Best New Age, Ambient, Or Chant Album

The Grammy Award for Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album recognizes excellence in albums serving common artistic intentions and functional uses, which may include creating atmospheric musical journeys, soundscapes for relaxation and meditation, fostering wellness or spiritual awakening, or making devotional offerings.

54th Annual Grammy Awards • 2012

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2010 and Aug 30, 2011

Pat Metheny won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best New Age, Ambient, Or Chant Album with "What's It All About"

Winners & Nominees 2012

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Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Carla Patullo, The Scorchio Quartet, Tonality Nomadica All Nominees
2025 Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto, Chandrika Tandon Triveni All Nominees
2024 Carla Patullo, Tonality, The Scorchio Quartet So She Howls All Nominees
2023 White Sun Mystic Mirror All Nominees
2022 Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej Divine Tides All Nominees
2021 Jim Kimo West More Guitar Stories All Nominees
2020 Peter Kater Wings All Nominees
2019 Opium Moon Opium Moon All Nominees
2018 Peter Kater Dancing On Water All Nominees
2017 White Sun White Sun II All Nominees
2016 Paul Avgerinos Grace All Nominees
2015 Ricky Kej, Wouter Kellerman Winds Of Samsara All Nominees
2014 Laura Sullivan Love's River All Nominees
2013 Omar Akram Echoes Of Love All Nominees
2012 Pat Metheny What's It All About All Nominees
2011 Paul Winter Miho: Journey To The Mountain All Nominees
2010 David Darling Prayer For Compassion All Nominees
2009 Jack DeJohnette Peace Time All Nominees
2008 Paul Winter Crestone All Nominees
2007 Enya Amarantine All Nominees
2006 Paul Winter Silver Solstice All Nominees
2005 Will Ackerman Returning All Nominees
2004 Pat Metheny One Quiet Night All Nominees
2003 Eric Tingstad, Nancy Rumbel Acoustic Garden All Nominees
2002 Enya A Day Without Rain All Nominees
2001 Kitaro Thinking Of You All Nominees
2000 Paul Winter Celtic Solstice All Nominees
1999 Clannad Landmarks All Nominees
1998 Michael Hedges Oracle All Nominees
1997 Enya The Memory Of Trees All Nominees
1996 George Winston Forest All Nominees
1995 Paul Winter Prayer For The Wild Things All Nominees
1994 Paul Winter Spanish Angel All Nominees
1993 Enya Shepherd Moons All Nominees
1992 Chip Davis Fresh Aire 7 All Nominees
1991 Mark Isham Mark Isham All Nominees
1990 Peter Gabriel Passion - Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ All Nominees
1989 Shadowfax Folksongs For A Nuclear Village All Nominees
1988 Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony All Nominees
1987 Andreas Vollenweider Down To The Moon All Nominees
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