The 35th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1993 and recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.

[5] The CBS network broadcast the show live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

[6] This particular Grammy live broadcast was the commercially most successful of its kind in the 1990s.

[7] As Nielsen Media Research and Billboard magazine stated on January 10, 2004, "the highest-rated Grammy show of the 1990s was the 1993 telecast, which got a 19.9 rating/31 share and 30 million United States viewers" alone.

[1] British guitarist and singer Eric Clapton was the night's big winner, winning six awards out of nine nominations including Album, Song and Record of the Year.