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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Awarded forQuality albums containing 51% or more playing time of vocal tracks[1] in the "traditional" genre (Great American Songbook)[2]
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1992
Currently held byLaufey – Bewitched (2024)
Most awardsTony Bennett (14)
Most nominationsTony Bennett (17)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[3] Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[4]

The award has been presented every year since 1992, though it has had two name changes throughout its history. In 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Pop Performance, from 1993 to 2000 the award was known as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, and since 2001 it has been awarded as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Apart from the first year it was presented, the award has been designated for "albums containing 51% or more playing time of vocal tracks", with "traditional" referring to the "composition, vocal styling, and the instrumental arrangement" of the body of music known as the Great American Songbook.[1][2]

The 1992 award was presented to Natalie Cole for the spliced-together duet of her and her father, Nat King Cole, performing his original recording of "Unforgettable".[5] This is the only instance in which the traditional pop award was awarded for a song, as opposed to an album. Prior to 2001, the Grammy was presented to the performing artists only; since then the award has been given to the performing artists, the engineers/mixers, as well as the producers, provided they worked on more than 51 percent of playing time on the album. Producers and engineers who worked on less than 50 percent of playing time of the album, as well as mastering engineers do not win an award, but can apply for a Winners Certificate.[6] Eligibility criteria for the category was expanded in 2025 to welcome more entries from the musical theater community, and it was mandated that albums must contain more than 75% of newly recorded and previously unreleased material.[7]

Recipients

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An older man holding a microphone in one hand, his arms held out, smiling and wearing a black suit with a white dress shirt.
Fourteen-time award winner Tony Bennett
A woman wearing earrings, a bracelet and a multi-colored spaghetti strapped dress, with both hands folded over a microphone.
Two-time award winner Natalie Cole
Black and white image of a man with his eyes closed and lips pressed.
2002 award winner, Harry Connick Jr., performing in 2007
A woman wearing a white suit with her eyes closed, holding a microphone.
2004 award winner, k.d. lang, performing in 2008
A man on a stage, wearing a suit and holding a mic and its stand at an angle. Behind him, a man is playing a drum set.
2005 award winner, Rod Stewart
A man wearing a blue suit, a white dress shirt and a tie.
Four-time award winner Michael Bublé at the Juno Awards of 2009
Two-time award winner Lady Gaga
Willie Nelson has won twice.
2021 recipient James Taylor
2024 recipient Laufey
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1992 Natalie Cole "Unforgettable" [8]
[9]
1993 Tony Bennett Perfectly Frank
[10]
1994 Steppin' Out [11]
1995 MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett [12]
1996 Frank Sinatra Duets II
[13]
1997 Tony Bennett Here's to the Ladies [14]
1998 Tony Bennett on Holiday [15]
1999 Patti Page Live at Carnegie Hall: The 50th Anniversary Concert
[16]
2000 Tony Bennett Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool [17]
2001 Joni Mitchell Both Sides Now [18]
2002 Harry Connick Jr. Songs I Heard [19]
2003 Tony Bennett Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues [20]
2004 Tony Bennett and k.d. lang A Wonderful World [21]
2005 Rod Stewart Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III
[22]
2006 Tony Bennett The Art of Romance [23]
2007 Duets: An American Classic [24]
2008 Michael Bublé Call Me Irresponsible [25]
2009 Natalie Cole Still Unforgettable [26]
2010 Michael Bublé Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden [27]
2011 Crazy Love [28]
2012 Tony Bennett Duets II [29]
2013 Paul McCartney Kisses on the Bottom [30]
2014 Michael Bublé To Be Loved [31]
2015 Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Cheek to Cheek [32]
2016 Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern [33]
2017 Willie Nelson Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin [34]
2018
  • (Various artists)
  • Dae Bennett, producer[II]
 Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 [35]
2019 Willie Nelson My Way [36]
2020 Elvis Costello & The Imposters Look Now [37]
2021 James Taylor American Standard
[38]
2022 Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Love for Sale [39]
2023 Michael Bublé Higher [40]
2024 Laufey Bewitched
[41]
  • ^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
  • ^[II] Award only went to a producer of the album, not the performing artist(s).

Artists with multiple wins

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Artists with multiple nominations

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See also

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References

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