Il Grammy Award al miglior album blues contemporaneo (Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album) è un premio Grammy assegnato dal 1988 al 2011 e poi nuovamente dal 2017.
Fino al 1992 fu conosciuto come Grammy Award alla miglior interpretazione blues contemporaneo (Best Contemporary Blues Performance) e nel 1989 fu assegnato ad una canzone anziché ad un album.
Dal 2001 al 2003 fu assegnato ai produttori oltre che agli artisti.
A partire dal 2012 il premi è stato fuso con la categoria miglior album blues tradizionale, per formare la nuova categoria miglior album blues. Dal 2016 le due categorie sono state nuovamente divise.
Vincitori e candidati
Miglior interpretazione blues contemporaneo
Anni 1980
1988 The Robert Cray Band - Strong Persuader B.B. King – Standing on the Edge of Love Bobby Bland – After All Buckwheat Zydeco – On a Night Like This Earl King – Glazed 1989 The Robert Cray Band - Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Bobby Bland – Blues You Can Use Etta James – Seven Year Itch Robben Ford – Talk to Your Daughter Ry Cooder – Low Commotion
Anni 1990
1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - In Step B.B. King – King of the Blues: 1989 Delbert McClinton – Live from Austin Bobby "Blue" Bland – Midnight Run Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle 1991 Jimmie Vaughan e Stevie Ray Vaughan - Family Style The Robert Cray Band ft. The Memphis Horns – Midnight Stroll Koko Taylor – Jump for Joy B.B. King e Lee Atwater – Red Hot & Blue Etta James – Stickin' to My Guns
Miglior album blues contemporaneo
Anni 1990
1992 Damn Right, I've Got the Blues - Buddy Guy Iceman - Albert Collins Signature - Charlie Musselwhite Live! Simply the Best - Irma Thomas Let Me In - Johnny Winter 1993 The Sky Is Crying - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble I Was Warned - Robert Cray Robben Ford & the Blue Line - Robben Ford & The Blue Line The Right Time - Etta James Peace to the Neighborhood - Pops Staples 1994 Feels Like Rain - Buddy Guy Mystic Mile - Robben Ford and the Blue Line Wake Up Call - John Mayall Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Paul Rodgers Hey, Where's Your Brother? - Johnny Winter 1995 Father Father - Pops Staples Shame + A Sin - The Robert Cray Band Force of Nature - Koko Taylor Strange Pleasure - Jimmie Vaughan Bow Wow - Johnny "Guitar" Watson 1996 Slippin' In - Buddy Guy The Man - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Live '92-'93 - Albert Collins & the Icebreakers Some Rainy Morning - Robert Cray Blue Night - Percy Sledge 1997 Just Like You - Keb' Mo' Sad Street - Bobby "Blue" Bland Long Way Home - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown A Man Amongst Men - Bo Diddley Live! The Real Deal - Buddy Guy Phantom Blues - Taj Mahal 1998 Señor Blues - Taj Mahal Reckless - Luther Allison Sweet Potato Pie - The Robert Cray Band Trippin' Live - Dr. John Come On Home - Boz Scaggs 1999 Slow Down - Keb' Mo' Sing It! - Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas e Tracy Nelson Heavy Love - Buddy Guy Life, Love & the Blues - Etta James Deuces Wild - B.B. King
Anni 2000
2000 Take Your Shoes Off - The Robert Cray Band Live in Chicago - Luther Allison Wander This World - Johnny Lang Welcome to Little Milton - Little Milton Continental Drifter - Charlie Musselwhite 2001 Shoutin' In Key - Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band Superharps - Shemekia Copeland Shake Hands with Shorty - North Mississippi Allstars Hoochie Man - Bobby Rush Royal Blue - Koko Taylor 2002 Nothing Personal - Delbert McClinton Creole Moon - Dr. John Sweet Tea - Buddy Guy Matriarch of the Blues - Etta James The Door - Keb' Mo' 2003 Don't Give Up on Me - Solomon Burke Burnin' Down the House - Etta James & The Roots Band Room to Breathe - Delbert McClinton One Night in America - Charlie Musselwhite 51 Phantom - North Mississippi Allstars 2004 Let's Roll - Etta James So Many Rivers - Marcia Ball The Road We're On - Sonny Landreth Rediscovered - Howard Tate Wait for Me - Susan Tedeschi 2005 Keep It Simple - Keb' Mo' N'awlinz Dis Dat or D'udda - Dr. John What's Wrong with This Picture? - Van Morrison Sanctuary - Charlie Musselwhite I'm a Bluesman - Johnny Winter 2006 Cost of Living - Delbert McClinton Make Do with What You Got - Solomon Burke Twenty - Robert Cray Bring 'Em In - Buddy Guy Electric Blue Watermelon - North Mississippi Allstars 2007 After the Rain - Irma Thomas Live from Across the Pond - The Robert Cray Band Sippiana Hericane - Dr. John e The Lower 911 Suitcase - Keb' Mo' Hope and Desire - Susan Tedeschi 2008 The Road to Escondido - J.J. Cale ed Eric Clapton Into the Blues - Joan Armatrading Is It News - Doyle Bramhall Truth - Robben Ford The Scene of the Crime - Bettye LaVette 2009 City That Care Forgot - Dr. John e The Lower 911 Peace, Love & BBQ - Marcia Ball Like a Fire - Solomon Burke Maestro - Taj Mahal Simply Grand - Irma Thomas
Anni 2010
2010 Already Free - The Derek Trucks Band This Time - The Robert Cray Band The Truth According to Ruthie Foster - Ruthie Foster Live: Hope at the Hideout - Mavis Staples Back to the River - Susan Tedeschi 2011 Living Proof - Buddy Guy Nothing's Impossible - Solomon Burke Tribal - Dr. John e The Lower 911 Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook - Bettye LaVette Live! in Chicago - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band ft. Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee e Buddy Flett 2017 The Last Days of Oakland - Fantastic Negrito Love Wins Again - Janiva Magness Bloodline - Kenny Neal Give It Back to You - The Record Company Everybody Wants a Piece - Joe Louis Walker 2018 TajMo - Taj Mahal e Keb' Mo' Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm - Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm Recorded Live in Lafayette - Sonny Landreth Got Soul - Robert Randolph & The Family Band Live from the Fox Oakland - Tedeschi Trucks Band 2019 Please Don't Be Dead - Fantastic Negrito Here in Babylon - Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps Cry No More - Danielle Nicole Out Of The Blues - Boz Scaggs Victor Wainwright & the Train - Victor Wainwright & the Train
Anni 2020
2020 This Land - Gary Clark Jr. Venom & Faith - Larkin Poe Brighter Days - Robert Randolph & the Family Band Somebody Save Me - Sugaray Rayford Keep On - Southern Avenue 2021 Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? - Fantastic Negrito Live at the Paramount - Ruthie Foster Big Band The Juice - G. Love Blackbirds - Bettye LaVette Up and Rolling - North Mississippi Allstars 2022 662 - Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Delta Kream - The Black Keys ft. Eric Deaton e Kenny Brown Royal Tea - Joe Bonamassa Uncivil War - Shemekia Copeland Fire It Up - Steve Cropper 2023 Brother Johnny - Edgar Winter Done Come Too Far - Shemekia Copeland Crown - Eric Gales Bloodline Maintenance - Ben Harper Set Sail - North Mississippi Allstars 2024 Blood Harmony – Larkin Poe Death Wish Blues – Samantha Fish e Jesse Dayton Healing Time – Ruthie Foster Live in London – Christone Kingfish Ingram LaVette! – Bettye LaVette
2025 Mileage – Ruthie Foster Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 – Joe Bonamassa Blame It On Eve – Shemekia Copeland Friendlytown – Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour The Fury – Antonio Vergara 2026 Preacher Kids – Robert Randolph Breakthrough – Joe Bonamassa Paper Doll – Samantha Fish A Tribute to LJK – Eric Gales Family – Southern Avenue
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Collegamenti esterni
Album blues contemporaneo