Album of the Year: John McLaughlin Live At Festival Hall 

Jazz Album of the Year: Michael Brecker Now You See it, Now You Don’t 

Best Jazz Guitar : Lee Ritenour – Stolen Moments
Best Pop Album : Prefab Sprout – Jordan: The Comeback
Best Intelligent Heavy Metal Guitar : Steve Vai – Passion & Warfare (everything’s relative) 
Best Jazz Piano : Benny Green – Lineage
Best Led Zeppelin/Elvis Spoof : Dread Zeppelin – Un-led-ed
Best World Music : Dead Can Dance – Aion 
Best African Music : Johnny Clegg – Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World
Best Blues Guitar : Gary Moore – Still Got The Blues 
Best Folk/Pop album : Suzanne Vega – Days of Open Hand
Biggest Disappointment : Paul Simon – Rhythm of the Saints
Best Metheny Album : Pat Metheny – Question and Answer
Single of the Year : Madonna – Vogue
Best News of the Year : Donald Fagen is recording again