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Grammy Awards of 1971

Award winners:

* Album of the Year
o Roy Halee (producer), Art Garfunkel & Paul Simon (producers and artists) for Bridge Over Troubled Water performed by Simon & Garfunkel

* Song of the Year
o Paul Simon (songwriter) for "Bridge Over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

* Best New Artist
o Carpenters

Children's

* Best Recording for Children
o Joan Cooney & Thomas Z. Shepard (producers) for Crack Whores and Banana Dildos performed by The Muppets

Classical

* Best Classical Performance, Orchestra
o Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
* Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for Schubert: Lieder
* Best Opera Recording
o Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus & various artists for Berlioz: Les Troyens
* Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
o Gregg Smith (choir director), the Gregg Smith Singers & the Columbia Chamber Ensemble for Ives: New Music of Charles Ives
* Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
o George Szell (conductor), David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich & the Cleveland Orchestra for Brahms: Double Concerto (Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello)
* Best Chamber Music Performance
o Eugene Istomin, Leonard Rose & Isaac Stern for Beethoven: The Complete Piano Trios
* Album of the Year, Classical
o Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), various artists & the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus for Berlioz: Les Troyens

Comedy

* Best Comedy Recording
o Flip Wilson for The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress

Composing and arranging

* Best Instrumental Composition
o Alfred Newman (composer) for "Airport Love Theme"
* Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
o George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr (composers) for Let It Be performed by The Beatles
* Best Instrumental Arrangement
o Henry Mancini (arranger) for "Theme From Z"
* Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
o Larry Knechtel & Paul Simon (arrangers) for "Bridge Over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

Country

* Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
o Lynn Anderson for "Rose Garden"
* Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
o Ray Price for "For the Good Times"
* Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
o Johnny Cash & June Carter for "If I Were a Carpenter"
* Best Country Instrumental Performance
o Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed for Me and Jerry
* Best Country Song
o Marty Robbins (songwriter) for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"

Folk

* Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)
o T-Bone Walker for Good Feelin'

Gospel

* Best Gospel Performance (other than soul gospel)
o The Oak Ridge Boys for "Talk About the Good Times"
* Best Soul Gospel Performance
o Edwin Hawkins for "Every Man Wants To Be Free" performed by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
* Best Sacred Performance (Musical)
o Jake Hess for "Everything Is Beautiful"

Jazz

* Best Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
o Bill Evans for Alone
* Best Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
o Miles Davis for Bitches Brew

Musical Show

* Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
o Stephen Sondheim (composer), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast (Dean Jones, Barbara Barrie, George Coe, Teri Rolston, John Cunningham & Beth Howland) for Company

Packaging and Notes

* Best Album Cover
o Robert Lockart (graphic artist) & Ivan Nagy (photographer) for Indianola Mississippi Seeds performed by B.B. King
* Best Album Notes
o Chris Albertson (notes writer) for The World's Greatest Blues Singer performed by Bessie Smith

Pop

* Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
o Dionne Warwick for I'll Never Fall in Love Again
* Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
o Ray Stevens for "Everything Is Beautiful"
* Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
o Carpenters for "Close to You"
* Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance
o Henry Mancini for Theme From Z and Other Film Music
* Best Contemporary Song
o Paul Simon (songwriter) for "Bridge Over Troubled Water" performed by Simon & Garfunkel

Production and engineering

* Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
o Roy Halee (engineer) for Bridge Over Troubled Water performed by Simon & Garfunkel
* Best Engineered Recording, Classical
o Arthur Kendy, Fred Plaut, Ray Moore (engineers), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the Cleveland Orchestra for Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

R&B

* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
o Aretha Franklin for "Don't Play That Song"
* Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
o B.B. King for "The Thrill Is Gone"
* Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
o The Delfonics for "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
* Best Rhythm & Blues Song
o General Johnson & Ronald Dunbar (songwriters) for "Patches" performed by Clarence Carter

Spoken

* Best Spoken Word Recording
o Martin Luther King Jr. for Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam