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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