1970 Grammy Awards
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| Record of the Year | “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Simon and Garfunkel | |
| Album of the Year | Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia) | |
| Song of the Year | “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Paul Simon, songwriter | |
| Best New Artist of the Year | Carpenters | |
| Best Contemporary Song | “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Paul Simon, songwriter | |
| Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male | “Everything Is Beautiful,” Ray Stevens | |
| Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female | I'll Never Fall in Love Again, Dionne Warwick | |
| Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By a Group | “Close to You,” Carpenters | |
| Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance | Theme From Z and Other Film Music, Henry Mancini | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song | “Patches,” Ronald Dunbar and General Johnson, songwriters | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male | “The Thrill Is Gone,” B.B. King | |
| “Don't Play That Song,” Aretha Franklin | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group | “Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time),” Delfonics | |
| Best Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group | Alone, Bill Evans | |
| Best Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group | Bitches Brew, Miles Davis | |
| Best Country Song | “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife,” Marty Robbins, songwriter | |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male | “For the Good Times,” Ray Price | |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female | “Rose Garden,” Lynn Anderson | |
| Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group | “If I Were a Carpenter,” Johnny Cash and June Carter | |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance | Me and Jerry, Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed | |
| Best Gospel Performance (Other Than Soul Gospel) | “Talk About the Good Times,” Oak Ridge Boys | |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance | “Every Man Wants to Be Free,” Edwin Hawkins Singers | |
| Best Sacred Performance | “Everything Is Beautiful,” Jake Hess | |
| Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording | “Good Feelin',” T-Bone Walker (Polydor) | |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement | “Theme From Z,” Henry Mancini, arranger | |
| Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Paul Simon, Arthur Garfunkel, Jimmie Haskell, Ernie Freeman and Larry Knechtel, arrangers | |
| Best Instrumental Composition | “Airport Love Theme,” Alfred Newman, composer | |
| Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album | Company, Stephen Sondheim, composer (Columbia) | |
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special | Let It Be, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, composers | |
| Album of the Year, Classical | Berlioz, Les Troyens, Colin Davis conducting Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus; solos: Vickers, Veasey and Lindholm (Philips) | |
| Best Classical Performance, Orchestra | Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps, Pierre Boulez conducting Cleveland Orchestra | |
| Best Chamber Music Performance | Beethoven, The Complete Piano Trios, Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern and Leonard Rose | |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With or Without Orchestra) | Brahms, Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello), David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich | |
| Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) | New Music of Charles Ives, Gregg Smith conducting Gregg Smith Singers and Columbia Chamber Ensemble | |
| Best Opera Recording | Berlioz, Les Troyens, Colin Davis conducting Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus; solos: Vickers, Veasey and Lindholm (Philips) | |
| Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical | Schubert, Lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | |
| Best Comedy Recording | The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress, Flip Wilson (Little David) | |
| Best Spoken Word Recording | Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Black Forum) | |
| Best Recording for Children | Sesame Street, Sesame Street cast (Columbia) | |
| Best Album Cover | Indianola Mississippi Seeds, Robert Lockart, cover design; Ivan Nagy, photography (ABC) | |
| Best Album Notes | The World's Greatest Blues Singer, Chris Albertson, annotator (Columbia) |
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