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{{Infobox award
| name     = 33rd Annual Grammy Awards
| image    = 
| caption  = 
| date     = February 20, 1991
| location = [[Radio City Music Hall]], [[New York, New York]]
| host     = [[Garry Shandling]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/awards/33rd-annual-grammy-awards |title=33rd Annual Grammy Awards |author= |publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|The Recording Academy]] |date= |accessdate=2016-03-24}}</ref>
| network  = CBS 
| previous = [[32nd Annual Grammy Awards|32nd]]
| main     = [[Grammy&nbsp;Award]]s
| next     = [[34th Annual Grammy Awards|34th]]
}}
The '''33rd Annual Grammy Awards''' were held on February 20, 1991. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. [[Quincy Jones]] was the night's big winner winning a total of six awards including Album of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j5RQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uBIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6949,5390931&dq=grammy&hl=en|title=Quincy Jones wins block of Grammys|date=1991-02-21|publisher=The Milwaukee Journal|accessdate=2011-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1990&genre=All|title=1990 Grammy Award Winners|publisher=Grammy.com|accessdate=2011-05-01}}</ref>

==Award winners==
*[[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]
**[[Hugh Padgham]] (producer) & [[Phil Collins]] (producer & artist) for "[[Another Day in Paradise]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
**[[Quincy Jones]] (producer & artist) for ''[[Back on the Block]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]
**[[Julie Gold]] (songwriter) for "[[From a Distance]]" performed by [[Bette Midler]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]
**[[Mariah Carey]]

===Alternative===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance|Best Alternative Music Performance]]
**[[Sinéad O'Connor]] for ''[[I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got]]''

===Blues===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album|Best Traditional Blues Recording]]
**[[B.B. King]] for ''[[Live at San Quentin]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album|Best Contemporary Blues Recording]]
**[[Jimmie Vaughan]] & [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] for ''[[Family Style]]''

===Children's===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Album for Children|Best Recording for Children]]
**[[Alan Menken]] (composer) & [[Howard Ashman]] (lyricist) for ''[[The Little Mermaid (soundtrack)|The Little Mermaid]]'' performed by various artists

===Classical===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance|Best Orchestral Performance]]
**[[Leonard Bernstein]] (conductor) & the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] for ''[[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich]]: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7'' 
*[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance|Best Classical Vocal Performance]]
**[[Zubin Mehta]] (conductor), [[José Carreras]], [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Luciano Pavarotti]], & the Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale for ''Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert ''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording|Best Opera Recording]]
**Cord Garben (producer), [[James Levine]] (conductor), [[Siegfried Jerusalem]], [[Christa Ludwig]], [[Kurt Moll]], [[James Morris (opera singer)|James Morris]], Jan Hendrik Rootering, [[Ekkehard Wlaschiha]], [[Heinz Zednik]] & the [[Metropolitan Opera Orchestra]] for ''[[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]: Das Rheingold''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance|Best Choral Performance (other than opera)]]
**[[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]] (conductor) & the [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra|Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus]] for ''[[William Walton|Walton]]: Belshazzar's Feast/[[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]]: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)|Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra)]]
**[[Zubin Mehta]] (conductor), [[Itzhak Perlman]] & the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]] for ''[[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich]]: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor/ [[Alexander Glazunov|Glazunov]]: Violin Concerto in A Minor'' 
* [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)|Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra)]]
**[[Vladimir Horowitz]] for ''The Last Recording'' 
*[[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance|Best Chamber Music or Other Small Ensemble Performance]] 
**[[Daniel Barenboim]] & [[Itzhak Perlman]] for ''[[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]]: The Three Violin Sonatas''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition|Best Contemporary Composition]]
**[[Leonard Bernstein]] (composer), [[Judy Kaye]] & William Sharp for ''Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles'' 
*[[Grammy Award for Best Classical Album|Best Classical Album]]
**[[Hans Weber]] (producer), [[Leonard Bernstein]] (conductor) & the [[New York Philharmonic]] for ''[[Charles Ives|Ives]]: Sym. No. 2; Gong on the Hook and Ladder; Central Park in the Dark; The Unanswered Question''

===Comedy===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album|Best Comedy Recording]]
**[[Peter Schickele]] for ''[[P. D. Q. Bach]]: [[Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities]]''

===Composing and arranging===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition|Best Instrumental Composition]]
**[[Pat Metheny]] (composer) for "[[Question and Answer (album)#Track listing|Change of Heart]]" performed by [[Roy Haynes]], [[Dave Holland]] & Pat Metheny 
*[[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television]]
**[[Alan Menken]] (composer) & [[Howard Ashman]] (lyricist) for "[[Under the Sea]]" performed by various artists
*[[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television]]
**[[James Horner]] (composer) for ''[[Glory (1989 film)#Soundtrack|Glory]]'' performed by James Horner & the [[Boys Choir of Harlem]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement|Best Arrangement on an Instrumental]]
**[[Jerry Hey]], [[Quincy Jones]], Ian Prince & [[Rod Temperton]] (arrangers) for "[[Birdland (instrumental composition)|Birdland]]" performed by Quincy Jones
*[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)|Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)]]
**[[Glen Ballard]], [[Jerry Hey]], [[Quincy Jones]] & [[Clif Magness]] (arrangers) for "[[Back on the Block#Track listing|The Places You Find Love]]" performed by [[Siedah Garrett]] & [[Chaka Khan]]

===Country===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance|Best Country Vocal Performance, Female]]
**[[Kathy Mattea]] for "[[Where've You Been]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance|Best Country Vocal Performance, Male]]
**[[Vince Gill]] for "[[When I Call Your Name (Vince Gill song)|When I Call Your Name]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]]
**[[The Kentucky Headhunters]] for ''[[Pickin' on Nashville]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals|Best Country Vocal Collaboration]] 
**[[Chet Atkins]] & [[Mark Knopfler]] for "[[Poor Boy Blues]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance|Best Country Instrumental Performance]]
**[[Chet Atkins]] & [[Mark Knopfler]] for "[[Neck and Neck#Track listing|So Soft, Your Goodbye]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Country Song|Best Country Song]]
**[[Don Henry]] & Jon Vezner (songwriters) for "[[Where've You Been]]" performed by [[Kathy Mattea]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album|Best Bluegrass Recording]]
**[[Alison Krauss]] for ''[[I've Got That Old Feeling]] ''

===Folk===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album|Best Traditional Folk Recording]]
**[[Doc Watson]] for ''[[On Praying Ground]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album|Best Contemporary Folk Recording]]
**[[Shawn Colvin]] for ''[[Steady On (Shawn Colvin album)|Steady On]]''

===Gospel===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album|Best Pop Gospel Album]]
**[[Sandi Patty|Sandi Patti]] for ''Another Time... Another Place'' 
*[[Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album|Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album]]
**[[Petra (band)|Petra]] for ''Beyond Belief ''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album|Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album]]
**[[Tramaine Hawkins]] for ''Tramaine Hawkins Live'' 
*[[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album|Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album]]
**[[Take 6]] for ''So Much 2 Say'' 
*[[Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album|Best Southern Gospel Album]]
**[[Bruce Carroll]] for ''The Great Exchange'' 
*[[Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album|Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus]]
**[[James Cleveland]] (choir director) for ''Having Church'' performed by the [[Southern California Community Choir]]

===Historical===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Historical Album|Best Historical Album]]
**[[Lawrence Cohn]] & Stephen Lavere (producers) for ''[[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]] - The Complete Recordings''

===Jazz===
* [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female|Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female]]
**[[Ella Fitzgerald]] for ''[[All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald album)|All That Jazz]]'' 
* [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male|Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male]]
**[[Harry Connick Jr.]] for ''[[We Are in Love]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo|Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist]]
**[[Oscar Peterson]] for ''[[Live at the Blue Note (Oscar Peterson album)|The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group|Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group]]
**The [[Oscar Peterson Trio]] for ''[[Live at the Blue Note (Oscar Peterson album)|The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album|Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band]]
**[[Frank Foster (musician)|Frank Foster]] for "[[Big_Boss_Band#Track_listing|Basie's Bag]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance|Best Jazz Fusion Performance]]
**[[Quincy Jones]] for "[[Birdland (instrumental composition)|Birdland]]"

===Latin===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album|Best Latin Pop Performance]]
**[[Jose Feliciano]] for "[[¿Por Qué Te Tengo Que Olvidar?]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album|Best Tropical Latin Performance]]
**[[Tito Puente]] for "Lambada Timbales"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album|Best Mexican-American Performance]]
**The [[Texas Tornados]] for "[[Soy de San Luis]]"

===Musical show===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album|Best Musical Cast Show Album]]
**David Caddick (producer) & cast members with [[Gary Morris]] for ''Les Misérables - The Complete Symphonic Recording''

===Music video===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Best Music Video, Short Form]]
**[[Sharon Oreck]] (video producer), Candice Reckinger, [[Michael Patterson]] (video directors) & [[Paula Abdul]] for "[[Opposites Attract]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video|Best Music Video, Long Form]]
**John Oetjen (video producer), [[Rupert Wainwright]] (video director) & [[M.C. Hammer]] for ''[[Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em#Film|Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie]]''

===New Age===
*[[Grammy Award for Best New Age Album|Best New Age Performance]]
**[[Mark Isham]] for ''[[Mark Isham (album)|Mark Isham]]''

===Packaging and notes===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Album Package]]
**Jeffrey Gold, Len Peltier & [[Suzanne Vega]] (art directors) for ''[[Days of Open Hand]]'' performed by Suzanne Vega 
*[[Grammy Award for Best Album Notes|Best Album Notes]]
**[[Dan Morgenstern]] (notes writer) for ''Brownie - The Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown'' performed by Clifford Brown

===Polka===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Polka Album|Best Polka Recording]]
**[[Jimmy Sturr]] for ''[[When It's Polka Time at Your House]]''

===Pop===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Vocal Performance, Female]]
**[[Mariah Carey]] for "[[Vision of Love]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance|Best Vocal Performance, Male]]
**[[Roy Orbison]] for "[[Oh Pretty Woman]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]]
**[[Aaron Neville]] & [[Linda Ronstadt]] for "[[All My Life (Linda Ronstadt song)|All My Life]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance|Best Pop Instrumental Performance]]
**[[Angelo Badalamenti]] for "''[[Twin Peaks]]'' Theme"

===Production and engineering===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical]]
**[[Bruce Swedien]] (engineer) for ''Back On the Block'' performed by [[Quincy Jones]]
*[[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical|Best Engineered Recording, Classical]]
**[[Jack Renner (recording engineer)|Jack Renner]] (engineer), [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]] (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Festival Singers for ''[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]: Vespers'' 
*[[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical|Producer of the Year, (Non-Classical)]]
**[[Quincy Jones]]
*[[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical|Classical Producer of the Year]]
**[[Adam Stern (conductor)|Adam Stern]]

===R&B===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female]]
**[[Anita Baker]] for ''[[Compositions (Anita Baker album)|Compositions]]''
*[[Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance|Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male]]
**[[Luther Vandross]] for "[[Here and Now (Luther Vandross song)|Here and Now]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]]
**[[Ray Charles]] & [[Chaka Khan]] for "[[I'll Be Good to You]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best R&B Song|Best Rhythm & Blues Song]]
**[[M.C. Hammer]], [[Rick James]] & Alonzo Miller (songwriters) for "[[U Can't Touch This]]" performed by M.C. Hammer

===Rap===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance|Best Rap Solo Performance]]
**[[M.C. Hammer]] for "[[U Can't Touch This]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group|Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group]]
**[[Big Daddy Kane]], [[Ice-T]], [[Kool Moe Dee]], [[Melle Mel]], Quincy D. III & [[Quincy Jones]] for "[[Back on the Block]]"

===Reggae===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album|Best Reggae Recording]]
**[[Bunny Wailer]] for ''[[Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley]]''

===Rock===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female]] 
**[[Alannah Myles]] for "[[Black Velvet (song)|Black Velvet]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance|Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male]] 
**[[Eric Clapton]] for "[[Bad Love (Eric Clapton song)|Bad Love]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]]
**[[Aerosmith]] for "[[Janie's Got a Gun]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance|Best Rock Instrumental Performance]]
**[[Stevie Ray Vaughan|Vaughan Brothers]] for "[[Family Style#Track listing|D/FW]]"
*[[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance|Best Hard Rock Performance]]
**[[Living Colour]] for ''[[Time's Up (Living Colour album)|Time's Up]]'' 
*[[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]]
**[[Metallica]] for "[[Stone Cold Crazy]]"

===Spoken===
*[[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album|Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording]]
**[[George Burns]] for ''Gracie - A Love Story''

==Special merit awards==

===[[MusiCares Person of the Year]]===
*[[David Crosby]]

==Reception==
In a contemporary review, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' described the telecast was "one of the most unmemorable in memory" and that "This year's telecast was doomed from the moment Sinead O'Connor, the artist behind the year's most compelling record, announced that she would boycott the show because the awards celebrate commercialism."{{sfn|Prouty|1994|ps=: "No page number in the book. Review is dated "February 21, 1991""}} The review critiqued the performers stating that [[Garth Brooks]] stage set up resembled a "[[Noel Coward]] play", [[Billy Idol]] changed a lyric of "[[Cradle of Love (Billy Idol song)|Cradle of Love]]" to state "This song is so cheesy" and that [[MC Hammer]] appeared to be wrapped in aluminium foil.{{sfn|Prouty|1994|ps=: "No page number in the book. Review is dated "February 21, 1991""}}

The review spoke positively about performance of [[En Vogue]] and [[Take 6]] and the [[a cappella]] performance by [[Tracy Chapman]].{{sfn|Prouty|1994|ps=: "No page number in the book. Review is dated "February 21, 1991""}}

== References ==
===Footnotes===
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===Sources===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book
 |editor-last=Prouty
 |editor-first=Howard H.
 |title=Variety Television Reviews 1923-1992
 |publisher=Garland Publishing Inc.
 |isbn=0-8240-3796-0
 |year=1994
 |ref=harv
}}
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