A 40.ª cerimônia anual do Grammy Awards foi realizada em 25 de fevereiro de 1998, no Radio City Music Hall, em Nova Iorque. Apresentada por Kelsey Grammer e televisionada pela CBS, o evento contemplou trabalho de melhores gravações, composições e artistas do ano dentro do período de 1997.
O cantor norte-americano Bob Dylan venceu três das principais categorias, incluindo Álbum do Ano. Na ocasião, R. Kelly e Alison Krauss também se destacaram. Indicados e vencedores Geral "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" – Paula Cole "Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow "MMMBop" – Hanson "I Belive I Can Fly" – R. Kelly | valign="top" width="50%"|
Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan The Day – Babyface This Fire – Paula Cole Flaming Pie – Paul McCartney OK Computer'' – Radiohead |- | valign="top" width="50%"|
"Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin "Don't Speak" – No Doubt "How Do I Live" – LeAnn Rimes e Trisha Yearwood "I Belive I Can Fly" – R. Kelly "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" – Paula Cole | valign="top" width="50%"|
Paula Cole''' Fiona Apple Erykah Badu Puff Daddy Hanson
Pop "Building a Mystery" – Sarah McLachlan "Butterfly" – Mariah Carey "Where Have all the Cowboys Gone?" – Paula Cole "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin "Foolish Games" – Jewel "Candle in the Wind 1997" – Elton John "Every Time I Close My Eyes" – Babyface "Whenever Wherever Whatever" – Maxwell "Fly Like an Eagle" – Seal "Barely Breathing" – Duncan Sheik "Virtual Insanity" – Jamiroquai "Silver Springs" – Fleetwood Mac "MMMBop" – Hanson "Don't Speak" – No Doubt "Anybody Seen My Baby?" – The Rolling Stones "Don't Look Back" – John Lee Hooker e Van Morrison "How Come, How Long" – Babyface e Stevie Wonder "God Bless the Child" – Tony Bennett e Billie Holiday "I Finally Found Someone" – Barbra Streisand e Bryan Adams "Tell Him" – Barbra Streisand e Celine Dion "Last Dance" – Sarah McLachlan "Song for My Brother" – George Benson "An Gaoth Arenas" – The Chieftains "Havana" – Kenny G "Soulful Strut" – Grover Washington, Jr. Hourglass – James Taylor This Fire – Paula Cole The Dance – Fleetwood Mac Travelling Without Moving – Jamiroquai Surfacing – Sarah McLachlan
Dance "Carry On" – Donna Summer e Giorgio Moroder "Da Funk" – Daft Punk "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" – Gina G "To Step Aside" – Pet Shop Boys "Space Jam" – Quad City DJ's
1998 Categoria:1998 na televisão nos Estados Unidos Categoria:Radio City Music Hall