36th Annual Grammy Awards

The 36th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 1, 1994. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Whitney Houston was the Big Winner winning 3 awards including Record of the Year and Album of the Year while opening the show with "I Will Always Love You".

Audrey Hepburn's win made her the fifth person to become an EGOT, and the first person to complete the status posthumously.

Paul Simon was the first performer of the evening.

Performers

Presenters

• Bono – Grammy Legend Award to Frank Sinatra
• Danny Glover – Lifetime Achievement Award to Aretha Franklin
• SWV & Salt-N-Pepa – Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
• Dolly Parton & David Foster – Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
• Kenny G & Toni Braxton – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
• Shawn Colvin, Trisha Yearwood & Mary Chapin Carpenter – Best Male Country Vocal Performance
• Meat Loaf & Vanessa Williams – Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
• k.d. lang & Tony Bennett – Best Alternative Music Album
• Tevin Campbell, Jon Secada & Celine Dion – Best Tropical Latin Album
• Lee Ritenour & Oleta Adams – Best Jazz Vocal Performance
• Billy Joel – Producer of the Year
• Alan Jackson, Don Was & Jody Watley – Best New Artist
• Spin Doctors & Melissa Etheridge – Song of the Year
• B.B. King & Steve Winwood – Record of the Year
• Bonnie Raitt & Lena Horne – Album of the Year

Award winners

• Record of the Year
• "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
• David Foster, producer; Tom Elmhirst & Mark Rankin, engineers/mixers
• Walter Afanasieff (producer) for "A Whole New World" - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
• Joe Nicolo & Danny Kortchmar (producer) for "The River of Dreams" - Billy Joel
• Sting & Hugh Padgham (producer) for "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" - Sting
• Neil Young (producer) for "Harvest Moon" - Neil Young
• Album of the Year
• ' – Whitney Houston
• Houston, Babyface, BeBe Winans, David Cole, David Foster, L.A. Reid, Narada Michael Walden, Robert Clivilles, Clive Davis, producer
• R.E.M & Scott Litt (producers) for Automatic for the People
• Walter Becker (producer) & Donald Fagen (artist) for Kamakiriad
• Billy Joel & Danny Kortchmar, Joe Nicolo (producers) for River of Dreams
• Sting and Hugh Padgham (producers) for Ten Summoner's Tales
• Song of the Year
• Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) for "A Whole New World" performed by Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
• Billy Joel for "The River of Dreams" performed by Billy Joel
• Jim Steinman for "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" performed by Meat Loaf
• Sting for "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" performed by Sting
• Neil Young for "Harvest Moon" performed by Neil Young
• Best New Artist
• Toni Braxton
• Belly
• Blind Melon
• Digable Planets
• SWV

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
• Whitney Houston for "I Will Always Love You"
• Mariah Carey — "Dreamlover"
• Shawn Colvin — "I Don't Know Why"
• k.d. lang — "Miss Chatelaine"
• Tina Turner — "I Don't Wanna Fight"
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
• Sting for "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
• "The Crying Game" – Boy George
• "The River of Dreams" – Billy Joel
• "Don't Take Away My Heaven" – Aaron Neville
• "Have I Told You Lately" – Rod Stewart
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle for "A Whole New World"
• "When I Fall in Love" — Celine Dion & Clive Griffin
• "Man on the Moon" — R.E.M.
• "The Music of the Night" — Barbra Streisand & Michael Crawford
• "Love Is" — Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• Branford Marsalis & Bruce Hornsby for "Barcelona Mona"

• Best Alternative Music Performance
• U2 for Zooropa
• Belly – Star
• Nirvana – In Utero
• R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
• The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
• Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Passionate Kisses"
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• Dwight Yoakam for "Ain't That Lonely Yet"
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• Brooks & Dunn for "Hard Workin' Man"
• Best Country Vocal Collaboration
• Linda Davis & Reba McEntire for "Does He Love You"
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
• Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, Reuben "Lucky Oceans" Gosfield & Vince Gill for "Red Wing"
• Best Country Song
• Lucinda Williams (songwriter) for "Passionate Kisses" performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Best Bluegrass Album
• The Nashville Bluegrass Band for Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
• Toni Braxton for "Another Sad Love Song"
• Aretha Franklin – "Someday We'll All Be Free"
• Whitney Houston – "I'm Every Woman"
• Janet Jackson – "That's The Way Love Goes"
• Patti LaBelle – "All Right Now"
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
• Ray Charles for "A Song for You"
• "Can We Talk" – Tevin Campbell
• "For the Cool in You" – Babyface
• "How Deep Is Your Love" – Luther Vandross
• "Voodoo" – Teddy Pendergrass
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• Sade for "No Ordinary Love"
• Boyz II Men "Let It Snow"
• Earth, Wind & Fire "Sunday Morning"
• En Vogue "Give It Up, Turn It Loose"
• Tony! Toni! Toné! "Anniversary"
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
• Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (songwriters) for "That's the Way Love Goes" performed by Janet Jackson
• Babyface & Daryl Simmons (songwriters) for "Can We Talk" (Tevin Campbell)
• Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller (songwriters) for "Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)" (Luther Vandross)
• Luther Vandross & Reed Vertelney (songwriters) for "Heaven Knows" (Luther Vandross)
• Raphael Wiggins & Carl Wheeler (songwriters) for "Anniversary" (Tony! Toni! Toné!)

• Best Rap Solo Performance
• Dr. Dre for "Let Me Ride"
• Paperboy – "Ditty"
• Sir Mix-a-Lot – "Just Da Pimpin' In Me"
• MC Lyte – "Ruffneck"
• LL Cool J – "Stand by Your Man"
• Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
• Digable Planets for "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
• Arrested Development — "Revolution"
• Cypress Hill — "Insane in the Brain"
• Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg — "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"
• Naughty by Nature — "Hip Hop Hooray"

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo
• Meat Loaf for "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
• Neil Young – "All Along the Watchtower"
• Lenny Kravitz – "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
• Sting – "Demolition Man"
• Peter Gabriel – "Steam"
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• Aerosmith for "Livin' on the Edge"
• Blind Melon – "No Rain"
• Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison– "My Back Pages"
• Soul Asylum – "Runaway Train"
• Spin Doctors – "Two Princes"
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
• Steve Vai for "Sofa"
• Aerosmith – "Boogie Man"
• Jeff Beck and Jed Leiber – "Hi-Heel Sneakers"
• Joe Satriani – "Speed of Light"
• Tangerine Dream – "Purple Haze
• Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal
• Stone Temple Pilots for "Plush"
• AC/DC – "Highway to Hell" (live)
• Living Colour – "Leave It Alone"
• Robert Plant – "Calling to You"
• The Smashing Pumpkins – "Cherub Rock"
• Best Metal Performance with Vocal
• Ozzy Osbourne for "I Don't Want to Change the World"
• Iron Maiden – "Fear of the Dark" (live)
• Megadeth – "Angry Again"
• Suicidal Tendencies – "Institutionalized"
• White Zombie – "Thunder Kiss '65"
• Best Rock Song
• David Pirner (songwriter) for "Runaway Train" performed by Soul Asylum

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
• Tony Bennett for Steppin' Out