39th Annual Grammy Awards

39th Annual Grammy Awards
Date February 26, 1997
Location Madison Square Garden, New York City
Host Ellen DeGeneres
Television/Radio coverage
Network CBS

The 39th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 26, 1997 at Madison Square Garden, New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Babyface was the nights biggest winner, with 4 awards. Celine Dion and Toni Braxton won two awards. Celine Dion for "Best Pop Album" and "Album of the Year" and Toni Braxton for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" and "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" .[1]

Award winners

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Performance

Blues

Children's

Classical

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

Gospel

Historical

Jazz

Latin

Musical Show

Music video

New Age

Best New Age Album

Packaging and Notes

Polka

Best Polka Album

Pop

Production and engineering

R&B

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Best Rap Album

Reggae

Rock

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Best Hard Rock Performance
Best Metal Performance
Best Rock Song
Best Rock Album

Spoken

Traditional Pop

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

World

Special Merit Awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

References

  1. "1996 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

External links

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