Grammy Award milestones explained

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

The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by Beyoncé, an American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer, who has won 32. It was previously held by Sir Georg Solti, a Hungarian-British conductor, who won 31.

Rank Artist Awards
1 Beyoncé32
2 Sir Georg Solti31
3 28
4 27
Chick Corea
6 Pierre Boulez26
8Vladimir Horowitz25
David Frost
11 24
Kanye West
13Vince Gill22
U2
15Pat Metheny20
Al Schmitt
Şerban Ghenea
Kirk Franklin

Most Grammys won by a female artist

Beyoncé has won 32 Grammy Awards.

Rank Artist Awards
1 32
2 27
3 18
4Adele16
Alicia Keys
615
7Taylor Swift14
8Leontyne Price13
Emmylou Harris
Bonnie Raitt
13 11
Linda Ronstadt
15 10
Dolly Parton
Brandi Carlile
Joni Mitchell
19 9
Mary J. Blige
Rihanna
Sheryl Crow
Natalie Cole
Norah Jones
Hillary Scott

Most Grammys won by a male artist

Sir Georg Solti has won 31 Grammy Awards.

Rank Artist Awards
1 Sir Georg Solti31
2 28
3 27
4Pierre Boulez26
John Williams
6Vladimir Horowitz25
8 24
Kanye West
10 22
11Pat Metheny20
Bruce Springsteen
Henry Mancini
Kirk Franklin

Most Grammys won by a group

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

Rank Artists Awards
1 22
2Foo Fighters15
3 14
4 13
5 10
6Emerson String Quartet9
Metallica
8The Manhattan Transfer8
Santana
The Blackwood Brothers
Take 6
Asleep At The Wheel
13Simon & Garfunkel7
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Los Tigres del Norte
Lady A
Coldplay

Most Grammys won by a producer

Quincy Jones holds the record for most Grammy Awards won by a producer, with 28 awards. Eleven of these were awarded for production duties; Jones has 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
1 28
2David Frost25
3 24
4Steven Epstein17
5 16
James Mallinson
7 Judith Sherman 15
9 13
Jay David Saks
Pharrell Williams
Robert Woods
8Phil Ramone14

Most Grammys won by a rapper

Jay-Z and Kanye West, each with 24 awards, have won more Grammy Awards than any other rapper. Lauryn Hill is the most awarded female rapper, with eight Grammy Awards.[1]

Rank Rapper Awards
1 24
Kanye West
3 17
4 15
5 13
6 9
7 8
8 7
9 Outkast6
10Lil Wayne5
Drake

Most Grammys won by jazz artist

Chick Corea, with 27 awards, has won more Grammy Awards than any other jazz artist. Pat Metheny is second with 20 Grammy Awards.

Rank ArtistAwards
1 27
2 20

Most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer

Al Schmitt and Şerban Ghenea, each with 20 awards, have won more Grammy Awards than any other engineer or mixer.[2]

Rank Engineer / Mixer Awards
1 20
Şerban Ghenea
3 17

Most Grammys won in the country genre

With 21 country-specific Grammy Awards, Vince Gill has won more Grammy Awards in the genre than any other artist. Kacey Musgraves has the most country-specific Grammy Awards for female artists with 6.

Rank Artist AwardsCountry Song winsCountry Solo Performance winsCountry Duo/Group Performance winsCountry Albums wins
1 Vince Gill21[3] 2101
2 Chris Stapleton10 3 4 0 3
3 Ricky Skaggs8[4] 0012
4 7[5] [6] 0021
00 03
6 6 2 1 1 2
0 5 1 0
8Shania Twain5[7] [8] 2201
2 2 0 1
1042 0 0 2
0 0 0 4
1 2 0 1

Youngest winners

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.[9] Blue Ivy Carter is the youngest individually credited winner. She was 9 years old when she won her first award in 2021, after she was credited on her mother Beyoncé's song "Brown Skin Girl", released in 2019. 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 ArtistYear
1 8 years 2002
2 9 years, 66 days 2021
3 11 years 2002
4 14 years 2002
5 14 years, 160 days Walter Russell III 2023
6 14 years, 182 days 1997
7 14 years, 313 days 1985
8 16 years, 308 days 1982
9 17 years, 80 days 2014
10 18 years, 39 days 2020

Youngest artists to win Album of the Year (as lead artist)

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

Rank Age ArtistYear
1 18 years, 39 days 2020
2 20 years, 49 days 2010
321 years, 272 days 1996
422 years, 18 days 1964
5 23 years, 274 days 1999
6 23 years, 283 days 2012
7 23 years, 293 days 1974
8 23 years, 330 days 2003

Youngest artists 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.

Rank Age ArtistYear
1 18 years, 39 days 2020
2 19 years, 86 days 2021
3 22 years, 265 days 2015
4 22 years, 320 days 2013
5 23 years, 72 days Jared Followill (Kings of Leon) 2010
6 23 years, 199 days 1960
7 23 years, 283 days 2012
8 23 years, 330 days 2003
9 24 years, 23 days Florence LaRue (The 5th Dimension) 1968
10 24 years, 149 days 2008

Youngest artist to win Song of the Year

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 winner when she won in 1997.

Oldest winners

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

Rank Age ArtistYear Won, Category, Work
1 97 years, 221 days 2011, Best Traditional Blues Album, Joined at the Hip
2 95 years, 243 days 2022, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, Love For Sale
3 95 years, 31 days 1991, Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording Album (now called Best Spoken Word Album), Gracie: A Love Story
4 94 years, 132 days 2019, Best Spoken Word Album, Faith: A Journey For All
5 91 years, 361 days 2024, Best Instrumental Composition, Helena's Theme
6 91 years, 137 days 2016, Best Spoken Word Album, A Full Life: Reflections at 90
7 90 years, 52 days 1985, Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Elizabeth Cotten Live
8 90 years, 26 days 2012, Best Spoken Word Album, If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)
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.

Number Albums and artistsAwards
1SupernaturalSantana9
How to Dismantle an Atomic BombU2
3ThrillerMichael Jackson8
Genius Loves Company — Ray Charles
5Back on the BlockQuincy Jones7
All That You Can't Leave BehindU2
Come Away With MeNorah Jones
21Adele
24K MagicBruno Mars
9The Return of Roger MillerRoger Miller6
Bridge over Troubled Water — Simon & Garfunkel
Toto IVToto
Unforgettable... with LoveNatalie Cole
Raising SandRobert Plant & Alison Krauss
The Blueprint 3Jay-Z
To Pimp a ButterflyKendrick Lamar

Most Album of the Year wins

The record for most Album of the Year wins is five. One engineer/mixer;

One artist, one engineer/mixer and two mastering engineers have won the award four times;

Three recording artists, five record producers, three engineer/mixers and one mastering engineer have won the award three times;

Most Record of the Year wins

The record for most Record of the Year wins is four. One mastering engineer has won the award four consecutive times;

Two recording artists and four engineers/mixers have won the award three times;

Most Song of the Year wins

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

Most Grammys won for consecutive studio albums

Beyoncé has won eight consecutive awards for eight consecutive studio albums (including Everything Is Love).

Alison Krauss and Union Station, Pat Metheny (along with the Pat Metheny Group), and The Manhattan Transfer have won seven consecutive awards for seven consecutive studio albums.

Most consecutive Grammys won for the same category

Rank ArtistCategoryYears
1 8; (1968–1975)
2 6; (1965-1970)
6; (1978–1983)
6; (1987–1992)
5 5; (1995–1999)
6 4; (1981–1984)
4; (1988–1991)
4; (1988–1991)
Jimmy Sturr (three times) 4; (1996–1999)
(2001–2004)
(2006–2009)
4; (1999–2002)
4; (2015–2018)
Peter Schickele4; (1989-1992)

Artists who have won all four General Field awards

There have been only three artists who have won all four General Field awards: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist.

In 1981, Christopher Cross became the first artist to win all four awards, as well as the first act to win them all in a single year.[10]

In 2009, Adele won Best New Artist, and she earned the three other awards in both 2012 and 2017. She was the second artist to win all four accolades throughout her career.[11]

In 2020, Billie Eilish became the third musician to win all four awards and the first female artist to win them during a single ceremony.[12]

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 is the only solo artist to do so. The group Santana tied with Michael Jackson’s record in 2000.[13] [14]

Rank Artist(s)Awards
1 Michael Jackson (1984) 8
Santana (2000)
3 Paul Simon (1971) 7
4 Roger Miller (1966) 6
Quincy Jones (1991)
Eric Clapton (1993)
Beyoncé (2010)
Adele (2012)
Tom Elmhirst (2017)
Bruno Mars (2018)
Finneas O'Connell (2020)

Most Grammys won by a male artist in one night

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

Rank Artist(s)Awards
1 Michael Jackson (1984) 8
2 Paul Simon (1971) 7
3 Roger Miller (1966) 6
Quincy Jones (1991)
Eric Clapton (1993)
Bruno Mars (2018)

Most Grammys won by a female artist in one night

The record for 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
1 Beyoncé (2010) 6
Adele (2012)
3 Lauryn 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

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

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

Most Grammys won by a record producer in one night

The record for most awards won by a producer in one night is six. The record was set by Quincy Jones who won six awards in 1991, including Album of the Year, Best Arrangement On An Instrumental, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s), Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group, as well as Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for his own studio album Back on the Block.[15]

Finneas O'Connell tied the record in 2020, winning Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and five additional awards, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, and Best Pop Vocal Album for his contribution on Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.[16]

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 Rock Album, Best Alternative Music Album, as well as Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for his work on Adele's 25, Cage the Elephant's Tell Me I'm Pretty, and David Bowie's Blackstar respectively.[17]

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

Christopher Cross (1981) and Billie Eilish (2020) are the only artists who have received all four General Field awards in one night.[18]

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

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 feat twice.

YearArtist
Paul Simon
Carole King
Christopher Cross
Eric Clapton
The Chicks
Adele
2017
Bruno Mars
Billie 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 Collaboration with Vocals, Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and Best Rock Album.

Most posthumous Grammys won in one night

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 both Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Nominations

Most Grammy nominations

Beyoncé and Jay-Z tie for the record for the most Grammy nominations with 88 each.[19]

RankArtist Nominations
1Beyoncé88
Jay-Z
3Paul McCartney82
4Quincy Jones80
5John Williams76
6Kanye West75
7Georg Solti74
Stevie Wonder
9Henry Mancini72
Chick Corea
11Pierre Boulez67
12Leonard Bernstein63
13Willie Nelson58
14Dolly Parton54
15Jay David Saks53

Most nominations in one night

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

RankArtistNominationsYear
1 12 1984
1997
3 11 2016
2022
5 10 1999
2005
2010
2011
9 9 1966
Roger Miller
1986
1993
2000
2014
2017
2021
2023
2024

Most nominations without winning

With 20 nominations, Chris Gehringer has received the most Grammy nominations without winning.

Rank ArtistNominations
1 20
2 18
3 17
Dave Kutch
Fred Hersch
6 16
Björk
8 15
Dierks Bentley
10 14
Martina McBride
13 13
Spyro Gyra
José Serebrier
Charlie Wilson
Diana Ross

Most nominations in one night without winning

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

RankArtistNominations
1Paul McCartney (1966) 9
2Rihanna (2017) 8
Kanye West (2017)
Jay-Z (2018)
Justin Bieber (2022)
6Stevie Wonder (1983) 7
India.Arie (2002)
Kendrick Lamar (2014)
Billie Eilish (2022)
10 Henry Mancini (1959) 6
Thomas Z. Shepard (1970)
Lionel Richie (1982)
David Foster (1986)
Mariah Carey (1996)
50 Cent (2006)
Bruno Mars (2012)
Roddy Ricch (2021)
Giveon (2022)
Mary J. Blige (2023)
DJ Khaled (2023)
Jon Batiste (2024)
Olivia Rodrigo (2024)

Grammy nominations in the most fields

RankArtist NumberFields
1Quincy Jones15General 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
2Paul McCartney12General field, pop, arranging, rock, traditional, music for visual media, music video/film, spoken word, historical, alternative music, rap, and package
3Bob Dylan11General field, country, gospel/contemporary Christian music, rock, music video/film, music for visual media, folk, pop, American roots, traditional, and musical theatre
4Béla Fleck10Country, pop, jazz, American roots, world music, classical, folk, spoken word, historical, composition and arranging
Jon BatisteGeneral field, pop, contemporary instrumental, new age, R&B, jazz, American roots, classical, music for visual media, and music video/film
6Beyoncé9General field, pop, R&B, rock, rap, music for visual media, dance/electronic, surround sound and music video/film
Janet JacksonGeneral field, pop, R&B, rock, arranging, rap, music video/film, dance/electronic, and production, non-classical
Willie NelsonGeneral field, contemporary instrumental, pop, country, traditional, American roots, blues, gospel/contemporary Christian music and music video/film
Jack WhiteGeneral field, rock, alternative, country, pop, package, music video/film, American roots and engineered album
10Elvis Costello8General field, pop, rock, music for visual media, spoken word, alternative, American roots and traditional
David FosterGeneral field, R&B, composing/arranging, music for visual media, production, music video/film, pop, and musical theatre
Herbie HancockGeneral field, pop, R&B, rock, jazz, music video/film, music for visual media and composition
Michael JacksonGeneral field, pop, R&B, rock, disco, children's, music video/film and production, non-classical
Elton JohnGeneral field, pop, musical theatre, rock, music video/film, music for visual media, composition and R&B
Cyndi LauperGeneral field, rock, pop, music video/film, dance/electronic, arranging, American roots and musical theater
Joni MitchellGeneral field, pop, traditional, folk, arranging, package, historical and notes
Danger MouseGeneral field, pop, R&B, rock, rap, alternative, music video/film and production, non-classical
Dolly PartonGeneral field, pop, country, traditional, musical theatre, music for visual media, gospel/contemporary Christian music and American roots
PrinceGeneral field, pop, R&B, rock, engineered album, music video/film, music for visual media and production, non-classical
Lionel RichieGeneral field, pop, R&B, music for visual media, dance/electronic, arranging, gospel/contemporary Christian music and production, non-classical
RihannaGeneral field, pop, R&B, rap, dance/electronic, music for visual media, music video/film and package
Linda RonstadtGeneral field, pop, rock, country, American roots, children, Latin and music video/film
StingGeneral field, pop, rock, country, jazz, music for visual media, reggae and music video/film
Justin TimberlakeGeneral field, pop, R&B, country, rap, music for visual media, dance/electronic and music video/film
will.i.amGeneral field, pop, R&B, dance/electronic, rap, engineered album, music video/film and production, non-classical
Pharrell WilliamsGeneral field, pop, R&B, dance/electronic, rap, music for visual media, music video/film and production, non-classical
Stevie WonderGeneral field, pop, R&B, arranging, composition, music for visual media, music video/film and production, non-classical

Most nominated albums

Number Albums and artistsNominations
1ThrillerMichael Jackson10
SupernaturalSantana
Genius Loves Company — Ray Charles
The Blueprint 3Jay-Z
59
— Beyoncé
Renaissance — Beyoncé
All That You Can't Leave BehindU2
RecoveryEminem
SOSSZA
11I Am... Sasha Fierce — Beyoncé8
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill — Lauryn Hill
How to Dismantle an Atomic BombU2
We AreJon Batiste

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

Only thirteen 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. In addition, Finneas O'Connell was nominated for all four General Field awards in 2022, but he was not credited as a performing artist in three of the four categories.

YearArtist
Bobbie Gentry
Christopher Cross
Cyndi Lauper
Tracy Chapman
Mariah Carey
Paula Cole
India.Arie
Amy Winehouse
Fun.
Sam Smith
Billie Eilish
Lizzo
Olivia Rodrigo

Youngest nominees

Hazel Monét is the youngest ever Grammy nominee, receiving a nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance as a featured artist on her mother Victoria Monét's song "Hollywood".

RankAgeArtist
1 2 years, 348 days Hazel Monét
2 8 years Leah Peasall
3 8 years, 160 days Deleon Richards
4 8 years, 246 days Bobby Bare Jr.
5 8 years, 322 days Blue Ivy Carter
6 10 years, 136 days Hayden Panettiere
7 10 years, 309 days Stephen Marley
8 11 years Hannah Peasall
9 12 years, 126 days Zac Hanson
10 12 years, 155 days Joey Alexander
11 12 years, 199 days Michael Jackson
12 12 years, 234 days Kelvin Grant
13 12 years, 273 days Billy Gilman
14 14 years, 45 days Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith
15 14 years, 140 days Marie Osmond
16 14 years, 182 days LeAnn Rimes
17 14 years Sarah Peasall
18 14 years, 197 days Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly
19 14 years, 313 days Luis Miguel
20 14 years, 348 days Taylor Hanson

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Grammy winner Şerban Ghenea has 24K Magic touch as mixing engineer.
  3. Web site: Vince Gill Artist GRAMMY.com . 2024-02-19 . grammy.com.
  4. Web site: Ricky Skaggs Artist GRAMMY.com . 2024-02-19 . grammy.com.
  5. Web site: Johnny Cash Artist GRAMMY.com . 2024-02-19 . grammy.com.
  6. Web site: https://www.grammy.com/search/Randy%20travis . 2024-02-19 . www.grammy.com.
  7. Web site: Shania Twain Artist GRAMMY.com . 2024-07-31 . grammy.com.
  8. Web site: Taylor Swift Artist GRAMMY.com . 2024-07-31 . grammy.com.
  9. Web site: Past winners search 2001 . Grammy.Com . 27 February 2014.
  10. Web site: Christopher Cross' 1981 Grammy Sweep Was the Best That He Would Do . Barker . Andrew . Variety . 2020-01-26 . 2020-01-27 .
  11. Web site: Adele's '21' wins album of the year at Grammys . Morris . Christopher . Variety . 2012-05-12 . 2012-05-13 .
  12. Web site: 10 Ways Billie Eilish Made Grammy History Last Night . McIntyre . Hugh . Forbes . 2020-01-27 . 2020-01-28 .
  13. Web site: Adele To Michael Jackson: Who's Won The Most GRAMMYs In A Night? . Grammy.com . 15 May 2017 . January 29, 2018.
  14. Web site: Most Grammys in one night . USA Today . February 13, 2013.
  15. Web site: Quincy Jones Artist . . 23 November 2020 . April 1, 2021.
  16. Web site: Finneas O'Connel Artist . . April 2, 2021.
  17. Web site: Tom Elmhirst Artist . Grammy.com. 16 August 2020.
  18. Web site: Billie Eilish has a history-making night at the Grammys. Gonzalez. Sandra. January 26, 2020. CNN. January 27, 2020.
  19. https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/beyonce-2023-grammy-nominations-analysis-1235171262/ "Beyonce Ties All-Time Grammy Nominations Record"