Grammy Awards 1998
The 40th Grammy Awards · Held February 25, 1998 · 62 categories · everything in 1998
Album of the Year
- Winner Time Out of Mind · Bob Dylan, Daniel Lanois
- Nominee Flaming Pie · Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne, George Martin
- Nominee OK Computer · Nigel Godrich
- Nominee The Day · Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
- Nominee This Fire · Paula Cole
Record of the Year
- Winner Sunny Came Home · Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal
- Nominee Everyday Is a Winding Road · Sheryl Crow
- Nominee I Believe I Can Fly · R. Kelly
- Nominee MMMBop · Hanson, The Dust Brothers
- Nominee The Boy Is Mine · Monica
- Nominee Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? · Paula Cole
Song of the Year
- Winner Sunny Came Home · Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal
- Nominee Don't Speak · Eric Stefani, Gwen Stefani
- Nominee How Do I Live from Con Air · Diane Warren
- Nominee I Believe I Can Fly · R. Kelly
- Nominee Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? · Paula Cole
Best New Artist
- Winner Paula Cole
- Nominee Erykah Badu
- Nominee Fiona Apple
- Nominee Hanson
- Nominee Sean Combs
Best Alternative Music Album
- Winner OK Computer · Radiohead
- Nominee Dig Your Own Hole · The Chemical Brothers
- Nominee Earthling · David Bowie
- Nominee Homogenic · Björk
- Nominee The Fat of the Land · Prodigy
Best Bluegrass Album
- Winner So Long So Wrong · Alison Krauss
Best Comedy Album
- Winner Roll with the New · Chris Rock
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Winner Señor Blues · Taj Mahal
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
- Winner Into the Sun · Randy Brecker
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
Best Country Album
- Winner Unchained · Rick Rubin, Johnny Cash
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Winner Little Liza Jane · Alison Krauss
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Winner Looking in the Eyes of Love · Alison Krauss
Best Country Song
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
- Winner Carry On · Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder
- Nominee Da Funk · Daft Punk
- Nominee Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit · Gina G
- Nominee Space Jam · Quad City DJ's
- Nominee To Step Aside · Pet Shop Boys
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
- Winner How Do I Live from Con Air · Trisha Yearwood
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Winner Building a Mystery · Sarah McLachlan
- Nominee Butterfly · Mariah Carey
- Nominee Foolish Games · Jewel
- Nominee Sunny Came Home · Shawn Colvin
- Nominee Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? · Paula Cole
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Winner On & On · Erykah Badu
- Nominee Honey · Mariah Carey
- Nominee I Believe in You and Me · Whitney Houston
- Nominee Summertime · Chaka Khan
- Nominee When You Talk About Love · Patti LaBelle
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
- Winner Criminal · Fiona Apple
Best Folk Album
- Winner Time Out of Mind · Bob Dylan
Best Global Music Album
- Winner Nascimento · Milton Nascimento
Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album
Best Hard Rock Performance
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Best Jazz Performance
- Winner Stardust · Doc Cheatham, Nicholas Payton
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Winner Dear Ella · Dee Dee Bridgewater
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Winner Big Band · Joe Henderson
Best Latin Jazz Album
- Winner Habana · Roy Hargrove
Best Latin Pop Album
- Winner Romances · Luis Miguel
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
- Winner Pretty Little Adriana · Vince Gill
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Winner Candle in the Wind 1997 · Elton John
- Nominee Barely Breathing · Duncan Sheik
- Nominee Every Time I Close My Eyes · Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
- Nominee Fly Like an Eagle · Seal
- Nominee Whenever Wherever Whatever · Maxwell
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
- Winner I Believe I Can Fly · R. Kelly
- Nominee Back to Living Again · Curtis Mayfield
- Nominee For You · Kenny Lattimore
- Nominee When You Call On Me/Baby That's When I Come Runnin · Luther Vandross
- Nominee You Make Me Wanna... · Usher
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
- Winner Cold Irons Bound · Bob Dylan
Best Metal Performance
Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
- Winner En Tus Manos · La Mafia
Best Musical Album for Children
- Winner All Aboard! · Roger Nichols, John Denver
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
- Winner Oracle · Michael Hedges
Best Polka Album
- Winner Living on Polka Time · Jimmy Sturr
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Winner Last Dance · Sarah McLachlan
- Nominee An Gaoth Aneas · The Chieftains
- Nominee Havana · Kenny G
- Nominee Song for My Brother · George Benson
- Nominee Soulful Strut · Grover Washington Jr.
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Winner Virtual Insanity · Jamiroquai
- Nominee Anybody Seen My Baby? · The Rolling Stones
- Nominee Don't Speak · No Doubt
- Nominee MMMBop · Hanson
- Nominee Silver Springs · Fleetwood Mac
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Winner Hourglass · James Taylor, James Taylor, Frank Filipetti
- Nominee Last Dance · Sarah McLachlan, Pierre Marchand
- Nominee The Dance · Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Elliot Scheiner
- Nominee This Fire · Paula Cole
- Nominee Travelling Without Moving · Jamiroquai, Jay Kay
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
- Winner Much Afraid · Jars of Clay
Best R&B Album
- Winner Baduizm · Erykah Badu
- Nominee Evolution · Boyz II Men
- Nominee Flame · Patti LaBelle
- Nominee Share My World · Mary J. Blige
- Nominee The Day · Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
- Nominee The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album · Whitney Houston
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Winner No Diggity · Blackstreet
- Nominee A Song for Mama · Boyz II Men
- Nominee Hard to Say I'm Sorry · Az Yet, Peter Cetera
- Nominee Stomp · God's Property, Salt
- Nominee You Don't Have to Be Afraid · Take 6
Best Rap Album
- Winner No Way Out · Sean Combs, Stevie J.
- Nominee Life After Death · The Notorious B.I.G.
- Nominee Supa Dupa Fly · Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
- Nominee Wu-Tang Forever · Wu-Tang Clan
- Nominee Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival · Wyclef Jean
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Winner I'll Be Missing You · Sean Combs, Faith Evans, 112
- Nominee Can't Nobody Hold Me Down · Mase
- Nominee Guantanamera · Wyclef Jean, Celia Cruz
- Nominee Mo Money Mo Problems · The Notorious B.I.G.
- Nominee Not Tonight · Lil' Kim, Da Brat, Left Eye, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Angie Martinez
Best Rap Solo Performance
- Winner Men in Black · Will Smith
- Nominee Ain't Nobody · LL Cool J
- Nominee Hypnotize · The Notorious B.I.G.
- Nominee Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See · Busta Rhymes
- Nominee The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) · Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
Best Reggae Album
- Winner Fallen Is Babylon
- Nominee Fallen Is Babylon · Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers
- Nominee Inna Heights · Buju Banton
- Nominee Many Moods of Moses · Beenie Man
- Nominee Midnite Lover · Shaggy
Best Rock Album
- Winner Blue Moon Swamp · John Fogerty
Best Rock Gospel Album
- Winner Welcome to the Freak Show · dc Talk
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Winner Block Rockin' Beats · The Chemical Brothers
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Winner One Headlight · The Wallflowers
Best Rock Song
- Winner One Headlight · Jakob Dylan, The Wallflowers
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
Best Spoken Word Album
- Winner Charles Kuralt's Spring · Charles Kuralt
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
- Winner Winnie-the-Pooh · Charles Kuralt, Charles Kuralt
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Winner Don't Look Back · John Lee Hooker
Best Traditional Folk Album
- Winner L'amour ou la Folie · BeauSoleil
Best Traditional Gospel Album
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Winner Tony Bennett on Holiday · Tony Bennett
Best Tropical Latin Album
- Winner Buena Vista Social Club · Ry Cooder