15 unbelievable Grammys records, from the youngest winner to the most-awarded artists of all time
Gabbi Shaw
- The 2024 Grammys will be held on Sunday. At last year's show, multiple records were broken.
- Beyoncé became the most-awarded artist in Grammys history, with 32 wins.
At the 2021 Grammys, Beyoncé officially became the female artist with the most Grammys when she secured her 28th win.
When Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion won for their "Savage" collaboration (more on that later), host Trevor Noah announced Beyoncé was tied with Alison Krauss for female artist with the most Grammy wins.
A few moments later, she won her 28th Grammy, best R&B performance, for "Black Parade," and became the female artist with the most Grammys of all time.
She won her first Grammy 22 years ago, in 2001, as part of Destiny's Child. They won for best R&B performance by a group and best R&B song for "Say My Name." She was 19.
And at the 2023 Grammys, she became the most-awarded artist in Grammys history with 32 wins.
Beyoncé took the crown from Georg Solti, the longtime conductor for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, according to the Grammys website. He won 31 Grammys over 35 years, from 74 nominations.
After taking home her first three Grammys at last year's event, the "Cuff It" singer made history when she accepted the best dance/electronic album for "Renaissance," her 32nd win overall.
In 2021, Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion became the first female performers to win best rap performance.
A woman had never won this award in its first 11 years of existence. But Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé ended that streak when they took home the award for "Savage."
Beyoncé is also the most-nominated artist without a win in the record of the year category. She was nominated for an eighth time last year and lost to Lizzo.
She was nominated for record of the year for "Say My Name," "Crazy in Love," "Irreplaceable," "Halo," "Formation," "Savage," "Black Parade," and "Break My Soul."
Only two people have won the Big Four in one night: Billie Eilish and Christopher Cross.
In 1981, newcomer Cross became the first person to ever win record, song, and album of the year, along with best new artist.
This feat would not be replicated until 2020, when 18-year-old Eilish swept the night, becoming the first female artist to do so.
At 18, Eilish also became the youngest artist to win album of the year.
Eilish was barely a legal adult when she won the Grammy for album of the year — and for her debut album, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" no less.
Taylor Swift is the only woman to win album of the year three times, and she is tied for most wins of all time in the category.
Swift has won album of the year three times: In 2010 for "Fearless," in 2016 for "1989," and most recently, in 2021 for "Folklore." She's in good company — the other three artists to have secured a three-peat in the category are Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, and Stevie Wonder.
She's up for the award again in 2024 for "Midnights."
The oldest person to win a Grammy was 97-year-old Pinetop Perkins in 2011.
Perkins was 97 years old when he won the best traditional blues album award for his album "Joined at the Hip" in 2011. He died just a month later.
On the flip side, the youngest person to win a Grammy was 8-year-old Leah Peasall, who won in 2001.
The Peasall Sisters were featured artists on the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack, which won album of the year in 2002 (the second soundtrack to ever do so), and the youngest, Leah, was just 8 years old at the time.
In 2021, 9-year-old Blue Ivy Carter won her first (of what we predict will be many) Grammys, making her the second-youngest winner ever.
The Grammys hit a ratings low in 2021, though numbers were up in 2023. By contrast, the most-watched Grammy ceremony was in 1984.
In 1984, around 51.67 million people watched the King of Pop take home eight trophies, including record and album of the year, according to Billboard.
That number is downright unimaginable, especially when you think about last year's ceremony, which was watched by 12.55 million viewers — and that was a rise of 31% from 2022, Billboard reported.
The band with the most Grammys is Irish export U2, with 22 wins.
U2 is the group with the most wins of all time — they're also the only group or duo to win album of the year twice (1987's "The Joshua Tree" and 2005's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb").
When Bruno Mars won song of the year for "That's What I Like," he shared the honor with a record-breaking seven other writers.
There were eight credited songwriters for "That's What I Like," which won song of the year in 2018.
They are Mars himself, Philip Lawrence, Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Johnathan Yip, Ray Romulus, Jeremy Reeves, and Ray McCullough II.
That's the most songwriters to win song of the year, ever.
Bad Bunny's "Un Verano Sin Ti" was the first Spanish-language album to be nominated for album of the year.
The album was nominated for the Grammy for best música urbana album, which it won, in 2023.
One of the album's songs, "Moscow Mule," was also up for best pop solo performance, but it lost to "Easy on Me" by Adele.
Kim Petras became the first trans woman to win best pop duo/group collaboration.
Petras shared the award with Sam Smith, who has five Grammys to their name. When "Unholy" won, Smith let Petras accept the award.
She went on to thank her friend and producer Sophie, one of the first trans women to be nominated for a Grammy, who died in January 2021.
She also shouted out Madonna and her mom, who "believed me that I was a girl."
The person with the most nominations across various categories is Quincy Jones, who has been nominated 80 times across 15 categories.
Jones is one of the most prolific producers, songwriters, composers, and musicians of all time, with a career that began over seven decades ago
According to the Grammys website, here are the 15 categories he's nominated in, with 28 wins from 80 nominations: the general category (like album of the year), spoken word, arranging, music video/film, jazz, pop, rap, R&B, children's, musical theater, disco, composition, gospel/contemporary Christian music, music for visual media, and production, non-classical.
He also holds the record for most-awarded producer (28 wins), and is tied for fourth for most wins in a single night, winning six Grammys in 1991.
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