Top Awards

Album of the Year

“Jagged Little Pill”

Alanis Morissette

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Record of the Year

“Kiss From a Rose”

Seal

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Song of the Year

“Kiss From a Rose”

Seal

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New Artist

Hootie & the Blowfish

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Female Pop Vocal

“No More ‘I Love You’s’ ”

Annie Lennox

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Male Pop Vocal

“Kiss From a Rose”

Seal

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Male Rock Vocal

“You Don’t Know How It Feels”

Tom Petty

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Female Rock Vocal

“You Oughta Know”

Alanis Morissette

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Rock Song

“You Oughta Know”

Alanis Morissette

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Country Song

“Go Rest High on That Mountain”

Vince Gill

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R&B; Song

“For Your Love”

Stevie Wonder

Big Winners

Alanis Morissette: 4

Seal: 3

Glen Ballard: 3

Alison Krauss: 2

Cleveland Orchestra: 2

Hootie & the Blowfish: 2

Joni Mitchell: 2

Michael Brecker: 2

Pierre Boulez: 2

Stevie Wonder: 2

TLC: 2

Vince Gill: 2

Grammy Voices

Coolio

Accepting his award for best rap solo:

“We had a little problem lately in high schools. I got only one thing to say to all my black and Latino brothers out there fighting: So wake up and get something new in your life.”

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Bobby McFerrin

Directing his remarks to teachers:

“Don’t wait for some kind of grant to fall from the sky so you can have some more music and arts for your schools . . . take some CDs or a boombox to the class and play music for the kids.”

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Ellen DeGeneres

On Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know”:

“I can’t even imagine going to my parents and playing that song for them. My mother [would say]: ‘You did what in a theater? Why must you always ruin Thanksgiving? Just pass the gravy and shut up.’ ”