Artist

Béla Fleck

Wins

Nominations

Biography

"I always try to work with people who are better than me, so I can learn more."

Born Béla Anton Leoš Fleck on July 10, 1958, in New York City
Early in his career, banjoist Béla Fleck toured with the American progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival. In 1988 Fleck began recording and touring with Béla Fleck And The Flecktones, a project featuring Victor Wooten, keyboardist/harmonica player Howard Levy and Roy "Future Man" Wooten.
Fleck won his first career GRAMMY for Best Country Instrumental Performance for 1995 for "Hightower," sharing honors with Alison Brown, Asleep At The Wheel and Edgar Meyer.
Did you know? An onstage collaboration between Béla Fleck And The Flecktones and Dave Matthews Band resulted in a 32-minute live version of the Dave Matthews Band hit "#41."
In 2016 Fleck and tour mate Chick Corea invited college students to a show in New Orleans as part of the GRAMMY U SoundChecks program.
In 2007 Fleck performed at charity concerts in Germany to help raise awareness of AIDS.

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Béla Fleck

2026 • 68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

BEATrio. Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda, Antonio Sanchez

2025 • 67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Rhapsody In Blue. Béla Fleck
Best Jazz Performance

Juno. Chick Corea, Béla Fleck
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Rhapsody In Blue(Grass). Béla Fleck
Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Remembrance. Chick Corea, Béla Fleck

2024 • 66th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

As We Speak. Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Rakesh Chaurasia
Best Global Music Performance

Pashto. Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Chaurasia

2022 • 64th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Bluegrass Album

My Bluegrass Heart. Béla Fleck
Best American Roots Performance

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free. Blind Boys of Alabama, Béla Fleck

2021 • 63rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Historical Album

Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions. Béla Fleck, Richard Dodd

2016 • 58th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best American Roots Performance

And Am I Born To Die. Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn
Best Folk Album

Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn. Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn

2012 • 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Instrumental Composition

Life In Eleven. Béla Fleck, Howard Levy

2011 • 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Contemporary World Music Album

Throw Down Your Heart , Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks. Béla Fleck

2010 • 52nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Instrumental Performance

Throw Down Your Heart. Béla Fleck
Contemporary World Music Album

Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions. Béla Fleck
Classical Crossover

The Melody Of Rhythm. Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Leonard Slatkin

2009 • 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Jingle All The Way. Béla Fleck
Country Instrumental Performance

Sleigh Ride. Béla Fleck

2008 • 50th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Instrumental Composition

Spectacle. Béla Fleck

2007 • 49th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Contemporary Jazz Album

The Hidden Land. Béla Fleck
Pop Instrumental Performance

Subterfuge. Béla Fleck

2006 • 48th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Instrumental Performance

Who's Your Uncle?. Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck

2003 • 45th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Instrumental Performance

Bear Mountain Hop. Béla Fleck

2002 • 44th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Claude Debussy "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" From Children's Corner. Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer
Classical Crossover

Perpetual Motion - Scarlatti, Bach, Debussy, Chopin. Béla Fleck

2001 • 43rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Instrumental Performance

Leaving Cottondale. Alison Brown, Béla Fleck
Contemporary Jazz Album

Outbound. Béla Fleck
Pop Instrumental Performance

Zona Mona (Track). Béla Fleck

2000 • 42nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Bluegrass Album

The Bluegrass Sessions - Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Volume 2 (Album). Béla Fleck

1999 • 41st Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Instrumental Performance

Big Country (Track). Béla Fleck
Best Instrumental Composition

Almost 12. Béla Fleck, Roy Wooten, Victor Wooten
Country Instrumental Performance

The Ride (Track). Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck

1997 • 39th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Instrumental Performance

The Sinister Minister. Béla Fleck
Traditional World Music Album

Tabula Rasa (Album). Béla Fleck, V.M. Bhatt, Jie-Bing Chen

1996 • 38th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Instrumental Performance

Cheeseballs In Cowtown (Track). Béla Fleck
Country Instrumental Performance

Hightower. Asleep At The Wheel, Béla Fleck, Johnny Gimble

1995 • 37th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Spoken Word Album For Children

The Creation (Album). Amy Grant

1993 • 35th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Instrumental Composition

Magic Fingers (Track). Béla Fleck

1992 • 34th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Instrumental Composition

Blu-Bop (Track). Béla Fleck, Howard Levy, Roy Wooten, Victor Wooten
Contemporary Jazz Album

Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo (Album). Béla Fleck