Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance has been awarded since 1969. A similar award for Best Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1965 to 1968. This was also in the pop field, but did not specify pop music.

YearArtistSong 
2009EaglesI Dreamed There Was No War 
2008Joni MitchellOne Week Last Summer 
2007George Benson & Al JarreauMornin' 
2006Les PaulCaravan 
2005Ben Harper11th Commandment 
2004George HarrisonMarwa Blues 
2003B.B. KingAuld Lang Syne 
2002Eric ClaptonReptile 
2001Brian SetzerCaravan 
2000SantanaEl Farol 
1999Brian SetzerSleepwalk 
1998Sarah McLachlanLast Dance 
1997Bela Fleck and the FlecktonesThe Sinister Minister 
1996Los LobosMariachi Suite 
1995Booker T. & the M.G.'sCruisin' 
1994Branford Marsalis & Bruce HornsbyBarcelona Mona 
1993Richard KaufmanBeauty and the Beast 
1992Michael KamenRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves 
1991Angelo BadalamentiTwin Peaks Theme 
1990The Neville BrothersHealing Chant 
1989David SanbornClose-up 
1988Larry CarltonMinute By Minute 
1987Harold Faltermeyer & Steve StevensTop Gun Anthem 
1986Jan HammerMiami Vice Theme 
1985Ray Parker Jr.Ghostbusters 
1984George BensonBeing With You 
1983Ernie WattsChariots of Fire Theme 
1982Larry Carlton & Mike PostThe Theme From Hill Street Blues 
1981Bob James & Earl KlughOne on One 
1980Herb AlpertRise 
1979Chuck MangioneChildren of Sanchez 
1978John WilliamsStar Wars Soundtrack 
1977George BensonBreezin' 
1976Van McCoyThe Hustle 
1975Marvin HamlischThe Entertainer 
1974Eumir DeodatoAlso Sprach Zarathustra 
1973Billy PrestonOuta-Space 
1972Quincy JonesSmackwater Jack 
1971Henry ManciniTheme From Z and Other Film Music 
1970Blood, Sweat & TearsVariations on a Theme by Eric Satie 
1969Mason WilliamsClassical Gas 
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