Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album

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Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album
Awarded forquality albums recorded and/or mixed in surround sound (classical and non-classical)
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2005
Currently held byMorten Lindberg, Lux (2020)
WebsiteGrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album (until 2018: Best Surround Sound Album) was first awarded in 2005, as the first category in a new "Surround Sound" field.

This field currently holds the Best Immersive Audio Album award as its sole category.

It is one of a few categories which are open to both classical and non-classical recordings, new or re-issued. To qualify for this category, the recording must be in surround quality (with a minimum of four channels). The recordings must be commercially available on either DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, Blu-ray, SACD, surround download or a streaming-only version. The award goes to the engineer, mastering engineer (if any) and producer. These used to be called Surround Engineer, Surround Mastering Engineer and Surround Sound Producer, respectively, but from 2020 the descriptions are Immersive Audio Engineer, Immersive Audio Mastering Engineer and Immersive Audio Producer, respectively. Performing artists do not receive the award, except if they are also the surround (mastering) engineer or the surround sound producer.

The category was renamed Best Immersive Audio Album for the 2019 Grammy season.[1] According to NARAS, "driven by the technological side of music evolution, the Best Surround Sound Album category [was] renamed Best Immersive Audio Album. The same goes for the Field to which it belongs. The change reflects evolving technology, new formats, and current industry trends, practices, and language."

On 24 November 2020 during the announcement of the nominations for the 63rd Grammy Awards, to be presented on 31 January 2021, the Recording Academy said there would be no winner or nominees in this category that year. "Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Best Immersive Audio Album Craft Committee was unable to meet. The judging of the entries in this category has been postponed until such time that we are able to meet in a way that is appropriate to judge the many formats and configurations of the entries and is safe for the committee members. The nominations for the 63rd Grammy's will be announced next year [2021] in addition to (and separately from) the 64th Grammy nominations in the category", the Academy stated.[2] On 23 November 2021, at the presentation of the nominations for the 64th Grammy Awards, the nominations for the previous year were finally announced. The winning recording will be announced on the 64th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.

Winners & Nominees[]

Legend: * = Surround Mix Engineer / ** = Surround Mastering Engineer / *** = Surround Producer (From 2020: Immersive Audio Engineer, Immersive Audio Mastering Engineer and Immersive Audio Producer, respectively). Performing artists in brackets.

Year Winner(s) Title Performing artist(s) Nominees Ref.
2005 Al Schmitt*, Robert Hadley & Doug Sax**, John Burk, Phil Ramone & Herbert Walf*** Genius Loves Company Ray Charles & Various Artists
[3]
2006 Chuck Ainlay*, Bob Ludwig**, Chuck Ainlay & Mark Knopfler*** Brothers In Arms - 20th Anniversary Edition Dire Straits
[4]
2007 Elliot Scheiner*, Darcy Proper**, Donald Fagen*** Morph The Cat Donald Fagen
[5]
2008 Paul Hicks*, Tim Young**, George Martin & Giles Martin*** Love The Beatles
[6]
2009 Michael Bishop*/**, Robert Woods*** Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
  • Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter l'Orange*, Morten Lindberg**/*** for Divertimenti (Øyvind Gimse & TrondheimSolistene)
  • John Newton*, Jonathan Cooper & Mark Donahue**, Blanton Alspaugh*** for Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works (Charles Bruffy)
  • Bruce Sugar*, Chris Bellman**, Bill Crowley, Ringo Starr & Bruce Sugar*** for Ringo 5.1: The Surround Sound Collection (Ringo Starr)
  • Tohru Takayama*, Keigo Oyamada*** for Sensurround + B Sides (Cornelius)
 [7]
2010 Michael Bishop*/**, Elaine Martone*** Transmigration Robert Spano & The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses
  • David Miles Huber*/**/*** for Colabs (David Miles Huber, Allen Hart, DJ Muad'Deep, Seren Wen, Musetta, Henta, Marcell Marias & Gail Pettis)
  • Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter l'Orange*, Morten Lindberg**/*** for Flute Mystery (Emily Beynon, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Fred Jonny Berg, Catherine Beynon & The Philharmonia Orchestra)
  • Morten Lindberg & Hans Peter l'Orange*, Morten Lindberg**/*** for Kleiberg: Treble & Bass (Daniel Reuss, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Marianne Thorsen, & Göran Sjölin)
  • Nick Davis*/***, Tony Cousins** for Genesis 1970-1975 (Genesis)
 [8]
2011 Keith O. Johnson*/**, David Frost*** Britten's Orchestra Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony
[9]
2012 Elliot Scheiner*, Bob Ludwig**, Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner*** Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition) Derek & The Dominos
[10]
2013 Jim Anderson*, Darcy Proper**, Michael Friedman*** Modern Cool Patricia Barber
[11]
2014 Al Schmitt* & Tommy LiPuma*** Live Kisses Paul McCartney
[12]
2015 Elliot Scheiner(*), Tom Coyne(**), Beyoncé Knowles(***) Beyoncé Beyoncé
[13]
2016 James Guthrie (*/**/***) & Joel Plante (**) Amused To Death Roger Waters
  • Morten Lindberg*/**/*** for Amdahl: Astrognosia & Aesop (Ingar Heine Bergby & Norwegian Radio Orchestra)
  • Morten Lindberg*/**/*** for Magnificat (Øyvind Gimse, Anita Brevik, Nidarosdomens Jentekor & Trondheimsolistene)
  • Erdo Groot*/**, Philip Traugott*** for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (Paavo Järvi & Russian National Orchestra)
  • Morten Lindberg*/**/*** for Spes (Tove Ramlo-Ystad & Cantus)
 [14]
2017 Alexander Lipay*, Dmitriy Lipay*/**/*** Dutilleux: Sur le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystères de l'Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement Ludovic Morlot & the Seattle Symphony
[15]
2018 Jim Anderson*/Darcy Proper**/Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom*** Early Americans Jane Ira Bloom
[16]
2019 Alan Parsons */**/***, Dave Donnelly**, P.J. Olsson** Eye in the Sky - 35th Anniversary Edition Alan Parsons Project
  • Morten Lindberg */**/*** for Folketoner (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & det Norske Jentekor)
  • Daniel Shores */**, Dan Merceruio*** for Seven Words From The Cross (Matthew Guard & Skylark)
  • Morten Lindberg */**/*** for Sommero: Ujamaa & the Iceberg (Ingar Heine Bergby & the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Choir)
  • Prashant Mistry*/***, Ronald Prent*/***, Darcy Proper ** for Symbol (Engine-Earz Experiment)
 [17]
2020 Morten Lindberg */**/*** Lux Anita Brevik, the Trondheimsolistene & the Nidarosdomens Jentekor
[18]
2021 Winner TBA on 31 January 2022 (see also note above) [19]
2022 Winner TBA on 31 January 2022

Legend: * = Surround Mix Engineer / ** = Surround Mastering Engineer / *** = Surround Producer (From 2020: Immersive Mix Engineer, Immersive Mastering Engineer and Immersive Producer, respectively).

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