Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children

Pete Seeger has the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children in 2011 for the album Tomorrow's Children won

The Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children , in German "Grammy Award for the best musical album for children", is a music prize that was awarded from 1994 to 2011 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 is the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children. The prize was awarded from 1994 to 2011 and went to producers Alan Menken and Tim Rice for the soundtrack to the Disney film Aladdin in the first year .

The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of the Grammy categories. From 2012, the category was merged with the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children category to form the new Grammy Award for Best Children's Album category .

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	album	Producers	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1994	Different artists		Aladdin : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Alan Menken Tim Rice
1995	Different artists		The Lion King : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Mark Mancina Jay Rifkin Chris Thomas Hans Zimmer
1996	Barbara Bailey Hutchison		Sleepy Time Lullabys	J. Aaron Brown David R. Lehman
1997	Linda Ronstadt	United States	Dedicated to the One I Love	George Massenburg Linda Ronstadt
1998	John Denver	United States	All Aboard!	John Denver Roger Nichols Kris O'Connor
1999	Performers from Sesame Street	United States	Elmopalooza!	John Boylan
2000	Different artists		The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland	Andy Hill
2001	Riders in the Sky	United States	Woody's Roundup: A Rootin 'Tootin' Collection of Woody's Favorite Songs	-
2002	Performers from Sesame Street	United States	Elmo & the Orchestra	Ed Mitchell
2003	Riders in the Sky	United States	Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites	-
2004	Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer	United States	Bon Appetit!	-
2005	Different artists		cELLAbration! A Tribute to Ella Jenkins	Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
2006	Different artists		Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers	Dennis Scott
2007	Dan Zanes and Friends	United States	Catch That Train!	-	Baby Einstein - Meet The Orchestra by various performers (Producers: Ted Kryczko, Ed Mitchell) Beethoven's Wig 3: Many More Sing Along Symphonies by Beethoven's Wig My Best Day from Trout Fishing In America The Sunny Side Of The Street by John Lithgow
2008	The Muppets	United Kingdom  United States	The Muppets: A Green and Red Christmas	Ted Kryczko Ed Mitchel	Chickens from Buck Howdy with BB Experience ... 101 by Sweet Honey in the Rock I Wanna Play by Bill Harley My Green Kite by Peter Himmelman The Veveteen Rabbit - Love Can Make You Real by various artists (producers: Don Sebesky, Janina Serden)
2009	They Might Be Giants	United States	Here come the 123s	Pat Dillett They Might Be Giants	Beethoven's Wig 4: Dance Along Symphonies by Beethoven's Wig Big Round World from Trout Fishing in America Here Comes Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could by Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could The Shoe Bird by The Seattle Symphony, conducted by Gerard Schwarz
2010	Ziggy Marley	Jamaica	Family time	Ziggy Marley Don What	American Heroes # 3 by Jonathan Sprout Banjo to Beatbox by Cathy & Marcy with Christylez Bacon Great Day from Milkshake Jumpin '& Jammin' by Greg & Steve Pete Seeger Tribute - Ageless Kids' Songs by Buck Howdy
2011	Pete Seeger	United States	Tomorrow's Children	David Bernz Daniel Eindender Travis Jeffrey	Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants Jungle Gym by Justin Roberts Sunny Days by Battersby Duo Weird Things Are Everywhere! by Judy Pancoast

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved May 31, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved May 31, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Musical Album For Children. Retrieved May 31, 2019 .