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Grammy Album of the Year winners

Grammy Album of the Year winners is an award record published in 2026 — one of the 9 sources behind the music canon, weighted as award. 15 of its 68 entries appear in the aggregated canon. Its scope (1958–present) is calibrated against unrestricted lists before scoring.

  1. 1959The Music from Peter Gunn
  2. 1960Come Dance with Me!
  3. 1961The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
  4. 1962Judy at Carnegie Hall
  5. 1963The First Family
  6. 1964The Barbra Streisand Album
  7. 1965Getz/Gilberto
  8. 1966September of My Years
  9. 1967A Man and His Music
  10. 1968Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandCanon #18
  11. 1969By the Time I Get to Phoenix
  12. 1970Blood, Sweat & Tears
  13. 1971Bridge over Troubled WaterCanon #94
  14. 1972TapestryCanon #14
  15. 1973The Concert for Bangladesh
  16. 1974InnervisionsCanon #19
  17. 1975Fulfillingness' First Finale
  18. 1976Still Crazy After All These Years
  19. 1977Songs in the Key of LifeCanon #5
  20. 1978RumoursCanon #22
  21. 1979Saturday Night Fever – Soundtrack
  22. 198052nd Street
  23. 1981Christopher Cross
  24. 1982Double Fantasy
  25. 1983Toto IV
  26. 1984ThrillerCanon #6
  27. 1985Can't Slow Down
  28. 1986No Jacket Required
  29. 1987GracelandCanon #57
  30. 1988The Joshua TreeCanon #47
  31. 1989FaithCanon #231
  32. 1990Nick of Time
  33. 1991Back on the Block
  34. 1992Unforgettable... with Love
  35. 1993UnpluggedCanon #189
  36. 1994The Bodyguard – Original Soundtrack Album
  37. 1995MTV Unplugged
  38. 1996Jagged Little PillCanon #115
  39. 1997Falling into You
  40. 1998Time Out of Mind
  41. 1999The Miseducation of Lauryn HillCanon #33
  42. 2000Supernatural
  43. 2001Two Against Nature
  44. 2002O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Soundtrack
  45. 2003Come Away with Me
  46. 2004Speakerboxxx/The Love BelowCanon #225
  47. 2005Genius Loves Company
  48. 2006How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
  49. 2007Taking the Long Way
  50. 2008River: The Joni Letters
  51. 2009Raising Sand
  52. 2010Fearless
  53. 2011The Suburbs
  54. 201221Canon #128
  55. 2013Babel
  56. 2014Random Access Memories
  57. 2015Morning Phase
  58. 20161989
  59. 201725
  60. 201824K Magic
  61. 2019Golden Hour
  62. 2020When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
  63. 2021Folklore
  64. 2022We Are
  65. 2023Harry's House
  66. 2024Midnights
  67. 2025Cowboy Carter
  68. 2026Debí Tirar Más Fotos

List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.