See the Artists with the Most Grammy Wins (Including One Married Couple)
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Zoey Lyttle, Carson BlackwelderJanuary 30, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Stevie Wonder is photographed during 'Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees' at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Feb. 14, 2017; Beyoncé attends the 67th annual Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in L.A. on Feb. 2, 2025; Bruce Springsteen attends the MusiCares Person of the Year Honoring Jon Bon Jovi at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Feb. 2, 2024
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Beyoncé became the most-nominated artist in 2025 and has earned the most wins in Grammy history
Quincy Jones, Alison Krauss, Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z are among the stars who have taken home the most trophies over the years
Hosted by Trevor Noah, the 68th annual Grammy Awards will be held on Feb. 1, and air live on CBS and Paramount+
Beyoncé reigns supreme in Grammy Award wins.
Since bringing home her first two trophies with Destiny's Child in 2001, the global superstar has steadily become one of the most respected musicians in the industry, amassing a history-making 35 awards from the Recording Academy.
Joining the ranks with Queen Bey among top Grammy honorees are artists across all genres — from classical and bluegrass to rap and R&B — including the late Quincy Jones, Alison Krauss, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z and more.
Ahead of the 68th Grammy Awards on Feb. 1, here are the stars who have earned at least 20 gilded gramophones over the years.
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Beyoncé: 35 Grammys
Beyoncé accepts an award onstage at the 67th annual Grammys at the Crypto.com Arena in L.A. on Feb. 2, 2025
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Beyoncé officially became queen of the Grammys at the 65th ceremony in 2023. She took home four awards throughout the night, but it was her win for Best Dance/Electronic Album for Renaissance that officially put her over the edge as the artist with the most Grammy wins of all time.
From her start with her girl group Destiny's Child to her incredible solo career, the "Break My Soul" singer has garnered 35 golden gramophones (out of 99 history-making nominations).
Queen Bey widened the gap between her and the rest of the pack of artists with the most Grammys, thanks to three wins at the 67th ceremony in 2025 — including the long-awaited Album of the Year for her landmark country album, Cowboy Carter.
"I just feel very full and very honored," Beyoncé said in her brief but powerful speech while accepting the biggest award of the night. "It's been many, many years. Just want to thank the Grammys, every songwriter, every collaborator, every producer, all of the hard work."
The mononymous star and mom of three dedicated her win to Linda Martell, a trailblazing Black singer in the country music genre with whom she collaborated on Cowboy Carter.
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Georg Soltí: 31 Grammys
Georg Soltí in Rome in 1994 Luciano Viti/Getty
With 31 awards, George Soltí held the record for most Grammy wins for 25 years. The renowned orchestral leader received his last Grammy in 1998 — just months after he died in 1997 at age 84 — for his recording of Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg.
Outside of the standard categories, he earned the Recording Academy's first Trustees Award as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award. However, the two special accolades aren't included in his total win count.
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Chick Corea: 28 Grammys
Chick Corea poses in the press room at the 55th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in L.A. on Feb. 10, 2013 Frederick M. Brown/Getty
The late jazz legend Chick Corea amassed 28 Grammy wins during his career.
His compositions were regularly nominated — beginning with his first win in 1976 for his album No Mystery, which he produced with his band, Return to Forever. Though he died in February 2021 at the age of 79, Corea's most recent honor came in 2025. The composer and pianist won posthumously for his 2024 album Remembrance with Béla Fleck.
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Quincy Jones: 28 Grammys
Quincy Jones attends the 24th annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. on Feb. 24, 1982 Ralph Dominguez/MediaPunch/Shutterstock
Jones, a music industry titan of 70-plus years, boasted 28 career Grammy wins and 80 nominations. Before Beyoncé secured the record in 2023, the prolific composer held the record for most wins by a living person at the time.
He took home his first Grammy in 1964, and his victories spanned genres and categories, with him winning both Album of the Year and Record of the Year twice in his lifetime. The multitalented star also notably nabbed Best Music Film in 2019 for the Netflix biopic Quincy.
Jones died at the age of 91 in November 2024.
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Alison Krauss: 27 Grammys
Alison Krauss poses with the trophy for Best Bluegrass Album at the 54th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in L.A. on Feb. 12, 2012
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Krauss, a bluegrass singer and fiddle player, has claimed 27 Grammys across her solo albums and albums with the band Union Station out of 46 nominations.
She won her first Grammy at age 19, taking home today's equivalent of Best Bluegrass Album for her album I've Got That Old Feeling. Krauss' most recent win came in 2012, when Paper Airplane won the Best Bluegrass Album award.
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Pierre Boulez: 26 Grammys
Pierre Boulez conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 14, 2005 Hiroyuki Ito/Getty
Pierre Boulez earned 26 gramophones between his first career wins in 1968 and his final victory in 2006. The French composer and conductor dominated the classical genre category until his last nomination at the 53rd Grammy Awards in 2011. Boulez won the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 and died at age 90 the following year.
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John Williams: 26 Grammys
John Williams attends the 41st annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. on Feb. 24, 1999
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John Williams has received extensive appreciation for his work creating soundtracks for some of the most acclaimed movies over his seven-decade career.
He's received Grammys for iconic compositions — including (but hardly limited to) Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. — and has been nominated an impressive 77 times.
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David Frost: 25 Grammys
David Frost poses in the press room during the 65th annual Grammy Awards at Microsoft Theater in L.A. on Feb. 5, 2023 Leon Bennett/Getty Images
Music producer David Frost has won 25 Grammys between his first in 1999 and his most recent in 2023, with several of the wins being for Producer of the Year, Classical.
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Vladimir Horowitz: 25 Grammys
Pianist Vladimir Horowitz practices at the Festival Hall in the U.K. on May 18, 1982
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Russian pianist Vladimir Horowitz won 25 Grammys throughout his career. At the 35th ceremony in 1993, Horowitz's album Discovered Treasures earned him a trophy four years after his death in 1989 at the age of 86. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award the following year.
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Jay-Z: 25 Grammys
Jay-Z poses in the press room with his three awards during the 55th annual Grammys at Staples Center in L.A. on Feb. 10, 2013 Michael Tran/FilmMagic
Jay-Z (born Shawn Carter) isn't quite as Grammy-decorated as his record-holding wife, Beyoncé. However, as of 2025, he held the title for the most Grammys won by a rapper with 25 trophies, surpassing his previous tie with Kanye West. The "99 Problems" mogul won his first award in 1999, coming in hot with a Best Rap Album victory for Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life, and he has continued to dominate the hip-hop categories ever since.Before Beyoncé broke his nomination streak in 2024, Jay-Z was the most-nominated artist in Grammy history with 89 nods. That same year, he was honored with the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, famously criticizing the Recording Academy's voting process during his acceptance speech.
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Stevie Wonder: 25 Grammys
Stevie Wonder attends the 29th annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. on Feb. 24, 1987 Chris Walter/WireImage
In addition to being bestowed with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996, Wonder has an admirable 25 Grammys to his name. The legendary pianist's Album of the Year wins alone have made Grammy history: He, Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon are the only artists so far to win Album of the Year three times. (Taylor Swift broke the record when she won her fourth AOTY at the 2024 ceremony.)
That said, the "Superstition" singer is the only artist to win Album of the Year for three consecutive releases. Wonder claimed the award in 1974 for Innervisions, in 1975 for Fulfillingness' First Finale and in 1977 for Songs in the Key of Life.
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Kanye West: 24 Grammys
Kanye West poses with his three awards at the 47th annual Grammys at Staples Center in L.A. on Feb. 13, 2005 ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty
With 24 trophies, West is no stranger to winning at the Grammys. He earned his first nominations in 2004, notably winning Best Rap Album for his album The College Dropout, and two trophies in 2022 for songs from his album Donda.
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Serban Ghenea: 23 Grammys
Serban Ghenea attends the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in N.Y.C. on Jan. 28, 2018
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Serban Ghenea is a Romanian-Canadian audio engineer and mixer who has won 23 Grammys out of 56 total nominations. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry and has won three Album of the Year trophies, including for Adele's 25 and Swift's folklore and Midnights.
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Vince Gill: 22 Grammys
Vince Gill poses with his award in the press room at the 59th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in L.A. on Feb. 12, 2017 Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic
Vince Gill ranks among the top Grammy winners with 22 awards. The country crooner won his first trophy in 1990, winning Best Country Vocal Performance, Male, for "When I Call Your Name." His most recent win came in 2021 when he won Best Country Solo Performance for "When My Amy Prays."
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Kendrick Lamar: 22 Grammys
Kendrick Lamar poses with his five awards during the 67th annual Grammys at Crypto.com Arena in L.A. on Feb. 2, 2025
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Rapper Kendrick Lamar has earned himself a spot in the group of artists with the most Grammy wins in just over a decade. He took home his first trophies in 2014 and went on to sweep the 2025 ceremony with five wins — including Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song and Best Music Video — for the diss track "Not Like Us."
Leading the nominations for the 68th Grammy Awards with nine nods, the "luther" songwriter is positioned to potentially break Jay-Z's record for the most Grammy wins by a rapper.
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U2: 22 Grammys
From left: Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton of U2 pose with their awards during the 47th annual Grammys at Staples Center in L.A. on Feb. 13, 2005 Carlo Allegri/Getty
U2 — the Irish rock group comprised of frontman Bono as well as The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. — won the first two of their 22 Grammys in 1988, starting strong with an Album of the Year win for their fifth release, The Joshua Tree, and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the same album.
The band, which has received 46 nominations, won in the coveted category again in 2006 for their 11th release, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, as well as Song of the Year for "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" from the same record.
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Kirk Franklin: 20 Grammys
Kirk Franklin holds his Best Gospel Performance/Song award during the 66th annual Grammys at Peacock Theater in L.A. on Feb. 4, 2024
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Can we get an "Amen" for Kirk Franklin? The gospel singer has amassed 20 Grammy wins throughout his career, having won his first in 1996 for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album for his album Whatcha Lookin' 4.
It's possible Franklin may earn his 21st trophy for Best Gospel Performance/Song during the 2026 ceremony for the nominated track "Do It Again." The songwriter is set to receive the Black Music Icon Award at the Recording Academy Honors on Jan. 29, just days before the 68th Grammy Awards.
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Henry Mancini: 20 Grammys
Composer Henry Mancini poses for a portrait in L.A. in 1989 Harry Langdon/Getty
Henry Mancini won 20 Grammys for his work as a composer and has the distinction of being the first Album of the Year recipient in Grammy history. The Recording Academy also honored him with a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995, the year after he died at age 70.
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Pat Metheny: 20 Grammys
Pat Metheny accepts the Best Jazz Instrumental Album award onstage during the 55th Grammys at Nokia Theatre in L.A. on Feb. 10, 2013 Kevork Djansezian/Getty
Pat Metheny is one of the most decorated Grammy winners. The jazz musician won his first award in 1983, with his most recent win coming in 2013 for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for his studio album, Unity Band, with saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Ben Williams and drummer Antonio Sánchez.
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Al Schmitt: 20 Grammys
Engineer Al Schmitt poses in the press room with his Best Surround Sound Album award during the 56th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in L.A. on Jan. 26, 2014 Frazer Harrison/Getty
Recording engineer and producer Al Schmitt won 20 Grammys across six consecutive decades, beginning in the 1960s. His final win came in 2013 for Best Surround Sound Album for Paul McCartney's Live Kisses. Schmitt died in April 2021 at the age of 91.
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Bruce Springsteen: 20 Grammys
Honoree Bruce Springsteen speaks onstage during the MusiCares Person of the Year event at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Feb. 8, 2013 Larry Busacca/Getty
With 20 wins under his belt, Bruce Springsteen ranks among the top Grammy winners of all time. Notably, "The Boss" won in at least one category every year from 2003 to 2010. The streak featured music from five different Springsteen albums.
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