Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Awarded forQuality instrumental albums in the pop music genre
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award2001
Currently held byTaylor Eigsti – Plot Armor (2025)
WebsiteGrammy.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 2025, Larry Carlton, Taylor Eigsti, Béla Fleck, Booker T. Jones, Edgar Meyer 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.

Recipients

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Joe Jackson was the first recipient of the award in 2001.
A man in a multi-colored dress shirt with a black guitar strapped around his neck.
2002 award winner, Steve Lukather
A man in a gray shirt with his eyes closed and a black guitar strapped around his neck.
2007 award winner, Peter Frampton
A man wearing a dress shirt and glasses, playing a banjo. A light is shining down on him from above, casting a blue shade over him.
Béla Fleck of the 2009 award-winning group, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
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Two-time winner Larry Carlton
A man wearing a black hat and jacket.
2010 award winner, Booker T. Jones
File:Snarky Puppy@51. Heineken Jazzaldia (30052040612).jpg
Four-time winners Snarky Puppy
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2001 Joe Jackson Symphony No. 1 [6]
2002 Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather No Substitutions: Live in Osaka [7]
2003 Norman Brown Just Chillin'
[8]
2004 Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban Mambo Sinuendo [9]
2005 Various artists[II] Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar [10]
2006 Burt Bacharach At This Time [11]
2007 Peter Frampton Fingerprints [12]
2008 Beastie Boys The Mix-Up [13]
2009 Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Jingle All the Way [14]
2010 Booker T. Jones Potato Hole [15]
2011 Larry Carlton and Tak Matsumoto (B'z) Take Your Pick
[16]
2012 Booker T. Jones The Road from Memphis [17]
2013 Chris Botti Impressions
[18]
2014 Herb Alpert Steppin' Out [19]
2015 Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer Bass & Mandolin [20]
2016 Snarky Puppy and Metropole Orkest Sylva [21]
2017 Snarky Puppy Culcha Vulcha [22]
2018 The Jeff Lorber Fusion Prototype [23]
2019 Steve Gadd Band Steve Gadd Band [24]
2020 Rodrigo y Gabriela Mettavolution
2021 Snarky Puppy Live at the Royal Albert Hall
[25]
2022 Taylor Eigsti Tree Falls
[26]
2023 Snarky Puppy Empire Central [27]
2024 Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer ft. Rakesh Chaurasia As We Speak
[28]
2025 Taylor Eigsti Plot Armor
[29]
2026 Winner TBA on 1 February 2026 [30]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
^[II] An award was presented to James R. Jensen as the producer of the album.

See also

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