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About New Age

Music Facts: New Age

  • The Recording Academy defines New Age music as "generally ambient, exploratory and journey-like in nature, welcoming dissonance and consonance alike." 

  • Major record labels jumped on the New Age music trend in the '80s. 

  • Mainstream audiences are probably most familiar with New Age artists Enya and Yanni. Jon Batiste and India.Arie have also released New Age GRAMMY-nominated work. 

Grammy Awards for New Age

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Nomadica. Carla Patullo, The Scorchio Quartet, Tonality

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Triveni. Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto, Chandrika Tandon

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    So She Howls. Carla Patullo, Tonality, The Scorchio Quartet

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Mystic Mirror. White Sun

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Divine Tides. Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    More Guitar Stories. Jim Kimo West

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Wings. Peter Kater

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Opium Moon. Opium Moon

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Dancing On Water. Peter Kater

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    White Sun II. White Sun

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Grace. Paul Avgerinos

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Winds Of Samsara. Ricky Kej, Wouter Kellerman

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Love's River. Laura Sullivan

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Echoes Of Love. Omar Akram

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    What's It All About. Pat Metheny

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Miho: Journey To The Mountain. Paul Winter

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Prayer For Compassion. David Darling

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Peace Time. Jack DeJohnette

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Crestone. Paul Winter

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Amarantine. Enya

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Silver Solstice. Paul Winter

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Returning. Will Ackerman

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    One Quiet Night. Pat Metheny

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Acoustic Garden. Eric Tingstad, Nancy Rumbel

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    A Day Without Rain. Enya

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Thinking Of You. Kitaro

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Celtic Solstice. Paul Winter

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Landmarks. Clannad

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Oracle. Michael Hedges

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    The Memory Of Trees. Enya

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Forest. George Winston

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Prayer For The Wild Things. Paul Winter

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Spanish Angel. Paul Winter

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Shepherd Moons. Enya

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Fresh Aire 7. Chip Davis

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Mark Isham. Mark Isham

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Passion - Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ. Peter Gabriel

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Folksongs For A Nuclear Village. Shadowfax

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony. Yusef Lateef

  • Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

    Down To The Moon. Andreas Vollenweider

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