Grammy Awards per l'anno 1973

Il 16° Grammy Awards fu tenuto il 2 Marzo 1974. I riconoscimenti riguardavano le realizzazioni dei musicisti per l'anno precedente.

Record of the Year
- Joel Dorn (producer) & Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
Album of the Year
- Stevie Wonder (producer & artist) for Innervisions
Song of the Year
- Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel (songwriters) for "Killing Me Softly With His Song" performed by Roberta Flack
Best New Artist
- Bette Midler

Children's

Best Recording for Children
- Joe Raposo (producer) for Sesame Street Live performed by the Sesame Street cast

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- Edward Downes (conductor), Leontyne Price & the New Philharmonia Orchestra for Puccini: Heroines
Best Opera Recording
- Tom Mowrey (producer), Leonard Bernstein (conductor), Marilyn Horne, Tom Krause, Adriana Maliponte, James McCracken & the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus; for Bizet: Carmen
Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
- Andre Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; for Walton: Belshazzer's Feast
- Georg Solti (conductor), Vladimir Ashkenazy & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Concerti (5) for Piano and Orchestra
Best Classical Performance Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Scriabin
Best Chamber Music Performance
- Gunther Schuller (conductor) & the New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble for Joplin: The Red Back Book
Album of the Year, Classical
- Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition
- Gato Barbieri (composer) for "Last Tango in Paris" performed by various artists
Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
- Neil Diamond (composer) for Jonathan Livingston Seagull performed by various artists
Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Quincy Jones (arranger) for "Summer in the City"
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- George Martin (arranger) for "Live and Let Die" performed by Paul McCartney & Wings

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Olivia Newton-John for "Let Me Be There"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Charlie Rich for "Behind Closed Doors"
Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
- Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson for "From the Bottle to the Bottom"
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Steve Mandell & Eric Weissberg for "Dueling Banjos"
Best Country Song
- Kenny O'Dell (songwriter) for "Behind Closed Doors" performed by Charlie Rich

Folk

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)
- Doc Watson for Then and Now

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance
- Blackwood Brothers for Release Me (From My Sin)
Best Soul Gospel Performance
- Dixie Hummingbirds for "Loves Me Like a Rock"
Best Inspirational Performance
- The Bill Gaither Trio for Let's Just Praise the Lord

Jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
- Art Tatum for God Is in the House
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
- Supersax for Supersax Plays Bird
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
- Woody Herman for Giant Steps

Musical Show

Best Musical Show Album
- Stephen Sondheim (composer) & Goddard Lieberson (producer) for A Little Night Music performed by Glynis Johns, Len Cariou, Hermoine Gingold, Victoria Mallory, Patricia Elliott & Teri Ralston

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
- Wilkes & Braun Inc; (art director) for Tommy performed by the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir
Best Album Notes
- Dan Morgenstern (notes writer) for God Is in the House performed by Art Tatum
Best Album Notes, Classical
- Glenn Gould for Hindemith: Sonatas for Piano (Complete)

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Roberta Flack for "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Stevie Wonder for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Gladys Knight & the Pips; for "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Eumir Deodato for "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Malcolm Cecil & Robert Margouleff (engineers) for Innervisions performed by Stevie Wonder
Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Edward (Bud) T. Graham & Ray Moore (engineers) for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance;
- Aretha Franklin for "Master of Eyes"
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance;
- Stevie Wonder for "Superstition"
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal;
- Gladys Knight & the Pips; for "Midnight Train to Georgia"
Best R&B Song;
- Stevie Wonder for "Superstition"
Best R&B Instrumental Performance;
- Ramsey Lewis for "Hang on Sloopy"

Spoken

Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
- Richard Harris for Jonathan Livingston Seagull