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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

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Most Grammys won

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Beyoncé has won a total of 32 Grammy Awards

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 Beyoncé[a] 32
2 Sir Georg Solti 31
3 Quincy Jones 28
4 Alison Krauss[b] 27
Chick Corea
6 Pierre Boulez 26
John Williams
8 Vladimir Horowitz 25
Stevie Wonder
David Frost
11 Jay-Z 24
Kanye West
13 Vince Gill 22
U2
15 Şerban Ghenea 21
16 Pat Metheny 20
Al Schmitt
Bruce Springsteen
Henry Mancini
Kirk Franklin

Most Grammys won by a female artist

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Beyoncé has won 32 Grammy Awards.

Rank Artist Awards
1 Beyoncé[a] 32
2 Alison Krauss[b] 27
3 Aretha Franklin 18
4 Adele 16
Alicia Keys
6 CeCe Winans 15
7 Taylor Swift 14
8 Leontyne Price 13
Ella Fitzgerald
Emmylou Harris
Lady Gaga
Bonnie Raitt
13 Shirley Caesar 11
Linda Ronstadt
Brandi Carlile
16 Chaka Khan 10
Dolly Parton
Joni Mitchell
19 Billie Eilish 9
Mary J. Blige
Rihanna
Sheryl Crow
Natalie Cole
Norah Jones
Hillary Scott

Most Grammys won by a male artist

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Sir Georg Solti has won 31 Grammy Awards.

Rank Artist Awards
1 Sir Georg Solti 31
2 Quincy Jones 28
3 Chick Corea 27
4 Pierre Boulez 26
John Williams
6 Vladimir Horowitz 25
Stevie Wonder
8 Jay-Z 24
Kanye West
10 Vince Gill 22
11 Pat Metheny 20
Bruce Springsteen
Henry Mancini
Kirk Franklin

Most Grammys won by a group

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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
1 U2 22
2 Foo Fighters 15
3 Union Station 14
4 The Chicks 13
5 Pat Metheny Group 10
6 Emerson String Quartet 9
Metallica
8 The Manhattan Transfer 8
Santana
The Blackwood Brothers
Take 6
Asleep At The Wheel
13 Simon & Garfunkel 7
The Beatles
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Los Tigres del Norte
Lady A
Coldplay

Most Grammys won by a producer

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28-time Grammy Winner, Quincy Jones in 1997

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 Quincy Jones 28
2 David Frost 25
3 Kanye West 24
4 Steven Epstein 17
5 David Foster 16
James Mallinson
7 Judith Sherman 15
8 Phil Ramone 14
9 T Bone Burnett 13
Jay David Saks
Pharrell Williams
Robert Woods

Most Grammys won by a rapper

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24-time Grammy Award winners Kanye West (left) and Jay-Z performing at their Watch the Throne Tour in 2011.

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 Jay-Z 24
Kanye West
3 Kendrick Lamar 17
4 Eminem 15
5 Pharrell Williams 13
6 André 3000 [c] 10
7 Lauryn Hill[d] 8
Anderson .Paak
8 Dr. Dre 7
9 Outkast 6
10 Lil Wayne 5
Childish Gambino
Drake

Most Grammys won by jazz artist

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

Rank Artist Awards
1 Chick Corea 27
2 Pat Metheny 20

Most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer

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Şerban Ghenea with 21 awards, has won more Grammy Awards than any other engineer or mixer.[2]

Rank Engineer / Mixer Awards
1 Şerban Ghenea 21
2 Al Schmitt 20
3 Tom Elmhirst 17

Most Grammys won in the country genre

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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 six.

Rank Artist Awards Country Song wins Country Solo Performance wins Country Duo/Group Performance wins Country Albums wins
1 Vince Gill 21[3] 2 1 0 1
2 Chris Stapleton 10 3 4 0 3
3 Ricky Skaggs 8[4] 0 0 1 2
4 Johnny Cash 7[5][6] 0 0 2 1
Randy Travis 0 0 0 3
6 Kacey Musgraves 6 2 1 1 2
Carrie Underwood 0 5 1 0
8 Shania Twain 5[7][8] 2 2 0 1
Taylor Swift 2 2 0 1
10 Roger Miller 4 2 0 0 2
The Chicks 0 0 0 4
Willie Nelson 1 2 0 1

Youngest winners

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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.[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 Artist Year
1 8 years Leah Peasall 2002
2 9 years, 66 days Blue Ivy Carter 2021
3 11 years Hannah Peasall 2002
4 14 years Sarah Peasall 2002
5 14 years, 160 days Walter Russell III 2023
6 14 years, 182 days LeAnn Rimes 1997
7 14 years, 313 days Luis Miguel 1985
8 16 years, 308 days Stephen Marley 1982
9 17 years, 80 days Lorde 2014
10 18 years, 39 days Billie Eilish 2020

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

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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 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 Artist Year
1 18 years, 39 days Billie Eilish 2020
2 20 years, 49 days Taylor Swift 2010
3 21 years, 272 days Alanis Morissette 1996
4 22 years, 18 days Barbra Streisand 1964
5 23 years, 274 days Lauryn Hill 1999
6 23 years, 283 days Adele 2012
7 23 years, 293 days Stevie Wonder 1974
8 23 years, 330 days Norah Jones 2003

Youngest artists to win Record of the Year

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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 Artist Year
1 18 years, 39 days Billie Eilish 2020
2 19 years, 86 days 2021
3 22 years, 265 days Sam Smith 2015
4 22 years, 320 days Kimbra 2013
5 23 years, 72 days Jared Followill (Kings of Leon) 2010
6 23 years, 199 days Bobby Darin 1960
7 23 years, 283 days Adele 2012
8 23 years, 330 days Norah Jones 2003
9 24 years, 23 days Florence LaRue (The 5th Dimension) 1968
10 24 years, 149 days Amy Winehouse 2008

Youngest artist to win Song of the Year

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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

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

Oldest winners

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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 with Best Traditional Blues Album for Joined at the Hip, at 97 years of age.

Rank Age Artist Year Won, Category, Work
1 97 years, 221 days Pinetop Perkins 2011, Best Traditional Blues Album, Joined at the Hip
2 95 years, 243 days Tony Bennett 2022, Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, Love For Sale
3 95 years, 31 days George Burns 1991, Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording Album (now called Best Spoken Word Album), Gracie: A Love Story
4 94 years, 132 days Jimmy Carter 2019, Best Spoken Word Album, Faith: A Journey For All
5 91 years, 361 days John Williams 2024, Best Instrumental Composition, Helena's Theme
6 91 years, 137 days Jimmy Carter 2016, Best Spoken Word Album, A Full Life: Reflections at 90
7 90 years, 52 days Elizabeth Cotten 1985, Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, Elizabeth Cotten Live!
8 90 years, 26 days Betty White 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

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Santana's Supernatural holds the record for most honored album having won nine awards. Supernatural won nine awards in 2000.

Number Albums and artists Awards
1 Supernatural — Santana 9
2 Thriller — Michael Jackson 8
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb — U2
Genius Loves Company — Ray Charles
5 Back on the Block — Quincy Jones 7
All That You Can't Leave Behind — U2
Come Away With Me — Norah Jones
21 — Adele
24K Magic — Bruno Mars
10 The Return of Roger Miller — Roger Miller 6
Bridge over Troubled Water — Simon & Garfunkel
Toto IV — Toto
Unforgettable... with Love — Natalie Cole
Raising Sand — Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
The Blueprint 3 — Jay-Z
To Pimp a Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar

Most Album of the Year wins

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The record for most Album of the Year wins is five.

One engineer/mixer; has won the award five times;

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

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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

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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

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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

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Rank Artist Category Years
1 Aretha Franklin Best Female R&B Vocal Performance 8; (1968–1975)
2 Bill Cosby Best Comedy Album 6; (1965-1970)
John Williams Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 6; (1978–1983)
Jimmy Sturr Best Polka Album 6; (1987–1992)
5 Vince Gill Best Male Country Vocal Performance 5; (1995–1999)
6 Pat Benatar Best Female Rock Vocal Performance 4; (1981–1984)
Robert Shaw Best Choral Performance 4; (1988–1991)
Jack Renner Best Engineered Album, Classical 4; (1988–1991)
Jimmy Sturr (three times) Best Polka Album 4; (1996–1999)
(2001–2004)
(2006–2009)
Lenny Kravitz Best Male Rock Vocal Performance 4; (1999–2002)
Tom Coyne Record of the Year 4; (2015–2018)
Peter Schickele Best Comedy Album 4; (1989-1992)

Artists who have won all four General Field awards

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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: 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

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Most Grammys won in one night

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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

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Michael Jackson won a record eight awards in 1984

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

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Adele and Beyoncé won six awards in a single year.

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

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Santana won a record-tying eight awards in 2000

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

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Quincy Jones won six Grammys in 1991, setting the record for most Grammys won by a 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

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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

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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.[18]

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

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Adele is the 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 feat twice.

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

Most Grammys won by an album in one night

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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

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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 both Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Nominations

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Most Grammy nominations

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Rank Artist Nominations
1 Beyoncé[e][20] 99
2 Jay-Z[f] 89
3 Paul McCartney[g] 84
4 Quincy Jones 80
5 John Williams 76
Kanye West
7 Chick Corea 75
8 Georg Solti 74
Stevie Wonder
10 Henry Mancini 72
11 Pierre Boulez 67
12 Leonard Bernstein 63
13 Taylor Swift 58
Willie Nelson
15 Dolly Parton 55

Most nominations in one night

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

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

Rank Artist Nominations Year
1 Michael Jackson 12 1984
Babyface 1997
3 Kendrick Lamar 11 2016
Jon Batiste 2022
Beyoncé 2025
6 Lauryn Hill 10 1999
Kanye West 2005
Beyoncé 2010
Eminem 2011
10 Paul McCartney 9 1966
Roger Miller
The Manhattan Transfer 1986
Eric Clapton 1993
Santana 2000
Jay-Z 2014
Beyoncé 2017
2021
2023
SZA 2024

Most nominations without winning

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

Rank Artist Nominations
1 Chris Gehringer 21
2 Zubin Mehta 18
3 Snoop Dogg 17
Dave Kutch
Fred Hersch
6 Brian McKnight 16
Björk
8 Joe Satriani 15
Dierks Bentley
10 Toshiko Akiyoshi 14
Martina McBride
Musiq Soulchild
13 Katy Perry 13
Spyro Gyra
José Serebrier
Charlie Wilson
Diana Ross

Most nominations in one night without winning

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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
1 Paul McCartney (1966) 9
2 Rihanna (2017) 8
Kanye West (2017)
Jay-Z (2018)
Justin Bieber (2022)
6 Stevie 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

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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 12 General field, pop, arranging, rock, traditional, music for visual media, music video/film, spoken word, historical, alternative music, rap, and package
3 Bob Dylan 11 General field, country, gospel/contemporary Christian music, rock, music video/film, music for visual media, folk, pop, American roots, traditional, and musical theatre
Béla Fleck Country, pop, jazz, American roots, world music, classical, contemporary instrumental, folk, spoken word, historical, composition and arranging
Beyoncé General field, pop, R&B, rock, country, American roots, rap, music for visual media, dance/electronic, surround sound and music video/film
5 Jon Batiste 10 General field, pop, contemporary instrumental, new age, R&B, jazz, American roots, classical, music for visual media, and music video/film
7 Janet Jackson 9 General field, pop, R&B, rock, arranging, rap, music video/film, dance/electronic, and production, non-classical
Willie Nelson General field, contemporary instrumental, pop, country, traditional, American roots, blues, gospel/contemporary Christian music and music video/film
Dolly Parton General field, pop, country, traditional, musical theatre, music for visual media, gospel/contemporary Christian music, American roots and audio book
Lionel Richie General field, pop, R&B, music for visual media, music video/film, dance/electronic, arranging, gospel/contemporary Christian music and production, non-classical
Jack White General field, rock, alternative, country, pop, package, music video/film, American roots and engineered album
12 Elvis Costello 8 General field, pop, rock, music for visual media, spoken word, alternative, American roots and traditional
David Foster General field, R&B, composing/arranging, music for visual media, production, music video/film, pop, and musical theatre
Herbie Hancock General field, pop, R&B, rock, jazz, music video/film, music for visual media and composition
Michael Jackson General field, pop, R&B, rock, disco, children's, music video/film and production, non-classical
Elton John General field, pop, musical theatre, rock, music video/film, music for visual media, composition and R&B
Cyndi Lauper General field, rock, pop, music video/film, dance/electronic, arranging, American roots and musical theater
Joni Mitchell General field, pop, traditional, folk, arranging, package, historical and notes
Danger Mouse General field, pop, R&B, rock, rap, alternative, music video/film and production, non-classical
Prince General field, pop, R&B, rock, engineered album, music video/film, music for visual media and production, non-classical
Rihanna General field, pop, R&B, rap, dance/electronic, music for visual media, music video/film and package
Linda Ronstadt General field, pop, rock, country, American roots, children, Latin and music video/film
Sting General field, pop, rock, country, jazz, music for visual media, reggae and music video/film
Justin Timberlake General field, pop, R&B, country, rap, music for visual media, dance/electronic and music video/film
will.i.am General field, pop, R&B, dance/electronic, rap, engineered album, music video/film and production, non-classical
Pharrell Williams General field, pop, R&B, dance/electronic, rap, music for visual media, music video/film and production, non-classical
Stevie Wonder General field, pop, R&B, arranging, composition, music for visual media, music video/film and production, non-classical

Most nominated albums

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Number Albums and artists Nominations
1 Thriller — Michael Jackson 13[21]
2 Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé 11
3 Supernatural — Santana 10
Genius Loves Company — Ray Charles
The Blueprint 3 — Jay-Z
SOS — SZA
In These Silent Days — Brandi Carlile
8 Lemonade — Beyoncé 9
The Lion King: The Gift — Beyoncé
Renaissance — Beyoncé
All That You Can't Leave Behind — U2
Recovery — Eminem
14 I Am... Sasha Fierce — Beyoncé 8
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill — Lauryn Hill
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb — U2
We Are — Jon Batiste

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

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Only fifteen 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, this occurred for the second time in 2025, with Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan. 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.

Year Artist
1968 Bobbie Gentry
1981 Christopher Cross
1985 Cyndi Lauper
1989 Tracy Chapman
1991 Mariah Carey
1998 Paula Cole
2002 India Arie
2008 Amy Winehouse
2013 Fun.
2015 Sam Smith
2020 Billie Eilish
Lizzo
2022 Olivia Rodrigo
2025 Sabrina Carpenter
Chappell Roan

Youngest nominees

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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".

Rank Age Artist
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

Oldest nominee

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In 2024, former United States President Jimmy Carter became the oldest Grammy nominee, at 100 years old.[22]

See also

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  1. ^ a b Includes three awards as part of Destiny's Child and one award as part of The Carters
  2. ^ a b Includes 14 awards with Union Station
  3. ^ Includes 6 awards as part of Outkast
  4. ^ Includes 2 awards as part of Fugees
  5. ^ Beyoncé and Jay-Z were tied with 88 nominations until Beyoncé was nominated for 11 more Grammys in 2024, bringing her total up to 99.[19]
  6. ^ Includes 3 nominations as part of The Carters
  7. ^ Includes 26 nominations as part of The Beatles
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