The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks’ major music awards held annually.
It’s considered one of the four major annual American entertainment awards, such as the Academy Awards for films, the Emmy Awards for television, and the Tony Awards for theater.
The awards presented by the Recording Academy are to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.
The Grammys’ big four categories are Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New A rtist.
These categories celebrate the best of the best in music, with winners representing a wide range of genres.
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Every year, music lovers and fanatics hope for their favorite to win an award in the night and one major category that most music lovers look out for is the Record of the Year.
This award honors a song that exceeds artistic achievement and quality, regardless of chart position or sales numbers.
The award also goes out for a song’s recording, the performing artist, producer, recording engineer, and/or mixer.
Record of the year differs from song of the year, which is for a track’s composition and is given to its writers.
The year-in-review category for record of the year has songs with potential wins for each one of them.
We therefore in this article take a look at every record of the year winner for the Grammy Award since its inception in 1959 and also take a look at the tracks nominated at this year’s 67th annual ceremony.
Record of the year 2025 Grammy nominees
Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
“Texas Hold ‘Em” – Beyoncé
“Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish
“Good luck, babe!” – Chappell Roan
“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone
“Now And Then” – The Beatles
“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter
“360” – Charli XCX
Full list of Record of the Year Grammy winners
Here are all the Record of the Year Grammy Award winners since 1959
66th Grammy Awards in 2024
“Flowers” – Miley Cyrus
65th Grammy Awards in 2023
“About Damn Time” – Lizzo
64th Grammy Awards in 2022
“Leave the Door Open” – Silk Sonic
63rd Grammy Awards in 2021
“Everything I Wanted” – Billie Eilish
62nd Grammy Awards in 2020
“Bad Guy” – Billie Eilish
61st Grammy Awards in 2019
“This is America” – Childish Gambino
60th Grammy Awards in 2018
“24K Magic“ – Bruno Mars
59th Grammy Awards in 2017
“Hello” – Adele
58th Grammy Awards in 2016
“Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
57th Grammy Awards in 2015
“Stay With Me” – Sam Smith
56th Grammy Awards in 2014
“Get Lucky” – Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
55th Grammy Awards in 2013
“Somebody I Used to Know” – Gotye featuring Kimbra
54th Grammy Awards in 2012
“Rolling in the Deep“ – Adele
53rd Grammy Awards in 2011
“Need You Now” – Lady A
52nd Grammy Awards in 2010
“Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon
51st Grammy Awards in 2009
“Please Read the Letter” – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
50th Grammy Awards in 2008
“Rehab” – Amy Winehouse
49th Grammy Awards in 2007
“Not Ready to Make Nice” – The Chicks
48th Grammy Awards in 2006
“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” – Green Day
47th Grammy Awards in 2005
“Here We Go Again” – Ray Charles and Norah Jones
46th Grammy Awards in 2004
“Clocks” – Coldplay
“Don’t Know Why“ – Norah Jones (45th Grammy Awards in 2003)
“Walk On” – U2 (44th Grammy Awards in 2002)
43rd Grammy Awards in 2001
“Beautiful Day” – U2
42nd Grammy Awards in 2000
“Smooth” – Santana featuring Rob Thomas
“My Heart Will Go On” – Celine Dion (41st Grammy Awards in 1999)
“Sunny Came Home” – Shawn Colvin (40th Grammy Awards in 1998)
“Change the World” – Eric Clapton (39th Grammy Awards in 1997)
“Kiss from a Rose” – Seal (38th Grammy Awards in 1996)
“All I Wanna Do” – Sheryl Crow (37th Grammy Awards in 1995)
“I Will Always Love You” – Whitney Houston (36th Grammy Awards in 1994)
“Tears in Heaven” – Eric Clapton (35th Grammy Awards in 1993)
“Unforgettable“—Natalie” Cole featuring Nat King Cole (34th Grammy Awards in 1992)
“Another Day in Paradise” – Phil Collins (33rd Grammy Awards in 1991)
“Wind Beneath My Wings” – Bette Midler (32nd Grammy Awards in 1990)
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” – Bobby McFerrin (31st Grammy Awards in 1989)
“Graceland” – Paul Simon (30th Grammy Awards in 1988)
“Higher Love” – Steve Winwood (29th Grammy Awards in 1987)
“We Are the World“—USA” for Africa (28th Grammy Awards in 1986)
“What’s Love Got to Do with It” – Tina Turner (27th Grammy Awards in 1985)
“Beat It” – Michael Jackson (26th Grammy Awards in 1984)
“Rosanna” – Toto (25th Grammy Awards in 1983)
“Bette Davis Eyes” – Kim Carnes (24th Grammy Awards in 1982)
“Sailing” – Christopher Cross (23rd Grammy Awards in 1981)
“What a Fool Believes” – The Doobie Brothers (22nd Grammy Awards in 1980)
“Just the Way You Are” – Billy Joel (21st Grammy Awards in 1979)
“Hotel California” – Eagles (20th Grammy Awards in 1978)
“This Masquerade” – George Benson (19th Grammy Awards in 1977)
“Love Will Keep Us Together” – Captain & Tennille (18th Grammy Awards in 1976)
17th Grammy Awards in 1975
“I Honestly Love You” – Olivia Newton-John
16th Grammy Awards in 1974
“Killing Me Softly with His Song” – Roberta Flack
15th Grammy Awards in 1973
“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack
14th Grammy Awards in 1972
“It’s Too Late” – Carole King
13th Grammy Awards in 1971
“Bridge over Troubled Water” – Simon & Garfunkel
12th Grammy Awards in 1970
“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” – The 5th Dimension
11th Grammy Awards in 1969
“Mrs. Robinson” – Simon & Garfunkel
10th Grammy Awards in 1968
“Up, Up, and Away” – The 5th Dimension
9th Grammy Awards in 1967
“Strangers in the Night” – Frank Sinatra
8th Grammy Awards in 1966
“A Taste of Honey” – Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
7th Grammy Awards in 1965
“The Girl from Ipanema” – Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto
6th Grammy Awards in 1964
“Days of Wine and Roses” – Henry Mancini
5th Grammy Awards in 1963
“I Left My Heart in San Francisco” – Tony Bennett
4th Grammy Awards in 1962
“Moon River” – Henry Mancini
3rd Grammy Awards in 1961
“Theme of ‘A Summer Place'” – Percy Faith
2nd Grammy Awards in 1959
“Mack the Knife” – Bobby Darin
1st Grammy Awards in 1959
“Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)” – Domenico Modugno
