Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Grammy Award for Record of the Year

The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. It has been awarded since 1959. Record of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album. This award goes to the performing artist, the producer, recording engineer, and/or mixer for that song. In this sense, "record" means a recording of one song, not the composition or an album of songs. Often, the nominees and winners of this song represent the most successful songs of the year.

YearRecordArtist 
2009Please Read The LetterAlison Krauss and Robert Plant 
2008RehabAmy Winehouse 
2007Not Ready to Make NiceDixie Chicks 
2006Boulevard of Broken DreamsGreen Day 
2005Here We Go AgainRay Charles 
2004ClocksColdplay 
2003Don't Know WhyNorah Jones 
2002Walk OnU2 
2001Beautiful DayU2 
2000SmoothSantana 
1999My Heart Will Go OnCeline Dion 
1998Sunny Came HomeShawn Colvin 
1997Change the WorldEric Clapton 
1996Kiss from a RoseSeal 
1995All I Wanna DoSheryl Crow 
1994I Will Always Love YouWhitney Houston 
1993Tears in HeavenEric Clapton 
1992UnforgettableNatalie Cole 
1991Another Day in ParadisePhil Collins 
1990Wind Beneath My WingsBette Midler 
1989Don't Worry, Be HappyBobby McFerrin 
1988GracelandPaul Simon 
1987Higher LoveSteve Winwood 
1986We Are the WorldUSA for Africa 
1985What's Love Got to Do with ItTina Turner 
1984Beat ItMichael Jackson 
1983RosannaToto 
1982Bette Davis EyesKim Carnes 
1981SailingChristopher Cross 
1980What a Fool BelievesThe Doobie Brothers 
1979Just the Way You AreBilly Joel 
1978Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles 
1977This MasqueradeGeorge Benson 
1976Love Will Keep Us TogetherCaptain & Tennille 
1975I Honestly Love YouOlivia Newton-John 
1974Killing Me Softly with His SongRoberta Flack 
1973The First Time Ever I Saw Your FaceRoberta Flack 
1972It's Too LateCarole King 
1971Bridge over Troubled WaterSimon and Garfunkel 
1970Aquarius/Let the Sunshine InThe Fifth Dimension 
1969Mrs. RobinsonSimon and Garfunkel 
1968Up, Up and AwayThe Fifth Dimension 
1967Strangers in the NightFrank Sinatra 
1966A Taste of HoneyHerb Alpert 
1965The Girl from IpanemaStan Getz & Joao Gilberto 
1964Days of Wine and RosesHenry Mancini 
1963I Left My Heart in San FranciscoTony Bennett 
1962Moon RiverHenry Mancini 
1961Theme from A Summer PlacePercy Faith 
1960Mack the KnifeBobby Darin 
1959Nel Blu Dipinto Di BluDomenico Modugno 
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
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