Il Grammy Award all'album dell'anno (Grammy Award for Album of the Year) è un premio Grammy istituito nel 1959, lo stesso anno del debutto della grande premiazione. L'album dell'anno viene assegnato per un intero album e il premio viene assegnato all'artista, al cantautore, al produttore, all'ingegnere del suono ed all'ingegnere del mastering.
Fa parte dei quattro grandi premi principali ed è considerato quello più prestigioso fra tutte le categorie.
Caratteristiche Durante gli anni l'assegnazione di questi premi ha seguito i seguenti criteri:
1959-1965: solo artista 1966-1998: artista e produttore. 1999-2002: artista, produttore e ingegnere del suono o mixer. 2003-2017: artista, artista in primo piano, produttore, ingegnere del mastering e ingegnere del suono o mixer. 2018-2020: artista, produttore, autore del testo (di nuovo materiale), ingegnere del mastering e ingegnere del suono o mixer (solo coloro a cui è stato accreditato almeno il 33% del tempo di riproduzione dell'album). 2021-presente: artista, produttore, autore del testo (di nuovo materiale), ingegnere del mastering e ingegnere del suono o mixer (indipendentemente dal tempo di gioco accreditato).
Per un breve periodo, dal 1962 al 1964 il nome fu esteso in Album of the Year (other than classical), ma nel 1965 fu ripristinato il suo nome originale.
Vincitori e candidati I vincitori sono indicati in grassetto.
Anni 1950
1959 The Music from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook - Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely - Frank Sinatra Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1, In B-Flat Minor, Op.23 - Van Cliburn
Anni 1960
1960 Come Dance with Me! - Frank Sinatra Belafonte at Carnegie Hall - Harry Belafonte More Music from Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini Victory at Sea, Vol. 1 - Robert Russell Bennett Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Van Cliburn 1961 The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart - Bob Newhart Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall - Harry Belafonte Brahms: Concerto - Svjatoslav Teofilovič Richter Nice 'n' Easy - Frank Sinatra Puccini: Turandot - Erich Leinsdorf Wild Is Love - Nat King Cole 1962 Judy at Carnegie Hall - Judy Garland Breakfast at Tiffany's - Henry Mancini Genius + Soul = Jazz - Ray Charles Great Band with Great Voices - Si Zentner e Johnny Mann Singers The Nat King Cole Story - Nat King Cole West Side Story (Motion Picture Soundtrack) - John Green 1963 The First Family - Vaughn Meader; Bob Booker & Earle Doud (produttori) I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett Jazz Samba - Stan Getz e Charlie Byrd Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles My Son, the Folk Singer - Allan Sherman 1964 The Barbra Streisand Album - Barbra Streisand Bach's Greatest Hits - Ward Swingle e The Swingle Singers Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests - Andy Williams Honey in the Horn - Al Hirt The Singing Nun - Sœur Sourire 1965 Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & João Gilberto Cotton Candy - Al Hirt Funny Girl - Artisti Vari; Bob Merrill & Jule Styne (compositori) People - Barbra Streisand The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini 1966 September of My Years - Frank Sinatra; Sonny Burke (produttore) Help! - The Beatles; George Martin (produttore) My Name Is Barbra - Barbra Streisand; Bob Mersey (produttore) My World - Eddy Arnold; Chet Atkins (produttore) The Sound Of Music (Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Artisti Vari; Julie Andrews (artista); Neely Plumb (produttore) 1967 A Man and His Music - Frank Sinatra; Sonny Burke (produttore) Color Me Barbra - Barbra Streisand; Bob Mersey (produttore) Dr. Zhivago (Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Maurice Jarre; Jesse Kaye (produttore) Revolver - The Beatles; George Martin (produttore) What Now My Love - Herb Alpert e the Tijuana Brass; Herb Alpert e Jerry Moss (produttori) 1968 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles; George Martin (produttore) Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Frank Sinatra ed Antônio Carlos Jobim; Sonny Burke (produttore) It Must Be Him - Vikki Carr; Tommy Oliver e Dave Pell (produttori) My Cup Runneth Over - Ed Ames; Jim Foglesong (produttore) Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry; Kelly Gordon & Bobby Paris (produttori) 1969 By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell; Al De Lory (produttore) Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel; Roy Halee e Simon & Garfunkel (produttori) Feliciano! - José Feliciano; Rick Jarrard (produttore) Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles; George Martin (produttore) A Tramp Shining - Richard Harris; Jimmy L. Webb (produttore)
Anni 1970
1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears Abbey Road - The Beatles The Age of Aquarius - The Fifth Dimension Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash At San Quentin - Johnny Cash 1971 Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel Chicago - Chicago Close to You - The Carpenters Déjà Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Elton John - Elton John Sweet Baby James - James Taylor 1972 Tapestry - Carole King All Things Must Pass - George Harrison Carpenters - The Carpenters Jesus Christ Superstar (London Production) - Vari artisti Shaft - Isaac Hayes 1973 The Concert for Bangladesh - George Harrison & Friends (Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton E Klaus Voormann) American Pie - Don McLean Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Vari artisti Moods - Neil Diamond Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson 1974 Innervisions - Stevie Wonder Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich The Divine Miss M - Bette Midler Killing Me Softly with His Song - Roberta Flack There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon 1975 Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder Back Home Again - John Denver Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings Caribou - Elton John Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell 1976 Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon Between the Lines - Janis Ian Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John Heart Like a Wheel - Linda Ronstadt One of These Nights - Eagles 1977 Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder Breezin' - George Benson Chicago X - Chicago Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs 1978 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Aja - Steely Dan Hotel California - Eagles JT - James Taylor Star Wars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - John Williams (accompagnato dalla London Symphony Orchestra) 1979 Saturday Night Fever (colonna sonora) - Vari Artisti Even Now - Barry Manilow Grease (colonna sonora) - Vari Artisti Running on Empty - Jackson Browne Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
Anni 1980
1980 52nd Street - Billy Joel Minute by Minute - The Doobie Brothers The Gambler - Kenny Rogers Bad Girls - Donna Summer Breakfast in America - Supertramp 1981 Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross Glass Houses - Billy Joel The Wall - Pink Floyd Trilogy: Past Present Future - Frank Sinatra Guilty - Barbra Streisand 1982 Double Fantasy - John Lennon e Yōko Ono Mistaken Identity - Kim Carnes Breakin' Away - Al Jarreau The Dude - Quincy Jones Gaucho - Steely Dan 1983 Toto IV - Toto American Fool - John Cougar The Nightfly - Donald Fagen The Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel Tug of War - Paul McCartney 1984 Thriller - Michael Jackson Let's Dance - David Bowie An Innocent Man - Billy Joel Synchronicity - The Police Flashdance (colonna sonora) - Vari Artisti 1985 Can't Slow Down - Lionel Richie She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper Purple Rain - Prince e The Revolution Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen Private Dancer - Tina Turner 1986 No Jacket Required - Phil Collins Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting We Are the World - USA for Africa 1987 Graceland - Paul Simon So - Peter Gabriel Control - Janet Jackson The Broadway Album - Barbra Streisand Back in the High Life - Steve Winwood 1988 The Joshua Tree - U2 Whitney - Whitney Houston Bad - Michael Jackson Trio - Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt ed Emmylou Harris Sign o' the Times - Prince 1989 Faith - George Michael Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman Simple Pleasures - Bobby McFerrin ...Nothing Like the Sun - Sting Roll with It - Steve Winwood
Anni 1990
1990 Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt The End of the Innocence - Don Henley The Raw & the Cooked - Fine Young Cannibals Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 - Traveling Wilburys 1991 Back on the Block - Quincy Jones ...But Seriously - Phil Collins Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - MC Hammer Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips 1992 Unforgettable... with Love - Natalie Cole Heart in Motion - Amy Grant Luck of the Draw - Bonnie Raitt Out of Time - R.E.M. The Rhythm of the Saints - Paul Simon 1993 Unplugged - Eric Clapton Achtung Baby - U2 La bella e la bestia (colonna sonora) - Vari Artisti Diva - Annie Lennox Ingénue - K.d. lang 1994 The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album - Whitney Houston Automatic for the People - R.E.M. Kamakiriad - Donald Fagen River of Dreams - Billy Joel Ten Summoner's Tales - Sting 1995 MTV Unplugged - Tony Bennett From the Cradle - Eric Clapton Longing in Their Hearts - Bonnie Raitt Seal - Seal The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 - José Carreras, Plácido Domingo e Luciano Pavarotti con Zubin Mehta 1996 Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette Daydream - Mariah Carey HIStory: Past, Present and Future - Book I - Michael Jackson Relish - Joan Osborne Vitalogy - Pearl Jam 1997 Falling into You - Céline Dion Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins Odelay - Beck The Score - Fugees Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album - Vari Artisti 1998 Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan The Day - Babyface Flaming Pie - Paul McCartney OK Computer - Radiohead This Fire - Paula Cole 1999 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill Come on Over - Shania Twain The Globe Sessions - Sheryl Crow Ray of Light - Madonna Version 2.0 - Garbage
Anni 2000
2000 Supernatural - Carlos Santana FanMail - TLC Fly - Dixie Chicks Millennium - Backstreet Boys When I Look in Your Eyes - Diana Krall 2001 Two Against Nature - Steely Dan Kid A - Radiohead The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem Midnite Vultures - Beck You're the One - Paul Simon 2002 Fratello, dove sei? (colonna sonora) - Vari Artisti Acoustic Soul - India.Arie All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2 Love and Theft - Bob Dylan Stankonia - OutKast 2003 Come Away with Me - Norah Jones The Eminem Show - Eminem Home - Dixie Chicks Nellyville - Nelly The Rising - Bruce Springsteen 2004 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - OutKast Elephant - The White Stripes Fallen - Evanescence Justified - Justin Timberlake Under Construction - Missy Elliott 2005 Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles e vari artisti American Idiot - Green Day The College Dropout - Kanye West Confessions - Usher The Diary of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys 2006 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2 Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey Late Registration - Kanye West Love. Angel. Music. Baby. - Gwen Stefani 2007 Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks Continuum - John Mayer FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers 2008 River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock Back to Black - Amy Winehouse Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters Graduation - Kanye West These Days - Vince Gill 2009 Raising Sand - Robert Plant ed Alison Krauss In Rainbows - Radiohead Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne Viva la vida or Death and All His Friends - Coldplay Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo
Anni 2010
2010 Fearless - Taylor Swift I Am... Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé The E.N.D. - The Black Eyed Peas The Fame - Lady Gaga