| Prix | Artiste | Titre |
|---|
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | Whitney Houston | Saving All My Love For You |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | Phil Collins | No Jacket Required |
| Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal | USA for Africa | We Are The World |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) | Jan Hammer | Miami Vice Theme |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female | Tina Turner | Oneof the Living |
| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male | Don Henley | The Boysof Summer |
| Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal | Dire Straits | Moneyfor Nothing |
| Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Jeff Beck | Escape |
| Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Aretha Franklin | Freewayof Love |
| Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male | Stevie Wonder | In Square Circle |
| Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal | Commodores | Nightshift |
| Best R&B Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) | Ernie Watts | Musician |
| Best Rhythm & Blues Song | | Freewayof Love |
| Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental | David Sanborn | Straightto the Heart |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Female | Cleo Laine | Cleo At Carnegie - The 10th Anniversary Concert |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance - Male | Bobby McFerrin etJon Hendricks | Another Night In Tunisia |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group | The Manhattan Transfer | Vocalese |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist | Wynton Marsalis | Black Codesfrom the Underground |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group | Wynton Marsalis Group | Black Codesfrom the Underground |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band | John Barry etBob Wilber | The Cotton Club - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| Best Country Vocal Performance - Female | Rosanne Cash | I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male | Ronnie Milsap | Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night) |
| Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal | The Judds | Why Not Me |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) | Chet Atkins etMark Knopfler | Cosmic Square Dance |
| Best Country Song | | Highwayman |
| Best Gospel Performance, Female | Amy Grant | Unguarded |
| Best Gospel Performance - Male | Larnelle Harris | How Excellent Is Thy Name |
| Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir Or Chorus | Sandi Patti etLarnelle Harris | I've Just Seen Jesus |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female | Shirley Caesar | Martin |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance - Male | Marvin Winans | Bring Back The Days Of Yea And Nay |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus - Singles, Albums or Tracks | The Winans | Tomorrow |
| Best Inspirational Performance | Jennifer Holliday | Come Sunday |
| Best Latin Pop Performance | Lani Hall | Es Facil Amar |
| Best Tropical Latin Performance | Eddie Palmieri | Solito |
| Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble | Mambo Diablo |
| Best Mexican-American Performance | Vikki Carr | Simplemente Mujer |
| Best Traditional Blues Recording | B.B. King | My Guitar Sings The Blues |
| Best Ethnic Or Traditional Folk Recording | Rockin' Sidney | My Toot Toot |
| Best Polka Recording | Frank Yankovic | 70 Years Of Hits |
| Best Reggae Recording | Jimmy Cliff | Cliff Hanger |
| Best Recording For Children | | Follow That Bird - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| Best Comedy Recording | Whoopi Goldberg | Whoopi Goldberg - Original Broadway Show Recording |
| Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording | | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
| Best Music Video, Short Form | USA for Africa | We Are The World - The Video Event |
| Best Instrumental Composition | Jan Hammer | Miami Vice Theme |
| Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special | | Beverly Hills Cop |
| Best Cast Show Album | | West Side Story |
| Best Arrangement On An Instrumental | Dave Grusin &Lee Ritenour | Early A.M. Attitude |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) | | Lush Life |
| Best Vocal Arrangement For Two Or More Voices | | Another Night In Tunisia |
| Best Album Package | | Lush Life |
| Best Album Notes | | |
| Best Historical Album | John Pfeiffer | RCA/Met - 100 Singers - 100 Years |
| Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical | | Brothers In Arms |
| Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical) | | Phil Collins & Hugh Padgham |
| Best Classical Album | | Berlioz: Requiem |
| Best Classical Orchestral Recording | | Faure: Pelleas Et Melisande |
| Best Opera Recording | | Schoenberg: Moses Und Aron |
| Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) | | Berlioz: Requiem |
| Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Orchestra) | | Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto For Cello & Orch. |
| Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (Without Orchestra) | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit; Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales |
| Best Chamber Music Performance | Emanuel Ax &Yo-Yo Ma | Brahms: Cello And Piano Sonatas In E Minor And F |
| Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance | | Berlioz: Requiem |
| Best New Classical Artist | | |
| Best Contemporary Composition | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lloyd Webber: Requiem |
| Best Engineered Recording, Classical | | Berlioz: Requiem |
| Classical Producer Of The Year | Robert Woods |
