Record of the Year:Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins Album of the Year: Back on the Block, Quincy Jones (Qwest/Warner Brothers) Song of the Year: From a Distance - Julie Gold, songwriter Best New Artist:Mariah Carey Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Vision of Love - Mariah Carey Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: All My Life - Linda Ronstadt with Aaron Neville Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male: Bad Love - Eric Clapton Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female: Black Velvet - Alannah Myles Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal:Janie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith Best Hard Rock Performance: Time's Up - Living Colour Best Metal Performance: Stone Cold Crazy - Metallica Best Alternative Music Performance: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor Best Rhythm and Blues Song:U Can't Touch This - Rick James, Alonzo Miller and M.C. Hammer, songwriters Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male:Here and Now - Luther Vandross Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Compositions - Anita Baker Best Rhythm and Blues Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: I'll Be Good to You - Ray Charles and Chaka Khan Best Rap Solo Performance:U Can't Touch This - M.C. Hammer Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group: Back on the Block - Ice T, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, Quincy D. III and Quincy Jones Best Country Song: Where've You Been - Jon Vezner and Don Henry, songwriters Best Country Vocal Performance, Male:When I Call Your Name - Vince Gill Best Country Vocal Performance, Female:Where've You Been - Kathy Mattea Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal: Pickin' on Nashville - Kentucky Headhunters
Outstanding Drama Series - L.A. Law (NBC) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - James Earl Jones, Gabriel's Fire Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Patricia Wettig, thirtysomething Outstanding Comedy Series - Cheers (NBC) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Burt Reynolds, Evening Shade Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Kirstie Alley, Cheers Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program - The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (ABC) Outstanding Children's Series (Daytime) - Sesame Street (PBS) Outstanding Animated Program (Prime Time, for Programming One Hour or Less) - The Simpsons (FOX) Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show - Jeopardy! (Syndicated) Outstanding Talk/Service Show - The Oprah Winfrey Show (Syndicated)
Best Picture: Dances With Wolves, Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, producers (Orion) Actor in a Leading Role: Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune Actress in a Leading Role: Kathy Bates, Misery Actor in a Supporting Role: Joe Pesci, GoodFellas Actress in a Supporting Role: Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost Best Director: Kevin Costner, Dances With Wolves
The Byrds reunite for the first time in 25 years on February 24th in a Los Angeles performance
Milli Vanili singer - cough,cough- Rob Pilatus tells Time magazine, "[Milli Vanili is] more talented than any Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney. Mick Jagger can't produce a sound. I'm the new Elvis." Hah. Later that year, Milli Vanilli admit to lip-syncing their song "Girl You Know it's True" and have their Grammy Award revoked Madonna's music video "Justify My Love" is banned from MTV Will Smith makes his premiere on The Fresh Prince of Bel- Air