Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album , in German "Grammy award for the best contemporary blues album", is a music prize that has been awarded by the American Recording Academy since 1988 . The award goes to artists for albums from the field of blues music .

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 Contemporary Blues Album . The award has been presented since 1988, but not in the years 2012 to 2016. Up until 1992, the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Performance was named. The award category was discontinued following a major overhaul of the Grammy categories following the 2011 Grammy Awards . From 2012, the category was merged with the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album to form the new Grammy Award for Best Blues Album category . In 2016 the Recording Academy decided to award two separate prizes again for traditional and contemporary blues recordings.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1988	The Robert Cray Band	United States	Strong persuader
1989	The Robert Cray Band	United States	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
1990	Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	United States	In Step
1991	Jimmie Vaughan and Stevie Ray Vaughan	United States	Family style
1992	Buddy guy	United States	Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
1993	Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	United States	The Sky Is Crying
1994	Buddy guy	United States	Feels like rain
1995	Pops Staples	United States	Father Father
1996	Buddy guy	United States	Slippin 'in
1997	Keb 'Mo'	United States	Just like you
1998	Taj Mahal	United States	Señor Blues
1999	Keb 'Mo' '	United States	Slow down
2000	The Robert Cray Band	United States	Take Your Shoes Off	Luther Allison - Live in Chicago Jonny Lang - Wander This World Little Milton - Welcome to Little Milton Charlie Musselwhite - Continental Drifter
2001	Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band	United States	Shoutin 'in Key	Shemekia Copeland - Superharps North Mississippi Allstars - Shake Hands with Shorty Bobby Rush - Hoochie Man Koko Taylor - Royal Blue
2002	Delbert McClinton	United States	Nothing staff	Dr. John - Creole Moon Buddy Guy - Sweet Tea Etta James - Matriarch of the Blues Keb 'Mo' - The Door
2003	Solomon Burke	United States	Don't give up on me	Etta James & the Roots Band - Burnin 'Down the House Delbert McClinton - Room to Breathe Charlie Musselwhite - One Night in America North Mississippi Allstars - 51 Phantom
2004	Etta James	United States	Let's roll	Marcia Ball - So Many Rivers Sonny Landreth - The Road We're On Howard Tate - Rediscovered Susan Tedeschi - Wait for Me
2005	Keb 'Mo'	United States	Keep It Simple	Dr. John - N'awlinz Dis Dat or D'udda Van Morrison - What's Wrong with This Picture? Charlie Musselwhite - Sanctuary Johnny Winter - I'm a bluesman
2006	Delbert McClinton	United States	Cost of Living	Solomon Burke - Make Do with What You Got Robert Cray - Twenty Buddy Guy - Bring 'Em In North Mississippi Allstars - Electric Blue Watermelon
2007	Irma Thomas	United States	After the rain	The Robert Cray Band - Live from Across the Pond Dr. John & The Lower 911 - Sippiana Hericane Keb 'Mo' - Suitcase Susan Tedeschi - Hope and Desire
2008	JJ Cale and Eric Clapton	United States United Kingdom	The Road to Escondido	Joan Armatrading - Into the Blues Doyle Bramhall - Is It News Robben Ford - Truth Bettye LaVette - The Scene of the Crime
2009	Dr. John and the Lower 911	United States	City That Care Forgot	Marcia Ball - Peace, Love & BBQ Solomon Burke - Like a Fire Taj Mahal - Maestro Irma Thomas - Simply Grand
2010	The Derek Trucks Band	United States	Already Free	The Robert Cray Band - This Time Ruthie Foster - The Truth According to Ruthie Foster Mavis Staples - Live: Hope at the Hideout Susan Tedeschi - Back to the River
2011	Buddy guy	United States	Living proof	Solomon Burke - Nothing's Impossible Dr. John & The Lower 911 - Tribal Bettye LaVette - Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin , Willie "Big Eyes" Smith , Bryan Lee & Buddy Flett - Live! in Chicago
2012	From 2012 to 2016 the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album was given.
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017	Fantastic negrito	United States	The Last Days of Oakland	Janiva Magness - Love Wins Again Kenny Neal - Bloodline The Record Company - Give It Back to You Joe Louis Walker - Everybody Wants a Piece
2018	Taj Mahal and Keb 'Mo'	United States	TajMo	Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm - Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm Sonny Landreth - Recorded Live in Lafayette Robert Randolph and the Family Band - Got Soul Tedeschi Trucks Band - Live from the Fox Oakland
2019	Fantastic negrito	United States	Please don't be dead	Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps - Here in Babylon Danielle Nicole - Cry No More Boz Scaggs - Out Of The Blues Victor Wainwright & the Train - Victor Wainwright & the Train
2020 January 26th, 2020	Gary Clark Jr.	United States	This country	Larkin Poe - Venom & Faith Robert Randolph and the Family Band - Brighter Days Sugaray Rayford - Somebody Save Me Southern Avenue - Keep On

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album (English) at grammy.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Accessed April 20, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Accessed April 20, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Contemporary Blues Album - or Contemporary Blues Recording. Accessed April 20, 2019 . 
4. ↑ The Recording Academy® Announces Rule Amendments And Dates For The 59th Annual Grammy Awards process. Accessed April 20, 2019 .