As of 2015,
Paul Winter holds the record for the most wins in this category, having won six times (four times as the leader of the group
Paul Winter Consort). Winter is the only musician to win the award consecutively; he received an award in
1994 for
Spanish Angel as a member of his ensemble and another in
1995 for
Prayer for the Wild Things as a solo artist. Irish musician
Enya has received four awards.
Kitarō holds the record for the most nominations, with sixteen (with only one win, in 2001). All five volumes of Kitarō's
Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai series were nominated for Best New Age Album. Pianist
Peter Kater held the record for most nominations without a win, with 12, until he finally won his first Grammy (for
Dancing on Water) in
2018. He also holds the record for the most consecutive nominations, with 11, having been nominated every year between 2007 and 2018. Native American flutist
R. Carlos Nakai is the only artist to be nominated for more than one work within the same year; for the
42nd Grammy Awards he was nominated alongside
Paul Horn for
Inside Monument Valley and for his own album,
Inner Voices. ==Recipients==