Awards
Over the years, he has been nominated for 51 Grammy Awards out of which he has won 18:
| Year | Award | Album/song |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Best jazz instrumental performance, group | No Mystery (with Return to Forever) |
| 1977 | Best arrangement of an instrumental recording | "Leprechaun's Dream", The Leprechaun |
| 1977 | Best jazz instrumental performance, group | The Leprechaun |
| 1979 | Best jazz instrumental performance, group | Friends |
| 1980 | Best jazz instrumental performance, group | Duet (with Gary Burton) |
| 1982 | Best jazz instrumental performance, group | In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (with Gary Burton) |
| 1989 | Best R&B instrumental performance | "Light Years", GRP Super Live In Concert (with Elektric Band) |
| 1990 | Best jazz instrumental performance, group | Akoustic Band (with Akoustic Band) |
| 2000 | Best instrumental solo | "Rhumbata", Native Sense (with Gary Burton) |
| 2001 | Best jazz instrumental performance | Like Minds (with Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes and Dave Holland) |
| 2002 | Best instrumental arrangement | "Spain for Sextet & Orchestra", Corea.Concerto |
| 2004 | Best jazz instrumental solo | "Matrix", Rendezvous in New York |
| 2007 | Best jazz instrumental performance, group | "The Ultimate Adventure" |
| 2007 | Best instrumental arrangement | "Three Ghouls", The Ultimate Adventure |
| 2008 | Best jazz instrumental album | The New Crystal Silence (with Gary Burton) |
| 2010 | Best jazz instrumental album | Five Peace Band — Live (with John McLaughlin, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, Vinnie Colaiuta) |
| 2012 | Best improvised jazz solo | "500 Miles High," from Forever |
| 2012 | Best jazz instrumental album | Forever (with Corea, Clarke & White) |
Corea has also won two Latin Grammy Awards.
| Year | Award | Album/song |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Best instrumental album | The Enchantment (with Bela Fleck) |
| 2011 | Best instrumental album | Forever (with Stanley Clarke and Lenny White) |
His 1968 album Now He Sings, Now He Sobs was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
In 2010, he was named doctor honoris causa at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
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