Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The 28th Grammy Awards were held in 1986. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Record of the Year Quincy Jones (producer) for "We Are the World" performed by USA for Africa Album of the Year Hugh Padgham (producer) & Phil Collins (producer & artist) for No Jacket Required Song of the Year Lionel Richie & Michael Jackson (songwriters) for "We Are the World" performed by USA for Africa Best New Artist Sade Blues Best Traditional Blues Recording B. B. King for "My Guitar Sings the Blues" Children's Best Recording for Children Jim Henson & Steve Buckingham (producers) for Follow That Bird - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack performed by the Sesame Street cast Classical Best Classical Orchestral Recording Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Fauré: Pelleas et Melisande Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Robert Shaw (conductor), John Aler & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Requiem Best Opera Recording James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Schoenberg: Moses und Aron Best Choral Performance (other than opera) Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Requiem Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Andre Previn (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the London Symphony Orchestra for Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85/Walton: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra) Vladimir Ashkenazy for Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte; Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Best Chamber Music Performance Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Brahms: Cello and Piano Sonatas in E Minor and F Best Classical Contemporary Composition Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer), Sarah Brightman & Placido Domingo for Lloyd Webber: Requiem Best Classical Album Robert Woods (producer), Robert Shaw (conductor), John Aler & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Requiem Best New Classical Artist Chicago Pro Musica Comedy Best Comedy Recording Whoopi Goldberg for Whoopi Goldberg - Original Broadway Show Recording Composing and arranging Best Instrumental Composition Jan Hammer (composer) for "Miami Vice Theme" Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, Jon Gilutin, Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Dan Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard C. Theisen II & Allee Willis (composers) for Beverly Hills Cop performed by various artists Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour (arrangers) for "Early A.M. Attitude" Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Nelson Riddle (arranger) for "Lush Life" performed by Linda Ronstadt Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices Bobby McFerrin & Cheryl Bentyne (arrangers) for "Another Night in Tunisia" performed by The Manhattan Transfer Country Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Rosanne Cash for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Ronnie Milsap for "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Judds for Why Not Me Best Country Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist) Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler for "Cosmic Square Dance" Best Country Song Jimmy L. Webb (songwriter) for "Highwayman" performed by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson Folk Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording Rockin' Sidney for "My Toot Toot" Gospel Best Gospel Performance, Female Amy Grant for Unguarded Best Gospel Performance, Male Larnelle Harris for "How Excellent Is Thy Name" Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus Larnelle Harris & Sandi Patti for "I've Just Seen Jesus" Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female Shirley Caesar for "Martin" Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male Marvin Winans for "Bring Back the Days of Yea and Nay" Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus The Winans for Tomorrow Best Inspirational Performance Jennifer Holliday for "Come Sunday" Historical Best Historical Album John Pfeiffer (producer) for RCA/Met - 100 Singers - 100 Years performed by various artists Jazz Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female Cleo Laine for Cleo at Carnegie - The 10th Anniversary Concert Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male Bobby McFerrin & Jon Hendricks for "Another Night in Tunisia" Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group The Manhattan Transfer for Vocalese Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental David Sanborn for Straight To The Heart Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Wynton Marsalis for Black Codes From the Underground Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group Wynton Marsalis for Black Codes From the Underground Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Big Band Bob Wilber & John Barry for The Cotton Club - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Latin Best Latin Pop Performance Lani Hall for Es Facil Amar Best Tropical Latin Performance Tito Puente for Mambo Diablo Eddie Palmieri for Solito Best Mexican-American Performance Vikki Carr for Simplemente Mujer Musical Show Best Cast Show Album John McClure (producer), Jose Carreras & Kiri Te Kanawa for West Side Story Music Video Best Music Video, Short Form Tom Trbovich (video director) & Quincy Jones (video producer) for We Are the World - The Video Event performed by USA For Africa Best Music Video, Long Form Bruce Gowers (video director) & Huey Lewis & the News for Huey Lewis & the News - The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll Packaging and Notes Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography John Kosh & Ron Larson (art directors) for Lush Life performed by Linda Ronstadt Best Album Notes Peter Guralnick (notes writer) for Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 Polka Best Polka Album Frank Yankovic for 70 Years of Hits Pop Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Whitney Houston for "Saving All My Love For You" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Phil Collins for No Jacket Required Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Quincy Jones (producer) for "We Are the World" performed by USA For Africa Best Pop Instrumental Performance Jan Hammer for "Miami Vice Theme" Production and engineering Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical Neil Dorfsman (engineer) for Brothers in Arms performed by Dire Straits Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Hugh Padgham & Phil Collins Best Classical Engineered Recording Jack Renner (engineer), Robert Shaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & chorus for Berlioz: Requiem conducted by Robert Shaw Classical Producer of the Year Robert Woods R&B Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Aretha Franklin for "Freeway of Love" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Stevie Wonder for "In Square Circle" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Commodores for "Nightshift" Best R&B Instrumental Performance Ernie Watts for Musician Best R&B Song Jeffrey Cohen & Narada Michael Walden (songwriters) for "Freeway of Love" perfoemd by Aretha Franklin Reggae Best Reggae Album Jimmy Cliff for Cliff Hanger Rock Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Tina Turner for "One of the Living" Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Don Henley for "The Boys of Summer" Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Dire Straits for "Money for Nothing" Best Rock Instrumental Performance Jeff Beck for "Escape" Spoken Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album Mike Berniker (producer) & the original Broadway cast for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Other Grammy Award Years 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 This article is from Wikipedia. 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