Grammy Nominations Breakdown

01/07/1998 3:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Bruce Haring

Other nominations announced yesterday for the 40th annual Grammy Awards:

BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
"Butterfly" - Mariah Carey, "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" - Paula Cole, "Sonny Came Home" - Shawn Colvin, "Foolish Games" - Jewel, "Building A Mystery" - Sarah McLachlan

BEST MALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
"Every Time I Close My Eyes" - Babyface, "Candle In The Wind 1997" - Elton John, "Whenever Wherever Whatever" - Maxwell, "Fly Like An Eagle" - Seal, "Barely Breathing" - Duncan Sheik

BEST POP PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL:
"Silver Springs" - Fleetwood Mac, "MMMBop" - Hanson, "Virtual Insanity" - Jamiroquai, "Don't Speak" - No Doubt, "Anybody Seen My Baby?" - theRolling Stones

BEST POP ALBUM:
This Fire - Paula Cole, The Dance - Fleetwood Mac, Travelling Without Moving - Jamiroquai, Surfacing - Sarah McLachlan; Hourglass - James Taylor

BEST FEMALE ROCK PERFORMANCE:
"Criminal" - Fiona Apple, "Bitch" - Meredith Brooks, "Shy" - Ani DiFranco, "Four Leaf Clover" - Abra Moore, "1959" - Patti Smith

BEST MALE ROCK PERFORMANCE:
"Dead Man Walking" - David Bowie, "Cold Irons Bound" - Bob Dylan, "Blueboy" - John Fogerty, "Just Another Day" - John Mellencamp, "Thunder Road" - Bruce Springsteen

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL:
"Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)" - Aerosmith, "The Chain" - Fleetwood Mac, "Push" - Matchbox 20, "Crash Into Me" - Dave Matthews Band, "One Headlight" - the Wallflowers

BEST ROCK SONG:
"Bitch" - Meredith Brooks & Shelly Peiken, "Crash Into Me" - David Matthews (Dave Matthews Band), "Criminal" - Fiona Apple, "The Difference" Jakob Dylan (the Wallflowers), "One Headlight" - Jakob Dylan

BEST ROCK ALBUM:Nine Lives - Aerosmith, Blue Moon Swamp - John Fogerty, The Colour And The Shape - Foo Fighters, Bridges To Babylon - the Rolling Stones, Pop - U2

BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE:
"Swallowed'" - Bush, "Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters, "The Perfect Drug" - Nine Inch Nails, "People Of The Sun" - Rage Against The Machine, "The End Is The Beginning Is The End" - Smashing Pumpkins

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE:
"Drowning In A Daydream" - Corrosion Of Conformity, "No Place To Hide" - Korn, "Trust" - Megadeth, "Cemetery Gates" - Pantera, "Aenima" - Tool

BEST DANCE RECORDING:
"Da Funk" - Daft Punk, "Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit" - Gina G, "To Step Aside" - Pet Shop Boys, "Space Jam" - Quad City DJ's, "Carry On" - Donna Summer & Giorgio Moroder