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TheGrammy Award for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Albumis presented to recording artists for quality albums in thenew-age musicgenre at theGrammy Awards,a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1]Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by theNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciencesof the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

Grammy Award for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
Awarded forQuality albums in thenew-age musicgenre
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Formerly calledGrammy Award for Best New Age Album (1992–2022); others
First awarded1987
Currently held byCarla Patullo,So She Howls(2024)
Websitegrammy

Originally called theGrammy Award for Best New Age Recording,the honor was first presented to Swiss musicianAndreas Vollenweiderat the29th Grammy Awardsin 1987 for his albumDown to the Moon.Twocompilation albumsfeaturingWindham Hill Recordsartists were nominated that same year.[3]Therecord labelwas founded byWilliam Ackerman,[4]later an award nominee and2005winner for the albumReturning.From 1988 to 1991 the category was known asBest New Age Performance.from 1992 to 2023, the award was presented asBest New Age Album.Beginning in 2001, award recipients included theproducers,engineers,and/ormixersassociated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists.[5]From 2023, the category has been known asBest New Age, Ambient or Chant Album.[6]

While "new-age" music can be difficult to define, journalistSteven Readescribed the genre as "music that is acoustic, electronic, jazzy, folky and incorporates classical and pop elements, Eastern and Latin influences, exotic instrumentation and environmental sound effects."[7]According to the category description guide for the52nd Grammy Awards,the award is presented for instrumental or vocal new-age albums "containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material", with seasonal recordings not being eligible.[8]The addition of the award category reflected a "coming of age" of the music genre, though some musicians classified as new age dislike the term "new age" and some of its negative connotations.[7]

Multiple wins

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As of 2015,Paul Winterholds the record for the most wins in this category, having won six times (four times as the leader of the groupPaul Winter Consort). Winter is the only musician to win the award consecutively; he received an award in1994forSpanish Angelas a member of his ensemble and another in1995forPrayer for the Wild Thingsas a solo artist. Irish musicianEnyahas received four awards.Kitarōholds the record for the most nominations, with sixteen (with only one win, in 2001). All five volumes of Kitarō'sSacred Journey of Ku-Kaiseries were nominated for Best New Age Album.

PianistPeter Katerheld the record for most nominations without a win, with 12, until he finally won his first Grammy (forDancing on Water) in2018.He also holds the record from the most consecutive nominations, with 11, having been nominated every year between 2007 and 2018.

Native American flutistR. Carlos Nakaiis the only artist to be nominated for more than one work within the same year—for the42nd Grammy Awardshe was nominated alongsidePaul HornforInside Monument Valleyand for his own albumInner Voices.

Recipients

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1987award winnerAndreas Vollenweider
1988award recipientYusef Lateefin 2007
Members of the four-time award-winning bandPaul Winter Consortperforming in 2005
Paul Winterof the Paul Winter Consort, a two-time award winner as a solo artist, performing at theClearwater Festivalin 2007
Members of the1999award-winning bandClannadat the2007 Meteor Awards
2001award winner and frequent nomineeKitarō
2004award recipientPat Methenyperforming in 2008
2009award recipientJack DeJohnetteperforming in 2006
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1987 Andreas Vollenweider Down to the Moon [3]
[7]
1988 Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony
[9]
1989 Shadowfax Folksongs for a Nuclear Village [10]
[11]
[12]
[13]
1990 Peter Gabriel Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ [14]
1991 Mark Isham Mark Isham [15]
1992 Chip Davis Fresh Aire 7 [16]
1993 Enya Shepherd Moons [17]
1994 Paul Winter Consort Spanish Angel
1995 Paul Winter Prayer for the Wild Things [18]
1996 George Winston Forest [19]
1997 Enya The Memory of Trees
[20]
1998 Michael Hedges Oracle [21]
1999 Clannad Landmarks
[22]
2000 Paul Winter Celtic Solstice [23]
2001 Kitarō Thinking of You
[24]
[25]
2002 Enya A Day Without Rain
[26]
2003 Tingstad and Rumbel Acoustic Garden
[27]
2004 Pat Metheny One Quiet Night [28]
2005 William Ackerman Returning [29]
[30]
2006 Paul Winter Consort Silver Solstice
[31]
2007 Enya Amarantine
[32]
2008 Paul Winter Consort Crestone
[33]
2009 Jack DeJohnette Peace Time
[34]
2010 David Darling Prayer for Compassion [35]
2011 Paul Winter Consort Miho: Journey to the Mountain
[36]
2012 Pat Metheny What's It All About
2013 Omar Akram Echoes of Love
[37]
2014 Laura Sullivan Love's River
[38]
2015 Ricky KejandWouter Kellerman Winds of Samsara
[39]
2016 Paul Avgerinos Grace
2017 White Sun White Sun II [40]
2018 Peter Kater Dancing on Water
[41]
2019 Opium Moon Opium Moon
[42]
2020 Peter Kater Wings [43]
2021 Jim "Kimo" West More Guitar Stories
[44]
2022 Stewart Copeland&Ricky Kej Divine Tides
[45]
2023 White Sun Mystic Mirror
[46]
2024 Carla Patulloft. Tonality & The Scorchio Quartet So She Howls
2025 Winner TBA on 2 February 2025 [47]

^[I]Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

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References

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