Record of the Year: My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion Album of the Year: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia Records) Song of the Year: My Heart Will Go On - James Horner and Will Jennings, songwriters Best New Artist: Lauryn Hill Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:My Father's Eyes - Eric Clapton Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Jump Jive An' Wail - The Brian Setzer Orchestra: Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: I Still Have That Other Girl - Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach Best Pop Album:Ray of Light - Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records) Best Traditional Pop Album: Live at Carnegie Hall The 50th Anniversary Concert - Patti Page Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: Uninvited - Alanis Morissette Best Male Rock Vocal Performance:Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: Pink - Aerosmith Best Hard Rock Performance: Most High - Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Best Metal Performance: Better Than You - Metallica Best Rock Song: Uninvited - Alanis Morissette, songwriter Best Rock Album: The Globe Sessions - Sheryl Crow (A&M Records) Best Alternative Album: Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Doo Wop (That Thing), Lauryn Hill Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: St. Louis Blues - Stevie Wonder Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: The Boy Is Mine - Brandy and Monica Best R&B Song: Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill, songwriter Best R&B Album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia Records) Best Rap Solo Performance: Gettin' Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Intergalactic - Beastie Boys Best Rap Album: Vol. 2 . . .Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z Best Female Country Vocal Performance:You're Still the One - Shania Twain Best Male Country Vocal Performance: If You Ever Have Forever in Mind - Vince Gill Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal: There's Your Trouble - Dixie Chicks Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: Same Old Train - Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, and Dwight Yoakam Best Country Song:You're Still the One - Robert John Mutt Lange and Shania Twain, songwriters Best Country Album: Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks (Monument Records) Best Music Video, Short Form:Ray of Light - Jonas Akerlund, video director Best Music Video, Long Form: American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart - Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, video director
Outstanding Drama Series - The Practice (ABC) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Dennis Franz, N.Y.P.D. Blue Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Edie Falco, The Sopranos Outstanding Comedy Series - Ally McBeal (FOX) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - John Lithgow, 3rd Rock from the Sun Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Helen Hunt, Mad About You Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program (Series) - Late Show With David Letterman (CBS) Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program (Special) - The 1998 Tony Awards (CBS) Outstanding Children's Program - The Truth about Drinking - The Teen Files (Syndicated) Outstanding Animated Program - King of the Hill : And They Call It Bobby Love
Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love, David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman, producers (Miramax) Actor in a Leading Role: Roberto Benigni, Life Is Beautiful Actress in a Leading Role: Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love Actor in a Supporting Role: James Coburn, Affliction Actress in a Supporting Role: Judi Dench, Shakespeare in Love Best Director: Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan
February 24 - Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. The singer is mistakenly introduced as "Sir John Elton", which he is currently still referred to as. December 5 - Billboard changes chart policy for their Hot 100 chart to allow airplay only singles or album cuts to make the official chart. The entertainment industry frantically lobbies for, and the United States Congress passes, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which gives the entertainment industry 20 more years of exclusive monopoly on all of its works created since 1923. March 2 - Madonna begins a massive tour surronding her comeback album with Ray of Light which becomes four times platinum and wins three Grammy Awards including Best Pop Album and Best Dance Recording.
