Grammy Award for album of the year
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Taylor Swift after winning the Grammy Award for album of the year
Taylor Swift after winning the Grammy Award for album of the year

Grammy Award for album of the year, award presented annually in the United States by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (commonly called the Recording Academy) to honour the year’s most outstanding album. It was presented at the first Grammy Awards ceremony in 1959, and the award recognizes those involved in the album’s creation, including the artist(s), featured artist(s), songwriter(s), and producer(s). It is considered one of the most prestigious of the Grammys. The winners receive a golden statuette of a gramophone. Below is a list of the winning albums and the recording artist. (The year is when the award was presented, though the album was released the previous year.)

1959 to 1960s

  • 1959: The Music from Peter Gunn, Henry Mancini
  • 1959: Come Dance with Me, Frank Sinatra (The second Grammy Awards ceremony was held in 1959, the same year as the first ceremony, and it recognized work from that year.)
  • 1960: no ceremony was held
  • 1961: The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, Bob Newhart
  • 1962: Judy at Carnegie Hall, Judy Garland
  • 1963: The First Family, Vaughn Meader
  • 1964: The Barbra Streisand Album, Barbra Streisand
  • 1965: Getz/Gilberto, Stan Getz and João Gilberto
  • 1966: September of My Years, Frank Sinatra
  • 1967: A Man and His Music, Frank Sinatra
  • 1968: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles
  • 1969: By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Glen Campbell

1970s and 1980s

1990s and 2000s

2010s and 2020s

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.