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Year

Year	Category	Title	Winners
1981	Record Of The Year	Bette Davis Eyes	Kim Carnes, artist. Val Garay, producer.
1981	Album Of The Year	Double Fantasy	John Lennon & Yoko Ono, artists. Jack Douglas, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, producers.
1981	Song Of The Year	Bette Davis Eyes	Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon, songwriters.
1981	Best New Artist		Sheena Easton, artist.
1981	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female	Lena Horne - The Lady And Her Music, Live On Broadway	Lena Horne, artist.
1981	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male	Breakin' Away	Al Jarreau, artist.
1981	Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Boy From New York City	Manhattan Transfer (Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel), artist.
1981	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	The Theme From Hill Street Blues	Larry Carlton & Mike Post, artists.
1981	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female	Fire And Ice	Pat Benatar, artist.
1981	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male	Jessie's Girl	Rick Springfield, artist.
1981	Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Don't Stand So Close To Me	Police (Stewart Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers), artist.
1981	Best Rock Instrumental Performance	Behind My Camel	Police (Stewart Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers), artist.
1981	Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female	Hold On I'm Comin'	Aretha Franklin, artist.
1981	Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male	One Hundred Ways	James Ingram, artist.
1981	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	The Dude	Quincy Jones, artist.
1981	Best R&B Instrumental Performance	All I Need Is You	David Sanborn, artist.
1981	Best Rhythm & Blues Song	Just The Two Of Us	Bill Withers, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter, songwriters.
1981	Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental	Winelight	Grover Washington Jr., artist.
1981	Best Country Vocal Performance, Female	9 To 5	Dolly Parton, artist.
1981	Best Country Vocal Performance, Male	(There's) No Gettin' Over Me	Ronnie Milsap, artist.
1981	Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Elvira	Oak Ridge Boys, artist.
1981	Best Country Instrumental Performance	Country After All These Years	Chet Atkins, artist.
1981	Best Country Song	9 To 5	Dolly Parton, songwriter.
1981	Best Gospel Performance Contemporary Or Inspirational	Priority	Imperials (Armond Morales, Jim Murray, Paul Smith, Dave Will), artist.
1981	Best Gospel Performance, Traditional	The Masters V	Masters V (James Blackwood Sr., Jake Hess, Hovie Lister, Rosie Rozell, J.D. Sumner), artist.