Most Grammy awards won for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Most Grammy awards won for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Who
Tony Bennett
What
14 total number
Where
United States (Las Vegas)
When

Tony Bennett (USA, b. Anthony Benedetto, 3 August 1926) has dominated the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category at the Grammy Awards since it was inaugurated in 1992. The veteran entertainer collected his 14th trophy in 2022 for Love for Sale – his second album of jazz standards with Lady Gaga. Following the revelation that Bennett had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, Love for Sale was billed as his 61st and final studio album.


Bennett’s 14 Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammys: Perfectly Frank (1993), Steppin’ Out (1994), MTV Unplugged (1995), Here’s to the Ladies (1997), Tony Bennett on Holiday (1998), Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool (2000), Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (2003), A Wonderful World (with k.d. lang, 2004), The Art of Romance (2006), Duets: An American Classic (2007), Duets II (2012), Cheek to Cheek (with Lady Gaga, 2015), The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern (with Bill Charlap, 2016) and Love for Sale (with Lady Gaga, 2022).

In 2018, Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the Grammys, but the award went only to the producer (Dae Bennett, Tony’s son) rather than the performing artists.

Bennett has also been nominated in this category for A Swingin’ Christmas (with The Count Basie Big Band, 2010), Viva Duets (2014) and Love Is Here to Stay (with Diana Krall, 2019).

At the age of 95 years 243 days on 3 April 2022, Bennett became the second-oldest winner in the history of the Grammy Awards. Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins (USA, b. 7 July 1913, d. 21 March 2011) was 97 years 221 days old when he won Best Traditional Blues Album with Willie “Big Eyes” Smith for Joined at the Hip at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on 13 February 2011. Relegated to third place is George Burns (USA, b. Nathan Birnbaum, 20 January 1896, d. 9 March 1996), who was 95 years 31 days old when he won Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording for Gracie – A Love Story at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards on 20 February 1991.