” Living Colour |
| Best Metal Performance | “One,” Metallica |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song | “If You Don't Know Me by Now,” Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, songwriters |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male | “Every Little Step,” Bobby Brown |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female | Giving You the Best That I Got, Anita Baker |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | “Back to Life,” Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance | “African Dance,” Soul II Soul |
| Best Rap Performance | “Bust a Move,” Young MC |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male | When Harry Met Sally, Harry Connick, Jr. |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female | Blues on Broadway, Ruth Brown |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group | “Makin' Whoopee,” Dr. John and Rickie Lee Jones |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist on a Jazz Recording | Aura, Miles Davis (Columbia/CBS) |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group | Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Chick Corea Akoustic Band |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band | Aura, Miles Davis |
| Best Jazz Fusion Performance | Letter From Home, Pat Metheny Group |
| Best Country Song | “After All This Time,” Rodney Crowell, songwriter |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male | Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Lyle Lovett |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female | Absolute Torch and Twang, k.d. lang |
| Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | Will the Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| Best Country Vocal Collaboration | “There's a Tear in My Beer,” Hank Williams, Jr. and Hank Williams, Sr. |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance | “Amazing Grace,” Randy Scruggs |
| Best Bluegrass Recording | “The Valley Road,” Bruce Hornsby and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Universal) |
| Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male | “Meantime,” BeBe Winans |
| Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female | “Don't Cry,” CeCe Winans |
| Best Gospel Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus | “The Savior Is Waiting,” Take 6 |
| Best Soul Gospel Vocal Performance, Male or Female | “As Long as We're Together,” Al Green |
| Best Soul Gospel Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus | “Let Brotherly Love Continue,” Daniel Winans and Choir |
| Best Latin Pop Performance | “Cielito Lindo,” José Feliciano |
| Best Tropical Latin Performance | Ritmo en el Corazon, Celia Cruz and Ray Barretto |
| Best Mexican/American Performance | La Pistola y el Corazon, Los Lobos |
| Best Traditional Blues Recording | “I'm in the Mood,” John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt (Chameleon Music Group) |
| Best Contemporary Blues Recording | In Step, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (Epic) |
| Best Traditional Folk Recording | Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Vol. II, Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir (Elektra/Nonesuch) |
| Best Contemporary Folk Recording | Indigo Girls, Indigo Girls (Epic) |
| Best Reggae Recording | One Bright Day, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers (Virgin) |
| Best New Age Performance | Passion (Music from The Last Temptation of Christ), Peter Gabriel |
| Best Polka Recording | All in My Love for You, Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra (Starr) |
| Best Arrangement on an Instrumental | “Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War,” Dave Grusin, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) | “My Funny Valentine,” Dave Grusin, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Composition | “The Batman Theme,” Danny Elfman, composer |
| Best Musical Cast Show Album | Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Jason Alexander, Debbie Shapiro and Robert La Fasse (RCA Victor) |
| Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dave Grusin, composer (GRP) |
| Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television | Let the River Run (From the motion picture Working Girl), Carly Simon, composer (Arista) |
| Best Contemporary Composition | Different Trains, Steve Reich, composer |
| Best Classical Album | Bartók, 6 String Quartets, Emerson String Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Best Orchestral Performance | Mahler, Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic |
| Best Chamber Music Performance | Bartók, 6 String Quartets, Emerson String Quartet |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) | Barber, Cello Concerto, Op. 22; Britten, Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68, Yo-Yo Ma, cellist; David Zinman conducting Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) | Bach, English Suites, BMV 806-11, Andras Schiff, pianist |
| Best Opera Recording | Wagner, Die Walkuere, James Levine conducting Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; solos: Lakes, Moll, Morris, Norman, Behrens and Ludwig (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) | Britten, War Requiem, Robert Shaw conducting Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Atlanta Boys Choir |
| Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance | Knoxville, Summer of 1915 (Music of Barber, Menott, Harbison and Stravinsky), Dawn Upshaw, soprano; David Zinman conducting Orchestra of St. Luke's |
| Best Comedy Recording | P.D.Q. Bach, 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults, Professor Peter Schickele (Telarc) |
| Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording | It's Always Something, Gilda Radner (Simon and Schuster Audio) |
| Best Recording for Children | The Rock-a-Bye Collection Vol. I, Tanya Goodman (Jaba) |
| Best Album Package | Sound + Vision, Roger Gorman, art director (Rykodisc) |
| Best Album Notes | Bird: The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve, Phil Schaap, annotator (Verve) |
| Best Historical Album | Chuck Berry—The Chess Box, Chuck Berry (Chess/MCA) |
| Best Music Video, Short Form | “Leave Me Alone,” Michael Jackson |
| Best Music Video, Long Form | “Rhythm Nation 1814,” Janet Jackson |
| Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | Peter Asher |
| Classical Producer of the Year | Robert Woods |
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