Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album information
Honor presented to recording artists for quality contemporary instrumental albums
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Awarded for
Quality instrumental albums in the pop music genre
Country
United States
Presented by
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded
2001
Currently held by
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Rakesh Chaurasia – As We Speak (2024)
Website
Grammy.com
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (previously: Best Pop Instrumental Album) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality instrumental albums in the pop music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]
The award was first presented to Joe Jackson in 2001. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to albums containing "at least 51% playing time of newly recorded pop instrumental tracks".[3] As of 2023, Larry Carlton, Booker T. Jones and Snarky Puppy are the only musicians to receive the award more than once. (Snarky Puppy has had the most wins, with 4). Gerald Albright has received the most nominations, with six.
The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer of more than 50% of playing time on the winning album. A producer or engineer/mixer who worked on less than 50% of playing time, as well as the mastering engineer, can apply for a Winners Certificate.[4]
In 2015, the category was renamed Best Contemporary Instrumental Album and moved from the Pop category field to the Contemporary category field.[5] The category description did not change.
^"Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
^"Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
^"52nd OEP Category Description Guide" (PDF). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
^"AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, AND GRAMMY TICKETS" (PDF). Grammy.com. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^"Press release". Grammy.com. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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