1991 Grammy Awards
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Record of the Year | “Unforgettable,” Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole |
| Album of the Year | Unforgettable, Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (Elektra) |
| Song of the Year | “Unforgettable,” Irving Gordon, songwriter |
| Best New Artist | Marc Cohn |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | “When a Man Loves a Woman,” Michael Bolton |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | “Something to Talk About,” Bonnie Raitt |
| Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | “Losing My Religion,” R.E.M. |
| Best Traditional Pop Performance | “Unforgettable,” Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Michael Kamen conducting Greater Los Angeles Orchestra |
| Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album | Under Their Influence, Russ Taff (Myrrh) |
| Best Rock Song | “Soul Cages,” Sting, songwriter |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo | Luck of the Draw, Bonnie Raitt |
| Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | “Good Man, Good Woman,” Bonnie Raitt and Delbert McClinton |
| Best Rock Instrumental Performance | “Cliffs of Dover,” Eric Johnson |
| Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal | For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Van Halen |
| Best Metal Performance With Vocal | Metallica, Metallica |
| Best Alternative Music Album | Out of Time, R.E.M. (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song | “Power of Love/Love Power,” Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller and Teddy Vann, songwriters |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male | Power of Love, Luther Vandross |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female (tie) | Burnin', Patti LaBelle |
| “How Can I Ease the Pain,” Lisa Fischer | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | Cooleyhigh Harmony, Boyz II Men |
| Best Rap Solo Performance | “Mama Said Knock You Out,” L.L. Cool J |
| Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group | “Summertime,” D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance | He Is Christmas, Take 6 |
| Best Jazz Instrumental, Solo | “I Remember You,” Stan Getz |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group | Saturday Night at the Blue Note, Oscar Peterson Trio |
| Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance | Live at the Royal Festival Hall, Dizzy Gillespie and the United Nation Orchestra |
| Best Contemporary Jazz Performance | “Sassy,” Manhattan Transfer |
| Best Country Song | “Love Can Build a Bridge,” Naomi Judd, John Jarvis and Paul Overstreet, songwriters |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male | Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female | “Down at the Twist and Shout,” Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal | “Love Can Build a Bridge,” Judds |
| Best Country Vocal Collaboration | “Restless,” Steve Wariner, Ricky Skaggs and Vince Gill |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance | The New Nashville Cats, Mark O'Conner |
| Best Bluegrass Album | Spring Training, Carl Jackson and John Starling (and the Nash Ramblers) (Sugar Hill) |
| Best Pop Gospel Album | For the Sake of the Call, Steven Curtis Chapman (Sparrow) |
| Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album | Pray for Me, Mighty Clouds of Joy (Word) |
| Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album | Different Lifestyles, BeBe and CeCe Winans (Capitol/Sparrow) |
| Best Southern Gospel Album | Homecoming, Gaither Vocal Band (Star Song) |
| Best Gospel Album By a Choir or Chorus | The Evolution of Gospel, Sounds of Blackness; Gary Hines, choir director (Perspective/A&M) |
| Best Latin Pop Album | Cosas del Amor, Vikki Carr (Sony Discos International) |
| Best Tropical Latin Album | Bachata Rosa, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 (Karen) |
| Best Mexican/American Album | 16 de Septiembre, Little Joe (Sony Discos International) |
| Best Traditional Blues Album | Live at the Apollo, B.B. King (GRP) |
| Best Contemporary Blues Album | Damn Right, I've Got the Blues, Buddy Guy (Silvertone) |
| Best Traditional Folk Album | The Civil War (Original Soundtrack), various artists (Elektra/Nonesuch) |
| Best Contemporary Folk Album | The Missing Years, John Prine (Oh Boy) |
| Best Reggae Album | As Raw as Ever, Shabba Ranks (Epic) |
| Best New Age Album | Fresh Aire 7, Mannheim Steamroller (American Gramaphone) |
| Best World Music Album | Planet Drum, Mickey Hart (Rykodisc) |
| Best Polka Album | Livel At Gilley's, Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra (Starr) |
| Best Arrangement on an Instrumental | “Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Love You Porgy,” Dave Grusin, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) | “Unforgettable,” Johnny Mandel, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Composition | “Basque,” Elton John, composer |
| Best Musical Show Album | The Will Rogers Follies (Original Broadway Cast Album), Keith Carradine and cast (Columbia) |
| Best Instrumental Composition Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | Dances With Wolves, John Barry, composer |
| Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (From Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), Bryan Adams, Robert John “Mutt” Lange and Michael Kamen, songwriters (A&M/Morgan Creek) |
| Best Contemporary Composition | Symphony No. 1, John Corigliano, composer |
| Best Classical Album | Bernstein, Candide, Leonard Bernstein conducting London Symphony Orchestra; solos: Hadley, Anderson, Ludwig, Green, Gedda and Jones (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Best Orchestral Performance | Corigliano, Symphony No. 1, Daniel Barenboim conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Best Chamber Music Performance | Brahms, Piano Quartets, Isaac Stern and Jamime Laredo, violinists; Yo-Yo Ma, cellist; Emanuel Ax, pianist |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) | Barber, Piano Concertos, John Browning, pianist; Leonard Slatkin conducting St. Louis Symphony Orchestra |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) | Granados, Goyescas, Allegro de Concierto, Danza Lenta, Alicia de Larrocha, pianist |
| Best Opera Recording | Wagner, Götterdämmerung, James Levine conducting The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Choir; solos: Behrens, Studer, Schwartz, Goldberg, Weikl, Wlaschiha and Salminen (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Best Performance of a Choral Work | Bach, Mass in B Minor, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra; Margaret Hills, choral director |
| Best Classical Vocal Performance | The Girl With Orange Lips, De Falla, Ravel, Kim, Stravinsky and Delage; Dawn Upshaw, soprano |
| Best Comedy Album | P.D.Q. Bach, WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio, Professor Peter Shickele (Telarc) |
| Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album | The Civil War (Geoffrey Ward With Rick Burns and Ken Burns), Ken Burns (Sound Editions) |
| Best Album for Children | A Cappella Kids, Marantha! Kids (Marantha) |
| Best Album Package | Billie Holiday, The Complete Decca Recordings, Vartan, art director (GRP) |
| Best Album Notes | Star Time, James Brown, Cliff White, Harry Weinger, Nelson George and Alan M. Leeds, annotators (Polydor) |
| Best Historical Album | Billie Holiday, The Complete Decca Recordings, Billie Holiday (GRP) |
| Best Music Video, Short Form | “Losing My Religion,” R.E.M. |
| Best Music Video, Long Form | Madonna: Blonde Ambition World Tour Live, Madonna |
| Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | David Foster |
| Classical Producer of the Year | James Mallinson |
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