Every Grammys Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album winner
26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 20 different winners.
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album was previously known as Best New Age Album.
The Ambient and Chant wording was added for the 2023 ceremony.
Paul Winter Consort ×3Enya ×2Pat Metheny ×2Peter Kater ×2White Sun ×2
Paul Winter and Friends'00
Kitarō'01
Enya'02
Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel'03
Pat Metheny'04
William Ackerman'05
Paul Winter Consort'06
Enya'07
Paul Winter Consort'08
Jack DeJohnette'09
David Darling'10
Paul Winter Consort'11
Pat Metheny'12
Omar Akram'13
Laura Sullivan'14
Ricky Kej and Wouter Kellerman'15
Paul Avgerinos'16
White Sun'17
Peter Kater'18
Opium Moon'19
Peter Kater'20
Jim "Kimo" West'21
Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej'22
White Sun'23
Carla Patullo featuring Tonality and The Scorchio Quartet'24
Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon'25
Wins by label
- Living Music416%
- Warner312%
- Point of Light Records28%
- Be Why14%
- Be Why Music14%
- Curve Blue14%
- Other1352%
1 further win has no label on record and is not counted in the 25 above.
1 of these 26 wins has no label on record, so the bar covers the other 25.
Who kept losing
Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.
Most nominated, never won
- David Arkenstone3 noms
- Michael Brant DeMaria3 noms
- Brian Eno2 noms
- George Winston2 noms
- R. Carlos Nakai2 noms
- Steve Roach2 noms
Most losses
- Kitarō10L · 1W
- Peter Kater9L · 2W
- David Arkenstone3L · 0W
- Michael Brant DeMaria3L · 0W
- Brian Eno2L · 0W
- David Darling2L · 1W
The full list
| Year | Winner | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon (Triveni)beat 4 others
| Gallo Record Company |
| 2024 | Carla Patullo featuring Tonality and The Scorchio Quartet (So She Howls)beat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2023 | White Sun (Mystic Mirror)beat 4 others
| NomaD Crew |
| 2022 | Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej (Divine Tides)beat 4 others
| Ponderosa Music Records |
| 2021 | Jim "Kimo" West (More Guitar Stories)beat 4 others
| Westernmost Music |
| 2020 | Peter Kater (Wings)beat 4 others
| Point of Light Records |
| 2019 | Opium Moon (Opium Moon)beat 4 others
| Be Why Music |
| 2018 | Peter Kater (Dancing on Water)beat 4 others
| Point of Light Records |
| 2017 | White Sun (White Sun II)beat 4 others
| Be Why |
| 2016 | Paul Avgerinos (Grace)beat 4 others
| Round Sky Music |
| 2015 | Ricky Kej and Wouter Kellerman (Winds of Samsara)beat 4 others
| Listen2 |
| 2014 | Laura Sullivan (Love's River)beat 4 others
| Sentient Spirit Records |
| 2013 | Omar Akram (Echoes of Love)beat 5 others
| Real Music |
| 2012 | Pat Metheny (What's It All About)beat 4 others
| Nonesuch |
| 2011 | Paul Winter Consort (Miho: Journey to the Mountain)beat 4 others
| Living Music |
| 2010 | David Darling (Prayer for Compassion)beat 4 others
| Curve Blue |
| 2009 | Jack DeJohnette (Peace Time)beat 4 others
| Golden Beams |
| 2008 | Paul Winter Consort (Crestone)beat 4 others
| Living Music |
| 2007 | Enya (Amarantine)beat 4 others
| Warner Bros./Reprise |
| 2006 | Paul Winter Consort (Silver Solstice)beat 4 others
| Living Music |
| 2005 | William Ackerman (Returning)beat 4 others
| Decca Records |
| 2004 | Pat Metheny (One Quiet Night)beat 4 others
| Warner Bros. |
| 2003 | Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel (Acoustic Garden)beat 4 others
| Narada Records |
| 2002 | Enya (A Day Without Rain)beat 4 others
| WEA/Reprise |
| 2001 | Kitarō (Thinking of You)beat 4 others
| Domo Records/Inc |
| 2000 | Paul Winter and Friends (Celtic Solstice)beat 5 others
| Living Music |
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