 Beginning in 2001 , advocates began lobbying for a Grammy category specifically for cajun and zydeco music . Award recipients , in chronological order , included Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience , BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet , Buckwheat Zydeco , and Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band ; no artist received the award more than once . Awards were presented to the engineers , mixers , and / or producers in addition to the performing artists . The group Pine Leaf Boys holds the record for the most nominations , with four . Though nominated each year the honor was presented , the group failed to receive an award . Doucet and Cedric Watson each received three nominations . 2009 marked the only year in which a musician received more than one nomination as well as the only time two artists were nominated for works appearing on the same album — Doucet was nominated as a member of BeauSoleil for Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival as well as for his solo album From Now On , and Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys were also nominated for their contribution to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival compilation album . Many nominated artists were from Louisiana , specifically Lafayette . 
