Record Of The Year
The Grammy Award for Record Of The Year recognizes the artist, producer, recording engineer, mixer, and mastering engineer for best overall achievement on a single or track. Eligible recordings are evaluated on performance, production, and engineering, with songwriting/composition, arranging, and musicianship as secondary considerations.
1961 • 3rd Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1959 and Aug 30, 1960
1961 Winner is Percy Faith & His Orchestra with "The Theme From A Summer Place"
Nominees 1961
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The Theme From A Summer Place
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Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Single)
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Georgia On My Mind (Single)
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Mack The Knife (Single)
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Nice 'N Easy (Single)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kendrick Lamar, SZA | luther |
| 2025 | Kendrick Lamar | Not Like Us |
| 2024 | Miley Cyrus | Flowers |
| 2023 | Lizzo | About Damn Time |
| 2022 | Silk Sonic | Leave The Door Open |
| 2021 | Billie Eilish | Everything I Wanted |
| 2020 | Billie Eilish | Bad Guy |
| 2019 | Childish Gambino | This Is America |
| 2018 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic |
| 2017 | Adele | Hello |
| 2016 | Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars | Uptown Funk |
| 2015 | Sam Smith | Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) |
| 2014 | Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers | Get Lucky |
| 2013 | Gotye, Kimbra | Somebody That I Used To Know |
| 2012 | Adele | Rolling In The Deep |
| 2011 | Lady Antebellum | Need You Now |
| 2010 | Kings Of Leon | Use Somebody |
| 2009 | Robert Plant, Alison Krauss | Please Read The Letter |
| 2008 | Amy Winehouse | Rehab |
| 2007 | Dixie Chicks | Not Ready To Make Nice |
| 2006 | Green Day | Boulevard Of Broken Dreams |
| 2005 | Ray Charles, Norah Jones | Here We Go Again |
| 2004 | Coldplay | Clocks |
| 2003 | Norah Jones | Don't Know Why |
| 2002 | U2 | Walk On |
| 2001 | U2 | Beautiful Day |
| 2000 | Santana, Rob Thomas | Smooth |
| 1999 | Celine Dion | My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic) |
| 1998 | Shawn Colvin | Sunny Came Home |
| 1997 | Eric Clapton | Change The World |
| 1996 | Seal | Kiss From A Rose |
| 1995 | Sheryl Crow | All I Wanna Do |
| 1994 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You |
| 1993 | Eric Clapton | Tears In Heaven |
| 1992 | Natalie Cole | Unforgettable |
| 1991 | Phil Collins | Another Day In Paradise |
| 1990 | Bette Midler | Wind Beneath My Wings |
| 1989 | Bobby McFerrin | Don't Worry Be Happy |
| 1988 | Paul Simon | Graceland |
| 1987 | Steve Winwood | Higher Love |
| 1986 | Quincy Jones | We Are The World |
| 1985 | Tina Turner | What's Love Got To Do With It |
| 1984 | Michael Jackson | Beat It |
| 1983 | Toto | Rosanna |
| 1982 | Kim Carnes | Bette Davis Eyes |
| 1981 | Christopher Cross | Sailing |
| 1980 | Doobie Brothers | What A Fool Believes |
| 1979 | Billy Joel | Just The Way You Are |
| 1978 | Eagles | Hotel California |
| 1977 | George Benson | This Masquerade |
| 1976 | Captain & Tennille | Love Will Keep Us Together |
| 1975 | Olivia Newton-John | I Honestly Love You |
| 1974 | Roberta Flack | Killing Me Softly With His Song |
| 1973 | Roberta Flack | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face |
| 1972 | Carole King | It's Too Late |
| 1971 | Simon And Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| 1970 | 5th Dimension | Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) |
| 1969 | Simon And Garfunkel | Mrs. Robinson |
| 1968 | 5th Dimension | Up, Up And Away |
| 1967 | Frank Sinatra | Strangers In The Night |
| 1966 | Herb Alpert | A Taste Of Honey |
| 1965 | Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto | The Girl From Ipanema |
| 1964 | Henry Mancini | Days Of Wine And Roses |
| 1963 | Tony Bennett | I Left My Heart In San Francisco |
| 1962 | Henry Mancini | Moon River |
| 1961 | Percy Faith | The Theme From A Summer Place |
| 1960 | Bobby Darin | Mack The Knife |
| 1959 | Domenico Modugno | Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) |