Cérémonie 39th Grammy award -Award 1996 :Award winners: Record of the Year Babyface (producer) & Eric Clapton for "Change the World" Album of the Year Roy Bittan, Jeff Bova, David Foster, Humberto Gatica, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Rick Hahn, Dan Hill, John Jones, Aldo Nova, Rick Nowels, Steven Rinkoff, Billy Steinberg, Jim Steinman, Ric Wake (producers) & Céline Dion for Falling Into You Song of the Year Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) for "Change the World" performed by Eric Clapton & Babyface / Wynonna Best New Artist LeAnn Rimes [edit] Alternative Best Alternative Music Performance Beck for Odelay [edit] Blues Best Traditional Blues Album James Cotton for Deep in the Blues Best Contemporary Blues Album Keb' Mo' for Just Like You [edit] Children's Best Musical Album for Children George Massenburg (producer) & Linda Ronstadt (producer & artist) for Dedicated to the One I Love Best Spoken Word Album for Children Virginia Callaway, Steven Heller (producers) & David Holt (producer & narrator) for Stellaluna [edit] Classical Best Orchestral Performance Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony for Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Scenes From the Ballet) Best Classical Vocal Performance James Levine (conductor), Bryn Terfel & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for Opera Arias - Works of Mozart, Wagner, Borodin Best Opera Recording Brian Couzens (producer), Richard Hickox (conductor), Philip Langridge, Alan Opie, Janice Watson, the London Symphony Chorus & the City of London Sinfonia for Britten: Peter Grimes Best Choral Performance Andrew Litton (conductor), Neville Creed, David Hill (chorus masters) & the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Walton: Belshazzar's Feast Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Yefim Bronfman & the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Bartók: The Three Piano Concertos Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) Earl Wild for The Romantic Master - Works of Saint-Saëns, Handel Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor) Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Ensemble Inter-Contemporain for Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe... Best Chamber Music Performance The Cleveland Quartet for Corigliano: String Quartet Best Classical Contemporary Composition John Corigliano (composer) & the Cleveland Quartet for Corigliano: String Quartet Best Classical Album Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Michelle De Young, various artists, the Washington Choral Arts Society Male Chorus, the Washington Oratorio Society Male Chorus & the National Symphony Orchestra for Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance [edit] Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Composition Herbie Hancock & Jean Hancock (composers) for "Manhattan (Island of Lights and Love)" performed by Herbie Hancock Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television Diane Warren (songwriter) for "Because You Loved Me" (Theme from Up Close & Personal) performed by Céline Dion Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television David Arnold (composer) for Independence Day Best Instrumental Arrangement Michael Kamen (arranger) for "An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus)" Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s) Alan Broadbent & David Foster (arrangers) for "When I Fall in Love" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole [edit] Country Best Female Country Vocal Performance LeAnn Rimes for "Blue" Best Male Country Vocal Performance Vince Gill for "Worlds Apart" Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Brooks & Dunn for "My Maria" Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Alison Krauss & Union Station & Vince Gill for "High Lonesome Sound" Best Country Instrumental Performance Chet Atkins for "Jam Man" Best Country Song Bill Mack (songwriter) for "Blue" performed by LeAnn Rimes Best Country Album Billy Williams (producer) & Lyle Lovett (producer & artist) for The Road to Ensenada Best Bluegrass Album Todd Phillips (producer) for True Life Blues - The Songs of Bill Monroe performed by various artists [edit] Folk Best Traditional Folk Album Pete Seeger for Pete Best Contemporary Folk Album Bruce Springsteen for The Ghost of Tom Joad [edit] Gospel Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album Neal Joseph & Norman Miller (producers) for Tribute - The Songs of Andrae Crouch performed by various artists Best Rock Gospel Album dc Talk for Jesus Freak Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album Cissy Houston for Face to Face Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album Kirk Franklin for Whatcha Lookin' 4 Best Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album Andy Griffith for I Love to Tell the Story - 25 Timeless Hymns Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus Shirley Caesar (choir director) for Just a Word performed by Shirley Caesar's Outreach Convention Choir [edit] Historical Best Historical Album Bob Belden (producer), Phil Schaap (producer & engineer) Phil Schaap & Mark Wilder (engineer) for The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans Jen O'Sullivan: Best Gospel Song of the Year [edit] Jazz Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Michael Brecker for "Cabin Fever" Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group Michael Brecker for Tales From the Hudson Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance Grover Mitchell for Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Best Jazz Vocal Performance Cassandra Wilson for New Moon Daughter Best Contemporary Jazz Performance Wayne Shorter for High Life Best Latin Jazz Performance Paquito D'Rivera for Portraits of Cuba [edit] Latin Best Latin Pop Performance Enrique Iglesias for Enrique Iglesias Best Tropical Latin Performance Rubén Blades for La Rosa de los Vientos Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance La Mafia for Un Millon de Rosas [edit] Musical Show Best Musical Show Album Bill Whelan (composer, lyricist & producer) & various artists for Riverdance [edit] Music video Best Music Video, Short Form Vincent Joliet (video producer), Joe Pytka (video director) & The Beatles for "Free as a Bird" Best Music Video, Long Form Chips Chipperfield, Neil Aspinall (video producers), Bob Smeaton, Geoff Wonfor (video directors) & The Beatles for The Beatles Anthology [edit] New Age Best New Age Album Enya for The Memory of Trees [edit] Packaging and Notes Best Recording Package Andy Engel & Tommy Steele (art directors) for Ultra-Lounge (Leopard Skin Sampler) performed by various artists Best Recording Package - Boxed Arnold Levine & Chika Azuma (art directors) for The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans Best Album Notes Bill Kirchner, Bob Belden, George Avakian & Phil Schaap (notes writers) for The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings performed by Miles Davis & Gil Evans [edit] Polka Best Polka Album Jimmy Sturr for Polka! All Night Long [edit] Pop Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Toni Braxton for "Un-break My Heart" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Eric Clapton for "Change the World" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Beatles for "Free as a Bird" Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Natalie Cole for "When I Fall in Love" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole Best Pop Instrumental Performance Béla Fleck and the Flecktones for "The Sinister Minister" Best Pop Album Céline Dion for Falling Into You [edit] Production and engineering Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Al Schmitt, Bruce Swedien, Francis Buckley & Tommy Vicari for Q's Jook Joint performed by Quincy Jones Best Classical Engineered Recording Lawrence Rock, William Hoekstra (engineers), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony for Copland: Dance Symphony; Short Symphony; Organ Symphony Producer of the Year Babyface Classical Producer of the Year Joanna Nickrenz [edit] R&B Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Toni Braxton for "You're Makin' Me High" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Luther Vandross for "Your Secret Love" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Fugees for "Killing Me Softly With His Song" Best Rhythm & Blues Song Babyface (songwriter) for "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" performed by Whitney Houston Best R&B Album Tony Rich for Words performed by The Tony Rich Project [edit] Rap Best Rap Solo Performance LL Cool J for "Hey Lover" Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony for "Tha Crossroads" Best Rap Album The Fugees (producer and artist) for The Score [edit] Reggae Best Reggae Album Bunny Wailer for Hall of Fame - A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary [edit] Rock Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Sheryl Crow for "If It Makes You Happy" Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Beck for "Where It's At" Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Dave Matthews Band for "So Much to Say" Best Rock Instrumental Performance Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, B.B. King, Art Neville, Bonnie Raitt & Jimmie Vaughan for "SRV Shuffle" Best Hard Rock Performance Smashing Pumpkins for "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" Best Metal Performance Rage Against the Machine for "Tire Me" Best Rock Song Tracy Chapman (songwriter) for "Give Me One Reason" Best Rock Album Sheryl Crow (producer & artist) for Sheryl Crow [edit] Spoken Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album Hillary Rodham Clinton for It Takes a Village Best Spoken Comedy Album Al Franken for Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot [edit] Trad Pop Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance Tony Bennett for Here's to the Ladies [edit] World Best World Music Album The Chieftains for Santiago [edit]