Grammy Award records - wikipedia Grammy Award records This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2014 ) 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 ). All the records are as of the 2017 Grammy Awards. Contents 1 Awards 1.1 Most Grammys won 1.2 Most Grammys won by a male artist 1.3 Most Grammys won by a female artist 1.4 Most Grammys won by a group 1.5 Most Grammys won by a producer 1.6 Most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer 1.7 Youngest winners 1.8 Youngest artists to win Album of the Year 1.9 Oldest winners 1.10 Most honored albums 1.11 Most Album of the Year wins 1.12 Most Record of the Year wins 1.13 Most Grammys won for consecutive albums 1.14 Most consecutive Grammys won for the same category 1.15 Artists who have won all four General Field awards 2 Single ceremony 2.1 Most Grammys won in one night 2.2 Most Grammys won by a male artist in one night 2.3 Most Grammys won by a female artist in one night 2.4 Most Grammys won by a group in one night 2.5 Most Grammys won by a record producer in one night 2.6 Most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer in one night 2.7 Artist who has won all four General Field Awards at a single ceremony 2.8 Artists who have won Record, Album and Song of the Year in one night 2.9 Most Grammys won by an album in one night 2.10 Most posthumous Grammys won in one night 3 Nominations 3.1 Most Grammy nominations 3.2 Most nominations in one night 3.3 Most nominations without winning 3.4 Most nominations in one night without winning 3.5 Grammy nominations in the most categories 3.6 Artists who had been nominated for all four General Field awards in one night 3.7 Youngest nominees 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Awards Most Grammys won The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by Sir Georg Solti, a Hungarian - British conductor who conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for twenty - two years. He has won a total of 31 competitive Grammy Awards out of 74 nominations and was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. Rank Artist Awards Georg Solti 31 Quincy Jones 27 Alison Krauss Pierre Boulez 26 5 Vladimir Horowitz 25 Stevie Wonder 7 John Williams 23 8 U2 22 Chick Corea Beyoncé 11 Jay - Z 21 Kanye West Vince Gill Paul McCartney 15 Henry Mancini 20 Pat Metheny Bruce Springsteen Most Grammys won by a Male artist Georg Solti had won a total of 31 Grammy Awards. Rank Artist Awards Georg Solti 31 Quincy Jones 27 Pierre Boulez 26 Vladimir Horowitz 25 Stevie Wonder 6 John Williams 23 7 Chick Corea 22 8 Kanye West 21 Paul McCartney Vince Gill Jay Z 12 Henry Mancini 20 Pat Metheny Bruce Springsteen Al Schmitt 16 Jimmy Sturr 18 Tony Bennett Yo - Yo Ma Most Grammys won by a female artist Alison Krauss has, as a solo artist, collaborator and producer, won 27 Grammy Awards. Rank Artist Awards Alison Krauss 27 Beyoncé 22 Aretha Franklin 18 Adele 15 Alicia Keys 6 Ella Fitzgerald 13 Leontyne Price Emmylou Harris 9 Shirley Caesar 11 10 Chaka Khan 10 Bonnie Raitt Linda Ronstadt Taylor Swift CeCe Winans 15 Mary J. Blige 9 Natalie Cole Sheryl Crow Norah Jones Hillary Scott 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 U2 22 Alison Krauss and Union Station 14 Dixie Chicks 13 Foo Fighters 11 5 Pat Metheny Group 10 Take 6 7 The Manhattan Transfer 9 The Beatles Emerson String Quartet Asleep At The Wheel 11 Blackwood Brothers 8 Metallica Santana 14 Coldplay 7 Kentucky Thunder Lady Antebellum Simon & Garfunkel Los Tigres del Norte Most Grammys won by a producer Quincy Jones with 27 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 Quincy Jones 27 Kanye West 21 David Foster 16 James Mallinson Steven Epstein 15 David Frost 7 Phil Ramone 14 8 T Bone Burnett 13 Robert Woods Jay David Saks 11 Arif Mardin 11 Most Grammys won by an engineer or mixer Al Schmitt, with 20 awards, has won more Grammy Awards than any other engineer or mixer. 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. 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 7 years Leah Peasall 9 years Hannah Peasall 13 years Sarah Peasall 14 years, 182 days LeAnn Rimes 5 14 years, 313 days Luis Miguel 6 17 years, 81 days Lorde 7 18 years, 105 days Daya 8 18 years, 123 days Monica 9 19 years, 67 days Christina Aguilera 10 19 years, 112 days LaTavia Roberson Youngest artists to win Album of the Year Taylor Swift is the youngest artist to win Album of the Year. She was 20 years old when she won in 2010 for her album Fearless. Rank Age Artist 20 years, 49 days Taylor Swift 21 years, 242 days Alanis Morissette 22 years, 18 days Barbra Streisand 23 years, 274 days Lauryn Hill 5 23 years, 283 days Adele 6 23 years, 293 days Stevie Wonder 7 23 years, 330 days Norah Jones Oldest winners 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 97 years, 221 days Pinetop Perkins 95 years, 31 days George Burns 91 years, 137 days Jimmy Carter 90 years, 52 days Elizabeth Cotten 5 90 years, 26 days Betty 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 honored 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 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb -- U2 9 Supernatural -- Santana Come Away With Me -- Norah Jones 8 Genius Loves Company -- Ray Charles Thriller -- Michael Jackson 7 All That You Ca n't Leave Behind -- U2 7 Back on the Block -- Quincy Jones 9 21 -- Adele 6 Back To Black -- Amy Winehouse The Blueprint 3 -- Jay Z Bridge Over Troubled Water -- Simon & Garfunkel Raising Sand -- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss The Return of Roger Miller -- Roger Miller Taking the Long Way -- Dixie Chicks To Pimp a Butterfly -- Kendrick Lamar Toto IV -- Toto Unforgettable... with Love -- Natalie Cole Unplugged -- Eric Clapton Most Album of the Year wins The record for most Album of the Year wins is three. Three recording artists, four record producers, two mastering engineers and one engineer / mixer have won the award three times. Frank Sinatra, artist -- Come Dance with Me ! ( 1960 ), September of My Years ( 1966 ), A Man and His Music ( 1967 ) Stevie Wonder, artist -- Innervisions ( 1974 ), Fulfillingness ' First Finale ( 1975 ), Songs in the Key of Life ( 1977 ) Paul Simon, artist -- Bridge over Troubled Water ( 1971 ), Still Crazy After All These Years ( 1976 ), Graceland ( 1987 ) David Foster, producer -- Unforgettable... with Love ( 1992 ), The Bodyguard : Original Soundtrack Album ( 1994 ), Falling into You ( 1997 ) Phil Ramone, producer -- Still Crazy After All These Years ( 1976 ), 52nd Street ( 1980 ), Genius Loves Company ( 2005 ) Daniel Lanois, producer -- The Joshua Tree ( 1988 ), Time out of Mind ( 1998 ), How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb ( 2006 ) Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer -- Babel ( 2013 ), Random Access Memories ( 2014 ), Morning Phase ( 2015 ) Tom Coyne, mastering engineer -- 21 ( 2012 ), 1989 ( 2016 ), 25 ( 2017 ) Tom Elmhirst, engineer / mixer -- 21 ( 2012 ), Morning Phase ( 2015 ), 25 ( 2017 ) Ryan Tedder, producer -- 21 ( 2012 ), 1989 ( 2016 ), 25 ( 2017 ) Most Record of the Year wins The record for most wins are three. Paul Simon, artist Tom Elmhirst, engineer / mixer Tom Coyne, mastering engineer Most Grammys won for consecutive albums Pat Metheny and his band the Pat Metheny Group have won 20 Grammy Awards in total, including seven consecutive awards for seven consecutive albums. Metheny held the record for Grammy wins in the most different categories as of the 2005 Grammy Awards : Best Jazz Fusion Performance ( 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990 ) Best Instrumental Composition ( 1991 ) Best Contemporary Jazz Performance / Album ( 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2005 ) Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group ( 1998, 2000, 2013 ) Best Rock Instrumental Performance ( 1999 ) Best Jazz Instrumental Solo ( 2001 ) Best New Age Album ( 2004, 2012 ) 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 Grammy Award for 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 Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. Williams won six years in a row between 1978 and 1983 for Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. Lenny Kravitz won the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance award four years in a row ( 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 ). Artists who have won all four general Field awards There have been only two artists who have won all four General Field awards. In 1981, Christopher Cross won Record, Album and Song of the Year as well as Best New Artist. 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 Record, Album and Song of the Year. 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. Rank Artist ( s ) Awards Michael Jackson ( 1984 ) 8 Santana ( 2000 ) Roger Miller ( 1966 ) 6 Toto ( 1983 ) Quincy Jones ( 1991 ) Eric Clapton ( 1993 ) Beyoncé ( 2010 ) Adele ( 2012 ) Most Grammys won by a male artist in one night Michael Jackson won eight awards in 1984. Rank Artist ( s ) Awards Michael Jackson ( 1984 ) 8 Roger Miller ( 1966 ) 6 Quincy Jones ( 1991 ) Eric Clapton ( 1993 ) Most Grammys won by a female artist in one night 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 Beyoncé ( 2010 ) 6 Adele ( 2012 ) Lauryn Hill ( 1999 ) 5 Alicia Keys ( 2002 ) Norah Jones ( 2003 ) Beyoncé ( 2004 ) Amy Winehouse ( 2008 ) Alison Krauss ( 2009 ) Adele ( 2017 ) Most Grammys won by a Group in one night In 2000, Santana was awarded a total of 8 awards. They won the awards for Record of the Year, Album 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 Vocals, Best Rock Instrumental Performance and Best Rock Album. Rank Artists Awards Santana ( 2000 ) 8 Toto ( 1983 ) 6 Simon & Garfunkel ( 1971 ) 5 U2 ( 2006 ) Dixie Chicks ( 2007 ) Lady Antebellum ( 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 five. Rick Rubin won five awards in 2007 including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Country Album for the Dixie Chicks, Best Rock Album for the Red Hot Chili Peppers as well as Producer of the Year, Non Classical. 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 Engineered Album Non Classical, Best Alternative Music Album 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 '. Artist who has won all four general Field awards at a single ceremony Christopher Cross ( 1981 ) received all four General Field awards in one night. Cross won the Record of the Year ( `` Sailing '' ), Album of the Year ( `` Christopher Cross '' ), Song of the Year ( `` Sailing '' ), and Best New Artist Grammys in a single ceremony. Artists who have won record, Album and Song of the Year in one night The three biggest Grammy Awards are Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Six artists have won all three in one night. Adele is the only artist in Grammy history to accomplish this twice. Year Artist 1971 Paul Simon 1972 Carole King 1981 Christopher Cross 1993 Eric Clapton 2007 Dixie Chicks 2012 Adele 2017 Most Grammys won by an Album in one night The most awards awarded to an album in one night is nine. 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 Vocals, Best Rock Instrumental Performance 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 in 2005 including Album of the Year. Nominations Most Grammy nominations Quincy Jones holds the record for the most Grammy nominations with 79. Rank Artist Nominations Quincy Jones 79 Paul McCartney 78 Georg Solti 74 Stevie Wonder 5 Henry Mancini 72 6 Kanye West 68 7 Pierre Boulez 67 8 Jay Z 66 9 Leonard Bernstein 63 10 Chick Corea 64 11 Beyoncé 62 John Williams 13 Bruce Springsteen 51 Jay David Saks 15 Bono 50 Thomas Z. Shepard 17 Willie Nelson 49 James Mallinson Babyface Most nominations in one night Michael Jackson holds the record for most Grammy nominations in one night with 12 nominations. Rank Artist Nominations Year Michael Jackson 12 1984 Kendrick Lamar 11 2016 Lauryn Hill 10 1999 Kanye West 2005 Beyoncé Eminem 2011 7 Roger Miller 9 1966 Paul McCartney 1966 The Manhattan Transfer 1986 Jay Z 2014 Beyoncé 2017 Most nominations without winning The record for most Grammy nominations without a win is 20, held by Morten Lindberg. Rank Artist Nominations Morten Lindberg 20 Snoop Dogg 17 Brian McKnight Joe Satriani 15 5 Toshiko Akiyoshi 14 Martina McBride Dierks Bentley Björk 9 Katy Perry 13 Nas Spyro Gyra 12 Diana Ross 12 Busta Rhymes Lenny Gomulka Peter Kater 16 Musiq Soulchild 11 Connie Smith Vanessa L. Williams Jazmine Sullivan R. Carlos Nakai Alan Parsons Elly Ameling Most nominations in one night without winning Rank Artist Nominations Paul McCartney ( 1966 ) 9 Kanye West ( 2017 ) 8 Rihanna ( 2017 ) Stevie Wonder ( 1983 ) 7 India. Arie ( 2002 ) Kendrick Lamar ( 2014 ) 7 Henry Mancini ( 1959 ) 6 Mariah Carey ( 1996 ) 50 Cent ( 2006 ) Bruno Mars ( 2012 ) 11 Robert M. Jones ( 1961 ) 5 Elvis Presley ( 1961 ) Frank Sinatra ( 1961 ) James Taylor ( 1971 ) Eugene Ormandy ( 1971 ) Sting ( 1986 ) Joan Osborne ( 1996 ) Avril Lavigne ( 2003 ) 50 Cent ( 2004 ) Alicia Keys ( 2006 ) Gwen Stefani ( 2006 ) James Blunt ( 2007 ) Jazmine Sullivan ( 2009 ) B.o.B ( 2011 ) Lil Wayne ( 2012 ) Drake ( 2014, 2016 ) Grammy nominations in the most categories Bob Dylan has been nominated in more categories than any other musician. He has been nominated in 13 different categories. These were in folk, spoken word, country, general, gospel, historical, rock, music video, visual media, pop, american roots, and most recently traditional. He is followed by Sir Paul McCartney who has received nomination in the general field, pop, arrangement, rock, visual media, music video, spoken word, historical, alternative music and rap. Béla Fleck is the artist with the third most nominations among categories. He has been nominated in the country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, world music, classical, folk, and spoken word, as well as composition and arranging categories. Jackson siblings Michael and Janet are tied for the fourth most nominations in the most categories with nominations in seven different categories, they have received nominations in the general field and other categories. See list of awards and nominations received by Michael and Janet. Artists who had been nominated for all four general Field awards in one night Only ten artists have been nominated for all four General Field awards in one night. Year Artist 1968 Bobbie Gentry 1980 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 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. Deleon Richards is the youngest performer to receive an individual nomination, for Best Soul / Gospel performance. Rank Age Artist 7 years Leah Peasall 8 years, 161 days Deleon Richards 9 years Hannah Peasall 12 years, 126 days Zac Hanson 5 12 years, 155 days Joey Alexander 6 12 years, 199 days Michael Jackson 7 12 years, 273 days Billy Gilman 8 13 years Sarah Peasall 9 14 years, 45 days Chris `` Daddy Mac '' Smith 10 14 years, 182 days LeAnn Rimes 11 14 years, 197 days Chris `` Mac Daddy '' Kelly 12 14 years, 313 days Luis Miguel 13 14 years, 348 days Taylor Hanson See also Latin Grammy Award records List of Academy Award records List of people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards Notes Jump up ^ Includes 14 awards as part of Union Station Jump up ^ Includes 3 awards as part of Destiny 's Child Jump up ^ Includes 7 awards as part of Lady Antebellum Jump up ^ Includes 41 nominations as part of The Beatles Jump up ^ Includes 13 nominations as part of Destiny 's Child ^ Jump up to : Includes 2 nominations as part of Artists United Against Apartheid Jump up ^ Includes 47 nominations as part of U2 References Jump up ^ `` Georg Solti - Biography ''. Retrieved 19 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` WHO ARE THE TOP GRAMMY WINNERS OF ALL TIME ? ''. Grammy.com. Retrieved March 12, 2017. Jump up ^ `` U2 dominates Grammy night '', CBC News, February 9, 2006. Retrieved 2008 - 01 - 07. ^ Jump up to : `` Past winners search 2001 ''. Grammy.Com. Retrieved 27 February 2014. Jump up ^ Jazz Legends Pat Metheny Group Improvise on Austin City Limits : : eJazzNews.com : The Number One Jazz News Resource On The Net : : Jazz News Daily Jump up ^ 2003 Grammy Awards Jump up ^ `` A Virtual College of Grammy Knowledge '', by Wook Kim, Entertainment Weekly, 2007. Retrieved 2008 - 01 - 07. Jump up ^ `` 2008 NEA Jazz Master : Quincy Jones '', National Endowment for the Arts, 2008. Retrieved 2008 - 01 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Artist With The Most Grammy Nominations for 2017 ''. Billboard. December 6, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2017. Jump up ^ ( 1 ), Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 02. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grammy Awards. 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Question: who won the most grammys in the world
Answer: Sir Georg Solti