The 36th Grammy Awards were held in 1994. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

Alternative

Blues

Children's

Classical

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

  • Best Traditional Folk Album
    • The Chieftains for The Celtic Harp
  • Best Contemporary Folk Album
Gospel

  • Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Best Rock Gospel Album
  • Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
    • Kathy Mattea for Good News
  • Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
    • Shirley Caesar for Stand Still
  • Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
    • The Winans for All Out
  • Best Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus
    • Carol Cymbala (choir director) for Live...We Come Rejoicing performed by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Historical

  • Best Historical Album
    • Michael Lang & Phil Schaap (producers) for The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959

Jazz

  • Best Jazz Vocal Performance
  • Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental
    • Pat Metheny Group for The Road to You
  • Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
    • Joe Henderson for "Miles Ahead"
  • Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
    • Joe Henderson for So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)
  • Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
Latin

\'Musical Show'

Music Video

  • Best Music Video, Short Form
    • Stephen Johnson (video director), Prudence Fenton (video producer) & Peter Gabriel for "Steam"
  • Best Music Video, Long Form
    • Doug Nichol (video director), Julie Fong (video producer) & Sting for Ten Summoner's Tales

New Age

  • Best New Age Album
    • Paul Winter Consort for Spanish Angel

Packaging and Notes

  • Best Album Package
    • David Lau (art director) for The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959
  • Best Album Notes
    • Buck Clayton, Joel E. Siegel & Phil Schaap (notes writers) for The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959

Polka

  • Best Polka Album
    • Walter Ostanek for Accordionally Yours

Pop

Production and engineering

  • Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
    • Hugh Padgham (engineer) for Ten Summoner's Tales performed by Sting
  • Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
    • David Foster
  • Best Classical Engineered Recording
  • Classical Producer of the Year
    • Judith Sherman

R&B

Rap

Reggae

Rock

Spoken

Trad Pop

  • Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance
World

  • Best World Music Album
    • Ry Cooder & V. M. Bhatt for A Meeting by the River


Other Grammy Award Years

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