Which artist is the oldest person to win a Grammy Award?

Pinetop Perkins is the oldest person to win a Grammy Award, receiving one at age 97.

The blues pianist won Best Traditional Blues Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards for Joined at the Hip: Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith. The award recognized a collaboration between two veteran blues musicians.

Perkins had already enjoyed a long career before his Grammy victory. He worked with major blues figures including Muddy Waters and later built a celebrated solo career. His musical style was rooted in the piano traditions of the Mississippi blues.

The record concerns the age of the individual winner, not the age of an album or the average age of a group. Pinetop Perkins died in 2011, shortly after his historic Grammy recognition, at the age of 97.