60 YEARS OF THE ROCK ERA:- 1988 (Winners). Next update (mid-week): 1989.

60 YEARS OF

ROCK

BEST OF 1988

-WINNERS-

TOP VOCAL PERFORMANCE 1988

SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D’Arby

ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston

DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin

BUFFALO STANCE Nebeh Cherry

MY SECRET PLACE Joni Mitchell

FATHER FIGURE George Michael

BABY CAN I HOLD YOU? Tracy Chapman

PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole

VALERIE Steve Winwood

INTO TEMPTATION Neil Finn (Crowded House)

TOP MUSICAL PERFORMANCE 1988

SWEET CHILD O’ MINE Guns ‘N Roses

FAST CAR Tracy Chapman

BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry

ORANGE CRUSH R.E.M.

CHERRY BOMB John Cougar Mellencamp

VALERIE Steve Winwood

THEME FROM S-EXPRESS S-Express

LITTLE WING Sting

INTO TEMPTATION Crowded House

ANGEL OF HARLEM U2

TOP SONG 1988

ALWAYS ON MY MIND Pet Shop Boys

MANCHILD Neneh Cherry

KOKOMO The Beach Boys

BABY CAN I HOLD YOU? Tracy Chapman

THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population

ANGEL OF HARLEM U2

SIGN YOUR NAME Terence Trent D’Arby

ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston

INTO TEMPTATION Crowded House

HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles

TOP ALBUM 1988

TRACY CHAPMAN Tracy Chapman

GREEN R.E.M.

RAW LIKE SUSHI Neneh Cherry

TEMPLE OF LOW MEN Crowded House

RATTLE AND HUM U2

TOP GROUP 1988

GUNS ‘N ROSES

CROWDED HOUSE

U2

PET SHOP BOYS

R.E.M.

ROBERT CRAY BAND

ERASURE

INXS

N.W.A.

FLEETWOOD MAC

TOP MALE 1988

GEORGE MICHAEL

BOBBY BROWN

STING

ELTON JOHN

ROBERT PALMER

TOP FEMALE 1988

WHITNEY HOUSTON

ENYA

TRACY CHAPMAN

KYLIE MINOGUE

BELINDA CARLISLE

RECORDING OF THE YEAR 1988

DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin

RATTLE AND HUM [Album] U2

ORINOCO FLOW (SAIL AWAY) Enya

SWEET CHILD O’ MINE Guns ‘N Roses

FAST CAR Tracy Chapman

KOKOMO The Beach Boys

F@*K THA POLICE N.W.A.

I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue

BEAT DIS Bomb The Bass

CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John & The M.S.O.

ACT OF THE YEAR 1988

GUNS ‘N ROSES

TRACY CHAPMAN

GEORGE MICHAEL

WHITNEY HOUSTON

INXS

U2

MICHAEL JACKSON

KYLIE MINOGUE

BOBBY BROWN

TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1988

MAN IN THE MIRROR

FAST CAR- Tracy Chapman

I FEEL POSSESSED

F@*K THA POLICE

ACROSS THE LINES

WORLD LEADER PRETEND

INTO TEMPTATION

BABY CAN I HOLD YOU

ONE MOMENT IN TIME

TALKIN’ ‘BOUT A REVOLUTION

MOST INNOVATIVE RECORDING OF THE YEAR 1988

BUFFALO STANCE – Neneh Cherry

 

INDUSTRY FIGURE/s OF THE YEAR 1988

Mike STOCK, Matt AITKEN & Pete WATERMAN