The 38th Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1996. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Award winners:

• Record of the Year
  • Trevor Horn (producer) & Seal for "Kiss From a Rose"

• Album of the Year
  • Glen Ballard (producer) & Alanis Morissette for Jagged Little Pill

• Song of the Year
  • Seal (songwriter) for "Kiss From a Rose"

• Best New Artist
  • Hootie & the Blowfish

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Alternative

• Best Alternative Music Performance
  • Nirvana for MTV Unplugged in New York

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Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Album
  • John Lee Hooker for Chill Out
• Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • Buddy Guy for Slippin' In

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album has been awarded since 1983. ... John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. ... The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album has been awarded since 1988. ... Buddy Guy Buddy Guy (born George Guy, July 30, 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana) is an American blues music and rock music guitarist, as well as a singer. ...

Children's

• Best Musical Album for Children
  • J. Aaron Brown, David R. Lehman (producers) & Barbara Bailey Hutchison for Sleepy Time Lullabys
• Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • Dan Broatman, Martin Sauer (producers) & Patrick Stewart for Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

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Classical

• Best Orchestral Performance
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Debussy: La Mer
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Christopher Hogwood (conductor), Sylvia McNair & the Academy of Ancient Music for The Echoing Air - The Music of Henry Purcell
• Best Opera Recording
  • Raymond Minshull (producer), Charles Dutoit (conductor), Gary Lakes, Francoise Pollet, Gino Quilico, Deborah Voigt & L'Orchestra Symphonie Montreal & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens
• Best Choral Performance
  • Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director) & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
• Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
  • Seiji Ozawa (conductor), Itzhak Perlman & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for The American Album - Works of Bernstein, Barber, Foss
• Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
  • Radu Lupu for Schubert: Piano Sonatas (B Flat Major and A Major)
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Richard Stoltzman for Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios
• Best Classical Contemporary Composition
  • Olivier Messiaen (composer) & Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) for Messiaen: Concert a Quatre
• Best Classical Album
  • Karl-August Naegler (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus for Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux

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Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Bill Holman (composer) for "A View From the Side" performed by The Bill Holman Band
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz (songwriters) for "Colors of the Wind" performed by Judy Kuhn & Vanessa Williams
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • Hans Zimmer (composer) for Crimson Tide
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Robert Farnon (arranger) for "Lament" performed by J. J. Johnson & the Robert Farnon Orchestra
• Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • Rob McConnell (arranger) for "I Get a Kick Out of You" performed by Mel Tormé with Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass

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Country

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance
  • Alison Krauss for "Baby, Now That I've Found You"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Vince Gill for "Go Rest High on That Mountain"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Mavericks for "Here Comes the Rain"
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
  • Alison Krauss & Shenandoah for "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck & Johnny Gimble for "Hightower"
• Best Country Song
  • Vince Gill (songwriter) for "Go Rest High on That Mountain"
• Best Country Album
  • Robert John "Mutt" Lange (producer) & Shania Twain for The Woman In Me
• Best Bluegrass Album
  • The Nashville Bluegrass Band for Unleashed

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Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album
  • Ramblin' Jack Elliott for South Coast
• Best Contemporary Folk Album
  • Emmylou Harris for Wrecking Ball

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Gospel

• Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Michael W. Smith for I'll Lead You Home
• Best Rock Gospel Album
  • Ashley Cleveland for Lesson of Love
• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
  • Shirley Caesar for Shirley Caesar Live - He Will Come
• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
  • CeCe Winans for Alone In His Presence
• Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album
  • Bill Hearn (producer) for Amazing Grace - A Country Salute to Gospel performed by various artists
• Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
  • Carol Cymbala (choir director) for Praise Him - Live! performed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

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Historical

• Best Historical Album
  • John Pfeiffer (producer & notes writer), Ray Hall, Thomas MacCluskey, James P. Nichols, Anthony Salvatore, Jon M. Samuels, David Satz (engineers), J.J. Stelmach (art director), Gabriel Banat, Grant Beglarian, Robert Cowan, Mortimer W. Frank, Richard Freed, Erick Friedman, Harris Goldsmith, Josefa Heifetz, George Jellinek, Irving Kolodin, Jacob Lateiner, Laurence Lesser, Myra C. Livingston, John Maltese, John Anthony Maltese, Leonard Pennario & Brooks Smith (notes writers) for The Heifetz Collection performed by Jascha Heifetz & various artists

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Jazz

• Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • Michael Brecker for "Impressions"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
  • McCoy Tyner Trio & Michael Brecker for "Infinity"
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  • Tom Scott for "All Blues" performed by the GRP All-Star Big Band
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Lena Horne for An Evening With Lena Horne
• Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
  • Pat Metheny Group for "We Live Here"
• Best Latin Jazz Performance
  • Jobim for Antonio Brasileiro

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Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
  • Jon Secada for "Amor"
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
  • Gloria Estefan for "Abriendo Puertas"
• Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance
  • Flaco Jimenez for "Flaco Jimenez"

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Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album
  • Arif Mardin, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (producers) & the original Broadway cast for Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber & Stoller

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Music Video

• Best Music Video, Short Form
  • Cean Chaffin (producer), Mark Romanek (director), Janet Jackson & Michael Jackson for "Scream"
• Best Music Video, Long Form
  • Robert Warr (producer), Francois Girard (director) & Peter Gabriel for Secret World Live

The Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video has been awarded since 1984. ... Mark Romanek (born 1959) is a music video director. ... Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana) is an American pop, R&B and soul singer-songwriter and the youngest child of the hugely successful Jackson music family. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video has been awarded since 1984. ... François Girard (1963 - ) is a Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. ... Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. ...

New Age

• Best New Age Album
  • George Winston for Forest

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Packaging and Notes

• Best Recording Package
  • Joni Mitchell & Robbie Cavolina (art directors) for Turbulent Indigo performed by Joni Mitchell
• Best Recording Package - Boxed
  • Frank Zappa & Gail Zappa (art directors) for Civilization Phaze III performed by Frank Zappa
• Best Album Notes
  • Rob Bowman (notes writer) for The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972 - 1975 performed by various artists

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Polka

• Best Polka Album
  • Jimmy Sturr for I Love to Polka

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Pop

• Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Annie Lennox for "No More 'I Love Yous'"
• Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Seal for "Kiss From a Rose"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Hootie & the Blowfish for "Let Her Cry"
• Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
  • The Chieftains & Van Morrison for "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Los Lobos for "Mariachi Suite"
• Best Pop Album
  • Larry Klein (producer) & Joni Mitchell (producer & artist) for Turbulent Indigo

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Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
  • David Bianco, Jim Scott, Richard Dodd & Stephen McLaughlin (engineers) for Wildflowers performed by Tom Petty
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Jonathan Stokes, Michael Mailes (engineers), Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony for Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra; " Kossuth" - Symphonic Poem
• Producer of the Year
  • Babyface
• Classical Producer of the Year
  • Steven Epstein

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R&B

• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Anita Baker for "I Apologize"
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Stevie Wonder for "For Your Love"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • TLC for "Creep"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "For Your Love"
• Best R&B Album
  • TLC for CrazySexyCool

The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1968. ... Anita Baker Anita Baker (born Toledo, Ohio on January 26, 1958 - some UK sources say December 20, 1957) is an American soul and adult contemporary singer. ... The Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1968. ... Stevie Wonder is a legend in rock and pop music history. ... The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal has been awarded since 1970. ... TLC, as pictured on the cover of their third album, FanMail. ... The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriters Award) has been awarded since 1969. ... Stevie Wonder is a legend in rock and pop music history. ... The Grammy Award for Best R&B Album has been awarded since 1995. ... TLC, as pictured on the cover of their third album, FanMail. ...

Rap

• Best Rap Solo Performance
  • Coolio for "Gangsta's Paradise"
• Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Mary J. Blige & Method Man for "I'll Be There for You"/"You're All I Need to Get By"
• Best Rap Album
  • Naughty by Nature for Poverty's Paradise

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Reggae

• Best Reggae Album
  • Shaggy for Boombastic

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Rock

• Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
  • Alanis Morissette for "You Oughta Know"
• Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
  • Tom Petty for "You Don't Know How It Feels"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Blues Traveler for "Run-Around"
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Allman Brothers Band for "Jessica"
• Best Hard Rock Performance
  • Pearl Jam for "Spin the Black Circle"
• Best Metal Performance
  • Nine Inch Nails for "Happiness in Slavery"
• Best Rock Song
  • Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard (songwriters) for "You Oughta Know" performed by Alanis Morissette
• Best Rock Album
  • Glen Ballard (producer) & Alanis Morissette for Jagged Little Pill

The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1980. ... Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a successful Canadian/American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ... The Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1980. ... Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (born October 20, 1950 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American musician. ... The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal has been awarded since 1980. ... Blues Traveler is an American jam band, led by John Popper (vocals, harmonica) along with Chan Kinchla (guitar), Brendan Hill (drums), Tad Kinchla (bass) and Ben Wilson (keyboards). ... The Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance has been awarded since 1980. ... The original Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band is a pioneering and innovative Southern rock group from Macon, Georgia originally popular in the 1970s, described by Rolling Stones George Kimball in 1971 as the best . ... The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance has been awarded since 1990. ... The current Pearl Jam lineup. ... The Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance has been awarded since 1990. ... With Teeth album cover Nine Inch Nails (NIN) are a critically and commercially successful American band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1988 by Trent Reznor. ... The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song has been awarded since 1992. ... Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a successful Canadian/American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ... Glen Ballard (born 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi, USA) is the producer of Alanis Morissettes Jagged Little Pill. ... The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album has been awarded since 1995. ... Glen Ballard (born 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi, USA) is the producer of Alanis Morissettes Jagged Little Pill. ... Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a successful Canadian/American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ...

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • Maya Angelou for Phenomenal Woman
• Best Spoken Comedy Album
  • Jonathan Winters for Crank Calls

The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959. ... Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928 St. ... The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album was awarded from 1994 until 2003. ... Jonathan Winters Jonathan Winters (born November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American comedic actor. ...

Trad Pop

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
  • Frank Sinatra for Duets II

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album has been awarded since 1992. ... Frank Sinatra in 1947 Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. ...

World

• Best World Music Album
  • Deep Forest for Boheme