“A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco” (Various Artists) won the 2026 Grammy for Best Regional Roots Music Album, celebrating Clifton Chenier’s legacy. 

“A Tribute to the King of Zydeco” is a tribute compilation album by various artists, released on June 27, 2025, via Valcour Records and Sony Music Publishing. The “King of Zydeco” celebrated in the album title is Clifton Chenier, using a frequent nickname for the musician.

The album was recorded primarily at Dockside Studio in Maurice, Louisiana in January 2024, although many contributions, especially vocals, were recorded in studios in other cities across the world. The album was produced by Joel Savoy and Steve Berlin, with C. C. Adcock producing “Zydeco Sont Pas Salé” and “Release Me.”

The album features several Louisiana and Texas accordionists—C.J. Chenier, Geno Delafose, Anthony Dopsie, Keith Frank, Steve Riley, Curley Taylor, and Nathan Williams Sr.—and washboard player Sherelle Chenier Mouton. Sherelle Chenier Mouton is Clifton Chenier’s grand-niece, and C.J. Chenier is his son Vocals, guitar, and other instruments are provided by a broad variety of musicians from the genres of Blues, Bluegrass, Americana, Rock, and Tex-Mex.

Other nominees for the award included: “Live At Vaughan’s”(Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet), “For Fat Man” (Preservation Brass), “Church Of New Orleans” (Kyle Roussel), and “Second Line Sunday” (Trombone Shorty And New Breed Brass Band).