Beyoncé Is in Good Company! See the Top 18 Artists with the Most Grammy Wins

Beyoncé: 32 Grammys

Beyoncé officially became queen of the Grammys at the 65th ceremony in 2023. She took home four awards throughout the night, but it was her win for best dance/electronic album that put her over the edge as the artist with the most Grammy wins of all time. From her start with her girl group Destiny's Child to her incredible solo career, the "Break My Soul" singer has garnered 32 golden gramophones (and 88 nominations).

As she graced the stage to accept her record-breaking award, Beyoncé expressed her gratitude with heart-warming emotion.

"​​Thank you so much. I'm trying not to be too emotional. I'm trying to just receive this night. I want to thank God for protecting me. Thank you, God," she began. "I'd like to thank my Uncle Johnny, who's not here. But he's here in spirit. I'd like to thank my parents — my father, my mother, for loving me and pushing me. I'd like to thank my beautiful husband, my beautiful three children who are at home watching."

The icon also shared her love for the queer community, whom she credited for the invention of the dance/electronic genre, saying in closing: "God bless you. Thank you so much to the Grammys. Thank you.”

Georg Soltí: 31 Grammys

With 31 awards, Soltí kept the Grammy win record for 25 years. The renowned orchestral leader won his last Grammy in 1998 — just months after he died in 1997 at age 84 — for his recording of Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg.

Outside of the standard categories, he received the Recording Academy’s first Trustees Award as well as a lifetime achievement award, though the two special accolades are not included in his total count.

Quincy Jones: 28 Grammys

Quincy Jones, a music industry titan of 70-plus years, boasts 28 career Grammy wins and 80 nominations. Before 2023, the prolific composer held the record for most wins by a living person. Jones took home his first Grammy in 1964 for best instrumental arrangement for "I Can't Stop Loving You."

His victories span genres and categories, winning album of the year and record of the year several times. The multitalented star nabbed best music film in 2019 for his Netflix biopic Quincy (2018).

Alison Krauss: 27 Grammys

Bluegrass singer and violinist Alison Krauss has claimed 27 awards across her solo albums and albums with the band Union Station, as well as 44 nominations. She won her first Grammy at age 19, taking home the best bluegrass recording accolade for her album I've Got That Old Feeling.

Chick Corea: 27 Grammys

The spot for fourth-most Grammys won is tied between Krauss and the late jazz legend Chick Corea. His compositions were regularly nominated, beginning with his first win for best jazz performance by a group in 1976 for the album No Mystery, which he produced with his band, Return to Forever. In 2022, Corea took home the best Latin jazz album Grammy for Mirror Mirror, which he shared with pianist Elaine Elias and fellow composer Chucho Valdés.

Pierre Boulez: 26 Grammys

Pierre Boulez earned 26 gramophones between his first career win in 1968 and his final victory in 2006 for best small ensemble performance. The French composer and conductor dominated the classical genre category up until his last nomination at the 53rd Grammys in 2011. He died at age 90 in 2016.

Vladimir Horowitz: 25 Grammys

Three people are tied for sixth-most Grammys. The first to reach 25 wins was Russian pianist Vladimir Horowitz. At the 35th ceremony in 1993, his album Horowitz Discovered Treasures reigned as the best instrumental soloist performance, four years after his death.

Stevie Wonder: 25 Grammys

In addition to being bestowed with the lifetime achievement award in 1996, Stevie Wonder has an admirable 25 Grammys to his name. The legendary pianist’s album of the year wins alone have made Grammy history: Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Taylor Swift and Paul Simon are the only artists so far ever to win album of the year three times.

Better yet, the "We Can Work It Out" singer is the only artist to win best album thrice for three consecutive releases. Wonder claimed the award in 1974 for Innervisions, in 1975 for Fulfillingness' First Finale and in 1977 for Songs in the Key of Life.

John Williams: 25 Grammys

John Williams has received extensive appreciation for his work creating soundtracks for some of the most acclaimed movies of this century and the last. He's received Grammys for iconic compositions — including (but hardly limited to) Jaws, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. — and has been nominated an impressive 76 times throughout his career.

JAY-Z: 24 Grammys

At 24 wins, JAY-Z isn't quite as Grammy-decorated as his record-holding wife, Beyoncé, but the couple are tied with 88 nominations each. The "99 Problems" rapper won his first award in 1999, coming in hot with a best rap album victory for Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life, and he has continued to dominate the hip-hop categories ever since.

Kanye West: 24 Grammys

With 24 trophies, Kanye West ties with JAY-Z, with whom he shares a number of those wins. In 2022, the rapper won two of the five awards for which he was nominated. In the days leading up to the ceremony, however, the Grammys prohibited West from performing during the show. PEOPLE confirmed that the decision was influenced by West's "concerning online behavior."

U2: 22 Grammys

U2 won the first two of their 22 Grammys in 1988, starting out strong with an album of the year win for their fifth release, The Joshua Tree, and best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal for the same album. They won in the coveted category again in 2006 for their 11th album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. Though U2 hasn’t won another Grammy since 2006, they managed to nab every award they were nominated for that year.

The Irish rock group — comprised of frontman Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. — has been nominated 46 times, receiving a best rock album nomination for their 13th album, Songs of Innocence, in 2015.

Vince Gill: 22 Grammys

Country star Vince Gill ranks among the top Grammy winners with 22 awards. The "When I Call Your Name" crooner holds the second-most gramophones in the genre, though he and the No. 1 country winner, Krauss, share one victory: Gill and Alison Krauss & Union Station took home best country collaboration with vocals in 1997 for their song "High Lonesome Sound."

David Frost: 22 Grammys

Music producer David Frost has won 21 Grammys, seven of which were for classical producer of the year. In 2023, Frost bested four other musicians tied at 20 awards and now has a two-award lead.

Bruce Springsteen: 20 Grammys

With 20 wins under his belt, Bruce Springsteen ranks among the top Grammy winners of all time. Notably, The Boss won in at least one category every year from 2003 to 2010. The eight-year streak featured music from five different Springsteen albums.

Henry Mancini: 20 Grammys

Henry Mancini won 20 Grammys for his work as a composer. The Recording Academy also honored him with a posthumous lifetime achievement award in March 1995, about nine months after he died at age 70.

Pat Metheny: 20 Grammys

Pat Metheny is not only a top Grammy winner — he's also the only person to ever win in 10 different categories. Since he was first awarded in 1983, the jazz musician has won awards for best instrumental jazz album, best new age album, best instrumental composition and best instrumental jazz solo, among several others.

Al Schmitt: 20 Grammys

Recording engineer and producer Al Schmitt was tied for the 15th-most career Grammy wins, but his legitimacy was further bolstered by the winners with whom he's collaborated. In 1962, Schmitt won best engineering contribution alongside Mancini, and in 1997, he and 28-time winner Jones shared the Grammy for best non-classical engineered album.

The 20-time Grammy winner, whose final win came in 2013 for best surround sound album for Paul McCartney’s Live Kisses, died aged 91 in April 2021.