Artist

B.B. King

Wins

Nominations

Biography

"We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so."

Born Riley Ben King on Sept. 16, 1925, in Itta Bena, Mississippi. Died May 14, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada
B.B. King issued his debut album, Singin' The Blues, in 1956. His first album to break the Top 40 on the Billboard 200 was 1969's Completely Well. The album featured the highest charting hit of his career, a reworking of "The Thrill Is Gone," which reached No. 15.
King won his first career GRAMMY for 1971 for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male for "The Thrill Is Gone." He performed five times on the GRAMMY telecast, including his GRAMMY performance debut at the 28th GRAMMY Awards in 1986 and taking part in a tribute to Bo Diddley at the 51st GRAMMY Awards in 2009.
King earned his nickname through work as a disc jockey for the Memphis radio station WDIA-AM, where his on-air nickname was "Beale Street Blues Boy." The tag was shortened to "Blues Boy," then ultimately "B.B."
King's classic 1965 album, Live At The Regal, was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 2006. He received a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987.
King was on the board of directors for Little Kids Rock, a charity organization that provides musical instruments and instruction to disadvantaged public school students throughout the United States.

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for B.B. King

Year	Award	Artists	Work
2009	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King	One Kind Favor
2006	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King	80
2005	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Ray Charles, B.B. King	Sinner's Prayer
2003	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	B.B. King	Auld Lang Syne
2003	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King	A Christmas Celebration Of Hope
2001	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King	Let The Good Times Roll (Album)
2001	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	B.B. King, Dr. John	Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
2001	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King, Eric Clapton	Riding With The King
2000	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King	Blues On The Bayou
1999	Best Contemporary Blues Album - or Contemporary Blues Recording	B.B. King	Deuces Wild (Album)
1997	Best Rock Instrumental Performance	Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, Art Neville	SRV Shuffle
1996	Best Spoken Word Album For Children	Denzel Washington	John Henry (Album)
1995	Best Country Collaboration with Vocals	George Jones, B.B. King	Patches (Track)
1994	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King	Blues Summit
1992	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King	Live At The Apollo
1991	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King	Live At San Quentin
1991	Best Contemporary Blues Album - or Contemporary Blues Recording	Lee Atwater, B.B. King	Red Hot And Blue (Track)
1991	Best Country Collaboration with Vocals	Randy Travis, B.B. King	Waiting On The Light To Change (Track)
1990	Best Contemporary Blues Album - or Contemporary Blues Recording	B.B. King	King Of The Blues: 1989 (Album)
1990	Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	U2, B.B. King	When Love Comes To Town (Single)
1988	Best Contemporary Blues Album - or Contemporary Blues Recording	B.B. King	Standing On The Edge Of Love (Track)
1986	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King	My Guitar Sings The Blues
1984	Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording	B.B. King	Blues 'N' Jazz
1983	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Crusaders, B.B. King, Josie James	Street Life (Track)
1982	Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording	B.B. King	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere
1981	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	B.B. King	When I'm Wrong (Track)
1978	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	B.B. King	It's Just A Matter Of Time (Track)
1972	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	B.B. King	Ain't Nobody Home (Single)
1971	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	B.B. King	The Thrill Is Gone
1970	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	B.B. King	Live And Well (Album)