The 36th Grammy Awards were held in 1994. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

Award winners:

• Record of the Year
  • David Foster (producer) & Whitney Houston for "I Will Always Love You"

• Album of the Year
  • Babyface, BeBe Winans, David Cole, David Foster, L.A. Reid, Narada Michael Walden, Robert Clivilles (producers) & Whitney Houston for The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album

• Song of the Year
  • Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" performed by Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle

• Best New Artist
  • Toni Braxton

Alternative

• Best Alternative Music Performance
  • U2 for Zooropa

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Album
  • B. B. King for Blues Summit
• Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • Buddy Guy for Feels Like Rain

Children's

• Best Musical Album for Children
  • Alan Menken, Tim Rice (producers) & various artists for Aladdin - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • Deborah Raffin, Michael Viner (producers) & Audrey Hepburn for Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales

Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor)& the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Bartók: The Wooden Prince
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Arleen Auger for The Art of Arleen Auger (Works of Larsen, Purcell,,Schumann, Mozart)
• Best Opera Recording
  • Steven Paul (producer), John Nelson (conductor), John Aler, Kathleen Battle, Michael Chance, Mark S. Doss, Marilyn Horne, Neil Mackie, Sylvia McNair, Samuel Ramey, the Ambrosian Opera Chorus & the English Chamber Orchestra for Handel: Semele
• Best Performance of a Choral Work
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bartók: Cantata Profana
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)
  • James Levine (conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berg: Violin Concerto/Rihm: Time Chant
• Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra)
  • John Browning for Barber: The Complete Solo Piano Music
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • The Emerson String Quartet for Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2/ Barber: String Quartet Op.11 (American Originals)
• Best Contemporary Composition
  • Elliott Carter (composer), Oliver Knussen (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra for Carter: Violin Concerto
• Best Classical Album
  • Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor), John Aler, John Tomlinson & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Kenny G (composer) for "Forever in Love"
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" performed by Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • Alan Menken (composer) for Aladdin performed by various artists
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
  • Dave Grusin (arranger) for "Mood Indigo"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock (arrangers) for "When I Fall in Love" performed by Celine Dion & Clive Griffin

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Passionate Kisses"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Dwight Yoakam for "Ain't That Lonely Yet"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Brooks & Dunn for "Hard Workin' Man"
• Best Country Vocal Collaboration
  • Linda Davis & Reba McEntire for "Does He Love You"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, Reuben "Lucky Oceans" Gosfield & Vince Gill for "Red Wing"
• Best Country Song
  • Lucinda Williams (songwriter) for "Passionate Kisses" performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Best Bluegrass Album
  • The Nashville Bluegrass Band for Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album
  • The Chieftains for The Celtic Harp
• Best Contemporary Folk Album
  • Nanci Griffith for Other Voices/Other Rooms

Gospel

• Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Steven Curtis Chapman for The Live Adventure
• Best Rock Gospel Album
  • dc Talk for Free at Last
• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
  • Shirley Caesar for Stand Still
• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
  • The Winans for All Out
• Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album
  • Kathy Mattea for Good News
• Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
  • Carol Cymbala (choir director) for Live...We Come Rejoicing performed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Historical

• Best Historical Album
  • Michael Lang & Phil Schaap (producers) for The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959

Jazz

• Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • Joe Henderson for "Miles Ahead"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
  • Joe Henderson for So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  • Miles Davis & Quincy Jones for Miles and Quincy Live at Montreux
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Natalie Cole for Take a Look
• Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)
  • Pat Metheny Group for The Road to You

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Album
  • Luis Miguel for Aries
• Best Tropical Latin Album
  • Gloria Estefan for Mi Tierra
• Best Mexican-American Album
  • Selena for Live

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album
  • George Martin (producer), Pete Townshend (composer & lyricist) & the original cast for The Who's Tommy

Music Video

• Best Music Video, Short Form
  • Prudence Fenton (video producer), Stephen Johnson (video director) & Peter Gabriel for "Steam"
• Best Music Video, Long Form
  • Julie Fong (video producer), Doug Nichol (video director) & Sting for Ten Summoner's Tales

New Age

• Best New Age Album
  • Paul Winter Consort for Spanish Angel

Packaging and Notes

• Best Recording Package
  • David Lau (art director) for The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 performed by Billie Holiday
• Best Album Notes
  • Buck Clayton, Joel E. Siegel & Phil Schaap (notes writers) for The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 performed by Billie Holiday

Polka

• Best Polka Album
  • Walter Ostanek for Accordionally Yours performed by Walter Ostanek & His Band

Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • Whitney Houston for "I Will Always Love You"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • Sting for "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle for "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Branford Marsalis & Bruce Hornsby for "Barcelona Mona"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
  • Hugh Padgham (engineer) for Ten Summoner's Tales performed by Sting
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Rainer Maillard (engineer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
• Producer of the Year
  • David Foster
• Classical Producer of the Year
  • Judith Sherman

R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • Toni Braxton for "Another Sad Love Song"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Ray Charles for "A Song for You"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Sade for "No Ordinary Love"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis (songwriters) for "That's the Way Love Goes" performed by Janet Jackson

Rap

• Best Rap Solo Performance
  • Dr. Dre for "Let Me Ride"
• Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Digable Planets for "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"

Reggae

• Best Reggae Album
  • Inner Circle for Bad Boys

Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo
  • Meat Loaf for "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Aerosmith for "Livin' on the Edge"
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Steve Vai for "Sofa"
• Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal
  • Stone Temple Pilots for "Plush"
• Best Metal Performance with Vocal
  • Ozzy Osbourne for "I Don't Want to Change the World"
• Best Rock Song
  • David Pirner (songwriter) for "Runaway Train" performed by Soul Asylum

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • Maya Angelou for On the Pulse of Morning
• Best Spoken Comedy Album
  • George Carlin for Jammin' in New York

Trad Pop

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
  • Tony Bennett for Steppin' Out

World

• Best World Music Album
  • V. M. Bhatt & Ry Cooder for A Meeting by the River