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32nd Annual Grammy Awards
File:Bette Midler (1990).jpg
Bette Midler holding her Grammy Award
DateFebruary 21, 1990
LocationShrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Hosted byGarry Shandling
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS

The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards were held in 1990. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.[1][2]

File:Milli Vanilli and C. Michael Greene.jpg

The Milli Vanilli duo pose with Michael Greene, chairman of NARAS, during the 1990 Grammys rehearsal.

Award winners[]

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 performers 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[]

  • 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
File:Fine Young Cannibals rehearsal (2087280741).jpg

Fine Young Cannibals rehearsing for the Grammys.

References[]

  1. "Bonnie Raitt wins this thing called Grammy 4 times". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 22 February 1990. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. "1989 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  3. "Milli Vanilli is stripped of Grammy for fakery". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 20 November 1990. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. Shriver, Jerry (January 28, 2010). "Milli Vanilli frontman says duo were musical 'scapegoats'". USA Today. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  5. 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.
  6. 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 "Milli Vanilli's Grammy Rescinded by Academy : Music: Organization revokes an award for the first time after revelation that the duo never sang on album".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.


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