8-year-old Leah Peasall, who won in 2002 after being featured on the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack, holds the record as the youngest-ever Grammy winner. Blue Ivy Carter, at 9, became the second-youngest in 2021. On the heels of his big win, the young artist shares what it felt like to take home the award.
Eilish has received multiple accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, two Guinness World Records, three MTV Video Music Awards, three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award.
Beyoncé is the most Grammy Award winning artist of all times with 32 trophies to her name. Second came Sir Georg Solti, an orchestral and operatic conductor, i with a total of 31 Grammy Awards won for recordings of works as diverse as Bach, Bartók, and Wagner.
Taylor won her 1st Album of the Year Grammy for her album "Fearless" at only 20 years old, making her the youngest winner of this award in history. Taylor won the Grammy for Album of the Year again for her album "1989", making her the first woman to win this award twice.
At 14 years of age, LeAnn Rimes became the youngest Best New Artist winner when she won in 1997.
Country-pop sensation LeAnn Rimes made history in 1997 when she, at just 14 years old, became the youngest person ever to win a GRAMMY, taking home Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance (for her rendition of "Blue," a cover of Bill Mack's 1958 track).
The first artist to win eight GRAMMYs in one night: Michael Jackson (1983). In that Thriller of a year, Jackson also became the first artist to amass 12 nominations in one night.
Rihanna -7 Grammy Award Wins.
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell, 18 December 2001) was 18 years 39 days old when she made a clean sweep of the Grammy Awards' so-called “big four” categories – Album of the Year (When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?), Song of the Year, Record of the Year (both for “Bad Guy”) and Best New Artist – at the 62nd ...
For Olivia Rodrigo, who turned 19 on Feb. 20 and won three Grammy Awards on April 3, teen angst has also been a catalyst for stardom beyond her wildest dreams.
Atithi Gautam K. C. (born 15 August 2006, Lalitpur district of Nepal) is known as the youngest singer in the world to release a professional solo album. Atithi's self-titled debut album was released at the age of three on 18 July 2010. The album included nine Nepali-language songs.
As of this writing, Sinead O'Connor remains the first and only artist to flat-out refuse a Grammy. Nothing compares 2 U, indeed. Speaking of the Grammys, we've got a round on this week's virtual pub quiz that asks you questions about 'em.
And to top it all off, Ayan may be the youngest ever recipient of a Grammy. The child thought to previously be youngest the youngest every winner was 8-year-old Leah Peasall in 2002. Regardless, Ayan has started his musical career hitting the ground running, while still in kindergarten.
Kendrick Lamar
Next on our list is the artist Kendrick Lamar, who has 17 Grammy Awards including Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance in 2015 for I.
The bluegrass singer is well ahead of other notable female winners such as Aretha Franklin (18) and more recent pop icons including Adele (16), Alicia Keys (15), and Lady Gaga (15).
Jay-Z – 24 Grammy Awards
Jay-Z is undoubtedly one of the most decorated hip hop artists of all time, with a whopping 24 Grammy Awards to his name. He won his first award back in 1999 for Best Rap Album with Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life and has been a constant presence at the ceremony ever since.
Michael Jackson
He is one of the eleven black artists who have ever won the award. Jackson was also the most nominated that year, amassing 12 nominations.
Some fans seem to think that she has earned 10 Grammy Awards over the years: seven on her own, and three additional Grammys with her group, Gladys Knight & The Pips.
The Long & Short Of It
You could play the shortest recording to win Record Of The Year three times in the time it would take to play the longest. The shortest winner, Henry Mancini's melancholy "Days Of Wine And Roses" (1963), clocks in at 2:05.
The recording with the most votes in a category wins. Ties are possible in which case the two [or more] nominees who tie are considered winners. Winners receive a GRAMMY Award; All nominees receive a Nominee Medallion and Certificate.
Jackson's career was rewarded with 13 Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Legend Award and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; 6 Brit Awards, 5 Billboard Music Awards and 24 American Music Awards.