About this chart race
Henry Mancini took the all-time lead in 1962 after winning five awards that night. Georg Solti passed him in 1984 and held the record for 39 ceremonies, until Beyoncé reached 32 in 2023; she now has 35. Kendrick Lamar's five wins in 2026 lifted him to 27.
This animated ranking shows how career grammy award wins changed across 46 series between 1959 and 2026. The bars re-order themselves as the years advance, so overtakes are visible as they happen rather than hidden inside a table. Use the list on the left to choose exactly who competes, drag the slider to jump to any year, or open the table view to read the underlying numbers.
As of 2026, Beyoncé leads with 35.
Included in this race
Beyoncé, Georg Solti, Chick Corea, Quincy Jones, Kendrick Lamar, John Williams, Alison Krauss, Pierre Boulez, Vladimir Horowitz, Şerban Ghenea, Jay-Z, David Frost, Kanye West, Vince Gill, U2, Stevie Wonder, Henry Mancini, Paul McCartney, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Robert Shaw, Leonard Bernstein, Itzhak Perlman, Leontyne Price, Ella Fitzgerald, Thomas Z. Shepard, Paul Simon, Roger Miller, Duke Ellington, Artur Rubinstein, Andre Previn, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Erich Leinsdorf, Robert M. Jones, Laurindo Almeida, Igor Stravinsky, Lewis W. Layton, Bob Newhart, Felix Slatkin, Domenico Modugno, Billy May, The Champs, Andres Segovia, Alvin Dinkin.
Source
Data from Recording Academy (grammy.com) artist award pages. Every figure shown comes from this source — nothing is estimated or generated.
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