Grammy Award records

Throughout the history of the Grammy Awards, many significant records have been set. This page only includes the competitive awards which have been won by various artists. This does not include the various special awards that are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences such as Lifetime Achievement Awards, Trustees Awards, Technical Awards or Legend Awards. The page however does include other non-performance related Grammys (known as the Craft & Production Fields) that may have been presented to the artist(s).

Awards

Most Grammys won

Georg Solti won a total of 31 Grammy Awards

The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by Georg Solti, a Hungarian-British conductor who was music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for twenty-two years (1969-1991). He won 31 competitive Grammy Awards out of 74 nominations and was also awarded the first Grammy Trustees Award in 1967 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.[1][2]

Rank Artist Awards
1Georg Solti31
2Quincy Jones28
3Alison Krauss[note 1]27
4Pierre Boulez26
5Vladimir Horowitz25
John Williams
7Beyoncé[note 2]24
8Chick Corea23
9U222
Jay-Z
Stevie Wonder
12Kanye West21
Vince Gill
14Henry Mancini20
Pat Metheny
Bruce Springsteen
Al Schmitt

Most Grammys won by a male artist

Georg Solti has won 31 Grammy Awards.

Rank Artist Awards
1Georg Solti31
2Quincy Jones28
3Pierre Boulez26
4Vladimir Horowitz25
John Williams
6Chick Corea23
7Jay-Z22
Stevie Wonder
9Kanye West21
Vince Gill
11Henry Mancini20
Pat Metheny
Al Schmitt
Bruce Springsteen
15Tony Bennett18
Jimmy Sturr
Yo-Yo Ma
Paul McCartney[note 3]

Most Grammys won by a female artist

Alison Krauss has won 27 Grammy Awards, more than any other female artist

Alison Krauss has, as a solo artist, collaborator and producer, won 27 Grammy Awards.[3]

Rank Artist Awards
1Alison Krauss[note 4]27
2Beyoncé[note 5]24
3Aretha Franklin18
4Adele15
Alicia Keys
6Ella Fitzgerald13
Emmylou Harris
Leontyne Price
9CeCe Winans12
10Shirley Caesar11
Lady Gaga
12Chaka Khan10
Bonnie Raitt
Linda Ronstadt
Taylor Swift
16Cheryl Bentyne[note 6]9
Janis Siegel[note 7]
Margaret Hillis
Sheryl Crow
Norah Jones
Mary J. Blige
Natalie Cole
Hillary Scott[note 8]
Rihanna
Dolly Parton

Most Grammys won by a group

22-time Grammy Winners, U2 in 2005

U2 holds the record for most Grammy Awards won by a group. They have won 22 awards.

Rank Artists Awards
1U222
2Alison Krauss and Union Station14
3Dixie Chicks12
4Foo Fighters11
5Pat Metheny Group10
6Emerson String Quartet9
7Blackwood Brothers8
Manhattan Transfer
Santana
Asleep At The Wheel
Take 6
Metallica
13Simon & Garfunkel 7
The Beatles
Coldplay
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Lady Antebellum
Los Tigres del Norte

Most Grammys won by a producer

28-time Grammy Winner, Quincy Jones in 1997

Quincy Jones with 28 awards holds the record for most Grammy Awards won by a producer (and eleven of those were awarded for production duties. Jones also received Grammys as an arranger and a performing artist). Some producers have also won awards as engineers, mixers and/or mastering engineers.

Rank Producer Awards
1Quincy Jones28
2David Foster16
James Mallinson
David Frost
5Steven Epstein15
6Phil Ramone14
7T Bone Burnett13
Robert Woods
Jay David Saks
Pharrell Williams
11Arif Mardin11
Judith Sherman

Most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer

Al Schmitt, with 20 awards, has won more Grammy Awards than any other engineer or mixer. Serban Ghenea is second with 16 Grammy Awards.[4]

Rank Engineer / Mixer Awards
1Al Schmitt20
2Serban Ghenea16
Tom Elmhirst

Youngest winners

LeAnn Rimes is the youngest individual Grammy winner and the youngest to win Best New Artist.

The Peasall Sisters are the youngest Grammy winners, when they were credited artists on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, which won Album of the Year in 2002.[5] LeAnn Rimes is the youngest individual winner. She was 14 years old when she won her first two awards in 1997. She was also the first Country artist to win the Best New Artist Grammy.

Rank Age Artist
18 yearsLeah Peasall
211 yearsHannah Peasall
314 yearsSarah Peasall
414 years, 182 daysLeAnn Rimes
514 years, 313 daysLuis Miguel
617 years, 80 daysLorde
718 years, 39 daysBillie Eilish
818 years, 105 daysDaya
918 years, 123 daysMonica
1019 years, 67 daysChristina Aguilera

Youngest artists to win Album of the Year

Billie Eilish is the youngest artist to win the Grammys for Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

Billie Eilish is the youngest artist to win Album of the Year. She was 18 years old when she won in 2020 for her album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.

Rank Age Artist
118 years, 39 daysBillie Eilish
220 years, 49 daysTaylor Swift
321 years, 242 daysAlanis Morissette
422 years, 18 daysBarbra Streisand
523 years, 274 daysLauryn Hill
623 years, 283 daysAdele
723 years, 293 daysStevie Wonder
823 years, 330 daysNorah Jones

Youngest artist to win Record of the Year

At 18 years of age, Billie Eilish became the youngest artist to win Record of the Year when she won for “Bad Guy” in 2020.

Youngest artist to win Song of the Year

Lorde became the youngest Song of the Year winner in 2014.

At 17 years of age, Lorde became the youngest artist to win Song of the Year when she won for “Royals” in 2014.

Youngest artist to win Best New Artist

At 14 years of age, LeAnn Rimes became the youngest Best New Artist winning and the youngest individual Grammy winner when she won in 1997.

Oldest winners

Pinetop Perkins is the oldest Grammy winner, winning just weeks prior to his death

Pinetop Perkins is the oldest person to win a Grammy. In 2011 he was awarded Best Traditional Blues Album for Joined At The Hip at 97 years of age.

Rank Age Artist
197 years, 221 daysPinetop Perkins
295 years, 31 daysGeorge Burns
394 years, 132 daysJimmy Carter (2019)
491 years, 137 daysJimmy Carter (2016)
590 years, 52 daysElizabeth Cotten
690 years, 26 daysBetty White

Note: Sources vary on the birth year of Elizabeth Cotten, with some stating it as 1893, while others say 1895. The above information credits it as 1895. With either year, Cotten is the oldest female Grammy winner.

Most honored albums

Santana's Supernatural and U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb hold the record for most honoured album having won nine awards. Supernatural won nine awards in 2000 and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb won three awards in 2005 and won a further six in 2006 giving it a total of nine awards.

Rank Albums and artists Awards
1 How to Dismantle an Atomic BombU2 9
SupernaturalSantana
3 Come Away With MeNorah Jones 8
Genius Loves CompanyRay Charles
ThrillerMichael Jackson
7 All That You Can't Leave BehindU2 7
Back on the BlockQuincy Jones
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?Billie Eilish
21Adele
24K MagicBruno Mars
11 Back to BlackAmy Winehouse 6
The Blueprint 3 — Jay Z
Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
Raising SandRobert Plant & Alison Krauss
The Return of Roger MillerRoger Miller
Taking the Long WayDixie Chicks
To Pimp a ButterflyKendrick Lamar
Toto IVToto
Unforgettable... with LoveNatalie Cole
UnpluggedEric Clapton
25Adele

Most Album of the Year wins

Tom Coyne won Album of the Year four times as a mastering engineer

The record for most Album of the Year wins is four. Tom Coyne, a mastering engineer won Album of the Year four times — 21 (2012), 1989 (2016), 25 (2017), 24K Magic (2018)

Three recording artists, four record producers, four engineer/mixers and two mastering engineers have won the award three times;

Most Record of the Year wins

The record for most Record of the Year wins is four. Tom Coyne won four consecutive times as a mastering engineer — “Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)” (2015), “Uptown Funk” (2016), “Hello” (2017), “24K Magic” (2018)

In addition, only two persons have won the award three times;

Most Song of the Year wins

The record for the most Song of the Year wins is two. Six songwriters have won in this category twice

Most Grammys won for consecutive albums

Alison Krauss and Union Station and The Manhattan Transfer have won seven consecutive awards for seven consecutive studio albums.

Most consecutive Grammys won for the same category

Aretha Franklin holds the record for winning the most consecutive Grammys in the same category. She won the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance every year from 1968 to 1975, for an eight-year winning streak. She also won in this category in 1982, 1986, and 1988, giving her 11 wins in the category.

After Franklin, Jimmy Sturr, Bill Cosby, and John Williams are tied for second place for consecutive Grammy wins in the same category:

Sturr won six years in a row between 1987 and 1992 for Best Polka Album. He also won for three runs of four consecutive years (1996–1999, 2001–2004, and 2006–2009.) He won 18 out of the 24 Best Polka Album Grammys that were awarded since that category was added in 1985. The award was discontinued in 2009.

Cosby won six years in a row between 1965 and 1970 for Best Comedy Album.

Williams won six years in a row between 1978 and 1983 for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.

Pat Benatar won Best Female Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row (1981, 1982 1983, 1984).

Lenny Kravitz won Best Male Rock Vocal Performance award four years in a row (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002).

Tom Coyne won Record of the Year four years in a row (2015–2018).

Artists who have won all four General Field awards

Adele is one of three artists who have won all four general field awards.

There have been only three artists who have won all four General Field awards: Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. In 1981, Christopher Cross became the first artist to win all four awards, as well as the first artist to win all four awards in a single ceremony.[6] Adele is the second artist to win all four, and the first female to do so. In 2009, she won Best New Artist and in 2012 and 2017, she won Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. In 2020, Billie Eilish became the third artist ever, second female overall, and first female artist to win all four awards in a single ceremony.

Single ceremony

Most Grammys won in one night

The record for Most Grammys won in one night is eight. Michael Jackson won eight in 1984 and Santana tied Jackson's record in 2000.[7]

Rank Artist(s) Awards
1Michael Jackson (1984)8
Santana (2000)
3Roger Miller (1966)6
Quincy Jones (1991)
Eric Clapton (1993)
Beyoncé (2010)
Adele (2012)
Tom Elmhirst (2017)
Bruno Mars (2018)

Most Grammys won by a male artist in one night

Michael Jackson won a record eight awards in 1984

The record most Grammys won by a male artist in one night is eight. Michael Jackson won eight in 1984.

Rank Artist(s) Awards
1Michael Jackson (1984)8
2Roger Miller (1966)6
Quincy Jones (1991)
Eric Clapton (1993)
Bruno Mars (2018)

Most Grammys won by a female artist in one night

Adele and Beyonce won six awards in a single year.

The record most Grammys won by a female artist in one night is six. Beyoncé and Adele each won six in 2010 and 2012, respectively.

Rank Artist Awards
1Beyoncé (2010)6
Adele (2012)
2Lauryn Hill (1999)5
Alicia Keys (2002)
Norah Jones (2003)
Beyoncé (2004)
Amy Winehouse (2008)
Alison Krauss (2009)
Adele (2017)
Billie Eilish (2020)

Most Grammys won by a group in one night

Santana won a record-tying eight awards in 2000

The record most Grammys won by a group artist in one night is eight. Santana won eight in 2000.

Rank Artists Awards
1Santana (2000)8
2Simon & Garfunkel (1971)5
U2 (2006)
Dixie Chicks (2007)
Lady Antebellum (2011)
Foo Fighters (2012)

Most Grammys won by a record producer in one night

Finneas O'Connell won five Grammys in 2020 at 22 years of age.

The record for most awards won by a producer in one night is five. Rick Rubin won five awards in 2007 including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Country Album for his work on the Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long Way, and Best Rock Album for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium as well as Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.

Finneas O'Connell repeated the record in 2020, winning Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and four more awards including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for his work on Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.[8][9]

Most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer in one night

The most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer in one night is six. At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017, Tom Elmhirst won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Alternative Music Album, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, and Best Rock Album for his work on Adele's 25, David Bowie's Blackstar, and Cage the Elephant's Tell Me I'm Pretty, respectively.

Artists who have won all four General Field Awards at a single ceremony

Christopher Cross was the first artist to win all four general field categories in one night

Christopher Cross (1981) and Billie Eilish (2020) are the only artists who have received all four General Field awards in one night.[10]

Artists who have won Album, Record, and Song of the Year in one night

Adele is the firs and only artist to have won Album, Record, and Song of the Year in a single year twice.

The three biggest Grammy Awards are Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Eight artists have won all three in one night. Adele is the first and only artist in Grammy history to accomplish this twice.

Year Artist
1971Paul Simon
1972Carole King
1981Christopher Cross
1993Eric Clapton
2007Dixie Chicks
2012Adele
2017
2018Bruno Mars
2020Billie Eilish

Most Grammys won by an album in one night

The most awards awarded to an album in one night is nine. At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000 Santana's Supernatural was awarded nine awards. It won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Rock Instrumental Performance, and Best Rock Album.

Most posthumous Grammys won in one night

Ray Charles won five Grammys in 2005, less than a year after his death.

Ray Charles holds the record for most posthumous awards won in one night. He was awarded five Grammy Awards at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005 including Album of the Year.

Nominations

Most Grammy nominations

Quincy Jones holds the record for the most Grammy nominations with 80.[11][12]

Rank Artist Nominations
1 Quincy Jones 80
2 Paul McCartney[note 9] 78
3 Jay Z[note 10] 77
4 Georg Solti 74
Stevie Wonder
6 Henry Mancini 72
7 John Williams 71
8 Beyoncé[note 11] 70
9 Kanye West 69
10 Pierre Boulez 67
11 Chick Corea 65
12 Leonard Bernstein 63
13 Jay David Saks 53
14 Willie Nelson 52
15 Thomas Z. Shepard 50
Bruce Springsteen
17 James Mallinson 49
Babyface
Dolly Parton

Most nominations in one night

Michael Jackson and Babyface hold the record for most Grammy nominations in one night with 12 nominations.

Rank Artist Nominations Year
1Michael Jackson121984
Babyface1997
3Kendrick Lamar112016
4Lauryn Hill101999
Kanye West2005
Beyoncé2010
Eminem2011
8Roger Miller91966
Paul McCartney1966
The Manhattan Transfer1986
Eric Clapton1993
Santana2000
Jay Z2014
Beyoncé2017

Most nominations without winning

Zubin Mehta holds the record for most Grammy nominations without winning.

With 18 nominations, Zubin Mehta has received the most Grammy nominations without winning.

Rank Artist Nominations
1Zubin Mehta18
2Brian McKnight17
3Snoop Dogg16
4Björk15
Joe Satriani
Fred Hersch
7Toshiko Akiyoshi14
Martina McBride
Dierks Bentley
10Katy Perry13
Nas
Spyro Gyra
Musiq Soulchild
Charlie Wilson
15Diana Ross12
Busta Rhymes
Ledisi
Lenny Gomulka
Keith Jarrett
Jazmine Sullivan

Norwegian sound engineer and chorus leader Morten Lindberg removed himself from this list in February 2020, when he finally received his first Grammy Award with his 28th nomination between 2006 and 2020.

Most nominations in one night without winning

Paul McCartney was nominated for nine awards in 1966 but failed to win

The record for most Grammy nominations without a win in one night is 9, held by Paul McCartney. The record was set in 1966.

Rank Artist Nominations
1Paul McCartney (1966) 9
2Kanye West (2017)8
Rihanna (2017)
Jay-Z (2018)
5Stevie Wonder (1983)7
India.Arie (2002)
Kendrick Lamar (2014)
8Henry Mancini (1959)6
Thomas Z. Shepard (1970)
Lionel Richie (1982)
David Foster (1986)
Mariah Carey (1996)
50 Cent (2006)
Bruno Mars (2012)

Grammy nominations in the most fields

Rank Artist Number Fields
1 Quincy Jones 15 General field, spoken word, arranging, music video/film, jazz, pop, rap, R&B, children's, musical theatre, disco, composition, gospel/contemporary Christian music, music for visual media and production, non-classical
2 Paul McCartney 11 General field, pop, arranging, rock, traditional, music for visual media, music video/film, spoken word, historical, alternative music and rap
3 David Foster 10 General field, R&B, arranging, composition, music for visual media, production, music video/film, pop, traditional and musical theatre
Bob Dylan General field, country, gospel/contemporary Christian music, rock, music video/film, music for visual media, folk pop, American roots and traditional
5 Jack White 9 General field, rock, alternative, country, pop, package, music video/film, American roots and engineered album
Béla Fleck Country, pop, jazz, American roots, world music, classical, folk, spoken word, composition and arranging
Janet Jackson General field, pop, R&B, rock, arranging, rap, music video/film, dance and production, non-classical
8 Cyndi Lauper 8 General field, rock, pop, music video/film, dance, arranging, American roots and musical theater
Elton John General field, pop, musical theatre, rock, music video/film, music for visual media, composition and R&B
Elvis Costello General field, pop, rock, music for visual media, spoken word, alternative, american roots and traditional
Prince General field, pop, R&B, rock, engineered album, music video/film, music for visual media and production, non-classical
Michael Jackson General field, pop, R&B, rock, disco, children's, music video/film and production, non-classical
Danger Mouse General field, pop, R&B, rock, rap, alternative, music video/film and production, non-classical
Herbie Hancock General field, pop, R&B, rock, jazz, music video/film, music for visual media and composition
Lionel Richie General field, pop, R&B, music for visual media, dance, arranging, gospel/contemporary Christian music and production, non-classical
Justin Timberlake General field, pop, R&B, country, rap, music for visual media, dance and music video/film
Stevie Wonder General field, pop, R&B, arranging, composition, music for visual media, music video/film and production, non-classical
Beyoncé General field, pop, R&B, rock, rap, music for visual media, surround sound and music video/film
Pharrell Williams General field, pop, R&B, dance, rap, music for visual media, music video/film and production, non-classical

Artists who had been nominated for all four General Field awards in one night

Only twelve artists have been nominated for all four General Field awards in one night. Lizzo is the oldest person to be nominated for all four awards in one night, at 31 years old; while the youngest person to be nominated is Billie Eilish at 17 years old. Both were nominated in 2020, making it the first time that two artists were nominated for all four awards in one night. In 1968, Bobbie Gentry became the first person and first female artist to be nominated for all four awards, followed by Christopher Cross in 1981 and Fun. in 2013, becoming the first male artist and first group to be nominated, respectively.

Year Artist
1968Bobbie Gentry
1981Christopher Cross
1985Cyndi Lauper
1989Tracy Chapman
1991Mariah Carey
1998Paula Cole
2002India.Arie
2008Amy Winehouse
2013Fun.
2015Sam Smith
2020Billie Eilish
Lizzo

Youngest nominees

Leah Peasall of The Peasall Sisters is the youngest ever Grammy nominee (and winner) as one of the credited artists on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack in 2002.[5] Deleon Richards is the youngest performer to receive an individual nomination, for Best Soul/Gospel performance.[13]

Rank Age Artist
18 yearsLeah Peasall
28 years, 161 daysDeleon Richards
311 yearsHannah Peasall
412 years, 126 daysZac Hanson
512 years, 155 daysJoey Alexander
612 years, 199 daysMichael Jackson
712 years, 234 daysKelvin Grant
812 years, 273 daysBilly Gilman
914 years, 45 daysChris "Daddy Mac" Smith
1014 years, 140 daysMarie Osmond
1114 years, 182 daysLeAnn Rimes
1214 yearsSarah Peasall
1314 years, 197 daysChris "Mac Daddy" Kelly
1414 years, 313 daysLuis Miguel
1514 years, 348 daysTaylor Hanson

See also

Notes

  1. Includes 14 awards with Union Station
  2. Includes 3 awards as part of Destiny's Child and one award as part of The Carters
  3. Includes 9 awards as part of The Beatles
  4. Includes 14 awards with Union Station
  5. Includes 3 awards as part of Destiny's Child and one award as part of The Carters
  6. Includes 8 awards as part of The Manhattan Transfer
  7. Includes 8 awards as part of The Manhattan Transfer
  8. Includes 7 awards as part of Lady Antebellum
  9. Includes 41 nominations as part of The Beatles
  10. Includes 3 nominations as part of The Carters
  11. Includes 13 nominations as part of Destiny's Child and 3 nominations as part of The Carters

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  5. "Past winners search 2001". Grammy.Com. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  6. 2003 Grammy Awards
  7. "Adele To Michael Jackson: Who's Won The Most GRAMMYs In A Night?". Grammy.com. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
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  9. "Finneas Was On 'Glee': Never Forget". Billboard. 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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