# Grammy Award al miglior album strumentale contemporaneo

Il Grammy Award al miglior album strumentale contemporaneo (Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album) è un premio dei Grammy Award conferito dalla National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences per la qualità del miglior album discografico di genere pop strumentale.
Il premio va all'artista, produttore e fonico/mixer di oltre il 50% del tempo di riproduzione dell'album vincitore. Un produttore o ingegnere/mixer che ha lavorato per meno del 50% del tempo di riproduzione, così come l'ingegnere di mastering, può richiedere un "certificato di vincitore".
Il premio è assegnato dal 2001 al 2014 con il nome Grammy Award al miglior album pop strumentale (Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album).

## Vincitori e candidati
### Miglior album pop strumentale
#### Anni 2000

* 2001
** Symphony No. 1 - Joe Jackson
** Audio - Blue Man Group
** Faith: A Holiday Album - Kenny G
** Pieces in a Modern Style - William Orbit
** Hymns in the Garden - Kirk Whalum
* 2002
** No Substitutions - Live in Osaka - Larry Carlton e Steve Lukather
** AArt - Acoustic Alchemy
** A Smooth Jazz Christmas - Dave Koz and Friends
** Voice - Neal Schon
** Unconditional - Kirk Whalum
* 2003
** Just Chillin' - Norman Brown
** Paradise - Kenny G
** Ride - Boney James
** The Power of Love - John Tesh
** The Christmas Message - Kirk Whalum
* 2004
** Mambo Sinuendo - Ry Cooder e Manuel Galban
** Peace - Jim Brickman
** Wishes: A Holiday Album - Kenny G
** N.E.W.S - Prince
** Night Divides the Day – The Music of the Doors - George Winston
* 2005
** Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar - AA.VV.
** Pure - Boney James
** Saxophonic - Dave Koz
** Forever, for Always, for Luther - AA.VV.
** EP 2003: Music for the Epicurean Harkener - Mason Williams
* 2006
** At This Time - Burt Bacharach
** Bloom - Eric Johnson
** Naked Guitar - Earl Klugh
** Belladonna - Daniel Lanois
** Flipside - Jeff Lorber
* 2007
** Fingerprints - Peter Frampton
** New Beginnings - Gerald Albright
** Fire Wire - Larry Carlton
** X - Fourplay
** Wrapped in a Dream - Spyro Gyra
* 2008
** The Mix-Up - Beastie Boys
** Italia - Chris Botti
** At the Movies - Dave Koz
** Good to Go-Go - Spyro Gyra
** Roundtrip - Kirk Whalum
* 2009
** Jingle All the Way - Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
** Sax for Stax - Gerald Albright
** Greatest Hits Rerecorded, Volume One - Larry Carlton
** The Spice of Life - Earl Klugh
** A Night Before Christmas - Spyro Gyra

#### Anni 2010

* 2010
** Potato Hole - Booker T. Jones
** Chris Botti In Boston - Chris Botti
** Legacy - Hiroshima
** Modern Art - The Rippingtons e Russ Freeman
** Down the Wire - Spyro Gyra
* 2011
** Take Your Pick - Larry Carlton e Tak Matsumoto
** Pushing the Envelope - Gerald Albright
** Heart and Soul - Kenny G
** Singularity - Robby Krieger
** Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway - Kirk Whalum
* 2012
** The Road from Memphis - Booker T. Jones
** Wish Upon a Star: A Tribute to the Music of Walt Disney - Jenny Oaks Baker
** E Kahe Malie - Daniel Ho
** Hello Tomorrow - Dave Koz
** Setzer Goes Instru-Mental! - Brian Setzer
* 2013
** Impressions - Chris Botti
** 24/7 - Gerald Albright e Norman Brown
** Four Hands and a Heart Volume One - Larry Carlton
** Live at the Blue Note Tokyo - Dave Koz
** Rumbadoodle - Arun Shenoy
* 2014
** Steppin' Out - Herb Alpert
** The Beat - Boney James
** HandPicked - Earl Klugh
** Summer Horns - Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair e Richard Elliot
** Hacienda - Jeff Lorber Fusion

### Miglior album strumentale contemporaneo
#### Anni 2010

* 2015
** Bass & Mandolin - Chris Thile e Edgar Meyer
** Wild Heart - Mindi Abair
** Slam Dunk - Gerald Albright
** Nathan East - Nathan East
** Jazz Funk Soul - Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb ed Everette Harp
* 2016
** Sylva - Snarky Puppy e Metropole Orkest
** Guitar in the Space Age! - Bill Frisell
** Love Language - Wouter Kellerman
** Afrodeezia - Marcus Miller
** The Gospel According to Jazz, Chapter IV - Kirk Whalum
* 2017
** Culcha Vulcha - Snarky Puppy
** Human Nature - Herb Alpert
** When You Wish Upon a Star - Bill Frisell
** Way Back Home: Live from Rochester, NY - Steve Gadd Band
** Unspoken - Chuck Loeb
* 2018
** Prototype - The Jeff Lorber Fusion
** What If - Jerry Douglas Band
** Spirit - Alex Han
** Mount Royal - Julian Lage e Chris Eldridge
** Bad Hombre - Antonio Sanchez
* 2019
** Steve Gadd Band - Steve Gadd Band
** The Emancipation Procrastination - Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
** Modern Lore - Julian Lage
** Laid Black - Marcus Miller
** Protocol 4 - Simon Phillips

#### Anni 2020

* 2020
** Mettaevolution - Rodrigo y Gabriela
** Ancestral Recall - Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
** Star People Nation - Theo Croker
** Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! - Mark Guiliana
** Elevate - Lettuce
* 2021
** Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Snarky Puppy
** Axiom - Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
** Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard - Jon Batiste
** Take The Stairs - Black Violin
** Americana - Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin e Bill Frisell
* 2022
** Tree Falls - Taylor Eigsti
** Double Dealin' - Randy Brecker ed Eric Marienthal
** The Garden - Rachel Eckroth
** At Blue Note Tokyo - Steve Gadd Band
** Deep: The Baritone Sessions Vol. 2 - Mark Lettieri
* 2023
** Empire Central - Snarky Puppy
** Between Dreaming and Joy - Jeff Coffin
** Not Tight - Domi and JD Beck
** Blooz - Grant Geissman
** Jacob's Ladder - Brad Mehldau
* 2024
** As We Speak – Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer ft. Rakesh Chaurasia
** On Becoming – House of Waters
** Jazz Hands – Bob James
** The Layers – Julian Lage
** All One – Ben Wendel
* 2025
** Plot Armor – Taylor Eigsti
** Rhapsody in Blue – Béla Fleck
** Orchestras (Live) – Bill Frisell featuring Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston & Thomas Morgan
** Mark – Mark Guiliana
** Speak to Me – Julian Lage