The Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance has been handed out since 1961. Over the years the title of the category has undergone slight changes before it was changed to Best Choral Performance, it was first awarded as Best Classical Performance - Choral (including oratorio) after which it was changed to Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) for the next three years. Later on it was changed from Best Choral Performance (other than opera) to Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera) and finally in 1995 it was fixed as Best Choral Performance. Acclaimed American conductor has won the award for Best Choral Performance eleven times making him the most awarded person in the category.

Winners: Best Choral Performance

Year
Winner/s
Performance
2009
Simon Rattle (conductor); Simon Halsey (chorus master)
Symphony Of Psalms
2008
Simon Rattle (conductor); Simon Halsey (chorus master) & Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra)
"Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem"
2007
Paul Hillier (conductor) & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Pärt: Da Pacem
2006
Leonard Slatkin (conductor) & Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak (choir directors)
Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience: Requiem performed by Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children's Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra
2005
Robert Spano (conductor) & Norman Mackenzie (choir director)
Berlioz: Requiem performed by Frank Lopardo & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
2004
Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tiia-Ester Loitme & Ants Soots (chorus masters)
Sibelius: Cantatas performed by the Ellerhein Girls' Choir, the Estonian National Male Choir & the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
2003
Thomas Moore (producer), Michael J. Bishop (engineer), Robert Spano (conductor), Norman Mackenzie (chorus director), Christine Goerke, Brett Polegato & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Sym. No. 1)
2002
Martin Sauer (producer), Michael Brammann (engineer), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner (chorus masters), Bernarda Fink, Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Henschel, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade, Christine Schäfer, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Wiener Sängerknaben & Concentus Musicus Wien
Bach: St Matthew Passion
2001
Karen Wilson (producer), Don Harder (engineer), Helmuth Rilling (conductor) & the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Chorus
Penderecki: Credo
2000
Robert Shafer (conductor), Betty Scott, Joan McFarland (choir directors), the Maryland Boys Choir, the Shenandoah Conservatory Chorus & the The Washington Chorus
Britten: War Requiem
1999
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana
1998
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells
1997
Andrew Litton (conductor), Neville Creed, David Hill (chorus masters) & the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
1996
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director) & the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
1995
John Eliot Gardiner (choir director), the Monteverdi Choir & the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
Berlioz: Messe Solennelle
1994
Pierre Boulez (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Bartók: Cantata Profana
1993
Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Bach: Mass in B Minor
1992
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Vance George (choir director), the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Boys Chorus & the San Francisco Girls Chorus
Orff: Carmina Burana
1991
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast/Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis
1990
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Britten: War Requiem
1989
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
1988
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
1987
James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Orff: Carmina Burana
1986
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Berlioz: Requiem
1985
James Levine (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Brahms: A German Requiem
1984
Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Haydn: The Creation
1983
Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
1982
Neville Marriner (conductor) & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Chorus
Haydn: The Creation
1981
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Mozart: Requiem
1980
Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director), & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Brahms: A German Requiem
1979
Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
1978
Georg Solti (conductor), Margaret Hillis (choir director) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Verdi: Requiem
1977
André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Rachmaninoff: The Bells
1976
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Robert Page (choir director) the Cleveland Boys Choir & Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Orff: Carmina Burana
1975
Colin Davis (conductor) the Ambrosian Singers, the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust
1974
André Previn (conductor), Arthur Oldham (choir director) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
1973
Georg Solti (conductor), the Vienna Boys' Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & various artists
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
1972
Colin Davis (conductor), Russell Burgess, Arthur Oldham (choir directors) the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Berlioz: Requiem
1971
Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers & the Columbia Chamber Ensemble
Ives: New Music of Charles Ives
1970
Luciano Berio (conductor), Ward Swingle (choir director), The Swingle Singers & the New York Philharmonic
Berio: Sinfonia
1969
Vittorio Negri (conductor), George Bragg, Gregg Smith, (choir directors), E. Power Biggs, the Edward Tarr Ensemble, the Gregg Smith Singers & the Texas Boys Choir
The Glory of Gabrieli
1968
Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major (Symphony of a Thousand)
Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Robert Page (choir director), the Temple University Choir & the Philadelphia Orchestra
Orff: Catulli Carmina
1967
Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale
Handel: Messiah
1966
Robert Shaw (conductor), the Robert Shaw Chorale & the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms/Poulenc: Gloria
1966
Gregg Smith (conductor), Columbia Chamber Orchestra, Gregg Smith Singers and Ithaca College Concert Choir; George Bragg & Texas Boys Choir
Charles Ives, Music: Chorus
1965
Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Chorale
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
1964
Benjamin Britten (conductor), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks (choir directors), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir
Britten: War Requiem
1963
Otto Klemperer (conductor), Wilhelm Pitz (choir director) & the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
1962
Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Orchestra & Chorale
Bach: B Minor Mass
1961
Thomas Beecham (conductor) & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Handel: Messiah