Grammy Awards 1991
The 33rd Grammy Awards · Held February 20, 1991 · 52 categories · everything in 1991
Album of the Year
- Winner Back on the Block · Quincy Jones
- Nominee ...But Seriously · Phil Collins
- Nominee Heart in Motion
- Nominee Mariah Carey · Mariah Carey
- Nominee Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em · MC Hammer
- Nominee Wilson Phillips · Wilson Phillips
Record of the Year
- Winner Another Day in Paradise · Phil Collins
- Nominee From a Distance · Bette Midler
- Nominee Nothing Compares 2 U · Sinéad O'Connor
- Nominee U Can't Touch This · MC Hammer
- Nominee Vision of Love · Mariah Carey
Song of the Year
- Winner From a Distance · Julie Gold
- Nominee (Everything I Do) I Do It for You from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves · Bryan Adams
- Nominee Another Day in Paradise · Phil Collins
- Nominee Hold On · Chynna Phillips, Glen Ballard, Carnie Wilson
- Nominee Nothing Compares 2 U · Prince
- Nominee Vision of Love · Mariah Carey, Ben Margulies
Best New Artist
- Winner Mariah Carey
- Nominee C+C Music Factory
- Nominee Color Me Badd
- Nominee Lisa Stansfield
- Nominee Seal
- Nominee The Black Crowes
- Nominee The Kentucky Headhunters
- Nominee Wilson Phillips
Best Alternative Music Album
- Winner I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got · Sinéad O'Connor
- Nominee All Shook Down · The Replacements
- Nominee Goodbye Jumbo · World Party
- Nominee Strange Angels · Laurie Anderson
- Nominee The Sensual World · Kate Bush
Best Bluegrass Album
- Winner I've Got That Old Feeling · Alison Krauss
Best Children's Music Album
- Winner The Little Mermaid · Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
- Nominee Doc Watson Sings Songs for Little Pickers · Doc Watson
- Nominee How the Leopard Got His Spots · Danny Glover, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Nominee The Little Mermaid: Read Along · Roy Dotrice
- Nominee The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 2 · Tanya Goodman
Best Comedy Album
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Winner D/FW · Jimmie Vaughan, Vaughan Brothers
- Nominee Jump for Joy · Koko Taylor
- Nominee Midnight Stroll · Robert Cray Band, The Robert Cray Band, The Memphis Horns
- Nominee Red Hot & Blue · B. B. King, Lee Atwater
- Nominee Stickin' to My Guns · Etta James, Sametto James
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
- Winner So Much 2 Say · Take 6
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Winner So Soft, Your Goodbye · Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Best Country Song
- Winner Where've You Been · Don Henry, Jon Vezner, Kathy Mattea
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
- Winner Where've You Been · Kathy Mattea
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Winner Vision of Love · Mariah Carey
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Winner Compositions · Anita Baker
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
- Winner Black Velvet · Alannah Myles
Best Folk Album
- Winner Steady On · Shawn Colvin
Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
Best Hard Rock Performance
- Winner Time's Up · Living Colour
Best Jazz Fusion Performance
- Winner Birdland · Quincy Jones
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Best Jazz Performance
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
- Winner All That Jazz · Ella Fitzgerald
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
- Winner We Are in Love · Harry Connick Jr.
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Winner Basie's Bag · Frank Foster
Best Latin Pop Album
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
- Winner When I Call Your Name · Vince Gill
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Winner Oh Pretty Woman · Roy Orbison
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
- Winner Here and Now · Luther Vandross
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
- Winner Bad Love · Eric Clapton
Best Metal Performance
- Winner Stone Cold Crazy · Metallica
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
- Winner Soy de San Luis · Texas Tornados
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
- Winner Mark Isham · Mark Isham
Best Polka Album
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Winner Twin Peaks Theme · Angelo Badalamenti
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Winner All My Life · Aaron Neville, Linda Ronstadt
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
- Winner Another Time... Another Place · Sandi Patti
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Winner I'll Be Good to You · Ray Charles, Chaka Khan
Best R&B Song
- Winner U Can't Touch This · M.C. Hammer, Rick James
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Winner Back on the Block · Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Quincy Jones
Best Rap Solo Performance
- Winner U Can't Touch This · M.C. Hammer
Best Reggae Album
Best Rock Gospel Album
- Winner Beyond Belief · Petra
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Winner D/FW · Vaughan Brothers
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Winner Janie's Got a Gun · Aerosmith
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
- Winner The Great Exchange · Bruce Carroll
Best Spoken Word Album
- Winner Gracie - A Love Story · George Burns
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Winner Live at San Quentin · B. B. King
- Nominee Coming to Town · John Lee Hooker, Earl Palmer, Tim Drummond, Miles Davis, Roy Rogers
- Nominee Standing My Ground · Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Nominee T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do · Ruth Brown, Ruth Brown, Linda Hopkins
- Nominee Too Much Pain · Little Milton
Best Traditional Folk Album
- Winner On Praying Ground · Doc Watson
Best Traditional Gospel Album
- Winner Tramaine Hawkins Live · Tramaine Hawkins
Best Tropical Latin Album
- Winner Lambada Timbales · Tito Puente