The 18th Annual Grammy Awards were held February 28, 1976, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1975.
Natalie Cole is the first African American to win Best New Artist.
Performers
Presenters
Award winners
Children's
Classical
- Best Classical Performance â Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez (conductor), the Camarata Singers & the New York Philharmonic for Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet)
- Best Classical Vocal Performance
- Janet Baker for Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
- Best Opera Recording
- Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), Richard van Allan, Janet Baker, Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubas, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Nicolai Gedda & the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House for Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
- Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
- Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Robert Page (choir director) the Cleveland Boys Choir & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus- Orff: Carmina Burana
- Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor), Alicia de Larrocha & the London Philharmonic for Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand and Concerto for Piano in G/Fauré: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
- Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Nathan Milstein for Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Unaccompanied
- Best Chamber Music Performance
- Pierre Fournier, Arthur Rubinstein & Henryk Szeryng for Schubert: Trios Nos. 1 in B Flat, Op. 99 and 2 in E Flat, Op. 100 (Piano Trios)
- Album of the Year, Classical
- Raymond Minshull (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete
Comedy
Composing and arranging
Country
Folk
Gospel
Jazz
Latin
Musical show
Packaging and notes
Pop
Production and engineering
R&B
Spoken
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