Beyoncé’s historic win for album of the year at the 67th annual Grammy Awards, plus trophies for best country album and best country duo/group performance brought her total Grammy wins to 35. That is four more than any other artist in history.
But while she leads the pack, 20 other artists have racked up at least 20 of the shiny gold gramophones in the history of the awards. Though at 43-years-old, Beyoncé is the youngest in that group. And she’s been a member since 2017, when she was 35 and won her 20th Grammy.
Billboard broke down the list.
Only One Other Artist Has 30 or More Grammys
The late Hungarian conductor Georg Solti held the title for the most Grammys until two years ago, when Beyoncé took home four Grammys, upping her total to 32. That’s one more than Solti, who won his 31st Grammy posthumously in 1998 for best opera recording.
Beyoncé’s Husband Jay-Z Among Artists With At Least 20 Grammys
While 20 artists have won 20 Grammys or more, nine artists have at least 25 Grammys to their credit each. That includes Beyoncé’s husband, Jay-Z, whose latest Grammy win was this year for album of the year as a songwriter on his wife’s Cowboy Carter album. With 89 nominations, he held the record for most nominations until his wife’s 11 nods this year surpassed him. Beyoncé has been nominated 99 times. But 55-year-old Jay-Z is the rap artist with the most Grammys.
GettyOther artists with 20 or more Grammys include:
GettyKirk Franklin: 20 Grammys. The gospel singer and record producer has won more Grammys than any other gospel artist.
Henry Mancini: 20 Grammys. The late composer was the first to win five Grammys in one night in 1962 for “Moon River.”
Pat Metheny: 20 Grammys. In 1999, the jazz artist won awards in two genres, best contemporary jazz performance and best rock instrumental performance for songs from the same album.
Al Schmitt: 20 Grammys. The sound engineer is one of only two people to win Grammys in six consecutive decades. Quincy Jones is the other.
GettyBruce Springsteen: 20 Grammys. The Boss has won more Grammys than any other rock solo artist.
Serban Ghenea: 21 Grammys. The sound engineer/mixer has won Grammys for work on albums for Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars. He’s won more Grammys than any other sound engineer in history.
GettyKendrick Lamar: 22 Grammys. The rapper won 5 trophies this year, adding his name to the 20+ club roster.
GettyVince Gill: 22 Grammys. 67-year-old Gill has won more Grammys than any other male country artist.
GettyU2: 22 Grammys. The band has won more Grammys than any other group or duo in history.
GettyKanye West (Ye): 24 Grammys. West has more Grammys than any other rapper apart from Jay-Z.
Artists with 25 Grammy Wins or More
David Frost: 25 Grammys. The music producer is tied for the record for most wins for producer of the year, classical. Frost has won that seven times, as have Steven Epstein, Robert Woods and Judith Sherman. Frost’s father, Thomas Frost, won in that same category in 1987.
Vladimir Horowitz: 25 Grammys. The late Russian pianist was nominated at the inaugural Grammy Awards in 1959 for his album “Horowitz Plays Chopin.”
GettyStevie Wonder: 25 Grammys. The 74-year-old is the only artist in Grammy history to win album of the year with three consecutive studio releases. He was just 45-years-old when he received a lifetime achievement award in 1996.
Pierre Boulez: 26 Grammys. The late French composer won Grammys from 1968 to the year before his death at age 90 in 2016.
GettyJohn Williams: 26 Grammys. The 92-year-old composer has won Grammys for his scores for “Star Wars,” “ET: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Schindler’s List,” among others.
GettyAlison Kraus: 27 Grammys. The singer won five Grammys in one night in 2010 for her collaboration with Robert Plant on “Raising Sand.”
Chick Corea: 28 Grammys. The late jazz pianist and composer won five of his Grammys posthumously.
GettyQuincy Jones: 28 Grammys. The late producer and composer won Grammys in six consecutive decades and was nominated 80 times.
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Beyoncé’s Grammy Record is Unmatched, but Who Else Comes Close?