Who has won the most Grammys awards? The 10 artists who’ve been the biggest winners ever
THE Grammy Awards are the biggest music event in the world.
With 84 categories, the ceremony has seen some BIG winners over the years.
Who has won the most Grammys awards?
The late conductor George Solti holds the most Grammy awards with 31 to his name.
He bagged Opera Recording for Verdi's Aida in 1963 and scooped a lifetime achievement award in 1996.
He died in September 1997.
But away from classical music here are the performers who have grabbed the most awards:
1=) Beyonce
Grammy wins: 28
Beyonce received her first Grammy when she was in Destiny’s Child, winning two awards for their No. 1 smash Say My Name in 2001.
She has also had five wins with husband Jay-Z for their hit singles Crazy In Love and Drunk In Love, plus their joint album Everything Is Love.
She tops the leader board of the biggest Grammy winners with 28 awards after scooping three more gongs at the 2021 ceremony.
Interesting fact, Beyonce has never won Album of the Year though.
1=) Quincy Jones
Grammy wins: 28
Beyonce shares her top Grammy winner title with music legend Quincy Jones.
The producer and songwriter first triumphed at the Grammys for Best Instrumental Arrangement in 1964.
Quincy also won big after he produced Michael Jackson’s historic Thriller album which won big at the 1984 awards.
He won Album of the Year for his own Back On The Block in 1991.
3) Alison Krauss
Grammy wins: 27
Alison has won Grammys for her solo work and for being in the group Union Station.
The Bluegrass singer's biggest wins came with Robert Plant in 2009, when the unlikely pair won Album of the Year for Raising Sand and Record of the Year for Please Read the Letter.
4=) Stevie Wonder
Grammy wins: 25
Stevie Wonder has won three gongs for Album of the Year alone.
He shares this record with Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon.
The singer scooped the awards for three consecutive albums which were: Innervisions in 1973, Fulfillingness’ First Finale in 1974 and Songs In The Key Of Life in 1976.
4=) John Williams
Grammy wins: 25
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As well as the Grammys, he has also won big at the Oscars.
But while he’s only taken home five Academy Awards, he’s won five times as much at the Grammys, scooping Best Instrumental Composition in 2020 with Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Symphonic Suite.
6) Chick Corea
Grammy wins: 23
Late jazz pianist Chick Corea has won Grammys in every decade since the 1970s.
His first was in 1976 for Best Jazz Performance by a Group for No Mystery, with jazz fusion band Return To Forever.
In 2021 Corea posthumously won two awards for Best Improvised Jazz Solo, for his performance on All Blues from Trilogy 2, as well as Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Trilogy 2.
He was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
Chick sadly passed away on February 9, 2021.
7=) Jay-Z
Grammy wins: 22
Queen B's hubby Jay-Z is also s a big-time Grammy winner.
The rapper's first gong was for Best Rap Album - Vol. 2 … Hard Knock Life - back in 1999.
But the 51-year-old has never won any awards in the Big Four fields which are Album, Record and Song of the Year, plus Best New Artist.
7=) U2
Grammy wins: 22
Bono and his boys have won the prestigious Album of the Year twice for their 1987 classic The Joshua Tree and then for 2004’s How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.
Their other big wins include Record of the Year for Beautiful Day and their hit song Walk On.
They have also won Song of the Year for Beautiful Day and Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own.
9=) Vince Gill
Grammy wins: 21
Vince Gill won his first gong in 1990 for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, for When I Call Your Name.
The singer-guitarist has won big in the country music categories over the years.
His last win though was for Best American Roots Song for Kid Sister in 2017.
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9=) Kanye West
Grammy wins: 21
Despite three consecutive Album of the Year nominations, Kanye has never scooped the top prize, but he still has 21 gongs on his mantlepiece.
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He also won three awards with Jay-Z in 2013.
In 2021 he picked up Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for Jesus Is King.