Grammy Awards per l'anno 1971

Il 14° Grammy Awards fu tenuto il 15 Marzo 1972. I riconoscimenti riguardavano le realizzazioni dei musicisti per l'anno precedente.

Children's

Best Recording for Children
- Bill Cosby for Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- Leontyne Price for Leontyne Price Sings Robert Schumann
Best Opera Recording
- Richard Mohr (producer), Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Grace Bumbry, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Leontyne Price, Ruggero Raimondi, the John Aldis Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra for Verdi: Aida
Best Choral Performance, Classical
- Colin Davis (conductor), Russell Burgess, Arthur Oldham (choir directors) the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; for Berlioz: Requiem
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- Andre Previn (conductor), Julian Bream & the London Symphony Orchestra for Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Guitar
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)
Best Chamber Music Performance
- The Juilliard String Quartet for Debussy: Quartet in G Minor/Ravel: Quartet in F
Album of the Year, Classical
- Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas)

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition
- Michel LeGrand (composer) for "Theme From Summer of '42"
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
- Isaac Hayes (composer) for Shaft
Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Isaac Hayes & Johnny Allen (arrangers) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- Paul McCartney (arranger) for "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" performed by Paul & Linda McCartney

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
- Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty for "After the Fire Is Gone"
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Chet Atkins for "Snowbird"
Best Country Song
- Kris Kristofferson (songwriter) for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed by Sammi Smith

Folk

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording
- Muddy Waters for They Call Me Muddy Waters

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance(other than soul gospel)
- Charley Pride for "Let Me Live"
Best Soul Gospel Performance
- Shirley Caesar for Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man From Galilee
Best Sacred Performance
- Charley Pride for Did You Think to Pray

Jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
- Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio,
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
- Bill Evans for The Bill Evans Album performed by the Bill Evans Trio,
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
- Duke Ellington for "New Orleans Suite"

Musical Show

Best Musical Show Album
- Stephen Schwartz (producer) for Godspell performed by the original cast

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
- Gene Brownell (photographer) for Pollution performed by Pollution
Best Album Notes
- Sam Samudio for Sam, Hard and Heavy

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Carole King for Tapestry
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- James Taylor for "You've Got a Friend"
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Richard Carpenter for Carpenters performed by the Carpenters
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Quincy Jones for Smackwater Jack

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Ron Capone (engineer) for "Theme From Shaft" performed by Isaac Hayes,
Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Vittorio Negri (engineer) for Berlioz: Requiem performed by the Wandsworth School Boys Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance;
- Aretha Franklin for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance;
- Lou Rawls for "A Natural Man"
Best R&B Song;
- Bill Withers for "Ain't No Sunshine"
Best R&B Group, Vocal or Instrumental;
- Ike & Tina Turner; for "Proud Mary"

Spoken