Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
2025 • 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2023 and Aug 30, 2024
2025 Winner is Taylor Eigsti with "Plot Armor"
Plot Armor
Nominees 2025
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Rhapsody In Blue
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Orchestras (Live)
William Frisell, Alexander Hanson, Brussels Philharmonic, Rudy Royston, Thomas Morgan
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Mark
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Speak To Me
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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