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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."<ref name=Overview>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The award was awarded yearly from 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to present day.
HistoryEdit
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.
RecipientsEdit
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Ross Bagdasarian Sr. was the first recipient of the award.
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Homer and Jethro won in 1960
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Shelley Berman won in 1960
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Bob Newhart won in 1961
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Elaine May & Mike Nichols won in 1962
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Allen Sherman won in 1964.
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Bill Cosby holds the record of most wins in the category with seven, six of them being consecutive from 1965 to 1970.
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Flip Wilson won in 1971
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Lily Tomlin won in 1972
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Cheech and Chong won in 1974
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Five-time winner George Carlin holds the record of most nominations for the award with sixteen.
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Five-time winner Richard Pryor.
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Four-time winner Robin Williams.
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Rodney Dangerfield won in 1980
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1986 winner Whoopi Goldberg.
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Three-time winner "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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Four-time winner Peter Schickele.
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Mel Brooks won in 1999
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Carl Reiner won in 1999.
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Three-time winner Chris Rock.
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Two-time winner Lewis Black.
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Jon Stewart won in 2005.
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Stephen Colbert won in 2010.
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Three-time winner Louis C.K.
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Six-time winner Dave Chappelle.
The winner is the first-named artist and work for each year, or, for 1960 and 1961, category.
1950sEdit
| Year{{#if:[I]|[I]|[1]}} | Performing Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Ross Bagdasarian Sr. | "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" |
| Stan Freberg | The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows | ||
| Stan Freberg | "Green Chri$tma$" | ||
| Elaine May & Mike Nichols | Improvisations to Music | ||
| Mort Sahl | The Future Lies Ahead |
1960sEdit
| Year{{#if:[I]|[I]|[2]}} | Performing Artist | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 <ref name="Grammy Awards 1960">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Musical Comedy | ||
| Homer and Jethro | "The Battle of Kookamonga" | |||
| Cliff Arquette | Charlie Weaver Sings for His People | |||
| Betty Comden & Adolph Green | A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green | |||
| Hans Conried & Alice Pearce | Monster Rally | |||
| Bernie Green | Musically Mad | |||
| Spoken Comedy | ||||
| Shelley Berman | Inside Shelley Berman | |||
| Lenny Bruce | The Sick Humor of Lenny Bruce | |||
| Stan Freberg | Stan Freberg with Original Cast | |||
| Andy Griffith | "Hamlet" | |||
| Mort Sahl | Look Forward in Anger | |||
| 1961 <ref name="Grammy Awards 1961">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Musical Comedy | ||
| Jo Stafford & Paul Weston | Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris | |||
| Stan Freberg | "The Old Payola Roll Blues" | |||
| Homer and Jethro | Homer and Jethro at the Country Club | |||
| Tom Lehrer | An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer | |||
| David Seville | "Alvin for President" | |||
| Spoken Comedy | ||||
| Bob Newhart | The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! | |||
| Shelley Berman | The Edge of Shelley Berman | |||
| Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner | "2000 Year Old Man" | |||
| Jonathan Winters | The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters | |||
| 1962 <ref name="Grammy Awards 1962">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Elaine May & Mike Nichols | An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May | |
| Bill Dana | José Jiménez the Astronaut | |||
| Stan Freberg | Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume One: The Early Years | |||
| Jonathan Winters | Here's Jonathan | |||
| 1963 <ref name="Grammy Awards 1963">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Vaughn Meader | The First Family | |
| Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller & Dudley Moore | Beyond the Fringe | |||
| Elaine May & Mike Nichols | Nichols and May Examine Doctors | |||
| Allan Sherman | My Son, the Folk Singer | |||
| Jonathan Winters | Another Day, Another World | |||
| 1964 <ref name="Grammy Awards 1964">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Allan Sherman | "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)" | |
| Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner | Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Cassius Clay | I Am the Greatest! | |||
| Bill Cosby | Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! | |||
| Smothers Brothers | Think Ethnic | |||
| 1965 <ref name="Grammy Awards 1965">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Bill Cosby | I Started Out as a Child | |
| Woody Allen | Woody Allen | |||
| Godfrey Cambridge | Ready or Not, Here Comes Godfrey Cambridge | |||
| Allan Sherman | For Swingin' Livers Only! | |||
| Jonathan Winters | Whistle Stopping | |||
| 1966 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Bill Cosby | Why Is There Air? | |
| Bob Booker & George Foster | You Don't Have to Be Jewish | |||
| Godfrey Cambridge | Them Cotton Pickin' Days is Over | |||
| Earl Doud & Allen Robin | "Welcome to the LBJ Ranch!" | |||
| Smothers Brothers | Mom Always Liked You Best | |||
| 1967 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Bill Cosby | Wonderfulness | |
| Don Bowman | Funny Way to Make an Album | |||
| Archie Campbell | Have a Laugh on Me | |||
| Homer and Jethro | Wanted for Murder | |||
| Mrs. Miller | "Downtown" | |||
| 1968 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Bill Cosby | Revenge | |
| Lenny Bruce | Lenny Bruce in Concert | |||
| Archie Campbell | The Cockfight and Other Tall Tales | |||
| George Carlin | Take-Offs and Put-Ons | |||
| Flip Wilson | Cowboys and Colored People | |||
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Bill Cosby | To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With | |
| Don Rickles | Hello Dummy! | |||
| Dan Rowan & Dick Martin | Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In | |||
| Flip Wilson | You Devil You | |||
1970sEdit
1980sEdit
1990sEdit
2000sEdit
2010sEdit
2020sEdit
| Year{{#if:[I]|[I]|[9]}} | Performing Artist | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Dave Chappelle | Sticks & Stones |
| Aziz Ansari | Right Now | ||
| Ellen DeGeneres | Relatable | ||
| Jim Gaffigan | Quality Time | ||
| Trevor Noah | Son of Patricia | ||
| 2021 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Tiffany Haddish | Black Mitzvah |
| Bill Burr | Paper Tiger | ||
| Jim Gaffigan | The Pale Tourist | ||
| Patton Oswalt | I Love Everything | ||
| Jerry Seinfeld | 23 Hours to Kill | ||
| 2022 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Louis C.K. | Sincerely |
| Nate Bargatze | The Greatest Average American | ||
| Lavell Crawford | The Comedy Vaccine | ||
| Chelsea Handler | Evolution | ||
| Lewis Black | Thanks for Risking Your Life | ||
| Kevin Hart | Zero Fucks Given | ||
| 2023 <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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Dave Chappelle | The Closer |
| Louis C.K. | Sorry | ||
| Jim Gaffigan | Comedy Monster | ||
| Patton Oswalt | We All Scream | ||
| Randy Rainbow | A Little Brains, A Little Talent | ||
| 2024 | |||
| Dave Chappelle | What's In A Name? | ||
| Trevor Noah | I Wish You Would | ||
| Chris Rock | Selective Outrage | ||
| Sarah Silverman | Someone You Love | ||
| Wanda Sykes | I'm An Entertainer | ||
| 2025
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| Dave Chappelle | The Dreamer | ||
| Jim Gaffigan | The Prisoner | ||
| Ricky Gervais | Armageddon | ||
| Nikki Glaser | Someday You'll Die | ||
| Trevor Noah | Where Was I? |
Artists with multiple winsEdit
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- 7 wins
- 6 wins
- 5 wins
- 4 wins
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
Artists with multiple nominationsEdit
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- 16 nominations
- 13 nominations
- 10 nominations
- 8 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- Lewis Black
- Dave Chappelle
- Cheech & Chong
- Stan Freberg
- Kathy Griffin
- Garrison Keillor
- Robin Williams
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- Erma Bombeck
- Lenny Bruce
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Bob Elliott
- The Firesign Theatre
- Flight of the Conchords
- Ray Goulding
- George Lopez
- Elaine May
- Dennis Miller
- Monty Python
- National Lampoon
- Mike Nichols
- Trevor Noah
- Adam Sandler
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Allan Sherman
- Sarah Silverman
- Lily Tomlin
- 2 nominations
- Shelley Berman
- Archie Campbell
- David Cross
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Jimmy Fallon
- Craig Ferguson
- David Frye
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Kevin Hart
- Sam Kinison
- Robert Klein
- Lisa Lampanelli
- Larry the Cable Guy
- Jackie Mason
- Eddie Murphy
- Bob Newhart
- Tig Notaro
- Don Rickles
- Mort Sahl
- Harry Shearer
- Smothers Brothers
- Ray Stevens
- Judy Tenuta
- Ron White
- Steven Wright
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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