Pop/Rock Category

• Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
  • Bobby Brown

• Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
  • Paula Abdul

• Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group
  • New Kids On The Block

• Favorite Pop/Rock Album
  • Hangin' Tough - New Kids On The Block

• Favorite Pop/Rock Single
  • "Girl You Know It's True" - Milli Vanilli

• Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist
  • Milli Vanilli

Bobby Brown on the cover of his number-one hit single My Prerogative. For other uses, see Bobby Brown (disambiguation). ... Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American dancer, choreographer, singer, and television personality. ... New Kids On The Block (later NKOTB) was a successful boy band of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Hangin Tough is New Kids on the Blocks second album, which was released in 1988. ... Milli Vanilli (milli is a word meaning national in Turkish, picked up by the artists while visiting Turkey on one of its national days) was a duo, Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus, formed in Germany in the mid-1980s. ...

Soul/R&B Category

• Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
  • Luther Vandross

• Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
  • Anita Baker

• Favorite Soul/R&B Band, Duo, or Group
  • The O'Jays

• Favorite Soul/R&B Album
  • Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown

• Favorite Soul/R&B Single
  • "Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson

• Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist
  • Milli Vanilli

Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Jr. ... Anita Baker (born January 26, 1958, in Toledo, Ohio) is an African American soul and adult contemporary Rhythm and blues singer. ... The OJays are a popular Philadelphia soul group, originally consisting of Walter Williams, Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, William Powell and Eddie Levert. ... Image:Dontbecruelalbum. ... Miss You Much was a 1989 hit single for pop music diva Janet Jackson. ... Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, actress, and the youngest child of the famed Jackson music family. ...

Country Category

• Favorite Country Male Artist
  • Randy Travis

• Favorite Country Female Artist
  • Reba McEntire

• Favorite Country Band, Duo, or Group
  • Alabama (band)

• Favorite Country Album
  • 'Old 8x10 - Randy Travis

• Favorite Country Single
  • "Deeper Than The Holler" - Randy Travis

• Favorite Country New Artist
  • Clint Black

Randy Travis sings his chart-topping song Three Wooden Crosses, at the DoD-sponsored salute to Korean War veterans at the MCI Center in Washington, July 26, 2003. ... Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning singer, and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time, known for her pop tinged ballads that include 22 #1 hits, she has issued no less than 29 albums, with more than 45 million... Alabama is a country music band that was started in 1969 but did not get a recording contract until 1977. ... Randy Travis sings his chart-topping song Three Wooden Crosses, at the DoD-sponsored salute to Korean War veterans at the MCI Center in Washington, July 26, 2003. ... Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA) is a country music singer, songwriter and producer. ...

Rap/Hip-Hop Category

• Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist
  • MC Hammer

• Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album
  • Let's Get It Started" - MC Hammer

• Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop New Artist
  • Young MC

MC Hammer (later Hammer), real name Stanley Kirk Burrell, (born March 30, 1962) is an American rapper who was popular during the 1980s and early 1990s, known for his dramatic rise to and fall from fame and fortune, his trademark parachute pants, and for leaving a lasting influence on hip... Young MC (real name Marvin Young, May 10, 1967) was a rapper who was most popular for his 1989 hit Bust a Move, which won a Grammy for best Rap Record. ...

Heavy Metal Category

• Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist
  • Guns N' Roses

• Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album
  • "Appetite for Destruction" - Guns N' Roses

• Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock New Artist
  • Skid Row

Guns N Roses (GNR) is an American hard rock band. ... Appetite for Destruction was rock and roll band Guns N Roses breakthrough album. ... Guns N Roses (GNR) is an American hard rock band. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the hard rock prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were reasonably successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ...

Dance Category

• Favorite Dance Artist
  • Paula Abdul

• Favorite Dance Single
  • "Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson

• Favorite Dance New Artist
  • Tone Loc

Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, actress, and the youngest child of the famed Jackson music family. ... Tone Loc (born Anthony Terrell Smith on March 3, 1966) is an American hip hop artist turned actor, most well-known for his 1989 hit singles Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina. He is also known for his deep, gravelly, almost hoarse voice. ...

Award of Merit

• Neil Diamond

Essential Neil Diamond album cover. ...

Award of Achievement

• Prince