Grammy Awards 1996
The 38th Grammy Awards · Held February 28, 1996 · 61 categories · everything in 1996
Album of the Year
- Winner Jagged Little Pill · Alanis Morissette
- Nominee Daydream · Mariah Carey
- Nominee HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I · Michael Jackson
- Nominee Relish · Joan Osborne
- Nominee Vitalogy
Record of the Year
- Winner Kiss from a Rose · Seal
- Nominee Gangsta's Paradise · Coolio
- Nominee One Sweet Day · Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men
- Nominee One of Us · Joan Osborne
- Nominee Waterfalls · TLC
Song of the Year
- Winner Kiss from a Rose · Seal
- Nominee I Can Love You Like That · Jennifer Kimball
- Nominee One of Us · Eric Bazilian
- Nominee You Are Not Alone · R. Kelly
- Nominee You Oughta Know · Glen Ballard, Alanis Morissette
Best New Artist
- Winner Hootie & the Blowfish
- Nominee Alanis Morissette
- Nominee Brandy Norwood
- Nominee Jewel
- Nominee Joan Osborne
- Nominee No Doubt
- Nominee Shania Twain
Best Alternative Music Album
- Winner MTV Unplugged in New York · Nirvana
Best Bluegrass Album
- Winner Unleashed · Nashville Bluegrass Band
Best Comedy Album
- Winner Crank(y) Calls · Jonathan Winters
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Winner Slippin' In · Buddy Guy
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
- Winner We Live Here · Pat Metheny Group
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
- Winner Alone In His Presence · CeCe Winans
Best Country Album
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Winner Hightower · Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck, Johnny Gimble
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Winner Here Comes the Rain · The Mavericks
Best Country Song
- Winner Go Rest High on That Mountain · Vince Gill
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Winner No More 'I Love You's' · Annie Lennox
- Nominee Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas · Vanessa Williams
- Nominee Fantasy · Mariah Carey
- Nominee I Know · Dionne Farris
- Nominee One of Us · Joan Osborne
- Nominee You Got It · Bonnie Raitt
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Winner I Apologize · Anita Baker
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
- Winner You Oughta Know · Alanis Morissette
Best Folk Album
- Winner Wrecking Ball · Emmylou Harris
Best Global Music Album
- Winner Boheme · Deep Forest
Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
Best Hard Rock Performance
- Winner Spin the Black Circle · Pearl Jam
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- Winner Infinity · McCoy Tyner Trio, Michael Brecker
Best Jazz Performance
- Winner Impressions · Michael Brecker
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Winner An Evening with Lena Horne · Lena Horne
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Winner All Blues · Tom Scott, GRP All-Star Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
- Winner Antonio Brasileiro · Jobim
Best Latin Pop Album
- Winner Amor · Jon Secada
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
- Winner Go Rest High on That Mountain · Vince Gill
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Winner Kiss from a Rose · Seal
- Nominee Believe · Elton John
- Nominee Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? from Don Juan DeMarco · Bryan Adams
- Nominee When We Dance · Sting
- Nominee You Are Not Alone · Michael Jackson
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
- Winner For Your Love · Stevie Wonder
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
- Winner You Don't Know How It Feels · Tom Petty
Best Metal Performance
- Winner Happiness in Slavery · Nine Inch Nails
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
- Winner Flaco Jiménez · Flaco Jiménez
Best Musical Album for Children
- Winner Sleepy Time Lullabys
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
- Winner Forest · George Winston
Best Polka Album
- Winner I Love to Polka · Jimmy Sturr
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Winner Mariachi Suite · Los Lobos
- Nominee Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas · Kenny G
- Nominee In Memory of Elizabeth Reed · The Allman Brothers Band
- Nominee Song B · Bruce Hornsby
- Nominee Yesterday · Dave Grusin
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Winner Let Her Cry · Hootie & the Blowfish
- Nominee I Can Love You Like That · All-4-One
- Nominee I'll Be There for You · The Rembrandts
- Nominee Love Will Keep Us Alive · Eagles
- Nominee Waterfalls · TLC
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Winner Turbulent Indigo · Joni Mitchell
- Nominee Bedtime Stories · Madonna
- Nominee Daydream · Mariah Carey
- Nominee Hell Freezes Over · Eagles
- Nominee Medusa · Annie Lennox
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
- Winner I'll Lead You Home · Michael W. Smith
Best R&B Album
- Winner CrazySexyCool · TLC
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Best R&B Song
- Winner For Your Love · Stevie Wonder
Best Rap Album
- Winner Poverty's Paradise · Naughty by Nature
- Nominee E. 1999 Eternal · Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, D.J. U-Neek
- Nominee I Wish · Skee-Lo
- Nominee Me Against the World · 2Pac
- Nominee Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version · Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Winner I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By · Method Man, Mary J. Blige
- Nominee 1st of tha Month · Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- Nominee Feel Me Flow · Naughty by Nature
- Nominee Throw Your Set in the Air · Cypress Hill
- Nominee What Would You Do? · Tha Dogg Pound
Best Rap Solo Performance
- Winner Gangsta's Paradise · Coolio
- Nominee Big Poppa · The Notorious B.I.G.
- Nominee Dear Mama · 2Pac
- Nominee I Wish · Skee-Lo
- Nominee Keep Their Heads Ringin' · Dr. Dre
Best Reggae Album
- Winner Boombastic · Shaggy
Best Rock Album
- Winner Jagged Little Pill · Glen Ballard, Alanis Morissette
Best Rock Gospel Album
- Winner Lesson of Love · Ashley Cleveland
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Winner Jessica · Allman Brothers Band
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Winner Run-Around · Blues Traveler
Best Rock Song
- Winner You Oughta Know · Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Best Spoken Word Album
- Winner Phenomenal Woman · Maya Angelou
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Winner Chill Out · John Lee Hooker
Best Traditional Folk Album
- Winner South Coast · Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Winner Duets II · Frank Sinatra
Best Tropical Latin Album
- Winner Abriendo Puertas · Gloria Estefan