Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1961 | Best Jazz Performance Large Group | The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones | Nominated | [9] |
Best Arrangement | "Let the Good Times Roll" (Ray Charles vocal) | Nominated | [10] |
1962 | Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing | I Dig Dancers | Nominated | [11] |
1963 | Best Original Jazz Composition | "Quintessence" | Nominated | [12] |
Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing | Big Band Bossa Nova | Nominated |
1964 | Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group | Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits | Nominated | [13] |
Best Instrumental Arrangement | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Won |
1965 | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini | Nominated | [14] |
Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Golden Boy (String Version)" | Nominated |
Best Instrumental Performance - Non-Jazz | "Golden Boy (String Version)" | Nominated |
Best Original Jazz Composition | "The Witching Hour" | Nominated |
1968 | Best Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show | In the Heat of the Night | Nominated | [15] |
1970 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Walking in Space" | Nominated | [16] |
Best Large Jazz Ensemble | Walking in Space | Won |
Best Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | The Lost Man | Nominated |
Best Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | MacKenna's Gold | Nominated |
Best Instrumental Theme | "MacKenna's Gold Overture" | Nominated |
1971 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Gula Matari" | Nominated | [17] |
Best Instrumental Composition | "Gula Matari" | Nominated |
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | Gula Matari | Nominated |
1972 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Smackwater Jack | Won | [18] |
1973 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Dollar$ | Nominated | [19] |
Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring | "Money Runner" | Nominated |
1974 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Summer in the City" | Won | [20] |
Best Pop Instrumental Performance | You've Got It Bad Girl | Nominated |
1975 | Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus | Body Heat | Nominated | [21] |
1976 | Best Instrumental Composition | "Midnight Soul Patrol" | Nominated | [22] |
1978 | Best Inspirational Performance | "O Lord, Come By Here" | Nominated | [23] |
Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Roots Mural Theme" | Nominated |
Best Instrumental Composition | "Roots Mural Theme" | Nominated |
1979 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "The Wiz Main Title (Overture, Part I)" | Won | [24] |
1980 | Producer of the Year | Nominated | [25] |
1981 | Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | Nominated | [26] |
Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Dinorah, Dinorah" | Won |
1982 | Album of the Year | The Dude | Nominated | [27] |
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | The Dude | Won |
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) | "Ai No Corrida" | Won |
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording | "Velas" | Won |
Best Pop Instrumental Performance | "Velas" | Nominated |
Producer of the Year | Won |
Best Cast Show Album | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music | Won |
1983 | Producer of the Year | Nominated | [28] |
1984 | Album of the Year | Thriller | Won | [29] |
Record of the Year | "Beat It" | Won |
Best Rhythm & Blues Song | "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" | Nominated |
Best Recording for Children | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Won |
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | Won |
1985 | Best Arrangements on an Instrumental | "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" | Won | [30] |
Best Rhythm & Blues Song | "Yah Mo B There" | Nominated |
1986 | Album of the Year | We Are the World | Nominated | [31] |
Record of the Year | "We Are the World" | Won |
Best Pop Duo or Group Performance | "We Are the World" | Won |
Best Music Video | "We Are the World - The Video Event" | Won |
1988 | Album of the Year | Bad | Nominated | [32] |
Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | Nominated |
1991 | Album of the Year | Back on the Block | Won | [33] |
Best Arrangement on an Instrumental | "Birdland" | Won |
Best Jazz Fusion Performance | "Birdland" | Won |
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) | "The Places You Find Love" | Won |
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group | "Back on the Block" | Won |
Best Pop Instrumental Performance | "Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song)" | Nominated |
Producer of the Year | Won |
1994 | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance | Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux | Won | [34] |
Best Music Video, Long Form | Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux | Nominated |
1997 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals | "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" | Nominated | [35] |
2002 | Best Spoken Word Album | Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones | Won | [36] |
2019 | Best Music Film | Quincy | Won | [37] |
Special Grammy Awards |
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1989 | Trustees Award | Won | [38] |
1991 | Legend Award | Won | [39] |
1996 | MusiCares Person of the Year | Won | [40] |
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