Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
2021 • 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2019 and Aug 30, 2020
2021 Winner is Snarky Puppy with "Live At The Royal Albert Hall"
Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Nominees 2021
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Chronology Of A Dream: Live At The Village Vanguard
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Take The Stairs
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Americana
Winners
| Year | Winner | Nomination | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ARKAI | Brightside | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Taylor Eigsti | Plot Armor | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Rakesh Chaurasia | As We Speak | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Snarky Puppy | Empire Central | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Taylor Eigsti | Tree Falls | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Snarky Puppy | Live At The Royal Albert Hall | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Rodrigo y Gabriela | Mettavolution | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Steve Gadd, Steve Gadd Band | Steve Gadd Band | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Jeff Lorber Fusion, Jeff Lorber | Prototype | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Snarky Puppy | Culcha Vulcha | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest | Sylva | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer | Bass & Mandolin | All Nominees |
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