Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals

The Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals is an arranger's award, recognizing excellence in arrangements that feature instrumental and vocal performance in any combination.

23rd Annual Grammy Awards • 1981

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1979 and Aug 30, 1980

Christopher Cross won the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals with "Sailing"

Winners & Nominees 1981

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Year Winner Work
2026 Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith, Amanda Taylor Big Fish All Nominees
2025 Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Amanda Taylor Alma All Nominees
2024 Erin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Amanda Taylor In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning All Nominees
2023 Vincent Mendoza Songbird (Orchestral Version) All Nominees
2022 Vincent Mendoza To The Edge Of Longing (Edit Version) All Nominees
2021 Jacob Collier He Won't Hold You All Nominees
2020 Jacob Collier All Night Long All Nominees
2019 Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman, Justin Wilson Spiderman Theme All Nominees
2018 Randy Newman Putin All Nominees
2017 Jacob Collier Flintstones All Nominees
2016 Maria Schneider Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) All Nominees
2015 Billy Childs New York Tendaberry All Nominees
2014 Gil Goldstein Swing Low All Nominees
2013 Thara Memory, Esperanza Spalding City Of Roses All Nominees
2012 Jorge Calandrelli Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) All Nominees
2011 Christopher Tin Baba Yetu All Nominees
2010 Claus Ogerman Quiet Nights All Nominees
2009 Nan Schwartz Here's That Rainy Day All Nominees
2008 John Clayton I'm Gonna Live Till I Die All Nominees
2007 Jorge Calandrelli For Once In My Life All Nominees
2006 Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein, Heitor Pereira What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? All Nominees
2005 Victor Vanacore Over The Rainbow All Nominees
2004 Vincent Mendoza Woodstock All Nominees
2003 Dave Grusin Mean Old Man All Nominees
2002 Paul Buckmaster Drops Of Jupiter All Nominees
2001 Vincent Mendoza Both Sides Now All Nominees
2000 Alan Broadbent Lonely Town All Nominees
1999 Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, Stevie Wonder St. Louis Blues All Nominees
1998 Slide Hampton Cotton Tail All Nominees
1997 Alan Broadbent, David Foster When I Fall In Love All Nominees
1996 Rob McConnell I Get A Kick Out Of You All Nominees
1995 Lebo Morake, Hans Zimmer Circle Of Life All Nominees
1994 David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock When I Fall In Love All Nominees
1993 Johnny Mandel Here's To Life All Nominees
1992 Johnny Mandel Unforgettable All Nominees
1991 Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Clif Magness The Places You Find Love All Nominees
1990 Dave Grusin My Funny Valentine All Nominees
1989 Jonathan Tunick No One Is Alone All Nominees
1988 Frank Foster Deedles' Blues All Nominees
1987 David Foster Somewhere All Nominees
1986 Nelson Riddle Lush Life All Nominees
1985 David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock Hard Habit To Break All Nominees
1984 Nelson Riddle What's New All Nominees
1983 Jerry Hey, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro Rosanna All Nominees
1982 Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones Ai No Corrida All Nominees
1981 Christopher Cross, Michael Omartian Sailing All Nominees
1980 Michael McDonald What A Fool Believes All Nominees
1979 Maurice White Got To Get You Into My Life All Nominees
1978 Ian Freebairn-Smith Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen) All Nominees
1977 James Guercio, Jimmie Haskell If You Leave Me Now All Nominees
1976 Ray Stevens Misty All Nominees
1975 Joni Mitchell, Tom Scott Down To You All Nominees
1974 George Martin Live And Let Die All Nominees
1973 Michel Legrand What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? All Nominees
1972 Paul McCartney Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey All Nominees
1971 Ernie Freeman, Art Garfunkel, Jimmie Haskell, Larry Knechtel, Paul Simon Bridge Over Troubled Water All Nominees
1970 Fred Lipsius Spinning Wheel All Nominees
1969 Jimmy L. Webb Mac Arthur Park All Nominees
1968 Jimmie Haskell Ode To Billie Joe All Nominees
1967 Ernie Freeman Strangers In The Night All Nominees
1966 Gordon Jenkins It Was A Very Good Year All Nominees
1965 Peter Matz People All Nominees
1964 Henry Mancini Days Of Wine And Roses All Nominees
1963 Marty Manning I Left My Heart In San Francisco All Nominees
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