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: 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. For 2024, no winner has yet been chosen as of the edit date.

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Artists with multiple wins

Artists with multiple nominations