Beyoncé has broken the record for the most Grammy wins of all time, with 32, after earning four awards from the Recording Academy in the 2023 proceedings.
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.
Beyoncé accepting her record-breaking 32nd Grammy Award. Going into Sunday night, the holder of that record was Hungarian-British orchestra conductor Georg Solti, who died in 1997 having won 31 Grammys for musical achievements like his definitive recording of Richard Wagner's complete Ring cycle.
Michael Jackson is a legendary singer who is still revered as the King of Pop. His talent and impact have earned him widespread respect. In 1984, he made history by winning a total of 8 Grammy Awards in one night, solidifying his status as a musical icon.
At the 26th GRAMMY Awards in 1984, Jackson became the first artist to win eight GRAMMYs in one night, a feat that has only been tied one other time when Santana won eight GRAMMYs for 2000.
Youngest winners
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.
Long before Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande, Drake, and Childish Gambino's refusal to perform at the Grammys, and ahead of Jay-Z and Kanye's skipping of the ceremonies (despite collecting multiple awards), Sinead O'Connor became the first musical artist to say “no” to The Recording Academy.
One of those was her choice to refuse a Grammy Award. It is possible to refuse a Grammy and the reason fans know that is because Sinéad did it in 1991. The Grammy Awards are one of the pinnacles of achievement in the music industry, and there have been some dust-ups surrounding them over the years.
As one of the busiest women in music, with an 'Eras' tour coming to the UK, it'll come as no surprise that Taylor has won pretty much every award there is to win in the biz. She's the proud owner of no less than 12 Grammy Awards, 14 MTV Video Music Awards...
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.
Despite Beyoncé being the most awarded artist in the history of the Grammys, she's never taken Album of the Year. She lost the trophy to Adele in 2017 for Lemonade, in 2015 her self-titled album was beaten by Beck and in 2010 I Am…
Rihanna -7 Grammy Award Wins.
Patrick Stewart. Aside from being a veteran actor known for his roles in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Stewart also happens to be a Grammy winner who was recognized for his work on the album Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf.
Formally, there are no cash prizes associated with winning a Grammy award and even selling the statue is against the rules of the Recording Academy, the organization that presents the awards.
(He placed two albums atop the Billboard 200 that year). Domenico Modugno won the inaugural Record of the Year and Song of the Year awards for the popular lounge song “Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu (Volare),” and Henry Mancini's The Music from Peter Gunn won Album of the Year.
Some of the most popular musicians of all time have never won Grammy Awards. Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, and Blake Shelton have several nominations but no Grammys. Rappers Busta Rhymes and Tupac both have at least one nomination but zero wins.
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.
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.
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.
Pierre Boulez: 26 Grammys
Pierre Boulez earned a total of 26 gramophones between his first career win in 1968 and his final victory in 2006.
With a total of 32 awards and 88 nominations from the Grammy Awards for her music (including her work in Destiny's Child and The Carters), she is the most-awarded and most nominated (tied alongside her husband Jay-Z) artist in Grammy history.
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.