32nd Annual Grammy Awards
Award ceremony
| 32nd Annual Grammy Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Date | February 21, 1990 | |||
| Location | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Hosted by | Garry Shandling | |||
| Most awards | Bonnie Raitt (4) | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | CBS | |||
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The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 21, 1990, and hosted by Garry Shandling. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.[1][2]
Performers
- Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
- Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You
- Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
- Michael Bolton & Kenny G - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
- Don Henley - The End of the Innocence
- Rodney Crowell - After All This Time
- k.d. lang - Luck in My Eyes
- Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
- Bonnie Raitt - Thing Called Love
- Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years
- Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt - Don't Know Much
- Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True
Presenters
- Anita Baker, Sting & Stevie Wonder - Record of the Year
- Natalie Cole & Ella Fitzgerald - Album of the Year
- Michael Bolton & Kenny G - Song of the Year
- Kris Kristofferson & Young MC - Best New Artist
- Exposé & Randy Travis - Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Patrick Swayze & Paula Abdul - Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Olivia Newton-John & Sam Kinison - Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- B.B. King & John Lee Hooker - Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Dwight Yoakam - Best Male & Female Country Vocal Performance
- New Kids on the Block - Best Rap Performance
- Taylor Dayne & Mötley Crüe - Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
Award winners
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist was originally awarded to Milli Vanilli. However, on November 20, 1990, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences revoked the award[3][4][5] after producer Frank Farian admitted the duo did not sing at all on their album, Girl You Know It's True.[6] As of the 2023 ceremony, this is the only time where a Grammy has been revoked.
General
- Record of the Year
- Arif Mardin (producer) & Bette Midler (artist) for "Wind Beneath My Wings"
- Don Henley, Bruce Hornsby (producers) & Don Henley (artist) for "The End of the Innocence"
- Christopher Neil, Mike Rutherford (producers) & Mike + The Mechanics (artist) for "The Living Years"
- David Z. Fine, Fine Young Cannibals (producers) & Fine Young Cannibals (artist) for "She Drives Me Crazy"
- Mick Jones, Billy Joel (producers) & Billy Joel (artist) for "We Didn't Start The Fire"
- Album of the Year
- Don Was (producer) & Bonnie Raitt for Nick of Time
- Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar (producers) & Don Henley (artist) for The End of the Innocence
- Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Mike Campbell (producers) & Tom Petty (artist) for Full Moon Fever
- Fine Young Cannibals (producers) & Fine Young Cannibals (artist) for The Raw & the Cooked
- Jeff Lynne, George Harrison (producers) & Traveling Wilburys (artists) for Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
- Song of the Year
- Jeff Silbar & Larry Henley (songwriters) for "Wind Beneath My Wings" performed by Bette Midler
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Special Merit Awards
Nat "King" Cole, Miles Davis, Vladimir Horowitz, and Paul McCartney were each awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[7]
References
- ^ "Bonnie Raitt wins this thing called Grammy 4 times". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 22 February 1990. Retrieved 1 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1989 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "Milli Vanilli is stripped of Grammy for fakery". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 20 November 1990. Retrieved 1 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Shriver, Jerry (January 28, 2010). "Milli Vanilli frontman says duo were musical 'scapegoats'". USA Today. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Philips, Chuck (November 16, 1990). "It's True: Milli Vanilli Didn't Sing : Pop music: The duo could be stripped of its Grammy after admitting it lip-synced the best-selling 'Girl You Know It's True.'". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Philips, Chuck (November 20, 1990). "Milli Vanilli's Grammy Rescinded by Academy : Music: Organization revokes an award for the first time after revelation that the duo never sang on album". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT GRAMMY AWARD". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
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