The Big Four
Album of the Year
Record of the Year
Song of the Year
Winner
Change the World
Gordon Kennedy, Tommy Sims & Wayne Kirkpatrick (Eric Clapton)
Because You Loved Me— Celine Dion
Blue— LeAnn Rimes
Give Me One Reason— Tracy Chapman
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)— Whitney Houston
Pop
Best Pop Vocal Album
Pieces of You— Jewel
Secrets— Toni Braxton
Best Pop Solo Performance
Un-Break My Heart— Toni Braxton
Give Me One Reason— Tracy Chapman
Rock
Best Rock Album
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness— Smashing Pumpkins
Evil Empire— Rage Against the Machine
Best Rock Performance
Bullet with Butterfly Wings— Smashing Pumpkins
1979— Smashing Pumpkins
R&B
Best R&B Album
Waiting to Exhale— Whitney Houston (Soundtrack)
History of Love— Boyz II Men
Rap/Hip-Hop
Best Rap Album
The Score— The Fugees
All Eyez on Me— 2Pac
Best Rap Solo Performance
California Love— 2Pac ft. Dr. Dre
1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)— Coolio
Country
Best Country Album
Ode to Billie Joe— Bobbie Gentry
Souvenirs— Emmylou Harris
Best Country Song
Go Rest High on That Mountain— Vince Gill
Church on Cumberland Road— Shenandoah
Alternative