Grammy Award for Best Blues Album

The Grammy Award for Best Blues Album , in German "Grammy Award for the Best Blues Album", is a music prize that was awarded from 2012 to 2016 at the annual Grammy Awards . The award went to artists for albums in the field of blues music . For the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album, the Grammies awarded until 2011 for Best Contemporary Blues Album and Best Traditional Blues Album were merged, as NARAS wanted to significantly reduce the number of categories and in some cases abolish the separation of vocal and instrumental performances in the categories. From the Grammy Awards, it was split again into the two original categories

The award was given to albums that consist of at least 51% of the playing time new recordings from the field of blues music.

The award was only given to American artists, with the first award to Tedeschi Trucks Band being the only one so far to a blues band. Charlie Musselwhite is the only musician to have been nominated twice, both times with other musicians and both times at the 2014 Grammy Awards.

Winner and nominated artist

year	Artist / band	nationality	plant	Other nominated artists	Pictures of the artists
2012 February 12, 2012	Tedeschi Trucks Band	United States	Revelator	Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues Marcia Ball - Roadside Attractions Warren Haynes - Man in Motion Keb 'Mo' - The Reflection
2013 February 10, 2013	Dr. John	United States	Locked down	Shemekia Copeland - 33⅓ Ruthie Foster - Let It Burn Heritage Blues Orchestra - And Still I Rise Joan Osborne - Bring It On Home
2014 January 26, 2014	Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite	United States	Get up!	Billy Boy Arnold , Charlie Musselwhite , Mark Hummel , Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman - Remembering Little Walter James Cotton - Cotton Mouth Man Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa - Seesaw Bobby Rush - Down in Louisiana
2015 February 8, 2015	Johnny Winter	United States	Step Back	Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin - Common Ground - Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy Ruthie Foster - Promise of a Brand New Day Charlie Musselwhite - Juke Joint Chapel Bobby Rush with Blinddog Smokin ' - Decisions
2016 February 15, 2016	Buddy guy	United States	Born to Play Guitar	Cedric Burnside Project - Descendants of Hill Country Shemekia Copeland - Outskirts of Love Bettye LaVette - Worthy John Primer and Various Artists - Muddy Waters 100

supporting documents

1. ↑ Awards Category Comparison Chart (PDF 80 kB) National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. S. 1. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
2. ^ NARAL Final Nomination List 57th Grammy Awards , accessed December 31, 2015.

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards