Artist

Béla Fleck

Wins

Nominations

About Béla Fleck

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