Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album (German Grammy Award for the best comedy album ) is a music award that has been awarded to artists for high-quality works in the field of humor since 1959.

Background and story

At the Grammy Awards , artistic achievement, technical competence and overall musical achievement in various categories are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), regardless of the number of sales of the work.

In order to receive the award, the performer must have released a spoken or musical album in the year prior to the award ceremony that contains at least 51% previously unreleased material. If the album contains a comedy program, this must also consist of at least 51% new material. The album can have been recorded in the studio as well as live, recordings from current television or radio appearances are also possible. Audio books and TV or radio recordings that were not made in the previous year of the award are excluded from the award.

The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album was first presented at the first Grammy Awards in 1959. From 1959 to 1967 he was awarded under the name of Best Comedy Performance (dt. Best Comedy Performance ), whereby the award in 1960 and 1961 was divided into the categories of music and language. In 1968 the award was renamed the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording (German Grammy award for the best comedy recording ), this designation lasted until 1991. In 1992 and 1993 and since 2004 the award has been given under the name Best Comedy Album , so that since then only albums can be awarded. Between 1994 and 2003, the prize was awarded only in the spoken area and Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album (dt. Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album ) renamed and assigned a separate category.

statistics

David Seville was the first musician to receive the award at the first Grammy Awards in 1959. To date, Bill Cosby is the most frequently awarded performer with seven awards. George Carlin has been nominated 16 times, holding the record for most nominations. Of these he was able to win five times, his last award in 2009 was given to him posthumously. Two artists, Garrison Keillor and Stan Freberg , have been nominated six times without ever winning the award. With the exception of the Canadian Tommy Chong , who won together with Cheech Marin in 1974 , and the New Zealand group Flight of the Conchords , the award has so far only been given to Americans .

Winner and nominated artist

year	Artist / band	nationality	plant	Other nominated artists	Pictures of the artists
1959 May 4th 1959	David Seville	United States	The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)	Stan Freberg - Green Christmas Mike Nichols , Elaine May - Improvisations to Music Stan Freberg - The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows Mort Sahl - The Future Lies Ahead
1960 November 29, 1959 (music)	Homer & Jethro	United States	The Battle of Kookamonga	Betty Comden , Adolph Green - A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green Cliff Arquette - Charlie Weaver Sings for His People Hans Conreid , Alice Pearce - Monster Rally Bernie Green - Musically Mad
1960 November 29, 1959 (language)	Shelley Berman	United States	Inside Shelly Berman	Andy Griffith - Hamlet Mort Sahl - Look Foward in Anger Lenny Bruce - Sick Humor Stan Freberg - Stan Freberg with Original Cast
1961 April 13, 1961 (music)	Paul Weston , Jo Stafford	United States	Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris	David Seville - Alvin for President Tom Lehrer - An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer Homer & Jethro - Homer and Jethro at the Country Club Stan Freberg - The Old Payola Roll Blues
1961 April 13, 1961 (language)	Bob Newhart	United States	Button Down Mind Strikes Back	Carl Reiner , Mel Brooks - 2,000 Year Old Man Shelley Berman - The Edge of Shelley Berman Jonathan Winters - The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters
1962 May 29, 1962	Mike Nichols , Elaine May	United States	An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May	Jonathan Winters - Here's Jonathan Bill Dana - Jose Jimenez the astronaut Stan Freberg - Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America
1963 May 15, 1963	Vaughn Meader	United States	The First Family	Jonathan Winters - Another Day, Another World Alan Bennett , Peter Cook , Jonathan Miller , Dudley Moore - Beyond the Fringe Allan Sherman - My Son, the Folk Singer Elaine May , Mike Nichols - Nichols and May Examine Doctors
1964 May 12, 1964	Allan Sherman	United States	Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah	Bill Cosby - Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow, Right! Carl Reiner , Mel Brooks - Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival Cassius Clay - I Am the Greatest! Smother Brothers - Think Ethnic
1965 April 13, 1965	Bill Cosby	United States	I started out as a child	Allan Sherman - For Swingin 'Livers Only! Godfrey Cambridge - Ready or Not, Here Comes Godfrey Cambridge Jonathan Winters - Whistle Stopping Woody Allen - Woody Allen
1966 March 15th, 1966	Bill Cosby	United States	Why Is There Air?	Smothers Brothers - Mom Always Liked You Best Godfrey Cambridge - Them Cotton Pickin 'Days Is Over Earl Doud , Allen Robin - Welcome to the LBJ Ranch Bob Booker , George Foster - You Don't Have to Be Jewish
1967 March 2nd, 1967	Bill Cosby	United States	Wonderfulness	Archie Campbell - Have a Laugh on Me Homer & Jethro - Wanted for Murder Mrs. Miller - Downtown Don Bowman - Funny Way to Make an Album
1968 February 29, 1968	Bill Cosby	United States	Revenge	Archie Campbell - The Cockfight and Other Tall Tales Flip Wilson - Cowboys and Colored People George Carlin - Take-Offs and Put-Ons Lenny Bruce - Lenny Bruce in concert
1969 March 12, 1969	Bill Cosby	United States	To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With	WC Fields - Original Voice Tracks from Great Movies Dan Rowan , Dick Martin - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In Don Rickles - Hello Dummy! Don Rickles Flip Wilson - Flip Wilson, You Devil You
1970 March 11, 1970	Bill Cosby	United States	The best of Bill Cosby	WC Fields - WC Fields on Radio Dan Rowan , Dick Martin - Laugh-In '69 Don Rickles - Don Rickles Speaks! Lenny Bruce - Berkeley Concert
1971 March 16, 1971	Flip Wilson	United States	The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress	Bill Cosby - Live at Madison Square Garden David Frye - I Am the President Homer & Jethro - Daddy Played First Base Orson Welles - The Begatting of the President
1972 March 15, 1972	Lily Tomlin	United States	This is a recording	Bill Cosby - When I Was a Kid Cheech & Chong - Cheech and Chong Flip Wilson - Flip: The Flip Wilson Show Hudson & Landry - Ajax Liquor Store
1973 March 3rd 1973	George Carlin	United States	FM & AM	Carroll O'Connor , Jean Stapleton , Sally Struthers , Rob Reiner - All in the Family Cheech & Chong - Big Bambu Flip Wilson - Geraldine
1974 March 2nd 1974	Cheech & Chong	United States Canada	Los Cochinos	Bill Cosby - Fat Albert David Frye - Richard Nixon: A Fantasy George Carlin - Occupation: Foole National Lampoon - Lemmings Robert Klein - Child of the 50s
1975 March 1, 1975	Richard Pryor	United States	That nigger's crazy	Cheech & Chong - Cheech and Chong's Wedding Album David Steinberg - Booga! Booga! National Lampoon - Missing White House Tapes Robert Klein - Mind over Matter
1976 February 28, 1976	Richard Pryor	United States	Is It Something I Said?	Albert Brooks - A Star Is Bought George Carlin - An Evening with Wally London Featuring Bill Slaszo Lily Tomlin - Modern Scream Monty Python - Matching Tie and Handkerchief
1977 February 19, 1977	Richard Pryor	United States	Bicentennial nigger	Bill Cosby - Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days, Rat Own, Rat Own, Rat Own Cheech & Chong - Sleeping Beauty National Lampoon - Goodbye Pop Redd Foxx - You Gotta Wash Your Ass
1978 February 23, 1978	Steve Martin	United States	Let's get small	Ernie Kovacs - The Ernie Kovacs Album George Carlin - On the Road NBC's Saturday Night Live Cast - Saturday Night Live Richard Pryor - Are You Serious ???
1979 February 15, 1979	Steve Martin	United States	A wild and crazy guy	Lily Tomlin - On Stage Martin Mull - Sex and Violins Richard Pryor - The Wizard of Comedy Rutles - The Rutles (All You Need Is Cash)
1980 February 27, 1980	Robin Williams	United States	Reality ... what a concept	Blues Brothers - Rubber Biscuit Ray Stevens - I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow Richard Pryor - Wanted Steve Martin - Comedy Is Not Pretty
1981 February 25, 1981	Rodney Dangerfield	United States	No respect	Gilda Radner - Live from New York Monty Python - Contractual Obligation Richard Pryor - Holy Smoke Father Guido Sarducci - Live at St. Douglas Convent
1982 February 24, 1982	Richard Pryor	United States	Rev. You Rite	John Morris - Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I. Elmer Bernstein - Airplane! Alvin and the Chipmunks - Urban Chipmunk Mel Brooks - The Inquisition
1983 February 23, 1983	Richard Pryor	United States	Live on the Sunset Strip	Bob McKenzie , Doug McKenzie - Great White North Eddie Murphy - Eddie Murphy George Carlin - A Place for My Stuff Steve Martin - The Steve Martin Brothers
1984 February 28, 1984	Eddie Murphy	United States	Eddie Murphy: Comedian	Bill Cosby - Bill Cosby Himself Joan Rivers - What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most? Monty Python - Monty Python's 'The Meaning of Life' Robin Williams - Throbbing Python of Love
1985 February 26, 1985	Weird Al Yankovic	United States	Eat It	Fireside Theater - The 3 Faces of Al (Nick Danger) Richard Pryor - Here and Now Rick Dees - Hurt Me Baby, Make Me Write Bad Checks! Rodney Dangerfield - Rappin 'Rodney
1986 February 25, 1986	Whoopi Goldberg	United States	Whoopi Goldberg	Weird Al Yankovic - Dare to Be Stupid Billy Crystal - You Look Marvelous Cheech & Chong - Born in East LA Joe Piscopo - Honeymooners Rap
1987 February 24, 1987	Bill Cosby	United States	Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand	Bette Midler - Mud Will Be Flung Tonight! Bob Elliott , Ray Goulding - Bob and Ray: A Night of Two Stars Recorded Live at Carnegie Hall George Carlin - Playin 'with Your Head Rodney Dangerfield - Twist and Shout Steven Wright - I Have a Pony
1988 March 2nd, 1988	Robin Williams	United States	A Night at the Met	Bob Elliott , Ray Goulding - The Best of Bob and Ray, Vol. 1 Jackie Mason - The World According to Me! Ray Stevens - Would Jesus Wear a Rolex? Weird Al Yankovic - Polka Party!
1989 February 22, 1989	Robin Williams	United States	Good Morning, Vietnam	George Carlin - What Am I Doing in New Jersey? Jonathan Winters - Jonathan Winters Finally Captured Weird Al Yankovic - Even Worse Whoopi Goldberg - Fontaine: Why Am I Straight?
1990 February 21, 1990	Peter Schickele	United States	PDQ Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults	Andrew Dice Clay - Dice Erma Bombeck - Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession Sam Kinison - Wild Thing Sandra Bernhard - Without You I'm Nothing
1991 February 20, 1991	Peter Schickele	United States	PDQ Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities	Bob Elliott , Ray Goulding - The Best of Bob and Ray: Selections from a Career, Vol. 4 Garrison Keillor - More News from Lake Wobegon Jonathan Winters - Jonathan Winters into the… '90s Various artists - The Best of Comic Relief '90
1992 February 26, 1992	Peter Schickele	United States	PDQ Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio	Erma Bombeck - When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home Garrison Keillor - Local Man Moves to the City George Carlin - Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics Jackie Mason - Brand New
1993 February 24, 1993	Peter Schickele	United States	PDQ Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion	George Burns - An Evening with George Burns Jonathan Winters - Jonathan Winters Is Terminator 3 Rita Rudner - Naked Beneath My Clothes Weird Al Yankovic - Off the Deep End
1994 March 1, 1994	George Carlin	United States	Jammin 'in New York	Al Franken - You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like You! Erma Bombeck - A Marriage Made in Heaven or Too Tired for an Affair Garrison Keillor - Lake Wobegon USA Leslie Nielsen - Leslie Nielsen: The Naked Truth
1995 March 1, 1995	Sam Kinison	United States	Live from Hell	Adam Sandler - They're All Gonna Laugh at You Christopher Cerf - The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook Jerky Boys - The Jerky Boys 2 Judy Tenuta - Attention Butt Pirates and Lesbetarians
1996 February 28, 1996	Jonathan Winters	United States	Crank calls	Don Imus - God's Other Son Jeff Foxworthy - Games Rednecks Play Judy Tenuta - In Goddess We Trust Martin Lawrence - Funk It
1997 February 26, 1997	Al Franks	United States	Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot	Adam Sandler - What the Hell Happened to Me? Dennis Miller - The Rants Peter Schickele - The Definitive Biography of PDQ Bach Stan Freberg - Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, Vol. 2 (The Middle Years)
1998 February 25, 1998	Chris Rock	United States	Roll with the New	Bob Newhart - Button Down Concert Drew Carey - Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined Garrison Keillor - Garrison Keillor's Comedy Theater Julia Sweeney - God Said Ha!
1999 February 24, 1999	Mel Brooks , Carl Reiner	United States	The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000	Firesign Theater - Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death Jeff Foxworthy - Totally Committed Jerry Seinfeld - I'm Telling You for the Last Time Steve Martin - Pure Drivel
2000 February 23, 2000	Chris Rock	United States	Bigger and Blacker	Garrison Keillor - A Prairie Home Companion - 25th Anniversary Collection Adam Sandler - Stan and Judy's Kid Carl Reiner - How Paul Robeson Saved My Life and Other Mostly Happy Stories George Carlin - You Are All Diseased
2001 February 21, 2001	George Carlin	United States	Braindroppings	Dennis Miller - I Rant, Therefore I Am Jeff Foxworthy - Big Funny Richard Dreyfuss , Marsha Mason - The Prisoner of Second Avenue Steve Harvey , DL Hughley , Cedric the Entertainer , Bernie Mac - The Original Kings of Comedy
2002 February 27, 2002	George Carlin	United States	Napalm & Sillyputty	Laura Hayes , Adele Givens , Sommore , Mo'Nique - The Queens of Comedy Margaret Cho - I'm the One That I Want Ray Romano - Live at Carnegie Hall The Firesign Theater - The Bride of Firesign
2003 February 23, 2003	Robin Williams	United States	Robin Williams - Live 2002	Al Franken - Oh, the Things I Know! Dennis Miller - The Rant Zone George Carlin - Complaints and Grievances Jimmy Fallon - The Bathroom Wall
2004 February 8, 2004	Weird Al Yankovic	United States	Poodle hat	David Cross - Shut Up, You F *** ing Baby! Garrison Keillor - A Life in Comedy George Lopez - team leader Margaret Cho - Revolution
2005 February 13, 2005	Jon Stewart , cast member on The Daily Show	United States	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction	David Sedaris - Live at Carnegie Hall Ellen DeGeneres - The Funny Thing Is ... Al Franken - The O'Franken Factor - The Very Best of the O'Franken Factor Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - Come Poop with Me
2006 February 8, 2006	Chris Rock	United States	Never scared	Lewis Black - Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues Larry the Cable Guy - The Right to Bare Arms Rick Moranis - The Agoraphobic Cowboy Various Performers - Family Guy Live in Vegas
2007 February 11, 2007	Lewis Black	United States	The Carnegie Hall performance	George Carlin - Life Is Worth Losing Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood Ron White - You Can't Fix Stupid Bill Engvall , Ron White , Jeff Foxworthy , Larry the Cable Guy - Blue Collar Comedy Tour - One for the Road
2008 February 10, 2008	Flight of the Conchords	New Zealand	The distant future	George Lopez - America's Mexican Lisa Lampanelli - Dirty Girl Steven Wright - I Still Have a Pony Harry Shearer - Songs Pointed & Pointless
2009 February 8, 2009	George Carlin	United States	It's Bad for Ya	Lewis Black - Anticipation Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords Kathy Griffin - For Your Consideration Harry Shearer - Songs of the Bushmen
2010 January 31, 2010	Stephen Colbert	United States	A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!	Spinal Tap - Back from the Dead Weird Al Yankovic - Internet Leaks Patton Oswalt - My Weakness Is Strong Kathy Griffin - Suckin 'It for the Holidays George Lopez - Tall, Dark & ​​Chicano
2011 February 13, 2011	Lewis Black	United States	Heavily Raving Black	Margaret Cho - Cho Dependent Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky Kathy Griffin - Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt Robin Williams - Weapons of Self Destruction
2012 February 12, 2012	Louis CK	United States	Hilarious	Weird Al Yankovic - Alpocalypse Patton Oswalt - Finest Hour Kathy Griffin - Kathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant The Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain
2013 February 10, 2013	Jimmy Fallon	United States	Blow your pants off	Margaret Cho - Cho Dependent (Live in Concert) Lewis Black - In God We Rust Kathy Griffin - Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class Jim Gaffigan - Mr. Universe Tenacious D - Rize of the Fenix
2014 January 26, 2014	Kathy Griffin	United States	Calm Down Gurrl	Craig Ferguson - I'm Here to Help Ron White - A Little Unprofessional Tig Notaro - Live Bob Saget - That's What I'm Talkin 'About
2015 February 8, 2015	Weird Al Yankovic	United States	Mandatory fun	Jim Gaffigan - Obsessed Louis CK - Oh My God Patton Oswalt - Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time Sarah Silverman - We Are Miracles
2016 15th February 2016	Louis CK	United States	Live at Madison Square Garden	Lisa Lampanelli - Back to the Drawing Board Wyatt Cenac - Brooklyn Jay Mohr - Happy. And a lot Craig Fergusson - Just Being Honest
2017 February 12, 2017	Patton Oswalt	United States	Talking for clapping	David Cross - ... America ... Great ... Margaret Cho - American Myth Tig Notaro - Boyish Girl Interrupted Amy Schumer - Live at the Apollo
2018 January 28, 2018	Dave Chappelle	United States	The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas	Jim Gaffigan - Cinco Jerry Seinfeld - Jerry Before Seinfeld Sarah Silverman - A Bacon of Dust Kevin Hart - What Now?
2019 February 10, 2019	Dave Chappelle	United States	Equanimity & The Bird Revelation	Patton Oswalt - Annihilation Jim Gaffigan - Noble Ape Fred Armisen - Standup for Drummers Chris Rock - Tamborine
2020 January 26, 2020	Dave Chappelle	United States	Sticks & Stones	Jim Gaffigan - Quality Time Ellen DeGeneres - Relatable Aziz Ansari - Right Now Trevor Noah - Son of Patricia

Web links

• Grammy winners database. On: grammy.com (English)
• Winner and nominee since 2010. On: grammy.com (English)
• Overview of the awards. On: latimes.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the Recording Academy. Retrieved November 20, 2011 from grammy.org.
2. ^ Criteria for the "Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album". ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: grammy.org (English). Retrieved April 1, 2012.  
3. ↑ Overview of the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. From: grammy.com (English). Retrieved November 20, 2011.
4. ↑ Overview of the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album. From: grammy.com, Retrieved November 20, 201.1
5. ^ Comedian George Carlin wins posthumous Grammy . From: reuters.com (English), February 8, 2009. Retrieved April 1, 2012
6. ^ Dan Auerbach, Fun., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Kanye West Lead 55th GRAMMY Nominations , Recording Academy Press Release, December 5, 2012.
7. ↑ 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees. From: grammy.com, accessed December 6, 2012.
8. ^ NARAL Final Nomination List 57th Grammy Awards , accessed December 31, 2015.

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