24th Annual Grammy Awards - 1981

Album of the Year
JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO, Double Fantasy
Record of the Year
KIM CARNES, "Bette Davis Eyes"
Song of the Year
DONNA WEISS & JACKIE DESHANNON, "Bette Davis Eyes" (Kim Carnes)
Best Album Package
PETER CORRISTON, art director, Tattoo You (Rolling Stones)
Best Engineering
JERRY GARSZVA & ROGER NICHOLS, Gaucho (Steely Dan)
Best Classical Album
SIR GEORG SALTI conducting CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORUS, Mahler, Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
Best Comedy Recording
RICHARD PRYOR, Rev. Du Rite
Best Instrumental Composition
MIKE POST, "The Theme from Hill Street Blues"
Best Album of Original Score
JOHN WILLIAMS, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Country Song
DOLLY PARTON, "9 To 5"
Best Country Intrumental Performance
CHET ATKINS, Country, After All These Years
Best Country Vocal Performance, Duo/Group
OAK RIDGE BOYS, "Elvira"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
DOLLY PARTON, "9 To 5"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
RONNIE MILSAP, "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"
Best Jazz Fusion Performance
GROVER WASHINGTON, JR., Winelight
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
CHICK COREA & GARY BURTON, Chick Corea & Gary Burton in Concert...
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
GERRY MULLIGAN & HIS ORCHESTRA, Walk on the Water
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
JOHN COLTRANE, Bye Bye Blackbird
Best Jazz Performance, Duo/Group
MANHATTAN TRANSFER, "Until I Met You" *
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
ELLA FITZGERALD, Digital III at Montreaux
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
AL JARREAU, "Blue Rondo a la Turk"
Video of the Year
MICHAEL NESMITH, "Michael Nesmith in Elephant Parts"
Best New Artist
SHEENA EASTON
Best Pop Performance, Duo/Group
MANHATTAN TRANSFER, "Boy From New York City"
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
LENA HORNE, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music Live on Broadway
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
AL JARREAU, Breakin Away
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
MIKE POST featuring LARRY CARLTON, "The Theme from Hill Street Blues"
Best R&B Song
BILL WITHERS, et al., "Just The Two Of Us"
Best R&B Instrumental Performance
DAVID SANBORN, "All I Need Is You"
Best R&B Performance, Duo/Group
QUINCY JONES, The Dude
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
ARETHA FRANKLIN, "Hold On I'm Comin'"
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
JAMES INGRAM, "One Hundred Ways"
Best Rock Performance, Duo/Group
THE POLICE, "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
THE POLICE, "Behind My Camel"
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
PAT BENATAR, "Fire And Ice"
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
RICK SPRINGFIELD, "Jessie's Girl"
Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary
IMPERIALS, Priority
Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary
ANDREA CROUCH, Don't Give Up


*Manhattan Transfer became the first group to win a Grammy in both pop and jazz categories in the same year.