<P> Throughout the history of the Grammy Awards, many significant records have been set . This page only includes the competitive awards which have been won by various artists . This does not include the various special awards that are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences such as Lifetime Achievement Awards, Trustees Awards, Technical Awards or Legend Awards . The page however does include other non-performance related Grammys (known as the Craft & Production Fields) that may have been presented to the artist (s). </P> <P> The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by Georg Solti, a Hungarian - British conductor who conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for twenty - two years . He has won a total of 31 competitive Grammy Awards out of 74 nominations and was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Artist </Th> <Th> Awards </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Georg Solti </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Quincy Jones </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alison Krauss </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pierre Boulez </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Vladimir Horowitz </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stevie Wonder </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> John Williams </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> U2 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chick Corea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beyoncé </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Jay - Z </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kanye West </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vince Gill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Henry Mancini </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pat Metheny </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bruce Springsteen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Al Schmitt </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Artist </Th> <Th> Awards </Th> </Tr>

Who has won the most amount of grammys