Technical Grammy Award


The Technical Grammy Award is a Special Merit Grammy Award presented to individuals or companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field. The award was first presented in 1994 to Dr. Thomas G. Stockham Jr. Others who have received this award include Ray Dolby, Ikutaro Kakehashi, Rupert Neve, Les Paul, Phil Ramone, Dr. Robert Moog, Geoff Emerick, Tom Dowd, Bill Putnam, George Massenburg, Roger Linn, Leo Fender and Thomas Alva Edison. Companies honored include AKG, Apple Computer, Digidesign, JBL Professional, Lexicon, Shure Incorporated, and Sony/Philips.

Technical Grammy recipients

The following individuals and companies have received Technical Grammys, listed by year.
YearRecipientRef.
1994Dr. Thomas G. Stockham
1995Ray Dolby
1997Rupert Neve
1998George Massenburg
1998Sony/Philips
1999Georg Neumann GmbH
2000Bill Putnam, AMS Neve
2001Les Paul, Digidesign
2002Robert Moog, Apple Computer Inc.
2003Geoff Emerick, Shure Inc.
2004Douglas Sax, Solid State Logic
2005Phil Ramone, JBL Professional
2006Tom Dowd, Bell Labs/Western Electric
2007David M. Smith, Yamaha Corporation
2008John Eargle, Ampex Corporation
2009Clarence "Leo" Fender, Universal Audio
2010Thomas Alva Edison, AKG Acoustics GmbH
2011Roger Linn, Waves Audio
2012Roger Nichols, Celemony
2013Ikutaro Kakehashi and Dave Smith, Royer Labs
2014Emile Berliner, Lexicon
2015Ray Kurzweil
2016Harvey Fletcher, EMT
2017Alan Blumlein
2018Richard Factor and Anthony Agnello
2019Saul Walker
2020George Augspurger
2021Daniel Weiss
2023Audio Engineering Society, Dr. Andy Hildebrand
2024Tom Kobayashi, Tom Scott
2025Leo Beranek
2026John Chowning