Who Won Album Of The Year Grammys?
From Henry Mancini's "Music from Peter Gunn" in 1959 to "Midnights" by Taylor Swift in 2024, the Grammy Awards have awarded their Album of the Year Award throughout the years. Other classic albums to have won the Grammy for Album of the Year include "Jagged Little Pill", "Thriller", "Saturday Night Fever" and "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Taylor Swift has won the award four times.
| 2024 (66th) |
Taylor Swift Midnights Other Nominees: Jon Batiste (World Music Radio); Boygenius (The Record); Miley Cyrus (Endless Summer Vacation); Lana Del Rey (Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd); Janelle Monae (The Age Of Pleasure); Olivia Rodrigo (Guts); SZA (SOS) |
| 2023 (65th) |
Harry Styles Harry's House Other Nominees: ABBA (Voyage); Adele (30); Bad Bunny (Un Verano Sin Ti); Beyonce (Renaissance); Mary J. Blige (Good Morning Dangerous); Brandi Carlile (In These Silent Days); Coldplay (Music Of The Spheres); Kendrick Lamar (Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers); Lizzo (Special) |
| 2022 (64th) |
Jon Batiste We Are Other Nominees: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Love For Sale); Justin Bieber (Justice); Doja Cat (Planet Her); Billie Eilish (Happier Than Ever); H.E.R. (Back Of My Mind); Lil Nas X (Montero); Olivia Rodrigo (Sour); Taylor Swift (Evermore); Kanye West (Donda) |
| 2021 (63rd) |
Taylor Swift Folklore Other Nominees: Jhené Aiko (Chilombo); Black Pumas (Black Pumas); Coldplay (Everyday Life); Jacob Collier (Djesse Vol. 3); Haim (Women in Music Pt. III); Dua Lipa (Future Nostalgia); Post Malone (Hollywood's Bleeding) |
| 2020 (62nd) |
Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Other Nominees: Bon Iver (I, I); Lana Del Rey (Norman F**king Rockwell!); Ariana Grande (Thank U, Next); H.E.R. (I Used To Know Her); Lil Nas X (7); Lizzo (Cuz I Love You); Vampire Weekend (Father Of The Bride) |
| 2019 (61st) |
Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour Other Nominees: Cardi B (Invasion of Privacy); Brandi Carlile (By The Way, I Forgive You); Drake (Scorpion); H.E.R. (H.E.R.); Post Malone (Beerbongs & Bentleys); Janelle Monae (Dirty Computer); Various Artists (Black Panther) |
| 2018 (60th) |
Bruno Mars 24K Magic Other Nominees: Childish Gambino (Awaken, My Love!); Jay-Z (4:44); Kendrick Lamar (Damn); Lorde (Melodrama) |
| 2017 (59th) |
Adele 25 Other Nominees: Beyonce (Lemonade); Justin Bieber (Purpose); Drake (Views); Sturgill Simpson (A Sailor's Guide To Earth) |
| 2016 (58th) |
Taylor Swift 1989 Other Nominees: Alabama Shakes (Sound & Color); Kendrick Lamar (To Pimp A Butterfly); Chris Stapleton (Traveller); The Weeknd (Beauty Behind The Madness) |
| 2015 (57th) |
Beck Morning Phase Other Nominees: Beyonce (Beyonce); Ed Sheeran (X); Sam Smith (In The Lonely Hour); Pharrell Williams (G I R L) |
| 2014 (56th) |
Daft Punk Random Access Memories Other Nominees: Sara Bareilles (The Blessed Unrest); Kendrick Lamar (Good Kid, M.A.A.D City); Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (The Heist); Taylor Swift (Red) |
| 2013 (55th) |
Mumford And Sons Babel Other Nominees: Black Keys (El Camino); Fun (Some Nights); Frank Ocean (Channel Orange); Jack White (Blunderbuss) |
| 2012 (54th) |
Adele 21 Other Nominees: Foo Fighters (Wasting Light); Lady Gaga (Born This Way); Bruno Mars (Doo-Wops & Hooligans); Rihanna (Loud) |
| 2011 (53rd) |
Arcade Fire The Suburbs Other Nominees: Eminem (Recovery); Lady Antebellum (Need You Now); Lady Gaga (The Fame Monster); Katy Perry (Teenage Dream) |
| 2010 (52nd) |
Taylor Swift Fearless Other Nominees: Beyonce (I Am...Sasha Fierce); Black Eyed Peas (The E.N.D.); Lady Gaga (The Fame); Dave Matthews Band (Big Whiskey & The Groogrux King) |
| 2009 (51st) |
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand Other Nominees: Coldplay (Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends); Lil Wayne (Tha Carter III); Ne-Yo (Year Of The Gentleman); Radiohead (In Rainbows) |
| 2008 (50th) |
Herbie Hancock River: The Joni Letters Other Nominees: Foo Fighters (Echoes Silence Patience & Grace); Vince Gill (These Days); Kanye West (Graduation); Amy Winehouse (Back To Black) |
| 2007 Dixie Chicks ("Taking The Long Way") | |
| Other Nominees: St Elsewhere (Gnarls Barkley); Continuum (John Mayer); Stadium Arcadium (Red Hot Chili Peppers); FutureSex/LoveSounds (Justin Timberlake) | |
| 2006 U2 ("How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb") | |
| Bono; The Edge; Larry Mullin | |
| Other Nominees: Emancipation of Mimi (Mariah Carey); Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (Paul McCartney); Love.Angel.Music.Baby (Gwen Stefani); Late Registraion (Kanye West) | |
| 2005 Ray Charles ("Genius Loves Company") | |
| Other Nominees: Green Day (American Idiot); Alicia Keys (Diary of Alicia Keys); Usher (Confessions); Kanye West (The College Dropout) | |
| 2004 OutKast ("Speakerboxxx/The Love Below") | |
| Carl Mo; OutKast | |
| Other Nominees: Missy Elliott (Under Construction); Evanescence (Fallen); Justin Timberlake (Justified); The White Stripes (Elephant) | |
| 2003 Norah Jones ("Come Away With Me") | |
| Arif Mardin; Craig Street; Jay Newland; S Husky Hskulds; Ted Jensen; Norah Jones | |
| Other Nominees: Dixie Chicks (Home); Eminem (The Eminem Show); Nelly (Nellyville); Bruce Springsteen (The Rising) | |
| 2002 O Brother Where Art Soundtrack ("O Brother Where Art Thou?") | |
| Other Nominees: Bob Dylan (Love and Theft); India.Arie (Acoustic Soul); OutKast (Stankonia); U2 (All That You Can't Leave Behind) | |
| 2001 Steely Dan ("Two Against Nature") | |
| Other Nominees: Beck (Midnite Vultures); Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP); Radiohead (Kid A); Paul Simon (You're the One) | |
| 2000 Santana ("Supernatural") | |
| Other Nominees: Backstreet Boys (Millennium); Dixie Chicks (Fly); Diana Krall (When I Look Into Your Eyes); TLC (Fanmail) | |
| 1999 Lauryn Hill ("The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill") | |
| Other Nominees: Sheryl Crow (The Globe Sessions); Garbage (Version 2.0); Madonna (Ray of Light); Shania Twain (Come On Over) | |
| 1998 Bob Dylan ("Time Out Of Mind") | |
| Other Nominees: Babyface (The Day); Paula Cole (This Fire); Paul McCartney (Flaming Pie); Radiohead (OK Computer) | |
| 1997 Celine Dion ("Falling Into You") | |
| Other Nominees: Beck (Odelay); Fugees (The Score); Smashing Pumpkins (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness); Soundtrack (Waiting To Exhale) | |
| 1996 Alanis Morissette ("Jagged Little Pill") | |
| Other Nominees: Mariah Carey (Daydream); Michael Jackson (HIStory Past Present and Future); Joan Osborne (Relish); Pearl Jam (Vitalogy) | |
| 1995 Tony Bennett ("MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett") | |
| Other Nominees: Carreras Domingo Pavarotti & Mehta (The 3 Tenors In Concert 1994); Eric Clapton (From the Cradle); Bonnie Raitt (Longing In Their Hearts); Seal (Seal) | |
| 1994 Whitney Houston ("The Bodyguard") | |
| Other Nominees: Donald Fagen (Kamakiriad); Billy Joel (River of Dreams); R.E.M. (Automatic For the People); Sting (Ten Summoner's Tales) | |
| 1993 Eric Clapton ("Unplugged") | |
| Other Nominees: k d lang (Ingenue); Annie Lennox (Diva); U2 (Achtung Baby); Soundtrack (Beauty and the Beast) | |
| 1992 Natalie Cole ("Unforgettable...With Love") | |
| Other Nominees: Amy Grant (Heart In Motion); Bonnie Raitt (Luck of the Draw); R.E.M. (Out of Time); Paul Simon (Rhythm of the Saints) | |
| 1991 Quincy Jones ("Back On the Block") | |
| Other Nominees: Mariah Carey (Mariah Carey); Phil Collins (But Seriously); MC Hammer (Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em); Wilson Phillips (Wilson Phillips) | |
| 1990 Bonnie Raitt ("Nick of Time") | |
| Other Nominees: Don Henley (The End of the Innocence); Fine Young Cannibals (The Raw and the Cooked); Tom Petty (Full Moon Fever); Traveling Wilburys (Traveling Wilburys) | |
| 1989 George Michael ("Faith") | |
| Other Nominees: Tracy Chapman (Tracy Chapman); Bobby McFerrin (Simple Pleasures); Sting (Nothing Like the Sun); Steve Winwood (Roll With It) | |
| 1988 U2 ("The Joshua Tree") | |
| Other Nominees: Whitney Houston (Whitney); Michael Jackson (Bad); Parton-Ronstadt-Harris (Trio); Prince (Sign O the Times) | |
| 1987 Paul Simon ("Graceland") | |
| Other Nominees: Peter Gabriel (So); Janet Jackson (Control); Barbra Streisand (The Broadway Album); Steve Winwood (Back in the High Life) | |
| 1986 Phil Collins ("No Jacket Required") | |
| Other Nominees: Dire Straits (Brothers In Arms); Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston); Sting (Dream of the Blue Turtles); USA For Africa (We Are the World) | |
| 1985 Lionel Richie ("Can't Slow Down") | |
| Other Nominees: Cyndi Lauper (She's So Unusual); Prince (Purple Rain); Bruce Springsteen (Born in the USA); Tina Turner (Private Dancer) | |
| 1984 Michael Jackson ("Thriller") | |
| Other Nominees: David Bowie (Let's Dance); Billy Joel (An Innocent Man); The Police (Synchronicity); Soundtrack (Flashdance) | |
| 1983 Toto ("Toto IV") | |
| Other Nominees: John Cougar (American Fool); Donald Fagen (The Nightfly); Billy Joel (The Nylon Curtain); Paul McCartney (Tug of War) | |
| 1982 John Lennon ("Double Fantasy") | |
| Other Nominees: Kim Carnes (Mistaken Identity); Al Jarreau (Breakin' Away); Quincy Jones (The Dude); Steely Dan (Gaucho) | |
| 1981 Christopher Cross ("Christopher Cross") | |
| Other Nominees: Billy Joel (Glass Houses); Pink Floyd (The Wall); Frank Sinatra (Trilogy: Past Present Future); Barbra Streisand (Guilty) | |
| 1980 Billy Joel ("52nd Street") | |
| Other Nominees: Doobie Brothers (Minute By Minute); Kenny Rogers (The Gambler); Donna Summer (Bad Girls); Supertramp (Breakfast In America) | |
| 1979 Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack ("Saturday Night Fever") | |
| 1978 Fleetwood Mac ("Rumours") | |
| 1977 Stevie Wonder ("Songs In the Key of Life") | |
| 1976 Paul Simon ("Still Crazy After All These Years") | |
| 1975 Stevie Wonder ("Fulfillingness' First Finale") | |
| 1974 Stevie Wonder ("Innervisions") | |
| 1973 George Harrison ("The Concert For Bangla Desh") | |
| 1972 Carole King ("Tapestry") | |
| 1971 Simon & Garfunkel ("Bridge Over Troubled Water") | |
| 1970 Blood Sweat & Tears | |
| 1969 Glen Campbell ("By The Time I Get To Phoenix") | |
| 1968 The Beatles ("Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band") | |
| 1967 Frank Sinatra ("Sinatra: A Man And His Music") | |
| 1966 Frank Sinatra ("September Of My Years") | |
| 1965 Getz & Gilberto ("Getz/Gilberto") | |
| 1964 Barbra Streisand ("The Barbra Streisand Album") | |
| 1963 Vaughn Meader ("The First Family") | |
| 1962 Judy Garland ("Judy at Carnegie Hall") | |
| 1961 Bob Newhart ("The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart") | |
| 1959 Frank Sinatra ("Come Dance With Me!") | |
| 1959 Henry Mancini ("The Music from Peter Gunn") | |