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Wikipedia / Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement in comedy." The award was awarded yearly from 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to present day.

History

There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:

  • From 1959 to 1967 it was Best Comedy Performance

  • From 1968 to 1991 it was known as Best Comedy Recording

  • From 1992 to 1993 and from 2004 to the present day it was awarded as Best Comedy Album

In 1960 and 1961 two separate awards were presented for the best spoken and for the best musical comedy performance.

In 1994, after four consecutive years of wins by classical music comedy albums, the award was restricted to spoken word comedy albums and moved into the "spoken" field. From then through 2003, it was awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.

In 2004 the award was reinstated within the comedy field as the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, once again allowing musical comedy works to be considered.

Bill Cosby holds the record for most consecutive wins, with six earned between 1965 and 1970. Peter Schickele (of P.D.Q. Bach fame) is the runner-up, with four wins between 1990 and 1993.

Recipients

The winner is the first-named artist and work for each year, or, for 1960 and 1961, category.

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Artists with multiple wins

  1. 7 wins

  2. Bill Cosby

  3. 6 wins

  4. Dave Chappelle

  5. 5 wins

  6. George Carlin

  7. Richard Pryor

  8. 4 wins

  9. Peter Schickele

  10. Robin Williams

  11. 3 wins

  12. Chris Rock

  13. Louis C.K.

  14. "Weird Al" Yankovic

  15. 2 wins

  16. Lewis Black

  17. Steve Martin

Artists with multiple nominations

  1. 16 nominations

  2. George Carlin

  3. 13 nominations

  4. Bill Cosby

  5. 10 nominations

  6. Richard Pryor

  7. "Weird Al" Yankovic

  8. 8 nominations

  9. Jim Gaffigan

  10. Jonathan Winters

  11. 7 nominations

  12. Patton Oswalt

  13. 6 nominations

  14. Lewis Black

  15. Dave Chappelle

  16. Cheech & Chong

  17. Stan Freberg

  18. Kathy Griffin

  19. Garrison Keillor

  20. Robin Williams

  21. 5 nominations

  22. Louis C.K.

  23. Steve Martin

  24. Chris Rock

  25. Peter Schickele

  26. Flip Wilson

  27. 4 nominations

  28. Mel Brooks

  29. Margaret Cho

  30. Jeff Foxworthy

  31. Al Franken

  32. Homer and Jethro

  33. Carl Reiner

  34. Sarah Silverman

  35. 3 nominations

  36. Erma Bombeck

  37. Lenny Bruce

  38. Rodney Dangerfield

  39. Bob Elliott

  40. The Firesign Theatre

  41. Flight of the Conchords

  42. Ray Goulding

  43. George Lopez

  44. Elaine May

  45. Dennis Miller

  46. Monty Python

  47. National Lampoon

  48. Mike Nichols

  49. Trevor Noah

  50. Adam Sandler

  51. Jerry Seinfeld

  52. Allan Sherman

  53. Lily Tomlin

  54. 2 nominations

  55. Nate Bargatze

  56. Shelley Berman

  57. Bill Burr

  58. Archie Campbell

  59. David Cross

  60. Ellen DeGeneres

  61. Jimmy Fallon

  62. Craig Ferguson

  63. David Frye

  64. Whoopi Goldberg

  65. Kevin Hart

  66. Sam Kinison

  67. Robert Klein

  68. Lisa Lampanelli

  69. Larry the Cable Guy

  70. Jackie Mason

  71. Eddie Murphy

  72. Bob Newhart

  73. Tig Notaro

  74. Don Rickles

  75. Mort Sahl

  76. Harry Shearer

  77. Smothers Brothers

  78. Ray Stevens

  79. Judy Tenuta

  80. Ron White

  81. Steven Wright

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