32nd Annual Grammy Awards
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| 32nd Annual Grammy Awards | |
|---|---|
Bette Midler holding her Grammy Award | |
| Date | February 21, 1990 |
| Location | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
| Hosted by | Garry Shandling |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | CBS |
The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards were held in 1990. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.[1][2]
The Milli Vanilli duo pose with Michael Greene, chairman of NARAS, during the 1990 Grammys rehearsal.
Contents
- 1 Award winners
- 1.1 General
- 1.2 Blues
- 1.3 Children's
- 1.4 Classical
- 1.5 Comedy
- 1.6 Composing and arranging
- 1.7 Country
- 1.8 Folk
- 1.9 Gospel
- 1.10 Historical
- 1.11 Jazz
- 1.12 Latin
- 1.13 Musical show
- 1.14 Music video
- 1.15 New Age
- 1.16 Packaging and notes
- 1.17 Polka
- 1.18 Pop
- 1.19 Production and engineering
- 1.20 R&B
- 1.21 Rap
- 1.22 Reggae
- 1.23 Rock
- 1.24 Spoken
- 2 References
Award winners[edit]
The award for Best New Artist was originally awarded to Milli Vanilli. In November 1990, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences revoked Milli Vanilli's Grammy,[3][4][5] after Milli Vanilli members Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan and their producer, Frank Farian, admitted the duo "did not sing a note" on their album, Girl You Know It's True.[6]
General[edit]
- Record of the Year
- Arif Mardin (producer) & Bette Midler for "Wind Beneath My Wings"
- Album of the Year
- Don Was (producer) & Bonnie Raitt for Nick of Time
- Song of the Year
- Jeff Silbar & Larry Henley (songwriters) for "Wind Beneath My Wings" performed by Bette Midler
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Fine Young Cannibals rehearsing for the Grammys.
References[edit]
- ^ "Bonnie Raitt wins this thing called Grammy 4 times". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 22 February 1990. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.