The Record of the Year has been one among the most sought after trophies at the Grammy Awards, since its introduction in 1959. The organizers of the awards have changed its recipients over the course of time. From 1959 to 1965 only the artists received the award. In 1966, the award was presented to both the artist and the producer; in 1999 the award was revised again to include the engineer and/or mixer along with the writer and producer. The record refers to a single song that was recorded by the artist and the producer, recording engineer and/or mixer for that song is also awarded. The only two artists to win Record of the year in two consecutive years were Roberta Flack and U2 in 1972-73 and 2001-02 respectively. Henry Mancini, Art Garfunkel, The Fifth Dimension, Eric Clapton, Norah Jones are the other artists that have won two awards in this category. Paul Simon took home this award thrice giving him the most number of wins in this category.
Frank Sinatra is the most nominated artist in this category; he was nominated a whooping seven times for Record of the Year but won the award just once. Twenty four of the winners of Record of the Year have also won Song of the Year.
Winners: Grammys Record of the Year
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Year
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Winner/s
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2010
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Use Somebody by Kings of Leon; engineered/mixed by Jacquire King; produced by Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia
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2009
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Please Read the Letter by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant; engineered/mixed by Mike Piersante; produced by T-Bone Burnett
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2008
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Rehab by Amy Winehouse; engineered/mixed by Tom Elmhirst, Vaughan Merrick, Dom Morley, Mark Ronson & Gabriel Roth; produced by Mark Ronson
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2007
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Not Ready to Make Nice by Dixie Chicks; engineered/mixed by Chris Testa, Jim Scott & Richard Dodd; produced by Rick Rubin
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2006
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Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day; engineered/mixed by Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, produced by Green Day & Rob Cavallo
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2005
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Here We Go Again by Ray Charles and Norah Jones; engineered/mixed by Al Schmitt, Mark Fleming, & Terry Howard; produced by John R. Burk
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2004
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Clocks by Coldplay; engineered/mixed by Coldplay, Ken Nelson & Mark Phythian; produced by Coldplay & Ken Nelson
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2003
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Don't Know Why by Norah Jones; engineered/mixed by Jay Newland; produced by Arif Mardin, Jay Newland & Norah Jones
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2002
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Walk On by U2, engineered/mixed by Richard Rainey & Steve Lillywhite; produced by Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois
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2001
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Beautiful Day by U2, engineered/mixed by Richard Rainey & Steve Lillywhite; produced by Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois
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2000
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Smooth by Santana featuring Rob Thomas, engineered/mixed by David Thoener, produced by Matt Serletic
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1999
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My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion; Engineered/mixed by David Gleeson, Humberto Gatica & Simon Franglen; produced by James Horner, Simon Franglen & Walter Afanasieff
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1998
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Sunny Came Home by Shawn Colvin, produced by John Leventhal
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1997
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Change the World by Eric Clapton, produced by Babyface
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1996
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Kiss from a Rose by Seal, produced by Trevor Horn
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1995
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All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow, produced by Bill Bottrell
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1994
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I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston, produced by David Foster
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1993
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Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton, produced by Russ Titelman
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1992
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Unforgettable by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole, produced by David Foster
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1991
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Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins, produced by Hugh Padgham & Phil Collins
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1990
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Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler, produced by Arif Mardin
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1989
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Don't Worry, Be Happy performed by Bobby McFerrin, produced by Linda Goldstein
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1988
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Graceland performed by Paul Simon, produced by Paul Simon
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1987
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Higher Love performed by Steve Winwood, produced by Russ Titelman & Steve Winwood
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1986
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We Are the World performed by USA for Africa, produced by Quincy Jones
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1985
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What's Love Got to Do with It performed by Tina Turner, produced by Terry Britten
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1984
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Beat It performed by Michael Jackson, produced by Michael Jackson & Quincy Jones
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1983
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Rosanna performed by Toto, produced by Toto
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1982
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Bette Davis Eyes performed by Kim Carnes, produced by Val Garay
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1981
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Sailing performed by Christopher Cross, produced by Michael Omartian
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1980
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What a Fool Believes performed by The Doobie Brothers, produced by Ted Templeman
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1979
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Just the Way You Are performed by Billy Joel, produced by Phil Ramone
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1978
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Hotel California performed by The Eagles, produced by Bill Szymczyk
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1977
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This Masquerade performed by George Benson, produced by Tommy LiPuma
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1976
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Love Will Keep Us Together performed by Captain & Tennille, produced by Daryl Dragon
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1975
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I Honestly Love You performed by Olivia Newton-John, produced by John Farrar
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1974
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Killing Me Softly with His Song performed by Roberta Flack, produced by Joel Dorn
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1973
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face performed by Roberta Flack, produced by Joel Dorn
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1972
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It's Too Late performed by Carole King, produced by Lou Adler
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1971
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Bridge over Troubled Water performed by Simon & Garfunkel; produced by Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon & Roy Halee
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1970
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Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In performed by The 5th Dimension, produced by Bones Howe
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1969
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Mrs. Robinson performed by Simon & Garfunkel; produced by Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon & Roy Halee
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1968
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Up, Up and Away performed by The 5th Dimension, produced by Johnny Rivers & Marc Gordon
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1967
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Strangers in the Night performed by Frank Sinatra, produced by Jimmy Bowen
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1966
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A Taste of Honey performed by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, produced by Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss
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1965
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The Girl from Ipanema performed by Stan Getz & João Gilberto
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1964
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Days of Wine and Roses performed by Henry Mancini
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1963
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I Left My Heart in San Francisco performed by Tony Bennett
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1962
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Moon River performed by Henry Mancini
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1961
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Theme from A Summer Place performed by Percy Faith
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1960
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Mack the Knife performed by Bobby Darin
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1959
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Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) performed by Domenico Modugno
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