Grammy Awards per l'anno 1972

Il 15° Grammy Awards fu tenuto il 3 Marzo 1973. I riconoscimenti riguardavano le realizzazioni dei musicisti per l'anno precedente.

Record of the Year
- Joel Dorn (producer) & Roberta Flack for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" performed by Roberta Flack
Album of the Year
- Phil Spector (producer), George Harrison (producer & artist), Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr & Klaus Voormann for The Concert for Bangla Desh
Song of the Year
- Ewan MacColl (songwriter) for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" performed by Roberta Flack
Best New Artist
- America

Children's

Best Recording for Children
- Christopher Cerf, Lee Chamberlin, Joe Raposo (producers), Bill Cosby & Rita Moreno for The Electric Company

Classical

Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
- Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor
Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau for Brahms: Die Schone Magelone
Best Opera Recording
- Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor) the BBC Symphony Orchestra & various artists for Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Best Choral Performance, Classical (other than opera)
- Georg Solti (conductor), the Vienna Boys Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & various artists for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
- Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Artur Rubinstein & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Flat
Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
- Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Chopin
Best Chamber Music Performance
- Julian Bream & John Christopher Williams for Julian and John (Works by Lawes, Carulli, Albeniz, Granados)
Best Classical Album
- David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), various artists, the Vienna Boys Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand)

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Best Instrumental Composition
- Michel Legrand (composer) for "Brian's Song"
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
- Nino Rota (composer) for The Godfather
Best Instrumental Arrangement
- Don Ellis (arranger) for "Theme From The French Connection" performed by the Don Ellis Big Band
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- Michel Legrand (arranger) for "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life" performed by Sarah Vaughan

Country

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- Donna Fargo for "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
- Charley Pride for Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs
Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
- The Statler Brothers for "Class of '57"
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Charlie McCoy for Charlie McCoy/The Real McCoy
Best Country Song
- Ben Peters (songwriter) for "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" performed by Charley Pride

Folk

Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording (including traditional blues)
- Muddy Waters for The London Muddy Waters Session

Gospel

Jazz

Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
- Gary Burton for "Alone at Last"
Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group
- Freddie Hubbard for "First Light"
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance
- Duke Ellington for Toga Brava Suite

Musical Show

Best Musical Show Album
- Micki Grant (composer) and Jerry Ragavoy (producer) for Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope performed by Alex Bradford, Hope Clarke & Bobby Hill

Packaging and Notes

Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
- Harvey Dinnerstein (graphic artist) for The Siegel-Schwall Band performed by the Siegel-Schwall Band
Best Album Notes
- Tom T. Hall for Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits
Best Album Notes, Classical
- James Lyons (notes writer) for Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony) conducted by Andre Previn

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Helen Reddy for "I am Woman"
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Harry Nilsson for "Without You"
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack for "Where Is the Love"
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance by an Instrumental Performer
- Billy Preston for "Outa-Space"
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring
- Isaac Hayes for "Black Moses"

Production and engineering

Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
- Armin Steiner (engineer) for Moods performed by Neil Diamond
Best Classical Engineered Recording
- Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) conducted by Georg Solti

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance;
- Aretha Franklin for Young, Gifted and Black
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance;
- Billy Paul for "Me and Mrs. Jones"
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal;
- The Temptations for "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
Best R&B Song;
- Norman Whitfield (songwriter) for "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" performed by The Temptations
Best R&B Instrumental Performance;
- The Temptations for "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" performed by The Temptations & Paul Riser

Spoken

Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album
- Bruce Botnick (producer) for Lenny performed by the original cast