Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album ( German about: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album - Pop ) is a music prize, awarded since 2001 at the annual Grammy Awards. The prize, or music groups for albums from the field of pop music for pieces of music without vocals ( instrumental music ).
Background and History
Since 1958, the Grammy Awards are (actually Gramophone Awards) awarded annually in a number of categories of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ( NARAS ) in the United States of America to artistic achievement, technical competence and excellent overall performance without regard to the album to honor sales or chart position.
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album was first awarded in 2001, the award winner was Joe Jackson for the album Symphony No.. 1 According to the prize description of the prize goes to the artists whose albums contain at least 51% of newly recorded Popmaterial.
Statistics
The award was first introduced in 2001 to Joe Jackson for the album Symphony No.. 1 awarded. The record for the most awards in this category holds Booker T. Jones, who took the award twice as a solo artist while all other artists previously were only once geehert. The most nominations received Larry Carlton and the band Spyro Gyra, each of which was nominated four times.
The price went so far ten times to U.S. musicians who will make up the significant Mehrjeit the winners. Twice British musician received the price and the price per once went to a Cuban and a Japanese musician (both played in each case together with an American musicians).
Winners and nominated artists
- Blue Man Group - Audio
- Kenny G - Faith: A Holiday Album
- William Orbit - Pieces in a Modern Style
- Kirk Whalum - Hymns in the Garden
- Acoustic Alchemy - Aart
- Dave Koz and Friends - A Smooth Jazz Christmas
- Neal Schon - Voice
- Kirk Whalum - Unconditional
- Kenny G - Paradise
- Boney James - Ride
- John Tesh - The Power of Love
- Kirk Whalum - The Christmas Message
- Jim Brickman - Peace
- Kenny G - Wishes: A Holiday Album
- Prince - N.E.W.S
- George Winston - Night Divides the Day - The Music of the Doors
- Boney James - Pure
- Dave Koz - Saxophonic
- Various artists - Forever, For Always, For Luther
- Mason Williams - EP 2003: Music for the Epicurean Harkener
- Eric Johnson - Bloom
- Earl Klugh - Naked Guitar
- Daniel Lanois - Belladonna
- Jeff Lorber - Flipside
- Gerald Albright - New Beginnings
- Larry Carlton - Fire Wire
- Fourplay - X
- Spyro Gyra - Wrapped in a Dream
- Chris Botti - Italia
- Spyro Gyra - Good to Go -Go
- Gerald Albright - Sax for Stax
- Larry Carlton - Greatest Hits rerecorded, Volume One
- Earl Klugh - The Spice of Life
- Spyro Gyra - A Night Before Christmas
- Chris Botti - In Boston
- Hiroshima - Legacy
- Spyro Gyra - Down the Wire
- The Rippingtons and Russ Freeman - Modern Art
- Gerald Albright - Pushing the Envelope
- Kenny G - Heart and Soul
- Robby Krieger - Singularity
- Kirk Whalum - Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway
- Jenny Oaks Baker - Wish Upon a Star: A Tribute to the Music of Walt Disney
- Daniel Ho - E Kahe Malie
- Booker T. Jones - The Road from Memphis
- Dave Koz - Hello Tomorrow
- Brian Setzer - Setzer Goes Instru -Mental!
- Gerard Albright and Norman Brown - 24/7
- Larry Carlton - Four Hands and a Heart Volume One
- Arun Shenoy - Rumbadoodle
- Boney James - The Beat
- Earl Klugh - Handpicked
- Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot - Summer Horns
- Jeff Lorber Fusion - Hacienda