Album of the Year Grammy Award Winners
The Grammy award for Album of the Year is awarded to the performer and production team of a full album.
Four artists have won the Album of the Year award more than once. Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon have each won the award three times, while U2 has won it twice. Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder are the only artists to win in consecutive years. Stevie Wonder won the award three out of four years from 1974 to 1977 only interrupted by Paul Simon who won it in 1976. Paul Simon was the winner once as a member of Simon and Garfunkel and twice as a solo artist.
Two of the winning albums are not musical, The Button-Down Mind (1961) by Bob Newhart and The First Family (1963) by Vaughn Meader are comedy albums.
If an album title has a link, that album is listed as one of our 100 Greatest Albums of All Time.
| Year | Album of the Year (2010s) | Performing Artist | Genre | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 21 | Adele | Pop |  |
| 2011 | The Suburbs | Arcade Fire | Alternative | |
| 2010 | Fearless | Taylor Swift | Country | |
| Year | Album of the Year (2000s) | Performing Artist | Genre | Buy |
| 2009 | Raising Sand | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Folk Rock | |
| 2008 | River: The Joni Letters | Herbi Hancock | Jazz | |
| 2007 | Taking the Long Way | Dixie Chicks | Country | |
| 2006 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | U2 | Rock | |
| 2005 | Genius Loves Company | Ray Charles | R&B / Soul | |
| 2004 | Speakerboxx/The Love Below | OutKast | Rap | |
| 2003 | Come Away with Me | Norah Jones | Jazz | |
| 2002 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Various | Soundtrack | |
| 2001 | Two Against Nature | Steely Dan | Rock | |
| 2000 | Supernatural | Santana | Rock | |
| Year | Album of the Year (1990s) | Performing Artist | Genre | buy |
| 1999 | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | R&B / Soul | |
| 1998 | Time Out of Mind | Bob Dylan | Rock | |
| 1997 | Falling into You | Celine Dion | Pop | |
| 1996 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | Alternative | |
| 1995 | MTV Unplugged: Toney Bennett | Tony Bennett | Pop Vocal | |
| 1994 | The Bodyguard Soundtrack | Whitney Houston | Soundtrack | |
| 1993 | Unplugged | Eric Clapton | Rock | |
| 1992 | Unforgettable... with Love | Natalie Cole | Jazz | |
| 1991 | Back on the Block | Quincy Jones | Jazz | |
| 1990 | Nick of Time | Bonnie Raitt | Rock | |
| Year | Album of the Year (1980s) | Performing Artist | Genre | Buy |
| 1989 | Faith | George Michael | Pop | |
| 1988 | The Joshua Tree | U2 | Rock | |
| 1987 | Graceland | Paul Simon | Pop | |
| 1986 | No Jacket Required | Phil Collins | Rock | |
| 1985 | Can't Slow Down | Lionel Richie | R&B / Soul | |
| 1984 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Pop | |
| 1983 | Toto IV | Toto | Rock | |
| 1982 | Double Fantasy | John Lennon & Yoko Ono | Rock | |
| 1981 | Christopher Cross | Christopher Cross | Pop | |
| 1980 | 52nd Street | Billy Joel | Pop | |
| Year | Album of the Year (1970s) | Performing Artist | Genre | Buy |
| 1979 | Saturday Night Fever | Various Artists | Soundtrack | |
| 1978 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | Rock | |
| 1977 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | R&B / Soul | |
| 1976 | Still Crazy After All These Years | Paul Simon | Pop | |
| 1975 | Fulfillingness' First Finale | Stevie Wonder | R&B / Soul | |
| 1974 | Innervisions | Stevie Wonder | R&B / Soul | |
| 1973 | The Concert for Bangladesh | Various Artists | Rock | |
| 1972 | Tapestry | Carole King | Pop | |
| 1971 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | Pop | |
| 1970 | Blood, Sweat & Tears | Blood, Sweat & Tears | Rock | |
| Year | Album of the Year (1960s) | Performing Artist | Genre | Buy |
| 1969 | By the Time I Get to Phoenix | Glen Campbell | Country | |
| 1968 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Rock | |
| 1967 | A Man and His Music | Frank Sinatra | Pop Vocal | |
| 1966 | September of My Years | Frank Sinatra | Pop Vocal | |
| 1965 | Getz/Gilberto | Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto | Jazz | |
| 1964 | The Barbara Streisand Album | Barbara Streisand | Pop | |
| 1963 | The First Family | Vaughn Meader | Comedy | |
| 1962 | Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | Pop | |
| 1961 | The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart | Bob Newhart | Comedy | |
| 1960 | Come Dance with Me | Frank Sinatra | Pop Vocal | |
| Year | Album of the Year (1950s) | Performing Artist | Genre | Buy |
| 1959 | The Music from Peter Gun | Henri Mancini | Soundtrack | |
