Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album

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 byEric Schilling, Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej & Herbert Waltl Divine Tides (2023)
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. 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. 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 was announced on the 64th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony.

Winners and nominees

2023Legend:
* = Surround Mix Engineer (from 2020: Immersive Audio Engineer; from 2023: Immersive Mix Engineer)
= Surround Mastering Engineer (from 2020: Immersive Audio Mastering Engineer; from 2023: Immersive Mastering Engineer)
= Surround Producer (from 2020: Immersive Audio Producer; from 2023: Immersive Producer)

Year Recipients(s) Work Performing artist(s) Nominees
Performers are in parenthesis
Ref.
2005 Al Schmitt*, Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, John Burk, Phil Ramone & Herbert Waltl Genius Loves Company Ray Charles & Various Artists
2006 Chuck Ainlay*, Bob Ludwig, Chuck Ainlay & Mark Knopfler Brothers In Arms - 20th Anniversary Edition Dire Straits
2007 Elliot Scheiner*, Darcy Proper, Donald Fagen Morph the Cat Donald Fagen
2008 Paul Hicks*, Tim Young, George Martin & Giles Martin Love The Beatles
2009 Michael Bishop*, Robert Woods Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
2010 Michael Bishop*, Elaine Martone Transmigration Robert Spano & The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses
2011 Keith O. Johnson*, David Frost Britten's Orchestra Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony
2012 Elliot Scheiner*, Bob Ludwig, Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition) Derek & The Dominos
2013 Jim Anderson*, Darcy Proper, Michael Friedman Modern Cool Patricia Barber
2014 Al Schmitt* & Tommy LiPuma Live Kisses Paul McCartney
2015 Elliot Scheiner(*), Tom Coyne(), Beyoncé Knowles() Beyoncé Beyoncé
2016 James Guthrie (*†‡) & Joel Plante () Amused To Death Roger Waters
2017 Alexander Lipay*, Dmitriy Lipay*†‡ Dutilleux: Sur le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystères de l'Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement Ludovic Morlot & the Seattle Symphony
2018 Jim Anderson*Darcy Proper/Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom Early Americans Jane Ira Bloom
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 Sommerro: Ujamaa & the Iceberg (Ingar Heine Bergby & the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra & Choir)
  • Prashant Mistry*, Ronald Prent*, Darcy Proper for Symbol (Engine-Earz Experiment)
2020 Morten Lindberg*†‡ Lux Anita Brevik, the Trondheimsolistene & the Nidarosdomens Jentekor
2021 Leslie Ann Jones*, Michael Romanowski, Dan Merceruio Soundtrack of the American Soldier Jim R. Keene & the United States Army Field Band
2022 George Massenburg & Eric Schilling*, Michael Romanowski, Ann Mincieli Alicia Alicia Keys
2023 Eric Schilling*; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej & Herbert Waltl Divine Tides Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej

Legend:
* = Surround Mix Engineer (from 2020: Immersive Audio Engineer, from 2023: Immersive Mix Engineer)
= Surround Mastering Engineer (from 2020: Immersive Audio Mastering Engineer, from 2023: Immersive Mastering Engineer)
= Surround Producer (from 2020: Immersive Audio Producer, from 2023: Immersive Producer)


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