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.

63rd Annual Grammy Awards • 2021

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2019 and Aug 30, 2020

Snarky Puppy won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album with "Live At The Royal Albert Hall"

Winners & Nominees 2021

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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
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