27th Annual Grammy Awards

• Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart of Rock & Roll
• Hank Williams Jr. & BB King - All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight
• Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
• Amy Grant - Angels
• Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
• Debbie Allen, Nia Peeples & The cast of West Side Story - America
• Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
• Rev. James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir, Andrae Crouch, Pops Staples, Deniece Williams, Clark Sisters - Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus
• Chaka Khan & Melle Mel - I Feel For You
• Howard Jones, Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock, & Stevie Wonder - Synth instrumental
• Kenny Loggins - Footloose
• Julia Migenes-Johnson
• Prince & Sheila E. - Baby I'm A Star
• Shel Silverstein - Unknown

• Laurie Anderson & Ray Davies - Best New Artist; Hulk Hogan acted as her bodyguard
• Dee Snider & Sheila E. - Best Pop Vocal Performance Male
• Jeffrey Osborne & Wendy & Lisa - Best Long Form Album
• Linda Rondstadt & Michael Tilson Thomas - Presented Leonard Bernstein with the Lifetime Achievement Award
• Julian Lennon & Andy Summers - Best Female Pop Performance
• Henry Mancini & Andrew Lloyd Webber - Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
• The Judds - Best Male Country Vocal Performance
• Anne Murray & Sammy Hagar - Producer of the Year
• Jermaine & Philip Bailey - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
• Andy Williams - Introduced the Grammy Hall of Fame
• Randy Newman & Kim Carnes - Song of the Year
• Diana Ross - Record of the Year

Record of the Year^[3]

• "What's Love Got To Do With It" – Tina Turner
  • Terry Britten, producer
• "Hard Habit To Break" – Chicago
  • David Foster, producer
• "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" – Cyndi Lauper
  • Rick Chertoff, producer
• "The Heart Of Rock And Roll" – Huey Lewis and the News
  • Huey Lewis and the News, producers
• "Dancing In The Dark" – Bruce Springsteen
  • Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Little Steven & Bruce Springsteen, producers

Album of the Year

• Can't Slow Down – Lionel Richie
  • James Anthony Carmichael & Lionel Richie, producers
• She's So Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
  • Rick Chertoff, producer
• Purple Rain – Prince & The Revolution
  • Prince & The Revolution, producers
• Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen
  • Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin & Bruce Springsteen, producers
• Private Dancer – Tina Turner
  • Terry Britten, Carter, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Wilton Felder, Rupert Hine, Joe Sample, Greg Walsh & Martyn Ware, producers

Song of the Year^[4]

• "What's Love Got To Do With It"
  • Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, songwriters (Tina Turner)
• "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
  • Phil Collins, songwriter (Phil Collins)
• "Hello"
  • Lionel Richie, songwriter (Lionel Richie)
• "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
  • Stevie Wonder, songwriter (Stevie Wonder)
• "Time After Time"
  • Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman, songwriters (Cyndi Lauper)

Best New Artist

• Cyndi Lauper
• Sheila E.
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• Corey Hart
• The Judds

• Best Traditional Blues Recording
  • Sugar Blue, John P. Hammond, J.B. Hutto & the New Hawks, Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson, Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine & Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble for Blues Explosion

• Best Recording for Children
  • Ron Haffkine (producer) & Shel Silverstein for Where the Sidewalk Ends

• Best Classical Orchestral Recording
  • Jay David Saks (producer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the St. Louis Symphony for Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Pierre Boulez (conductor), Heather Harper, Jessye Norman & José van Dam, the BBC Symphony Orchestra & the Ensemble InterContemporain for Ravel: Songs of Maurice Ravel
• Best Opera Recording
  • Michel Glotz (producer), Lorin Maazel (conductor), Julia Migenes-Johnson, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Faith Esham, the Choeur de Radio France and Maîtrise de Radio France & the Orchestre National de France for Bizet: Carmen (Original Soundtrack)
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Brahms: A German Requiem
• Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Raymond Leppard (conductor), Wynton Marsalis & the English Chamber Orchestra for Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter
• Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
  • Yo-Yo Ma for Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • The Juilliard String Quartet for Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
• Best New Classical Composition
  • Samuel Barber (composer) & Christian Badea (conductor) for Antony and Cleopatra
• Best Classical Album
  • John Strauss (producer), Neville Marriner (conductor), the Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Abbey & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for Amadeus (Original Soundtrack)

• Best Comedy Recording
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic for "Eat It"

• Best Instrumental Composition (tie)
  • Randy Newman (composer) for "The Natural"
  • John Williams (composer) for "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" the official music of the XXIII Olympiad
• Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or A Television Special
  • Lisa Coleman, John L. Nelson, Prince (musician) & Wendy Melvoin (composers) for Purple Rain performed by Prince
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
  • Quincy Jones & Jeremy Lobbock (arrangers) for "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" performed by Quincy Jones
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • David Foster & Jeremy Lubbock (arrangers) for "Hard Habit To Break" performed by Chicago (band)
• Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices
  • Anita Pointer, June Pointer & Ruth Pointer (arrangers) for "Automatic" performed by The Pointer Sisters

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Emmylou Harris for "In My Dreams"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Merle Haggard for "That's the Way Love Goes"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Judds for "Mama He's Crazy"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Ricky Skaggs for "Wheel Hoss"
• Best Country Song
  • Steve Goodman (songwriter) for "City of New Orleans" performed by Willie Nelson

• Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
  • Elizabeth Cotten for Elizabeth Cotten Live!

• Best Gospel Performance, Female
  • Amy Grant for "Angels"
• Best Gospel Performance, Male
  • Michael W. Smith for Michael W. Smith 2
• Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Debby Boone & Phil Driscoll for "Keep The Flame Burning"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
  • Shirley Caesar for Sailin'
• Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
  • Andrae Crouch for "Always Remember"
• Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Shirley Caesar & Al Green for "Sailin' on the Sea of Your Love"
• Best Inspirational Performance
  • Donna Summer for "Forgive Me"

• Best Historical Album
  • J.R. Taylor (producer) for Big Band Jazz performed by Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Paul Whiteman & others

• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • Wynton Marsalis for "Hot House Flowers"
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
  • Art Blakey for New York Scene performed by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
  • Count Basie for 88 Basie Street
• Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
  • Pat Metheny Group for First Circle
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Joe Williams for Nothin' but the Blues

• Best Latin Pop Performance
  • Plácido Domingo for Siempre en Mi Corazón—Always in My Heart
• Best Tropical Latin Performance
  • Eddie Palmieri for Palo Pa Rumba
• Best Mexican-American Performance
  • Sheena Easton & Luis Miguel for "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres"

• Best Cast Show Album
  • Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast for Sunday in the Park with George

• Best Video, Short Form
  • David Bowie for Jazzin' for Blue Jean
• Best Video Album
  • Michael Jackson for Making Michael Jackson's Thriller

• Best Album Package
  • Janet Perr (art director) for She's So Unusual performed by Cyndi Lauper
• Best Album Notes
  • Gunther Schuller & Martin Williams (notes writers) for Big Band Jazz performed by Paul Whiteman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Benny Goodman & others

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • Tina Turner for "What's Love Got to Do with It"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • Phil Collins for "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)"
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • The Pointer Sisters for "Jump (For My Love)"
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Ray Parker Jr. for "Ghostbusters (Instrumental)"

• Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
  • Humberto Gatica (engineer) for Chicago 17 performed by Chicago
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • Paul Goodman (engineer), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & the Saint Louis Symphony for Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, Op. 100
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (Tie)
  • James Anthony Carmichael & Lionel Richie
  • David Foster
• Producer of the Year, Classical
  • Steven Epstein

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • Chaka Khan for "I Feel for You"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Billy Ocean for "Caribbean Queen"
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • James Ingram & Michael McDonald for "Yah Mo B There"
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • Herbie Hancock for "Sound System"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Prince, songwriter for "I Feel for You" performed by Chaka Khan

• Best Reggae Recording
  • Black Uhuru for Anthem

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
  • Tina Turner for "Better Be Good to Me"
• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
  • Bruce Springsteen for "Dancing in the Dark"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Prince and The Revolution for Purple Rain
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Yes for "Cinema"

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording
  • Ben Kingsley for The Words of Gandhi