Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa received the Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 1996 for the album Civilization Phaze III

The Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package , in German "Grammy award for the best (music) package as a box or limited special edition", is a music prize awarded by the American Recording Academy in the field of music production since 1995 becomes. The award goes to the art director of the winning work.

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 excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package . The award given to the art director has been awarded since 1995 and went to Chris Thompson for The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks in the first year . The award category was initially called the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package - Boxed from 1995 to 1997 and the Grammy Award for Best Boxed Recording Package from 1998 to 2002 . From 2016, six instead of the previous five works will be nominated for the award.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Performer (s)	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1995	Chris Thompson		The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks	Ella Fitzgerald	Beborah Norcross for Boingo ( Oingo Boingo ) David Lau for The Complete Bud Powell on Verve ( Bud Powell ) Chris Bilheimer, Tom Recchion and Michael Stipe for Monster ( REM ) Geoff Gans and Coco Shinomiya for Songs of the West ( Emmylou Harris )
1996	Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa	United States	Civilization Phaze III	Frank Zappa	Mark Farrow for Alternative ( Pet Shop Boys ) Allen Weinberg for Box of Fire ( Aerosmith ) Storm Thorgerson for Pulse ( Pink Floyd ) Blind Melon, Jeffery Fey, Chris Jones and Tommy Steele for Soup ( Blind Melon )
1997	Arnold Levine and Chika Azuma		The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings	Miles Davis and Gil Evans	Michael Lang, David Lau and Giulio Turturro for Blues, Boogie & Bop: The 1940s Mercury Sessions (various artists) JoDee Stringham for The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings ( Frank Sinatra ) Giulio Turturro for The Man from Ipanema ( Antônio Carlos Jobim ) Chris Bilheimer and Michael Stipe for New Adventures in Hi-Fi (REM)
1998	David Gorman, Hugh Brown and Rachel Gutek		Beg Scream and Shout! The Big Ol 'Box of' 60s Soul	different artists	Patricia Lie for The Complete Bill Evans on Verve ( Bill Evans ) Giulio Turturro for The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong ) Carol Bobolts, Laurie Goldman and Jack O'Neil for Cuba: I Am Time (various artists) Bryan Lasley for Shakedown! The Texas Tapes Revisited ( Bobby Fuller )
1999	Jim Kemp and Virginia Team		The Complete Hank Williams	Hank Williams	Mark Michaelson for The Best of William Burroughs from Giorno Poetry Systems ( William Burroughs ) Chika Azuma for Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington ) Janet Boye & Arnold Levine for The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968 (Miles Davis Quintet) Andy Engel & Johnny Lee for Miss Peggy Lee ( Peggy Lee )
2000	Ron Jaramillo and Arnold Levine		Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions	Miles Davis	Gordon H. Jee for The Blue Note Years - 60th Anniversary Box Set (various artists) Giulio Turturro for The Complete Jazz at the Philharmonic on Verve 1944–1949 (various artists) James Austin, Hugh Brown and Julie Vlasak for Hot Rods & Custom Classics - Cruisin 'Songs & Highway Hits (various artists) Hollis King for John Coltrane - The Classic Quartet: The Complete Impulse! Recordings ( John Coltrane )
2001	Arnold Levine and Frank Harkins		The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955-1961	Miles Davis and John Coltrane	Ian Cuttler for The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (Louis Armstrong) Hollis King for The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve ( Lester Young ) Jared Eberhardt, Michael Jager and Todd Wender for Hampton Comes Alive ( Phish ) Rachel Gutek for Respect: A Century of Women in Music (various artists)
2002	Hugh Brown and Steve Vance		Brain in a Box - The Science Fiction Collection	different artists	Christian Calabro for Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944–1948 ( Charlie Parker ) Dave Bett and Sheri Lee for El Cancionero: Mas y Mas - A History of the Band from East LA ( Los Lobos ) Ron Jaramillo and Adam Owett for Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944 ( Billie Holiday ) Carol Bobolts, Jaime Boyle and Deb Schuler for The Long Road to Freedom - An Anthology of Black Music (various artists)
2003	Susan Archie		Screamin 'and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton	Charlie Patton	Sevie Bates for Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (various artists) Mary Fagot, Joshua Liberson, George Mimnaugh and Ethan Trask for Capitol Records Sixtieth Anniversary 1942–2002 (various artists) Hugh Brown & Julie Vlasak for Like Omigod! The 80s Pop Culture Box (Totally) (various artists) Dave Bett & Sheri Lee for Ultra Lounge - Vegas Baby! (different artists)
2004	Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson and Seth Rothstein		The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions	Miles Davis	Michael Amzalag, Mathias Augustinyak and Gabríela Friðriksdóttir for Family Tree ( Björk ) Kathleen Philpott and Mark Tappin for Furious Angels ( Rob Dougan ) Dave Bett and Sheri Lee for Scarlet's Walk ( Tori Amos ) Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto for Sing the Sorrow ( AFI )
2005	Stefan Sagmeister	Austria	Once in a Lifetime	Talking heads	Stefan Sagmeister for The Complete Verve Master Takes (Charlie Parker) Susan Archie for Goodbye, Babylon (various artists) Michele Horie & Ryan Rogers for The Hip Hop Box (various artists) Christine Cano for Unearthed ( Johnny Cash )
2006	Ian Cuttler	Mexico	The Legend of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Susan Archie and Noel Waggener for Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962–70) ( Albert Ayler ) Hugh Brown and Jeff Lyons for Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings ( Ray Charles ) Hugh Brown and Sheryl Farber for Weird Tales of the Ramones ( Ramones ) Howard Fritzson and Michelle Holme for You Ain't Talkin 'to Me - Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music ( Charlie Poole and various artists)
2007	Flea , John Frusciante , Anthony Kiedis , Chad Smith and Matt Taylor	United States	Arcadium Stadium	Red hot chili peppers	Howard Fritzson, Dan Ichimoto and Seth Rothstein for The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 (Miles Davis) Susan Archie and Henry Owings for Fonotone Records (various artists) Hugh Brown and Jean Krikorian for A Life Less Lived - The Gothic Box (various artists) Hugh Brown, Sheryl Farber and Maria Villar for One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost & Found (various artists)
2008	Masaki Koike		What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967-1977)	different artists	Matt Taylor, Ellen Wakayama and Gerard Way for The Black Parade - Special Edition ( My Chemical Romance ) Alex Kirzhner for A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Limited Edition Collectible Deluxe Box ( Panic! At the Disco ) Stan Chow for Icky Thump - Limited Edition USB Flash Drive ( The White Stripes ) Matt Taylor and Valo for Venus Doom ( HIM )
2009	Stanley Donwood , Mel Maxwell and Xiaan Munro	United Kingdom	In rainbows	Radiohead	Trent Reznor and Rob Sheridan for Ghosts I – IV ( Nine Inch Nails ) Qing-Yang Xiao for Poems & Songs (Wu Sheng) Alex Kirzhner and Panic! at the disco for Pretty. Odd. (Panic! At the Disco) Aimee Mann and Gail Marowitz for @ #% & *! Smilers ( Aimee Mann )
2010	Gary Burden , Jenice Heo and Neil Young	United States  Canada	The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972	Neil Young	Mathieu Bitton and Scott Webber for A Cabinet of Curiosities ( Jane's Addiction ) Masaki Koike for The Cliffürd Ball (Phish) Stefan Sagmeister for Everything That Happens Will Happen Today ( David Byrne and Brian Eno ) Jordan Butcher for Lost in the Sound of Separation (Deluxe Edition) ( Underoath )
2011	Rob Jones and Jack White	United States	Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set)	The White Stripes	Tom Lunt, Rob Sevier and Ken Shipley for Light: On the South Side (various artists) Jeff Anderson and Vaughan Oliver for Minotaur (Deluxe Edition) ( The Pixies ) Daniel Reiss and Klaus Voormann for A Sideman's Journey (Limited Collector's Super Deluxe Box Set) ( Klaus Voormann ) Qing-Yang Xiao for Story Island (various artists)
2012	Dave Bett and Michelle Holme		The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story	Bruce Springsteen	Donald Twain and Zachariah Wildwood for The King of Limbs ( Radiohead ) Matt Taylor and Ellen Wakayama for 25th Anniversary Music Box ( Danny Elfman and Tim Burton ) James Spindler for 25 Years ( Sting ) David Gorman for Wingless Angels - Deluxe Edition ( Wingless Angels )
2013	Fritz Klaetke		Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection	Woody Guthrie	Rob Sheridan for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (soundtrack of the film) ( Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ) Liz Kweller for Go Fly a Kite ( Ben Kweller ) Simon Earith and James Musgrave for Ram - Paul McCartney Archive Collection (Deluxe Edition) ( Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney ) Stephen Kennedy for Some Girls: Super Deluxe Edition ( The Rolling Stones )
2014	Simon Earith and James Musgrave		Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition)	Paul McCartney and Wings	Charles Dooher and Scott Sandler for The Brussels Affair (The Rolling Stones) Mayer Hawthorne for How Do You Do (Limited Edition Box Set) (Mayer Hawthorne) Ross Stirling for The Road to Red Rocks (Special Edition) ( Mumford & Sons ) Masaki Koike for The Smith Tapes (various artists)
2015	Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood and Jack White		The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)	different artists	Leland Meiners and Ken Shipley for Cities of Darkscorch (various artists) Gary Burden and Jenice Heo for A Letter Home (Vinyl Box Set) ( Neil Young ) Andy Carne for Sparks (Deluxe Album Box Set) ( Imogen Heap ) Jessica Dessner, Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson and Steve Vance for Spring 1990 (The Other One) ( Grateful Dead )
2016	Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood and Jack White		The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)	different artists	Leif Podhajsky for Beneath the Skin (Deluxe Box Set) ( Of Monsters and Men ) Sasha Barr and Josh Tillman for I Love You, Honeybear (Limited Edition Deluxe Vinyl) ( Father John Misty ) Stephen Kennedy and James Tilley for Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Edition) (The Rolling Stones) Doran Tyson and Steve Vance for 30 Trips Around the Sun (Grateful Dead) Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden and Glen Nakasako for What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (Deluxe Box Set) ( The Decemberists )
2017	Gérard Lo Monaco		Edith Piaf 1915-2015	Edith Piaf	Jonathan Dagan and Mathias Host Normark for 401 Days (J.Views) Samuel Burgess-Johnson and Matthew Healy for I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (Box Set) ( The 1975 ) Matt Taylor for Paper Wheels (Deluxe Limited Edition) ( Trey Anastasio ) Simon Earith and James Musgrave for Tug of War (Deluxe Edition) (Paul McCartney)
2018	Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly, and David Pescovitz	United States	The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition	different artists	Tim Breen for Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta (various artists) Tom Hingston for Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ( Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ) Masaki Koike for May 1977: Get Shown the Light (Grateful Dead) Tim Breen, Benjamin Marra and Ken Shipley for Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (various artists)
2019	Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll and Al Yankovic	United States	Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic	"Weird" Al Yankovic	Arian Buhler, Charles Dooher, Jeff Fura, Scott Sandler and Matt Taylor for Appetite for Destruction (Locked 'n Loaded Box) ( Guns n' Roses ) Carson Ellis, Jeri Heiden and Glen Nakasako for I'll Be Your Girl (The Decemberists) Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson and Roy Henry Vickers for Pacific Northwest '73 -'74: The Complete Recordings (Grateful Dead) Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds for Too Many Bad Habits (Johnny Nicholas)
2020	Masaki Koike (Art Director)		Woodstock: Back to the Garden - The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive	different artists	Anima by Stanley Donwood & Tchocky, Artdirectors ( Thom Yorke ) Gold in Brass Age by Amanda Chiu, Mark Farrow & David Gray, Artdirectors ( David Gray ) 1963: New Directions by Josh Cheuse, Art Directors ( John Coltrane ) The Radio Recordings 1939–1945 by Marek Polewski, Art Directors ( Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berliner Philharmoniker )

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed July 14, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed July 14, 2019 . 
3. ↑ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Best Recording Package - Boxed. Accessed July 14, 2019 .