Nothing marks success in a musician’s profession fairly like a Grammy Award — particularly essentially the most coveted statue within the race, album of the 12 months. Although a number of musicians have been embellished many instances over with golden gramophones, solely an elite few have secured the highest prize since America’s grandest music ceremony started in 1959.
Some newer album of the 12 months winners embody Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Jon Batiste, Kacey Musgraves, Bruno Mars, Adele, Beck, Daft Punk and Mumford & Sons, however the honor dates all the way in which again to Henry Mancini’s inaugural win for The Music From Peter Gun, which beat out trade legends like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Sinatra, nevertheless, ranks among the many choose group of repeat album of the 12 months winners, which additionally contains Tom Coyne, Stevie Marvel and Paul Simon.
Two of the award’s newer recipients, Adele and Swift, are the one ladies to have taken residence the excessive honor greater than as soon as, for 21 and 25, in addition to Folklore, Fearless and 1989, respectively. With Fearless, Swift surpassed Alanis Morissette because the class’s youngest victor at 20 years previous. Jon Batiste is the present album of the 12 months holder, profitable in 2022 for We Are.
This 12 months, the nominees for album of the 12 months are ABBA (Voyage), Adele (30), Unhealthy Bunny (Un Verano Sin Ti), Beyoncé (Renaissance), Mary J. Blige (Good Morning Beautiful (Deluxe)), Brandi Carlile (In These Silent Days), Coldplay (Music of the Spheres), Kendrick Lamar (Mr. Morale & The Massive Steppers), Lizzo (Particular) and Harry Types (Harry’s Home). The winner can be revealed Sunday when the sixty fifth annual Grammy Awards are handed out.
Examine extra of the previous album of the 12 months champs beneath.
This was initially revealed on Feb. 14, 2016.
