The 40th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1998, at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

Performers

Presenters

Award winners

Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and R. Kelly were the main recipients with three awards each. Following R. Kelly's federal conviction of racketeering and violations of the Mann Act in New York on September 27, 2021, The Recording Academy declined to strip Kelly of his awards.

General

Pop

Alternative

Blues

Children's

Comedy

Classical

Composing and arranging

Country

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Folk

Gospel

Historical

Jazz

Latin

Musical show

New Age

Packaging and notes

Polka

Production and engineering

R&B

Rap

Reggae

Rock

Spoken

Traditional pop

World

Music video

Special merit awards

MusiCares Person of the Year

Grammy Legend Award