Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album recognizes excellence in contemporary instrumental music. Eligible albums emphasize instrumental performance, arrangement, and melodic content, containing contemporary stylistic elements that set them apart from well-established instrumental styles.
58th Annual Grammy Awards • 2016
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2014 and Aug 30, 2015
Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest won the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album with "Sylva"
Winners & Nominees 2016
Winner
Nominees
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Sylva
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Guitar In The Space Age!
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Love Language
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Afrodeezia
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The Gospel According To Jazz, Chapter IV
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ARKAI | Brightside | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Taylor Eigsti | Plot Armor | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Rakesh Chaurasia | As We Speak | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Snarky Puppy | Empire Central | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Taylor Eigsti | Tree Falls | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Snarky Puppy | Live At The Royal Albert Hall | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Rodrigo y Gabriela | Mettavolution | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Steve Gadd | Steve Gadd Band | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Jeff Lorber | Prototype | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Snarky Puppy | Culcha Vulcha | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest | Sylva | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer | Bass & Mandolin | All Nominees |
