Grammy Awards of 1984

The 26th Grammy Awards were held in 1984, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1983.

• Record of the Year
  • Quincy Jones (producer) & Michael Jackson (producer & artist) for "Beat It"

• Album of the Year
  • Quincy Jones (producer) & Michael Jackson (producer & artist) for Thriller

• Song of the Year
  • Sting (songwriter) for "Every Breath You Take" performed by The Police

• Best New Artist
  • Culture Club

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Recording
  • B. B. King for Blues 'n Jazz

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Quincy Jones (producer) & Michael Jackson for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Classical

• Best Orchestral Recording
  • James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D
• Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
  • James Levine (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Leontyne Price & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for Leontyne Price & Marilyn Horne in Concert at the Met
• Best Opera Recording
  • Christopher Raeburn (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Thomas Allen, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kurt Moll, Lucia Popp, Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade & the London Philharmonic for Mozart: Le Nozzi di Figaro
  • Jay David Saks, Max Wilcox (producers), James Levine (conductor), Plácido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Teresa Stratas, & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for Verdi: La Traviata
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Haydn: The Creation
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Raymond Leppard (conductor), Wynton Marsalis & the National Philharmonic Orchestra for Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat/L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto In D/Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
  • Glenn Gould for Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 & 13
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Mstislav Rostropovich & Rudolf Serkin for Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano in E Minor, Op. 38 and Sonata in F, Op. 99
• Best Classical Album
  • James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conducytor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D

Comedy

• Best Comedy Recording
  • Eddie Murphy for Eddie Murphy: Comedian

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Giorgio Moroder (composer) for "Love Theme From Flashdance" performed by various artists
• Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or A Television Special
  • Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Douglas Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello, Shandi Sinnamon (composers) for Flashdance performed by various artists
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
  • Dave Grusin (arranger) for "Summer Sketches '82"
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • Nelson Riddle (arranger) for "What's New" performed by Linda Ronstadt
• Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
  • Arif Mardin & Chaka Khan (arrangers) for "Be Bop Medley" performed by Chaka Khan

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Anne Murray for "A Little Good News"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Lee Greenwood for "I.O.U."
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Alabama for The Closer You Get...
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • New South for "Fireball"
• Best Country Song
  • Mike Reid (songwriter) for "Stranger in My House" performed by Ronnie Milsap

Folk

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
  • Clifton Chenier for I'm Here performed by Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band

Gospel

• Best Gospel Performance, Female
  • Amy Grant for "Ageless Medley"
• Best Gospel Performance, Male
  • Russ Taff for Walls of Glass
• Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Larnelle Harris & Sandi Patti for "More Than Wonderful"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
  • Sandra Crouch for We Sing Praises
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
  • Al Green for I'll Rise Again
• Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Barbara Mandrell & Bobby Jones for "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today"
• Best Inspirational Performance
  • Donna Summer for "He's a Rebel"

Historical

• Best Historical Album
  • Allan Steckler & Stanley Walker (producers) for The Greatest Recordings of Arturo Toscanini - Symphonies, Vol. I

Jazz

• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
  • Ella Fitzgerald for The Best Is Yet to Come
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
  • Mel Tormé for Top Drawer
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
  • The Manhattan Transfer for "Why Not!"
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
  • Pat Metheny Group for Travels
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • Wynton Marsalis for Think of One
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group
  • Phil Woods for At the Vanguard
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Big Band
  • Rob McConnell for All in Good Time

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Performance
  • Jose Feliciano for Me Enamore
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
  • Tito Puente for On Broadway
• Best Mexican-American Music Performance
  • Los Lobos for "Anselma"

Musical Show

• Best Cast Show Album
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber (producer) & the original Broadway cast for Cats (Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Music Video

• Best Music Video, Short Form
  • Duran Duran for "Girls on Film/Hungry Like the Wolf"
• Best Music Video, Long Form
  • Duran Duran for Duran Duran

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
  • Robert Rauschenberg (art director) for Speaking in Tongues performed by Talking Heads
• Best Album Notes
  • Orrin Keepnews (notes writer) for The Interplay Sessions performed by Bill Evans

Pop

• Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Irene Cara for "Flashdance - What a Feeling"
• Best Vocal Performance, Male
  • Michael Jackson for Thriller
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Police for "Every Breath You Take"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • George Benson for "Being With You"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Bruce Swedien (engineer) for Thriller performed by Michael Jackson
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
  • Michael Jackson & Quincy Jones
• Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • James Lock (engineer), Georg Solti & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D conducted by Georg Solti
• Classical Producer of the Year
  • Joanna Nickrenz & Marc Aubort

R&B

• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • Herbie Hancock for "Rockit"
• Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Chaka Khan for Chaka Khan
• Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Michael Jackson for "Billie Jean"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Chaka Khan & Rufus for "Ain't Nobody"
• Best R&B Song
  • Michael Jackson (songwriter) for "Billie Jean"

Rock

• Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
  • Pat Benatar for "Love Is a Battlefield"
• Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
  • Michael Jackson for "Beat It"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Police for Synchronicity
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Sting for "Brimstone and Treacle"

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • William Warfield for Copland: A Lincoln Portrait

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