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How You Voted...
And Who Really Won!


Thursday, February 26, 1998

   


Best New Artist   |   Record of the Year   |   Album of the Year   |   Song of the Year
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance   |   Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group

Best New Artist
Fiona Apple Bar chart 449 votes(22.1%)
Erykah Badu Bar chart 489 votes(24.1%)
Paula Cole Bar chart 485 votes(23.9%)
Puff Daddy Bar chart 396 votes(19.5%)
Hanson Bar chart 213 votes(10.5%)

Actual winner: Paula Cole

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
"Butterfly"
by Mariah Carey
Bar chart 504 votes(27.5%)
"Where Have
All the Cowboys Gone?
"
by Paula Cole
Bar chart 276 votes(15.0%)
"Sunny Came Home"
by Shawn Colvin
Bar chart 188 votes(10.3%)
"Foolish Games"
by Jewel
Bar chart 479 votes(26.1%)
"Building a Mystery"
by Sarah McLachlan
Bar chart 387 votes(21.1%)

Actual winner: "Building A Mystery" by Sarah McLachlan

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
"Every Time
I Close My Eyes
"
by Babyface
Bar chart 387 votes(22.0%)
"Candle in the Wind"
by Elton John
Bar chart 555 votes(31.6%)
"Whenever Wherever Whatever"
by Maxwell
Bar chart 273 votes(15.5%)
"Fly Like an Eagle"
by Seal
Bar chart 317 votes(18.0%)
"Barely Breathing"
by Duncan Sheik
Bar chart 225 votes(12.8%)

Actual winner: "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group
"Silver Springs"
by Fleetwood Mac
Bar chart 372 votes(22.2%)
"MMMBop"
by Hanson
Bar chart 255 votes(15.2%)
"Virtual Insanity"
by Jamiroquai
Bar chart 393 votes(23.4%)
"Don't Speak"
by No Doubt
Bar chart 456 votes(27.2%)
"Anybody Seen My Baby?"
by the Rolling Stones
Bar chart 200 votes(11.9%)

Actual winner: "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai

Record of the Year
"Where Have
All the Cowboys Gone?
"
by Paula Cole
Bar chart 351 votes (21.1%)
"Sunny Came Home
by Shawn Colvin
Bar chart175 votes(10.5%)
"Everyday Is a Winding Road
by Sheryl Crow
Bar chart 373 votes(22.4%)
"MMMBop "
by Hanson
Bar chart 109 votes(6.5%)
"I Believe I Can Fly "
by R. Kelly
Bar chart 658 votes(39.5%)

Actual winner: "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin
Album of the Year
"The Day"
by Babyface
Bar chart 605 votes(38.1%)
"This Fire "
by Paula Cole
Bar chart 340 votes(21.4%)
"Time Out of Mind"
by Bob Dylan
Bar chart 253 votes(16.0%)
"Flaming Pie"
by Paul McCartney
Bar chart 120 votes(7.6%)
"OK Computer "
by Radiohead
Bar chart 268 votes(16.9%)

Actual winner: "Time Out of Mind" by Bob Dylan
Song of the Year
"Don't Speak"
by Eric Stefani & Gwen Stefani, songwriters (No Doubt)
Bar chart 284 votes(17.8%)
"How Do I Live "
by Diane Warren, songwriter (LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood)
Bar chart 342 votes(21.4%)
"I Believe I Can Fly "
by R. Kelly, songwriter (R. Kelly)
Bar chart 566 votes(35.5%)
"Sunny Came Home "
by Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal, songwriters (Shawn Colvin)
Bar chart 159 votes(10.0%)
"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? "
by Paula Cole, songwriter (Paula Cole)
Bar chart 244 votes(15.3%)

Actual winner: "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin

   
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