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40th Annual Grammy Awards
DateFebruary 25, 1998
Location Radio City Music Hall, New York City
Hosted by Kelsey Grammer
Most awards Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss and R. Kelly (3)
Television/radio coverage
Network CBS
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The 40th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1998, at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

Performers

Presenters

Award winners

Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and R. Kelly were the main recipients with three awards each. [1] Following R. Kelly's federal conviction of racketeering and violations of the Mann Act in New York on September 27, 2021, The Recording Academy received major backlash for refusing to strip Kelly of his awards. [2]

General

Record of the Year
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Best New Artist

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Best Dance Recording
Best Pop Album
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Performance

Blues

Children's

Comedy

  • From 1994 through 2003, see "Best Spoken Comedy Album" under the " Spoken" field, below.

Classical

Composing and arranging

Country

other nominees

other nominees

Folk

Gospel

Historical

Jazz

Latin

Musical show

New Age

Packaging and notes

Polka

Production and engineering

R&B

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Best Rap Album

Reggae

Rock

Spoken

Traditional pop

World

Music video

Best Short Form Music Video
Best Long Form Music Video

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

Grammy Legend Award

References

  1. ^ "1997 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "R. Kelly's three Grammys will not be rescinded — for now — Recording Academy CEO says". Chicago Sun-Times. October 26, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2022.