1978 Grammy Awards
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
| Record of the Year | “Just the Way You Are,” Billy Joel | |
| Album of the Year | Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees, David Shire, Yvonne Elliman, Tevares, Kool and the Gang, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, MFSB, Trammps, Walter Murphy and Ralph MacDonald (RSO) | |
| Song of the Year | “Just the Way You Are,” Billy Joel, songwriter | |
| Best New Artist of the Year | A Taste of Honey | |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | “Copacabana” (At the Copa), Barry Manilow | |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | “You Needed Me,” Anne Murray | |
| Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus | Saturday Night Fever, Bee Gees | |
| Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Children of Sanchez, Chuck Mangione Group | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song | “Last Dance,” Paul Jabara, songwriter | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male | “On Broadway,” George Benson | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female | “Last Dance,” Donna Summer | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus | All'n All, Earth, Wind and Fire | |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance | “Runnin',” Earth, Wind and Fire | |
| Best Jazz Vocal Performance | All Fly Home, Al Jarreau | |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist | Montreux '77 Oscar Peterson Jam, Oscar Peterson | |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group | Friends, Chick Corea | |
| Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band | Live in Munich, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis | |
| Best Country Song | “The Gambler,” Don Schlitz, songwriter | |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male | “Georgia on My Mind,” Willie Nelson | |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female | Here You Come Again, Dolly Parton | |
| Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group | “Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson | |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance | “One O'Clock Jump,” Asleep at the Wheel | |
| Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational | “What a Friend,” Larry Hart | |
| Best Gospel Performance, Traditional | Refreshing, Happy Goodman Family | |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary | Live in London, Andrae Crouch and the Disciples | |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional | Live and Direct, Mighty Clouds of Joy | |
| Best Latin Recording | Homenaje a Beny Moré, Tito Puente (Tico) | |
| Best Inspirational Performance | Happy Man, B.J. Thomas | |
| Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording | I'm Ready, Muddy Waters (Blue Sky) | |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement | “Main Title” (Overture Part One, The Wiz Original Soundtrack), Quincy Jones and Robert Freedman, arrangers | |
| Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | “Got to Get You Into My Life,” Maurice White, arranger | |
| Best Arrangement for Voices | “Stayin' Alive,” Bee Gees, arrangers | |
| Best Instrumental Composition | “Theme From Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” John Williams, composer | |
| Best Cast Show Album | Ain't Misbehavin', Thomas “Fats” Waller and others, composers (RCA Red Seal) | |
| Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Close Encounters of the Third Kind, John Williams, composer (Arista) | |
| Album of the Year, Classical | Brahms, Concerto for Violin in D Major, Itzhak Perlman; Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Chicago Symphony (Angel) | |
| Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Beethoven, Symphonies (Complete), Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic | |
| Best Chamber Music Performance | Beethoven, Sonatas for Violin and Piano (Complete), Itzhak Perlman and Vladimir Ashkenazy | |
| Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 3 in D Minor for Piano (Horowitz Golden Jubilee), Vladimir Horowitz; Eugene Ormandy conducting Philadelphia Orchestra | |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) | The Horowitz Concerts 1977/78, Vladimir Horowitz | |
| Best Opera Recording | Lehar, The Merry Widow, Julius Rudel conducting New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus; solos: Sills and Titus (Angel) | |
| Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) | Beethoven, Missa Solemnis, Sir Georg Solti, conductor and Margaret Hillis, choral director, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | |
| Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance | Luciano Pavarotti—Hits From Lincoln Center, Luciano Pavarotti | |
| Best Comedy Recording | A Wild and Crazy Guy, Steve Martin (Warner Bros.) | |
| Best Spoken Word Recording | Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Orson Welles (Mark 56) | |
| Best Recording for Children | The Muppet Show, Jim Henson (Arista) | |
| Best Album Package | Boys in the Trees, Johnny Lee and Tony Lane, art directors (Elektra) | |
| Best Album Notes | A Bing Crosby Collection, vols. I and II, Michael Brooks, annotator (Columbia) | |
| Best Historical Repackage Album | Lester Young Story Vol. 3 (Columbia) | |
| Best Producers of the Year | Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson |
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