26th Annual Grammy Awards - 1983

Album of the Year
MICHAEL JACKSON, Thriller
Record of the Year
MICHAEL JACKSON, "Beat It"
Song of the Year
STING, "Every Breath You Take"
Best Album Package
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG, art director, Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads)
Best Engineering
BRUCE SWEDIEN, Thriller (Michael Jackson)
Best Classical Album
SIR GEORG SOLTI conducting CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Mahler, Symphony No. 9 in D Major
Best Comedy Recording
EDDIE MURPHY, Eddie Murphy, Comedian
Best Instrumental Composition
GIORGIO MORODER, composer, "Love Theme from Flashdance"
Best Album of Original Score
GIORGIO MORODER, et. al., Flashdance
Best Country Song
MIKE REID, songwriter, "Stranger In My House" (Ronnie Milsap)
Best Country Intrumental Performance
NEW SOUTH, "Fireball"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Duo/Group
ALABAMA, The Closer You Get
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
ANNE MURRAY, "A Little Good News"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
LEE GREENWOOD, "I.O.U."
Best Jazz Fusion Performance
PAT METHENY GROUP, Travels
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
PHIL WOODS QUARTET, At the Vanguard
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
ROB McCONNELL & THE BOSS BRASS, All in Good Time
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
WYNTON MARSALIS, Think of One
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo/Group
MANHATTAN TRANSFER, "Why Not!"
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
ELLA FITZGERALD, The Best is Yet to Come
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
MEL TORME, Top Drawer
Best Video, Short Form
DURAN DURAN, "Girls On Film/Hungry Like The Wolf"
Best New Artist
CULTURE CLUB
Best Pop Performance, Duo/Group
THE POLICE, "Every Breath You Take"
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
GEORGE BENSON, "Being With You"
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
IRENE CARA, "Flashdance: What A Feeling"
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
MICHAEL JACKSON, Thriller
Best R&B Song
MICHAEL JACKSON, "Billie Jean"
Best R&B Instrumental Performance
HERBIE HANCOCK, "Rockit"
Best R&B Performance, Duo/Group
RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN, "Ain't Nobody"
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
CHAKA KHAN, Chaka Khan
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
MICHAEL JACKSON, "Billie Jean"
Best Rock Performance, Duo/Group
THE POLICE, Synchronicity
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female
PAT BENATAR, "Love Is A Battlefield"
Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
MICHAEL JACKSON, "Beat It"
Best Gospel Performance, Female
AMY GRANT, "Ageless Medley"
Best Gospel Performance, Male
RUSS TAFF, Walls of Glass
Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
SANDRA CROUCH, We Sing Praises
Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
AL GREEN, I'll Rise Again
Best Traditional Blues Recording
B.B. KING, Blues 'n' Jazz