Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam and Black Crowes Earn Grammy Nods
· Ultimate Classic RockNomination announcements for the 2025 Grammy Awards are underway, with key early nods going to the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Black Crowes, Metallica, Pearl Jam and Green Day.
The nominees for Best Rock Album included the Black Crowes (Happiness Bastards), Green Day (Saviors), Pearl Jam (Dark Matter), the Rolling Stones (Hackney Diamonds) and Jack White (No Name). The Beatles were nominated in the Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance categories for "Now and Then," and for Best Audiobook with All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words.
The 67th Grammy Awards ceremony is set for Feb. 2, 2025, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and will air live on CBS and Paramount+. Nominee announcements began at 11AM ET today via livestream featuring Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, among others. Only material issued between Sept. 13, 2023, and Aug. 30, 2024, was considered.
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Nominations for the Best Rock Song songwriting Grammy went to the Black Keys (“Beautiful People [Stay High]”), Pearl Jam, (“Dark Matter”) and Green Day (“Dilemma”), among others. Elsewhere in the rock performance category, the Black Keys (“Beautiful People [Stay High]”), Green Day (“The American Dream Is Killing Me”) and Pearl Jam (“Dark Matter”) again earned Grammy nods.
Metallica (“Screaming Suicide”) and Judas Priest (“Crown of Horns”) were nominated for Best Metal Performance. Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac was nominated in the Best American Roots Performance category for a cover of Memphis Minnie's "Nothing In Rambling" recorded with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bonnie Raitt and others.
Mark Knopfler earned a nod for Best American Roots Song with "Ahead of the Game." Little Feat was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album for Sam's Place. Disciple, the documentary about longtime Bruce Springsteen collaborator Stevie Van Zandt, was recognized in the Best Music Film category.
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package nominations went to John Lennon's Mind Games and Nirvana's In Utero. Nominees for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical included Peter Gabriel's i/o. Best Immersive Audio Album nods went to Roxy Music's Avalon and Gabriel's i/o.
Last year's winners included Metallica for Best Metal Performance with 72 Seasons. A newly constructed clip for the Beatles' "I'm Only Sleeping" was named Best Music Video. The David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream earned a Grammy in 2024 for Best Music Film. Joni Mitchell claimed a Best Folk Album award for At Newport.
Tom Petty (3)
With three wins from 18 nominations, it seems fair to say Tom Petty’s work was under-appreciated by the Recording Academy. His first win didn’t come until 1990, when he and his fellow Traveling Wilburys earned Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. Six years later, Petty won Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male for the Wildflowers single "You Don't Know How It Feels.” His third and final Grammy came in 2009, when the documentary Runnin' Down a Dream was honored.
Steely Dan (3)
Steely Dan’s Album of the Year victory in 2001 will always be among the most criticized results in Grammy history. The Recording Academy’s reputation of being out of touch was only made worse when Two Against Nature beat out such celebrated releases as Radiohead’s Kid A and Beck’s Midnite Vultures. Still, a win is a win, and Steely Dan certainly earned their accolades across a hugely influential career. In addition to the controversial Album of the Year trophy, the band scored two further Grammys in 2001 for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal.
Radiohead (3)
Radiohead’s boldly experimental brand of rock has been hailed by fans and critics alike, even if their Grammy total isn’t quite as big as we’d expect. The group has won Best Alternative Music Album three times, for 1998's OK Computer, 2001's Kid A and 2009's In Rainbows. In addition, Radiohead releases have won Grammys for Best Recording Package and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, but since those honors went to people outside of the band, we didn't include them in our tally.
Rolling Stones (3)
The Rolling Stones are regarded as one of the greatest bands in the history of music, so it’s surprising that they have only collected three Grammys from 12 nominations. Even more surprising, none of their classic albums – including Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St. – even received a nomination. The Stones were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy before earning a traditional Grammy. They eventually took home two awards in 1995 thanks to Voodoo Lounge, and another in 2018 for Blue & Lonesome.
Trent Reznor (4)
With Oscars, Golden Globes, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction and four Grammys, Trent Reznor’s trophy case is very impressive. The Nine Inch Nails mastermind took home Best Metal Performance Grammys in 1992 and 1995 for “Wish” and “Happiness in Slavery,” respectively. His other Grammy wins have come via the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category, where he took home honors in 2013 for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and 2022 for Soul.
Pat Benatar (4)
The Grammys previously split up their rock vocals categories by gender, separating male and female nominees. Since 2005, the category has been changed to Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, with all genders competing against each other. When they were still separate, Pat Benatar went on a streak of four consecutive years winning the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, a run that lasted from 1981 to 1984.
Kings of Leon (4)
After spending several years as the cool kids' favorite indie band, Kings of Leon burst into mainstream commercial success with their 2008 album Only by the Night. Lead single “Sex on Fire” won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 2009 ceremony, and their follow-up single, “Use Somebody,” did even better. The soaring tune won three awards at the 2010 Grammys, including Best Rock Song and Record of the Year.
Aerosmith (4)
“Why do I love rock 'n' roll? Because it gets me off,” Steven Tyler declared during his acceptance speech after Aerosmith won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for “Livin’ on the Edge.” “Everything I’ve ever loved was immoral, illegal, fattening or grew hair on your palms. God bless rock 'n' roll!” A trio of the band’s other hits have also scored Grammy gold: “Janie’s Got a Gun,” “Crazy” and “Pink.”
Black Keys (4)
The Black Keys won a pair of Grammys at the 2011 ceremony, then followed that up two years later with another three wins. “When we gave our speech, we were still a little in shock,” drummer Patrick Carney later said of the Black Keys’ first Grammy win. “The award was bittersweet. In a way, Dan [Auerbach] and I felt some validation for our years of making albums and touring, never thinking we would ever get an award like that. At the same time, it made me think about how many great albums that I listen to on a regular basis have never won an award like that.” In addition to the band’s four Grammys, Auerbach won Producer of the Year in 2013.
Ozzy Osbourne (5)
Black Sabbath has only received two Grammys, despite being a pioneering force of heavy metal music. The first came in 2000 when the group won Best Metal Performance for their live recording of “Iron Man.” They won in the same category in 2014, this time for "God Is Dead?,” the lead single from their final studio album. In between those victories, frontman Ozzy Osbourne scored a Grammy for his solo tune “I Don’t Want to Change the World,” which won a Best Metal Performance Grammy in 1994. In 2023, Ozzy added another pair of Grammys to his collection, taking home Best Metal Performance for the song “Degradation Rules" and Best Rock Album for Patient Number 9.
The Police (5)
The first two Grammy wins for the Police came for instrumental tunes, as both 1981's "Reggatta de Blanc" and 1982's "Behind My Camel" took home the award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" was the band’s first song with lyrics to earn a Grammy, earning Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal honors. They won the same category in 1984 for Synchronicity and won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the classic hit “Every Breath You Take.”
Weird Al Yankovic (5)
Parody legend Weird Al Yankovic has won Best Comedy Album (previously called Best Comedy Recording) on four occasions. His first win came in 1985 when “Eat It” bested recordings from such famed comedians as Rodney Dangerfield and Richard Pryor. “I was just glad to be invited to the show,” Yankovic told Yahoo, looking back on his first Grammys ceremony. “I was very amused by the whole thing. And I thought, ‘Yeah, like this goofy kid with the food song is gonna beat Richard Pryor for a comedy Grammy. That’s not gonna happen.”
Toto (5)
The 1983 Grammys were dominated by Toto, after Toto IV secured five awards. In addition to Album of the Year honors, the band’s hit single “Rosanna” earned a trio of honors, including Record of the Year. Officially, Grammy records say the band only garnered three awards that night, since two of the wins – Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals – went to specific members of the group, rather than the entire band. We say that’s splitting hairs, so our total for Toto is five.
Elton John (5)
In one of the Grammys’ many quirks, Elton John has received five awards, yet only one has been for material created with longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin. John’s first Grammy came in 1987 for his contribution to the all-star cover of “That’s What Friends Are For.” “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” John’s single from the Disney animated film The Lion King, penned alongside Tim Rice, won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1995. John won in the same category in 1998 for his updated version of “Candle in the Wind,” dedicated to Princess Diana. Then, in 2001, John won Best Musical Show Album (again alongside Rice) for the Broadway musical Aida.
Billy Joel (5)
All five of Billy Joel’s Grammy wins came during a three-year period from 1979 to 1981. In that time he took home Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Just the Way You Are” (1979), Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for 52nd Street (1980) and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for Glass Houses (1981). Since then, however, Joel's been shut out – despite receiving another 16 Grammy nominations since his last win.
Green Day (5)
Once thought of as snot-nosed punks from the Bay Area, Green Day has emerged as something of a Grammy darling. The band’s breakthrough album, Dookie, won Best Alternative Music Performance in 1995 and their acclaimed rock opera American Idiot earned Best Rock Album honors 10 years later. The 2005 awards could have been even bigger for the band, as Green Day had six nominations, but only managed the lone win. Later awards would include Record of the Year in 2006 for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and Best Rock Album in 2010 for 21st Century Breakdown.
Davie Bowie (6)
David Bowie only received one Grammy Award during his lifetime, despite his hugely impactful career and unique persona. He took home Best Video, Short Form for "Jazzin' for Blue Jean” in 1985. The Recording Academy honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, however Bowie did not attend the event. Following his death in 2016, Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, was nominated for five awards at the 2017 Grammys. It won them all, giving Bowie substantially more Grammys posthumously than when he was alive.
Eagles (6)
The Eagles won a total of six Grammys over their career, including awards for such famous tunes as “Lyin’ Eyes,” “New Kid in Town” and “Heartache Tonight.” The band’s masterful Hotel California was nominated for Album of the Year but famously lost out to another legendary release, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. The title track “Hotel California” earned Record of the Year in 1978, but the band wasn’t on hand to accept the award. The Eagles reportedly claimed they didn’t want to attend the event if they weren’t sure they would win. Decades later, after a poignant tribute to deceased member Glenn Frey during the 2016 Grammys, the group was symbolically handed their “Hotel California” trophy – as seen in the picture above.
Peter Gabriel (6)
Singer Peter Gabriel has amassed six Grammy Awards over the course of his career, but they’re likely not for the material you would expect. His 1983 hit “Shock the Monkey” was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance but lost. “Sledgehammer” was up for three awards in 1987, but didn’t win any. The same can be said for Gabriel’s celebrated album So, which was nominated for Album of the Year, but lost to Paul Simon’s Graceland. Gabriel's Grammy wins have instead come in less-heralded categories, such as Best New Age Performance in 1990 for the album Passion, and Best Short Form Music Video in 1993 for "Digging in the Dirt" and again in ‘94 for “Steam.”
Red Hot Chili Peppers (6)
Red Hot Chili Peppers won their first Grammy in 1993 when they took home Best Hard Rock Performance for “Give It Away.” Frontman Anthony Keidis – who, naturally, accepted the award shirtless – struck a zen tone during his speech. “The only person I’d really like to thank is Mother Nature for giving this universe music. Because without music, I’d be nowhere.” Later career wins included Best Rock Song for “Scar Tissue” (2000), “Californication” (2001) and “Dani California” (2007), while Stadium Arcadium took home Best Rock Album honors in 2007.
Prince (7)
Prince won seven Grammys in his career, including three awards in 1985 for his iconic album Purple Rain. Still, he was disappointed when another of his famous releases didn't get the Grammy love he felt it deserved. In 1988, Sign o’ the Times was up for three awards, including Album of the Year. That honor ended up going to U2’s The Joshua Tree, and Prince was not amused. "I don't go to awards shows anymore. I'm not saying I'm better than anybody else," he told Rolling Stone in 1990, "but you'll be sitting there at the Grammys, and U2 will beat you. And you say to yourself, 'Wait a minute. I can play that kind of music, too. I played La Crosse [Wis.] growing up, I know how to do that, you dig? But you will not do 'Housequake.'"
Robert Plant (8)
Led Zeppelin’s lone Grammy win came in 2014, when their live release Celebration Day was named Best Rock Album. By that point, former frontman Robert Plant already had a collection of awards. His first Grammy came in 1998, when the song “Most High” – from a collaborative album with Jimmy Page – took home Best Hard Rock Performance. Still, Plant’s biggest Grammy windfall took place during the 51st annual awards. On that night in 2009, Plant and Alison Kraus scored five Grammy wins for their album, Raising Sand.
Tina Turner (8)
The first Grammy Award of Tina Turner’s career came via her partnership with then-husband Ike Turner. The duo took home Best R&B Performance in 1972 for their rendition of “Proud Mary.” Tina went solo a few years later, and after some initial struggles, became an international superstar in her own right. She scored six Grammy victories in her solo career, including Record of the Year for “What’s Love Got to Do With It” in 1985. Her most recent Grammy came in 2008, part of a shared award thanks to her contributions to River: The Joni Letters, which won Album of the Year.
Don Henley (8)
After winning six Grammys with the Eagles, Don Henley forged a successful solo career. He was nominated 17 times for his non-Eagles work, taking home the award for Best Rock Male Vocal Performance in both 1986 and 1990. Henley was also honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year in 2007, an annual award given to musicians who have made a difference thorugh philanthropic endeavors.
Jeff Beck (8)
Famed guitarist Jeff Beck scored eight Grammy Awards over the course of his career. Beck won Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times, a record for the category. He also took home Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 2011, the same year he claimed his lone win in a non-instrumental category. Beck won the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Grammy as part of an all-star rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
Beck (8)
Nine of Beck's 12 LPs so far have been nominated for Best Rock Album, Best Alternative Music Album and/or Album of the Year. Our math isn’t great, but that seems like a pretty good track record – especially when you consider that his first two albums were indie releases that received virtually no attention at all. From all of these nominations, Beck has won a total of eight Grammys. Arguably his most surprising win came in 2015, when the melancholy, deeply personal LP Morning Phase beat out more commercially popular releases by Beyonce, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and Pharrell Williams.
Phil Collins (8)
Phil Collins’ Grammy wins far outweigh those of his band Genesis, which has only taken home a single award. Collins’ seven Grammys as a solo artist include Album of the Year for 1986’s No Jacket Required and 1991’s Record of the Year for "Another Day in Paradise." The latter was Collins’ only win at the 1991 ceremony, despite being nominated for eight awards. In his acceptance speech, Collins joked that he was grateful anyway. “If I had gone home with eight nominations and no awards, my mother would have killed me.”
Metallica (9)
The 1989 Grammys will always remain infamous among metalheads because Jethro Tull won the inaugural Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance award, beating out Metallica. Still, there’s no need to cry for James Hetfield and company. The following year, Metallica won the award for Best Metal Performance. They did it again in 1991… and in 1992. In total, Metallica has won Best Metal Performance six times, more than any other act.
Joni Mitchell (9)
Joni Mitchell’s first Grammy win came in 1969 when she took home Best Folk Performance for her sophomore album, Clouds. She’d go on to win a total of nine Grammys in her career, including Best Pop Album for Turbulent Indigo in 1995 the award for Album of the Year in 2008 for River: The Joni Letters. That LP, released by famed jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, celebrated material from throughout Mitchell’s career. In addition to writing the songs, she performed vocals on the track "Tea Leaf Prophecy.”
Beatles (9)
The official Grammys website says the Beatles only won seven awards, but that’s not counting two notable omissions: In 1967, Lennon and McCartney won Song of the Year for the Beatles hit “Michelle,” and the 1971 honor for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special was given to Let It Be, with all four members of the Beatles listed as separate recipients, rather than as the Beatles. We’re counting both of those as wins for the band, pushing their total to nine. This figure still seems woefully small in hindsight, especially considering such classic albums as Help!, Revolver and Abbey Road were all nominated for awards, yet didn’t win a thing. The Beatles' most decorated LP was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which won Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Album in 1968.
Santana (10)
The 2000 Grammys will be remembered as the night Santana dominated the awards. Their hugely successful album Supernatural took home nine Grammys that evening, including Album, Record and Song of the Year. Namesake guitarist Carlos Santana received eight of those awards – he was not a songwriter on “Smooth” – tying him with Michael Jackson for most Grammys won during a single show. The Santana band would later receive another Grammy in 2002 for the song “Game of Love,” while Santana the guitarist also scored an award in 1989 for Blues for Salvador, his solo instrumental LP.
Bob Dylan (10)
It’s somewhat surprising that Bob Dylan only has 10 Grammys, considering his legacy as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. None of his early work took home any hardware. In fact, Dylan didn't get his first award until 1973’s win for The Concert for Bangladesh – a project spearheaded by future Traveling Wilburys bandmate George Harrison. The Wilburys helped Dylan to another Grammy, and his album Time Out of Mind earned a trio of awards, including Album of the Year at the 1998 ceremony.
John Lennon (10)
The Grammys' official tabulation is again a little fuzzy. John Lennon is not part of the three Beatles wins during the 1997 ceremony – one for The Beatles Anthology and another two for “Free as a Bird.” But the song was built on a Lennon home demo, and he is listed as both a songwriter and producer. So, adding those to Lennon’s total gives him 10. Along with the Beatles wins, he also took home posthumous honors in 1982 when Double Fantasy won Album of the Year.
Jack White (12)
Perhaps surprisingly, Jack White has earned more Grammys outside of the White Stripes. The acclaimed garage rock duo earned four during their existence, including three wins in the Best Alternative Music Album category. White’s 2004 album with Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose, took home a pair of awards, including Best Country Album. He’s also won Grammys for his work with the Raconteurs, his solo material and a pair of historical releases, The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One and Volume Two, which took home awards in 2015 and 2016, respectively.
George Harrison (12)
George Harrison earned several Grammys early on as a member of the Beatles. Once the mop tops broke up, Harrison forged a successful career which included even more Grammy gold. His first post-Beatles Grammy came in 1973 when The Concert for Bangladesh earned Album of the Year. He’d later take home Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal alongside Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison for The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. Harrison has continued to win Grammys even after his 2001 death. "Marwa Blues" took home Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 2004, while the 50th Anniversary of All Things Must Pass earned Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 2022.
Foo Fighters (15)
No American band has earned more awards in the history of the Grammys than the Foo Fighters. They scored their first Grammys in 2001, taking home Best Music Video for “Learn to Fly” and Best Rock Album for There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The latter category has especially been good to the Foos. Best Rock Album was introduced in 1995, and Foo Fighters' five wins ranks as the most of any artist in the category.
Paul Simon (16)
Paul Simon’s trophy case is overflowing, as the beloved singer-songwriter has won 16 Grammys. He first struck Grammy gold in 1969, when Simon & Garfunkel took home Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their classic tune “Mrs. Robinson.” The duo would go in to win nine Grammys during their partnership, including Album of the Year in 1971 for Bridge Over Troubled Water. Simon’s solo successes have included Album of the Year awards in 1976 and 1987, for There Goes Rhymin’ Simon and Graceland, respectively.
Sting (17)
Between the Police, his solo work, and his various other projects, Sting has racked up a total of 17 Grammy Awards. While most of the wins have come in categories you’d predict – like Best Rock Song and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance – Sting’s most recent Grammy Award was for Best Reggae Album. He took home the honor in 2019 thanks to his 44/876 collaborative album with Shaggy.
Eric Clapton (17)
There have been many heights during Eric Clapton’s influential career, but few can rival his accomplishment at the 1993 Grammys. He took home six awards thanks to his Unplugged LP, including Record, Song and Album of the Year honors. It was an emotional evening for Clapton, since one of the most acclaimed songs on Unplugged was “Tears in Heaven,” a tune penned after the loss of his son. “I’m very moved and very shaky and very emotional,” he admitted during his final speech of the night. “I want to thank a lot of people, but the one person who I want to thank is my son for the love he gave me and the song he gave me.”
Aretha Franklin (18)
The Queen of Soul is also queen of the Grammys. With 18 wins in her prestigious career, Aretha Franklin ranks as the third most honored female artist behind only Beyonce (28) and Alison Krauss (27). Franklin’s first Grammys came in 1968 on the strength of her timeless hit “Respect.” Several of her other classics scored Grammy gold, including “Chain of Fools,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” “Hold On I’m Coming” and “Freeway of Love.” The final Grammy win of Franklin’s lifetime came in 2008, when she took home Best Gospel Performance for her duet with Mary J. Blige, "Never Gonna Break My Faith.”
Dave Grohl (18)
Dave Grohl has has accumulated a total of 18 awards for his many projects. Nirvana infamously only received one Grammy, but Grohl’s next group, Foo Fighters, has been a Grammy darling for decades. “I think there are a lot of fucking great bands out there that deserve the same sort of recognition that a band like ours does," Grohl noted to Variety in 2022. "I don’t understand the optics. I don’t understand the industry, how that works. But I know that there is rock ‘n’ roll out there that’s totally valid and totally worthy of these accolades. It’s just up to some process that I don’t understand to find them.” Outside of the Foos, Grohl has taken home Grammys thanks to his work with Them Crooked Vultures and his soundtrack to the documentary Sound City.
Paul McCartney (18)
Paul McCartney has accumulated nearly 20 Grammys as a member of the Beatles, his solo work and various other projects. He’s also graced the Grammy stage on numerous occasions, performing with everyone from Kanye West and Rihanna, to Linkin Park and, of course, his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr. McCartney’s Grammy collection includes Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus in 1975 for Wings’ “Band on the Run” and Best Rock Song in 2014 for "Cut Me Some Slack," a track recorded with the previous members of Nirvana.
Bruce Springsteen (20)
Bruce Springsteen won his first Grammy in 1985 for “Dancing in the Dark” and hasn’t looked back since. He's taken home a total of 20 Grammys in his career, including four awards during the 1995 ceremony alone. That year, Springsteen won Best Rock Song, Best Rock Vocal Performance, Song of the Year and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or for Television for “Streets of Philadelphia.” “I’d like to thank all those disparaged and mysterious Grammy voters out there, wherever you are,” Springsteen said during his Song of the Year acceptance speech. He later struck a more sober tone, dedicating the win to “the folks who’ve come up to me in restaurants and on the street who’ve lost their sons or their lovers or their friends to AIDS and have said this song meant something to them.”
U2 (22)
U2 is the most decorated band in the history of the Grammys. They've taken home an astounding 22 awards from 46 nominations. Their first Grammys win came in 1988 with Album of the Year for The Joshua Tree. Other highlights include the 2001 ceremony, where U2 claimed Song of the Year, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Record of the Year for the hit single “Beautiful Day.” “It’s a very unusual emotion I’m feeling right now. I think it’s called humility,” Bono quipped when accepting. “[I’m] completely not used to it.”
Stevie Wonder (25)
With 25 wins from 74 nominations, Stevie Wonder ranks among the most decorated Grammys winners of all-time. His first awards came in 1974, when Wonder took home four Grammys for the Innervisions album. He came back a year later and won another four more awards, this time for Fulfillingness' First Finale. Both of those releases earned Album of the Year honors, making Wonder one of only two artists to win the award at back-to-back Grammys (Frank Sinatra is the other). Wonder won Album of the Year again in 1977 for Songs in the Key of Life, marking his third consecutive victory. “I know the feeling of hoping that you’ll win. I didn’t for ‘Uptight,’ ‘For Once in My Life’ or ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered,’” Wonder told Billboard in 2021. “And at least three or four times, I had the same dream that I was at an awards show as a nominee and when the presenter said, “And the winner is ...,” I would wake up — and end up losing. My God, it was craziness. Then at the awards [in 1973], I hear my name called as winner of album of the year for Innervisions. I was so excited. I gave that Grammy to my mother.”
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