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第40届格莱美奖是于1997年由美国国家录音与科学学会（The National Academy of Recording Arts & Science）所颁发的音乐奖项，这届格莱美奖作为音乐界最具盛名的奖项之一，旨在表彰那些在音乐产业中表现杰出的艺术家以及他们出色的音乐作品。
综合类：
年度最佳唱片(Record Of The Year)
“Sunny Came Home,” Shawn Colvin
年度最佳专辑(Album Of The Year)
Time Out of Mind, Bob Dylan (Columbia Records)
年度最佳单曲(Song Of The Year)
“Sunny Came Home,” Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal, songwriters
最佳新人奖(Best New Artist)
Paula Cole
流行类：
最佳流行女歌手(Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
“Building a Mystery,” Sarah McLachlan
最佳流行男歌手(Best Male Pop Vocal Performance)
“Candle in the Wind 1997,” Elton John
最佳流行乐队组合(Best Pop Performance By A Duo OrsgroupsWith Vocal)
“Virtual Insanity,” Jamiroquai
最佳流行音乐合唱奖(Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals)(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)
“Don't Look Back,” John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison
最佳流行表演专辑(Best Pop Instrumental Album)
“Last Dance,” Sarah McLachlan
最佳舞曲专辑(Best Dance Recording)：
“Carry On,” Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder
最佳流行乐演唱专辑(Best Pop Vocal Album)
Hourglass, James Taylor (Columbia Records)
最佳传统流行乐演唱专辑(Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album)
Tony Bennett on Holiday, Tony Bennett
摇滚类：
最佳摇滚女歌手(Best Female Rock Vocal Performance)
“Criminal,” Fiona Apple
最佳摇滚男歌手(Best Male Rock Vocal Performance)
“Cold Irons Bound,” Bob Dylan
最佳摇滚乐队(Best Rock Performance By A Duo OrsgroupsWith Vocal)
“One Headlight,” the Wallflowers
最佳硬摇滚表演奖(Best Hard Rock Performance)artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)
“The End Is the Beginning Is the End,” the Smashing Pumpkins
最佳金属表演奖(Best Metal Performance)
“?nima,” Tool
最佳摇滚乐表演奖(Best Rock Instrumental Performance)
“Block Rockin' Beats,” the Chemical Brothers
最佳摇滚歌曲(Best Rock Song)
“One Headlight,” Jakob Dylan, songwriter
最佳摇滚专辑(Best Rock Album)
Blue Moon Swamp, John Fogerty (Warner Bros. Records)
另类音乐：
最佳另类：音乐专辑(Best Alternative Music Album)
OK Computer, Radiohead
R&B类：
最佳R&B女歌手(Best Female R&B Vocal Performance)
“On and On,” Erykah Badu
最佳R&B男歌手(Best Male R&B Vocal Performance)
“I Believe I Can Fly,” R. Kelly
最佳R&B组合(Best R&B Performance By A Duo OrsgroupsWith Vocal)
“No Diggity,” Blackstreet
最佳R&B歌曲(Best R&B Song)
“I Believe I Can Fly,” R. Kelly, songwriter
最佳R&B专辑(Best R&B Album)
Baduizm, Erykah Badu (Kedar/Universal Records)
Rap类：
最佳Rap歌手(Best Rap Solo Performance)
“Men in Black,” Will Smith
最佳Rap组合(Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group)
“I'll Be Missing You,” Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
最佳Rap专辑(Best Rap Album)
No Way Out, Puff Daddy and the Family
乡村类：
最佳乡村女歌手(Best Female Country Vocal Performance)
“How Do I Live,” Trisha Yearwood
最佳乡村男歌手(Best Male Country Vocal Performance)
“Pretty Little Adriana,” Vince Gill
最佳乡村乐队组合(Best Country Performance By A Duo Orsgroups With Vocal)
“Looking in the Eyes of Love,” Alison Krauss and Union Station
最佳乡村音乐对唱(Best Country Collaboration With Vocals)
“In Another's Eyes,” Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks
最佳乡村乐表演奖(Best Country Instrumental Performance)
“Little Liza Jane,” Alison Krauss and Union Station
最佳乡村歌曲(Best Country Song)
“Butterfly Kisses,” Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas, songwriters
最佳乡村乐专辑(Best Country Album)
“Butterfly Kisses,” Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas, songwriters
最佳蓝草专辑(Best Bluegrass Album)
So Long So Wrong, Alison Krauss and Union Station (Rounder Records)
新世纪类：
最佳新世纪专辑(Best New Age Album)
Oracle, Michael Hedges (Windham Hill Records)
爵士类：
最佳当代爵士专辑(Best Contemporary Jazz Album)
Into the Sun, Randy Brecker
最佳爵士演唱专辑(Best Jazz Vocal Album)
Dear Ella, Dee Dee Bridgewater
最佳爵士独奏表演奖(Best Jazz Instrumental Solo)
“Stardust,” Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton
最佳爵士表演专辑(Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group)
Beyond the Missouri Sky, Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny (Verve Records)
最佳大爵士乐队专辑(Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album)
Joe Henderson Big Band, Joe Henderson Big Band
最佳拉丁爵士专辑(Best Latin Jazz Album)
Habana, Roy Hargrove's Crisol
灵魂乐：
最佳摇滚福音专辑(Best Rock Gospel Album)
Welcome to the Freak Show: dc Talk Live in Concert, dc Talk (ForeFront Records)
最佳当代福音音乐专辑(Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album)
Much Afraid, Jars of Clay (Silvertone/Essential Records)
最佳南方、乡村或蓝草福音音乐专辑(Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album)
Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute to Gospel, various artists (Sparrow Records)
最佳传统灵魂乐专辑(Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album)
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray, the Fairfield Four (Warner Bros. Records Nashville)
最佳当代灵魂乐专辑(Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album)
Brothers, Take 6 (Warner–Alliance Records)
最佳灵魂乐合唱专辑(Best Gospel Choir Or Chorus Album)
God's Property From Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation, God's Property; Kirk Franklin, Choir Director (B–Rite Music)
拉丁类：
最佳流行拉丁专辑(Best Latin Pop Album)
Romances, Luis Miguel
最佳拉丁摇滚/另类：专辑(Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album)
Fabulosos Calavera, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
最佳传统热带拉丁专辑(Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album)
Buena Vista Social Club, Ry Cooder
最佳特吉诺/墨西哥-美国专辑(Best Tejano/Mexican-American Album)
En Tus Manos, La Mafia
蓝调类：
最佳传统蓝调专辑(Best Traditional Blues Album)
Don't Look Back, John Lee Hooker (Pointblank/Virgin Records America)
最佳当代蓝调专辑(Best Contemporary Blues Album)
Senor Blues, Taj Mahal (Private Music)
最佳传统民谣专辑(Best Traditional Folk Album)
L'Amour ou la Folie, BeauSoleil (Rhino Records)
最佳当代民谣类：(Best Contemporary Folk Album)
Time Out of Mind, Bob Dylan (Columbia Records)
雷鬼类：
最佳雷鬼专辑(Best Reggae Album)
Fallen is Babylon, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers (Elektra Records/EEG)
世界音乐：
最佳世界音乐专辑(Best World Music Album)
Nascimento, Milton Nascimento (Warner Bros. Records)
波尔卡类：
最佳波尔卡专辑(Best Polka Album)
Living on Polka Time, Jimmy Sturr (Rounder Records)
儿童类：
最佳儿童音乐专辑(Best Musical Album For Children)
All Aboard!, John Denver (Sony Wonder Records)
最佳儿童诵读专辑(Best Spoken Word Album For Children)
Winnie-The-Pooh, Charles Kuralt (Penguin Audiobooks)
诵读类：
最佳诵读专辑(Best Spoken Word Album)
Charles Kuralt's Spring, Charles Kuralt (Simon and Schuster Audioworks)
最佳诵读喜剧专辑(Best Spoken Comedy Album)
Roll With the New, Chris Rock (DreamWorks Records)
音乐剧类：
最佳音乐剧专辑(Best Musical Show Album)
Chicago: the Musical (RCA Victor)
电影/电视/视频类：
最佳影视器乐专辑(Best Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television)
The English Patient, Gabriel Yared, composer
最佳影视歌曲(Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media)
“I Believe I Can Fly” (from Space Jam), R. Kelly, songwriter
作曲/编曲类：
最佳器乐作曲奖(Best Instrumental Composition)
“Aung San Suu Kyi,” Wayne Shorter, composer
最佳演奏编曲奖(Best Instrumental Arrangement)
“Straight, No Chaser,” Bill Holman, arranger
最佳声乐作品改编奖(Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s))
“Cotton Tail,” Slide Hampton, arranger
最佳Package唱片(Best Recording Package)
Various Artists: Titanic—Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage, Hugh Brown, Al Q., and Jeff Smith, art directors (Rhino Records)
最佳Boxed/Special Limited Edition Package唱片
Various Artists: Beg, Scream and Shout! The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul, Hugh Brown, David Gorman and Rachel Gutek, art directors (Rhino Records)
Best Album Notes
Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded), John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Joh Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Luc Sante, Peter Stampfel and Eric Von Schmidt, album notes writers
最佳历史性专辑(Best Historical Album)
Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
制作类：
最佳非古典录音工程专辑(Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical)
James Taylor: Hourglass, Frank Filipetti, engineer (Columbia Records)
年度非古典制作人(Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical)
Babyface
最佳非古典混音制作(Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical)
Frankie Knuckles
最佳古典录音工程专辑(Best Engineered Album, Classical)
Copland: The Music of America, Michael Bishop and Jack Renner, engineers
年度古典制作人(Producer Of The Year, Classical)
Steven Epstein
古典类：
最佳古典专辑(Best Classical Album)
Premieres: Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse), Philadelphia Orchestra (Sony Classical)
最佳管弦乐表演奖(Best Orchestral Performance)
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia, Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus (Deutsche Grammophon)
最佳歌剧唱片(Best Opera Recording)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (London Records)
最佳合唱表演奖(Best Choral Performance)
Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc)
最佳器乐独奏家表演奖(与管弦乐队合作)(Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra))
Premieres: Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse), Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; David Zinman, conductor
最佳器乐独奏家表演奖(不带管弦乐队)(Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)
Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1–6, Janos Starker, cello
最佳室内乐表演奖(Best Chamber Music Performance)
Beethoven: The String Quartets, Emerson String Quartet
最佳小乐队表演奖(Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor))
“Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1,” Claudio Abbado conducting members of the Berliner Philharmonic
最佳古典声乐表演奖(Best Classical Vocal Performance)
An Italian Songbook (Works of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini), Cecilia Bartoli
最佳古典音乐当代作曲奖(Best Classical Contemporary Composition)
“Adams: El Dorado,” John Adams, composer
音乐录影带类：
最佳短篇音乐录影带(Best Short Form Music Video)：
“Got 'Till It's Gone,” Janet Jackson; Mark Romanek and Aris McGarry, video directors
最佳长篇音乐录影带(Best Long Form Music Video)
Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill, Live, Alanis Morissette and Steve Purcell, video directors
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