Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
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Jim Henson has won the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children five times
The Grammy Award for Best Album for Children , in German "Grammy award for the best album for children", is a music prize that was awarded from 1959 to 1993 by the American Recording Academy .
History and background
Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.
One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children. The prize was awarded from 1959 to 1993. He was open to all audio recordings, whether it was an album, a single song, an audio book, a TV show or a movie recording.
The award has seen a few minor name changes since it was first presented:
- From 1959 to 1960 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children
- In 1961 it was called the Grammy Award for Best Album Created for Children
- From 1962 to 1968 the Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children was given
- In 1969 the award was not given
- From 1970 to 1991 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children
- From 1992 to 1993 it was called the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children.
In 1994 the award was split into the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children and the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children . Both categories were merged again in 2012 to form the Grammy Award for Best Children's Album , which has been awarded ever since.
Winners and nominees
| year | winner | nationality | album | Nominees | Picture of the winner (s) |
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| 1959 | Ross Bagdasarian (Artist) |
 United States
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The Chipmunk Song |
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| 1960 | Peter Ustinov (artist) |
 United Kingdom
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Peter and the Wolf |
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| 1961 | Ross Bagdasarian (Artist) |
United States
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Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks |
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| 1962 | Leonard Bernstein (artist) |
United States
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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf |
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| 1963 | Leonard Bernstein (artist) |
United States
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Camille Saint-Saëns : Carnival of the Animals / Benjamin Britten : Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra |
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| 1964 | Leonard Bernstein (artist) |
United States
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Bernstein Conducts For Young People |
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| 1965 | Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews (Artists) |
United States
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Mary Poppins |
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| 1966 | Marvin Miller (Artist) |
United States
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Dr. Seuss Presents: Fox in Sox and Green Eggs and Ham |
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| 1967 | Marvin Miller (Artist) |
United States
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Dr. Seuss Presents: If I Ran The Zoo and Sleep Book |
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| 1968 | Boris Karloff (artist) |
United Kingdom
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Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas |
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| 1969 | In 1969, the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children was not awarded. | ||||
| 1970 | Peter, Paul and Mary (Artist) |
United States
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Peter, Paul and Mommy |
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| 1971 | Joan Cooney and Thomas Z. Shepard (producers) |
United States
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Sesame Street |
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| 1972 | Bill Cosby (Artist) |
United States
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Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs |
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| 1973 | Bill Cosby and Rita Moreno ;
Christopher Cerf, Joe Raposo and Lee Chamberlin (Producers) |
United States
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The Electric Company |
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| 1974 | Joe Raposo (producer) |
United States
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Sesame Street Live! |
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| 1975 | Paul Winchell , Sebastian Cabot and Sterling Holloway (Artists) |
United States
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Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
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| 1976 | Richard Burton (Artist) |
United Kingdom
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The Little Prince |
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| 1977 | Hermione Gingold and Karl Böhm (artists) |
United Kingdom
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Prokofiev : Peter and the Wolf / Saint-Saëns : Carnival of the Animals |
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| 1978 | Christopher Cerf and Jim Timmens (producers) |
United States
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Aren't You Glad You're You |
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| 1979 | Jim Henson (producer) |
United States
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The Muppet Show (album) |
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| 1980 | Jim Henson and Paul Williams (producers) |
United States
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The Muppet Movie (Soundtrack) |
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| 1981 | David Levine and Lucy Simon (producers) |
United States
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In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record |
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| 1982 | Jim Henson and Dennis Scott (producers) |
United States
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Sesame Country |
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| 1983 | David Levine and Lucy Simon (producers) |
United States
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In Harmony 2 |
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| 1984 |
Michael Jackson (artist)
Quincy Jones (producer) |
United States
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ET The Extra-Terrestrial |
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| 1985 |
Shel Silverstein (Artist)
Ron Haffkine (producer) |
United States
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Where the sidewalk ends |
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| 1986 | Jim Henson and Steve Buckingham (producers) |
United States
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Follow That Bird: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| 1987 | Jim Henson, Geri Van Rees and Kathryn King (producers) |
United States
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The alphabet |
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| 1988 |
Bobby McFerrin and Jack Nicholson (Artists)
Bobby McFerrin, Mark Sottnick and Tom Bradshaw (producers) |
United States
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The Elephant's Child |
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| 1989 |
Robin Williams (artist)
Mark Sottnick and Ry Cooder (producers) |
United States
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Pecos Bill |
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| 1990 | Tanya Goodman (Artist)
David R. Lehman and J. Aaron Brown (Producers) |
United States
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The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 1 |
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| 1991 |
Alan Menken (composer)
Howard Ashman (copywriter) |
United States
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The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack |
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| 1992 | Clifford "Barney" Robertson (producer) |
United States
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A cappella kids |
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| 1993 | Alan Menken and Howard Ashman ( songwriters ) |
United States
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Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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Web links
- Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
- Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children (English) at grammy.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
- ^ Winner Best Recording For Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .