The 30th Grammy Awards were held in 1988. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

Blues

Children's

Classical

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

Gospel

  • Best Gospel Performance, Female
    • Deniece Williams for "I Believe In You"
  • Best Gospel Performance, Male
    • Larnelle Harris for The Father Hath Provided
  • Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
    • Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart for Crack the Sky
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
    • CeCe Winans for "For Always"
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
    • Al Green for "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
    • Anita Baker & The Winans for "Ain't No Need to Worry"

Historical

  • Best Historical Album
    • Orrin Keepnews (producer) for Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings

Jazz

  • Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
    • Diane Schuur for Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
  • Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
  • Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
    • Pat Metheny Group for Still Life (Talking)
  • Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
  • Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group
  • Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Big Band
    • Mercer Ellington for Digital Duke

Latin

  • Best Latin Pop Performance
  • Best Tropical Latin Performance
    • Eddie Palmieri for La Verdad - The Truth
  • Best Mexican-American Music Performance
    • Los Tigres Del Norte for Gracias! America Sin Fronteras

Musical Show

  • Best Musical Cast Show Album
    • Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg (producers), Claude-Michel Schonberg (composer), Herbert Kretzmer (lyricist) & the original Broadway cast for Les Miserables

Music Video

  • Best Concept Music Video
  • Best Performance Music Video
    • Anthony Eaton (video producer) for The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert performed by various artists

New Age

  • Best New Age Album
Packaging and Notes

  • Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
    • Bill Johnson (art director) for King's Record Shop performed by Rosanne Cash
  • Best Album Notes
    • Orrin Keepnews (album notes writer) for Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings performed by Thelonious Monk

Polka

  • Best Polka Recording
Pop

Production and engineering

  • Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
    • Bruce Swedien & Humberto Gatica (engineers) for Bad performed by Michael Jackson
  • Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
    • Narada Michael Walden
  • Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Classical Producer Of The Year
    • Robert Woods

R&B

Reggae

  • Best Reggae Recording
Rock

Spoken

  • Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording

Other Grammy Award Years

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