The Grammy Awards started handing out awards for the Category Best Classical Crossover Album in 1999. The Turtle Island String Quartet has won the award twice since its inception, once in 2006 and again in 2008.
Winners: Grammys Best Classical Crossover Album
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Year
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Winner/s
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Album
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2009
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The King's Singers
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Simple Gifts
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2008
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Turtle Island String Quartet
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A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane
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2007
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Bryn Terfel, London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra
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Simple Gifts
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2006
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Turtle Island String Quartet & Ying Quartet
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4 + Four
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2005
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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
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LAGQ's Guitar Heroes
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2004
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Jorge Calandrelli (conductor) & Yo-Yo Ma
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Obrigado Brazil performed by various artists
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2003
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Sid McLauchlan (producer), Richard Lancaster, Ulrich Vette (engineers), André Previn (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra
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Previn Conducts Korngold (Sea Hawk; Captain Blood, etc.)
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2002
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Edgar Meyer (producer), Robert Battaglia (engineer), Béla Fleck (producer & artist), Joshua Bell, Evelyn Glennie, Gary Hoffman, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile & John Christopher Williams
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Perpetual Motion
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2001
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Steven Epstein (producer), Richard King (engineer), Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer & Mark O'Connor
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Appalachian Journey
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2000
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The Chestnut Brass Company & Peter Schickele - Schickele: Hornsmoke (Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major "Ole"; Brass Calendar; Hornsmoke
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A Horse Opera
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