GRAMMY Awards (selected)

1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989

 

"Grammy" Awards for 1980


1. Album of the Year: "Christopher Cross" by Christopher Cross
2. Record of the Year: "Sailing" by Christopher Cross
3. Song of the Year: "Sailing" by Christopher Cross
4. Pop-vocal [Male]: Kenny Loggins, "This is It"
5. Pop-vocal [Female]: Bette Midler, "The Rose"
6. Pop-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb, "Guilty"
7. Rock-vocal [Male]: Billy Joel, "Glass Houses"
8. Rock-vocal [Female]: Pat Benatar, "Crimes of Passion"
9. Rock-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND, "Against the Wind"
10. Best New Artist: Christopher Cross

 

"Grammy" Awards for 1981


1. Album of the Year: "Double Fantasy" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
2. Record of the Year: "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
3. Song of the Year: "Bette Davis Eyes" by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon
4. Pop-vocal [Male]: Al Jarreau, "Breakin' Away"
5. Pop-vocal [Female]: Lena Horne: "The Lady and Her Music" Live on Broadway
6. Pop-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: MANHATTAN TRANSFER, "Boy from New York City"
7. Rock-vocal [Male]: Rick Springfield, "Jessie's Girl"
8. Rock-vocal [Female]: Pat Benatar, "Fire and Ice"
9. Rock-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: POLICE, "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
10. Best New Artist: Sheena Easton

 

"Grammy" Awards for 1982


1. Album of the Year: "Toto IV" by TOTO
2. Record of the Year: "Rosanna" by TOTO
1. Song of the Year: "Always în My Mind" by Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Thompson
4. Pop-vocal [Male]: Lionel Richie, "Truly"
5. Pop-vocal [Female]: Melissa Manchester, "You Should Hear How He Talks About You"
6. Pop-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, "Up Where We Belong"
7. Rock-vocal [Male]: John Cougar, "Hurts So Good"
8. Rock-vocal [Female]: Pat Benatar, "Shadows in the Night"
9. Rock-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: SURVIVOR, "Eye of the Tiger"
10. Best New Artist: MEN AT WORK

 

"Grammy" Awards for 1983

1. Album of the Year: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson
2. Record of the Year: "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
3. Song of the Year: "Every Breath You Take" by Sting
4. Pop-vocal [Male]: Michael Jackson, "Thriller"
5. Pop-vocal [Female]: Irene Cara, "Flashdance… What a Feeling"
6. Pop-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: POLICE, "Every Breath You Take"
7. Rock-vocal [Male]: Michael Jackson, "Beat It"
8. Rock-vocal [Female]: Pat Benatar, "Love is a Battlefield"
9. Rock-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: POLICE, "Synchronicity"
10. Best New Artist: CULTURE CLUB

 

"Grammy" Awards for 1984

1. Album of the Year: "Can't Slow Down" by Lionel Richie
2. Record of the Year: "What's Love Got to Do with It?" by Tina Turner
3. Song of the Year: "What's Love Got to Do with It?" by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten
4. Pop-vocal [Male]: Phil Collins, "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
5. Pop-vocal [Female]: Tina Turner, "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
6. Pop-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: POINTER SISTERS, "Jump (for My Love)"
7. Rock-vocal [Male]: Bruce Springsteen, "Dancing in the Dark"
8. Rock-vocal [Female]: Tina Turner, "Better Be Good to Me"
9. Rock-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, "Purple Rain"
10. Best New Artist: Cyndi Lauper

 

"Grammy" Awards for 1985

1. Album of the Year: "No Jacket Required" by Phil Collins
2. Record of the Year: "We Are the World" by USA FOR AFRICA
3. Song of the Year: "We Are the World" by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson
4. Pop-vocal [Male]: Phil Collins, "No Jacket Required"
5. Pop-vocal [Female]: Whitney Houston, "Saving All My Love for You"
6. Pop-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: USA FOR AFRICA, "We Are the World"
7. Rock-vocal [Male]: Don Henley, "The Boys of Summer"
8. Rock-vocal [Female]: Tina Turner, "One of the Living"
9. Rock-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: DIRE STRAITS, "Money for Nothing"
10. Best New Artist: Sade

 

"Grammy" Awards for 1986

1. Album of the Year: "Graceland" by Paul Simon
2. Record of the Year: "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood
3. Song of the Year: "That's What Friends Are for" by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager
4. Pop-vocal [Male]: Steve Winwood, "Higher Love"
5. Pop-vocal [Female]: Barbra Streisand, "The Broadway Album"
6. Pop-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: Dionne and Friends, "That's What Friends Are for"
7. Rock-vocal [Male]: Robert Palmer, "Addicted to Love"
8. Rock-vocal [Female]: Tina Turner, "Back Where You Started"
9. Rock-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: EURYTHMICS, "Missionary Man"
10. Best New Artist: BRUCE HORNSBY AND THE RANGE

 

"Grammy" Awards for 1987

1. Album of the Year: "The Joshua Tree" by U2
2. Record of the Year: "Graceland" by Paul Simon
3. Song of the Year: "Somewhere out There" by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
4. Pop-vocal [Male]: Sting, "Bring on the Night"
5. Pop-vocal [Female]: Whitney Houston, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
6. Pop-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, "(I've Had) the Time of My Life"
7. Rock-vocal [Male]: Bruce Springsteen, "Tunnel of Love"
8. Rock-vocal [Female]: no award given
9. Rock-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: U2, "The Joshua Tree"
10. Best New Artist: Jody Watley

 

"Grammy" Awards for 1988

1. Album of the Year: "Faith" by George Michael
2. Record of the Year: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin
3. Song of the Year: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin
4. Pop-vocal [Male]: Bobby McFerrin, "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
5. Pop-vocal [Female]: Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car"
6. Pop-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: MANHATTAN TRANSFER, "Brasil"
7. Rock-vocal [Male]: Robert Palmer, "Simply Irresistible"
8. Rock-vocal [Female]: Tina Turner, "Tina Live in Europe"
9. Rock-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: U2, "Desire"
10. Best New Artist: Tracy Chapman

 

"Grammy" Awards for 1989


1. Album of the Year: "Nick of Time" by Bonnie Raitt
2. Record of the Year: "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler
3. Song of the Year: "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar
4. Pop-vocal [Male]: Michael Bolton, "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?"
5. Pop-vocal [Female]: Bonnie Raitt, "Nick of Time"
6. Pop-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville, "Don't Know Much"
7. Rock-vocal [Male]: Don Henley, "The End of Innocence"
8. Rock-vocal [Female]: Bonnie Raitt, "Nick of Time"
9. Rock-performance [Duo or Group with Vocal]: TRAVELING WILBURYS, "Traveling Wilburys, Volume One"
10. Best New Artist: MILLI VANILLI [later revoked]