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Year

Year	Category	Title	Winners
1979	Record Of The Year	What A Fool Believes	Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons), artist. Ted Templeman, producer.
1979	Album Of The Year	52nd Street	Billy Joel, artist. Phil Ramone, producer.
1979	Song Of The Year	What A Fool Believes	Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald, songwriters.
1979	Best New Artist		Rickie Lee Jones, artist.
1979	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female	I'll Never Love This Way Again	Dionne Warwick, artist.
1979	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male	52nd Street	Billy Joel, artist.
1979	Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus	Minute By Minute	Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons), artist.
1979	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Rise	Herb Alpert, artist.
1979	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female	Hot Stuff	Donna Summer, artist.
1979	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male	Gotta Serve Somebody	Bob Dylan, artist.
1979	Best Rock Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group	Heartache Tonight	Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, Joe Walsh), artist.
1979	Best Rock Instrumental Performance	Rockestra Theme	Paul McCartney And Wings (Denny Laine, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney), artist.
1979	Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female	Deja Vu	Dionne Warwick, artist.
1979	Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male	Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough	Michael Jackson, artist.
1979	Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus	After The Love Has Gone	Earth, Wind & Fire (Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Johnny Graham, Ralph Johnson, Al McKay, Fred White, Maurice White, Verdine White, Andrew Woolfolk), artist.
1979	Best R&B Instrumental Performance	Boogie Wonderland	Earth, Wind & Fire (Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Johnny Graham, Ralph Johnson, Al McKay, Fred White, Maurice White, Verdine White, Andrew Woolfolk), artist.
1979	Best Rhythm & Blues Song	After The Love Has Gone	Bill Champlin, David Foster & Jay Graydon, songwriters.
1979	Best Disco Recording	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor, artist. Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren, producers.
1979	Best Country Vocal Performance, Female	Blue Kentucky Girl	Emmylou Harris, artist.
1979	Best Country Vocal Performance, Male	The Gambler	Kenny Rogers, artist.
1979	Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	Charlie Daniels Band (Tom Crain, Charlie Daniels, Taz Di Gregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, James W. Marshall), artist.
1979	Best Country Instrumental Performance	Big Sandy/Leather Britches	Doc Watson & Merle Watson, artists.
1979	Best Country Song	You Decorated My Life	Bob Morrison & Debbie Hupp, songwriters.
1979	Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary Or Inspirational	Heed The Call	Imperials (Armond Morales, Jim Murray, Paul Smith, Dave Will), artist.
1979	Best Gospel Performance, Traditional	Lift Up The Name Of Jesus	Blackwood Brothers (Cecil Blackwood, James Blackwood Jr., James Blackwood Sr., Tommy Fairchild, Pat Hoffmaster, Ken Turner), artist.