Grammy award
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Record of the Year: "What's Love Got to do With it," Tina Turner.
Album of the Year: "Can't Slow Down," Lionel Richie. Song of the Year: "What's Love Got to do With it," Graham Lyle, Terry Britten.
Best New Artist: Cyndi Lauper.
Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Against All Odds (Take a Look at me now)," Phil Collins.
Female Pop Vocal Performance: "What's Love Got to do With it," Tina Turner.
Female Rock Vocal: "Better be Good to me," Tina Turner.
Male Rock Vocal: "Dancing in the Dark," Bruce Springsteen.
Group Rock Vocal: "Purple Rain," Prince and The Revolution.
Rock Instrumental: "Cinema," Yes.
Female R&B Vocal: "I Feel for You," Chaka Khan.
Male R&B Vocal: "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)," Billy Ocean.
R&B Song: "I Feel for You," Prince.
Female Country Vocal: "In my Dreams," Emmylou Harris. ris. Male Country Vocal: "That's the Way Love Goes," Merle Haggard.
Group Country Vocal: "Mama he's Crazy," The Judds.
Best Video Album (commercially released): "Making Michael Jackson's Thriller," Michael Jackson.
Best Video, short form (commercially released): "David Bowie," David Bowie.
Group Pop Vocal: "Jump (for my love)," Pointer Sisters.
Country Instrumental: "Wheel Hoss," Ricky Skaggs.
Country Song: "City of New Orleans," Steve Goodman.
Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording: "Elizabeth Cotton Live," Elizabeth Cotton. This week's top 10 as listed by Melody Maker, with last week's placings in brackets:
1. (10) You Spin me Around--Dead or Alive (Epic). 2. (1) I Know Him so Well--Elaine Page and Barbara Dickson (RCA). 3. (2) Love and Pride--King (CBS). 4. (4) Solid--Ashford and Cimpson (Capitol). 5. (3) Dancing in the Dark--Bruce Springsteen (CBS). 6. (6) Close (to the edit)--Art of Noise (ZTT). 7. (5) Things Can Only get Better--Howard Jones (WEA). 8. (7) A New England--Kirsty MacColl (Stiff).
9. (14) Nightshift--Commodores (Motown).
10. (15) Run to You--Bryan Adams (A and M).
