Artist

Béla Fleck

Wins

Nominations

Biography

"I always try to work with people who are better than me, so I can learn more."

Born Béla Anton Leoš Fleck on July 10, 1958, in New York City
Early in his career, banjoist Béla Fleck toured with the American progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival. In 1988 Fleck began recording and touring with Béla Fleck And The Flecktones, a project featuring Victor Wooten, keyboardist/harmonica player Howard Levy and Roy "Future Man" Wooten.
Fleck won his first career GRAMMY for Best Country Instrumental Performance for 1995 for "Hightower," sharing honors with Alison Brown, Asleep At The Wheel and Edgar Meyer.
Did you know? An onstage collaboration between Béla Fleck And The Flecktones and Dave Matthews Band resulted in a 32-minute live version of the Dave Matthews Band hit "#41."
In 2016 Fleck and tour mate Chick Corea invited college students to a show in New Orleans as part of the GRAMMY U SoundChecks program.
In 2007 Fleck performed at charity concerts in Germany to help raise awareness of AIDS.

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Béla Fleck

Year	Award	Artists	Work
2026	Best Contemporary Instrumental Album	Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sanchez	BEATrio
2025	Best Contemporary Instrumental Album	Béla Fleck	Rhapsody In Blue
2025	Best Instrumental Arrangement	Béla Fleck	Rhapsody In Blue(Grass)
2025	Best Improvised Jazz Solo Performance	Chick Corea, Béla Fleck	Juno
2025	Best Instrumental Jazz Album	Chick Corea, Béla Fleck	Remembrance
2024	Best Contemporary Instrumental Album	Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Rakesh Chaurasia	As We Speak
2024	Best Global Music Performance	Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Chaurasia	Pashto
2022	Best Bluegrass Album	Béla Fleck	My Bluegrass Heart
2022	Best American Roots Performance	Blind Boys of Alabama, Béla Fleck	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
2021	Best Historical Album	Béla Fleck, Richard Dodd	Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions
2016	Best American Roots Performance	Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn	And Am I Born To Die
2016	Best Folk Album	Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn	Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn
2012	Best Instrumental Composition	Béla Fleck, Howard Levy	Life In Eleven
2011	Best Contemporary World Music Album	Béla Fleck	Throw Down Your Heart , Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks
2010	Best Contemporary World Music Album	Béla Fleck	Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions
2010	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Béla Fleck	Throw Down Your Heart
2010	Best Classical Crossover Album	Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Leonard Slatkin	The Melody Of Rhythm
2009	Best Country Instrumental Performance	Béla Fleck	Sleigh Ride
2009	Best Pop Instrumental Album	Béla Fleck	Jingle All The Way
2008	Best Instrumental Composition	Béla Fleck	Spectacle
2007	Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental - Also cont. Jazz Perf. Vocal or Instrumental	Béla Fleck	The Hidden Land
2007	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Béla Fleck	Subterfuge
2006	Best Country Instrumental Performance	Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck	Who's Your Uncle?
2003	Best Country Instrumental Performance	Béla Fleck	Bear Mountain Hop
2002	Best Instrumental Arrangement	Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer	Claude Debussy "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" From Children's Corner
2002	Best Classical Crossover Album	Béla Fleck	Perpetual Motion - Scarlatti, Bach, Debussy, Chopin
2001	Best Country Instrumental Performance	Alison Brown, Béla Fleck	Leaving Cottondale
2001	Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental - Also cont. Jazz Perf. Vocal or Instrumental	Béla Fleck	Outbound
2001	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Béla Fleck	Zona Mona (Track)
2000	Best Bluegrass Album	Béla Fleck	The Bluegrass Sessions - Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Volume 2 (Album)
1999	Best Instrumental Composition	Béla Fleck, Roy Wooten, Victor Wooten	Almost 12
1999	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Béla Fleck	Big Country (Track)
1999	Best Country Instrumental Performance	Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck	The Ride (Track)
1997	Best World Music Album	Béla Fleck, V.M. Bhatt, Jie-Bing Chen	Tabula Rasa (Album)
1997	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Béla Fleck	The Sinister Minister
1996	Best Country Instrumental Performance	Béla Fleck	Cheeseballs In Cowtown (Track)
1996	Best Country Instrumental Performance	Asleep At The Wheel, Béla Fleck, Johnny Gimble	Hightower
1995	Best Spoken Word Album For Children	Amy Grant	The Creation (Album)
1993	Best Instrumental Composition	Béla Fleck	Magic Fingers (Track)
1992	Best Instrumental Composition	Béla Fleck, Howard Levy, Roy Wooten, Victor Wooten	Blu-Bop (Track)
1992	Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental - Also cont. Jazz Perf. Vocal or Instrumental	Béla Fleck	Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo (Album)
1989	Best Bluegrass Album	Béla Fleck	Drive (Album)