The 35th Grammy Awards were held in 1993. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

Award winners:

• Record of the Year
  • Russ Titelman (producer) & Eric Clapton for Tears in Heaven

• Album of the Year
  • Russ Titelman (producer) & Eric Clapton for Unplugged

• Song of the Year
  • Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) for Tears in Heaven

• Best New Artist
  • Arrested Development

Alternative

• Best Alternative Music Album
  • Tom Waits for Bone Machine

Blues

• Best Traditional Blues Album
  • Dr. John for Goin' Back to New Orleans
• Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble for The Sky Is Crying

Children's

• Best Album for Children
  • Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) for Beauty and the Beast - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack performed by various artists

Classical

• Best Orchestral Recording
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9
• Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Kathleen Battle & Margo Garrett for Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall (Handel, Mozart, Liszt, Strauss, etc.)
• Best Opera Recording
  • Christopher Raeburn , Stephen Trainor , Morten Winding (producers), Georg Solti (conductor), Hildegard Behrens , José van Dam , Plácido Domingo, Sumi Jo , Reinhild Runkel , Julia Varady & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
• Best Performance of a Choral Work
  • Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director), the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Boys Choir & the San Francisco Symphony Girls Choir for Orff: Carmina Burana
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo With Orchestra
  • Lorin Maazel (conductor), Yo-Yo Ma & the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante - Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
• Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Solo Without Orchestra
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz - Discovered Treasures (Chopin, Liszt, Scarlatti, Scriabin, Clementi)
• Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma for Brahms: Sonatas for Cello & Piano
• Best Contemporary Composition
  • Samuel Barber (composer), Andrew Schnenck (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Barber: The Lovers
• Best Classical Album
  • Horst Dittberner (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Comedy

• Best Comedy Album
  • Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition
  • Benny Carter (composer) for Harlem Renaissance Suite
• Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
  • Howard Ashman & Alan Menken (songwriters) for Beauty and the Beast performed by Peabo Bryson & Céline Dion
• Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
  • Alan Menken (composer) for Beauty and the Beast performed by various artists
• Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
  • Rob McConnell (arranger) for Strike Up the Band performed by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
• Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
  • Johnny Mandel (arranger) for Here's to Life performed by Shirley Horn

Country

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter for I Feel Lucky
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
  • Vince Gill for I Still Believe in You
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers for Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers at the Ryman
• Best Country Vocal Collaboration
  • Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt for The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
• Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed for Sneakin' Around
• Best Country Song
  • Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (songwriters) for I Still Believe In You, performed by Vince Gill
• Best Bluegrass Album
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station for Every Time You Say Goodbye

Folk

• Best Traditional Folk Album
  • The Chieftains for An Irish Evening - Live at the Grand Opera House, Belfast
• Best Contemporary Folk Album
  • The Chieftains for Another Country

Gospel

• Best Pop Gospel Album
  • Steven Curtis Chapman for The Great Adventure
• Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Petra for Unseen Power
• Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
  • Shirley Caesar for He's Working It Out For You
• Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
  • Mervyn E. Warren (producer) for Handel's Messiah - A Soulful Celebration performed by various artists
• Best Southern Gospel Album
  • Bruce Carroll for Sometimes Miracles Hide
• Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
  • Edwin Hawkins (choir director) for Edwin Hawkins Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir - Recorded Live in Los Angeles performed by the Music & Arts Seminar Mass Choir

Historical

• Best Historical Album
  • Michael Cuscuna (producer) for The Complete Capitol Recordings of The Nat "King" Cole Trio

Jazz

• Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • Joe Henderson for Lush Life
• Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group
  • Branford Marsalis for I Heard You Twice the First Time
• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
  • McCoy Tyner for The Turning Point
• Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Bobby McFerrin for 'Round Midnight
• Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)
  • Pat Metheny for Secret Story

Latin

• Best Latin Pop Album
  • Jon Secada for Otro Dia Mas Sin Verte
• Best Tropical Latin Album
  • Linda Ronstadt for Frenesi
• Best Mexican-American Album
  • Linda Ronstadt for Mas Canciones

Musical Show

• Best Musical Show Album
  • Jay David Saks (producer) & the New Broadway cast for Guys and Dolls - The New Broadway Cast Recording

Music Video

• Best Music Video, Short Form
  • John Downer (video director & producer) & Peter Gabriel for Digging in the Dirt
• Best Music Video, Long Form
  • Rob Small (video producer), Sophie Muller (video director) & Annie Lennox for Diva

New Age

• Best New Age Album
  • Enya for Shepherd Moons

Packaging and Notes

• Best Album Package
  • Melanie Nissen (art director) for Spellbound - Compact performed by Paula Abdul
• Best Album Notes
  • Ahmet Ertegun, Arif Mardin, Dave Marsh , David Ritz, Jerry Wexler, Thulani Davis & Tom Dowd (notes writers) for Queen of Soul - The Atlantic Recordings performed by Aretha Franklin

Polka

• Best Polka Album
  • Walter Ostanek for 35th Anniversary performed by Walter Ostanek & His Band

Pop

• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • k.d. lang for Constant Craving
• Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
  • Eric Clapton for Tears in Heaven
• Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Céline Dion & Peabo Bryson for Beauty and the Beast
• Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Richard Kaufman (conductor) for Beauty and the Beast

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
  • Bruce Swedien & Teddy Riley (engineers) for Dangerous performed by Michael Jackson
• Best Engineered Recording, Classical
  • James Lock , John Pellowe , Jonathan Stokes & Philip Siney (engineers), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Vienna Philharmonic for R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
• Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)
  • Babyface & L.A. Reid
  • Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois
• Classical Producer of the Year
  • Michael Fine

R&B

• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
  • Chaka Khan for The Woman I Am
• Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
  • Al Jarreau for Heaven and Earth
• Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Boyz II Men for End of the Road
• Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • Miles Davis for Doo-Bop
• Best Rhythm & Blues Song
  • Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons (songwriters) for End of the Road performed by Boyz II Men

Rap

• Best Rap Solo Performance
  • Sir Mix-a-Lot for Baby Got Back
• Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Arrested Development for Tennessee

Reggae

• Best Reggae Album
  • Shabba Ranks for X-tra Naked

Rock

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
  • Melissa Etheridge for Ain't It Heavy

• Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
  • Eric Clapton for Unplugged
• Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • U2 for Achtung Baby
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble for Little Wing
• Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers for Give It Away
• Best Metal Performance
  • Nine Inch Nails for Wish
• Best Rock Song
  • Eric Clapton & Jim Gordon (songwriters) for Layla performed by Eric Clapton

Spoken

• Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
  • Earvin "Magic" Johnson & Robert O'Keefe for What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS

Trad Pop

• Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
  • Tony Bennett for Perfectly Frank

World

• Best World Music Album
  • Sergio Mendes for Brasileiro