Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album


The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement in comedy." The award was awarded yearly from 1959 to 1993 and then from 2004 to present day.

History

There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:
In 1960 and 1961 two separate awards were presented for the best spoken and for the best musical comedy performance.
In 1994, after four consecutive years of wins by classical music comedy albums, the award was restricted to spoken word comedy albums and moved into the "spoken" field. From then through 2003, it was awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.
In 2004 the award was reinstated within the comedy field as the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, once again allowing musical comedy works to be considered.
Bill Cosby holds the record for most consecutive wins, with six earned between 1965 and 1970. Peter Schickele is the runner-up, with four wins between 1990 and 1993.

1959–1969

YearArtistWorkRef.
1959---
1959Ross Bagdasarian Sr."The Chipmunk Song "
1959Stan FrebergThe Best of the Stan Freberg Shows
1959Stan FrebergGreen Christmas
1959Elaine May & Mike NicholsImprovisations to Music
1959Mort SahlThe Future Lies Ahead
1960

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1960

Homer and JethroThe Battle of Kookamonga
1960

Cliff ArquetteCharlie Weaver Sings for His People
1960

Betty Comden & Adolph GreenA Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green
1960

Hans Conried & Alice PearceMonster Rally
1960

Bernie GreenMusically Mad
1960

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1960

Shelley BermanInside Shelley Berman
1960

Lenny BruceSick Humor
1960

Stan FrebergStan Freberg with Original Cast
1960

Andy GriffithHamlet
1960

Mort SahlLook Forward in Anger
1961

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1961

Jo Stafford & Paul WestonJonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris
1961

Stan FrebergThe Old Payola Roll Blues
1961

Homer and JethroHomer and Jethro at the Country Club
1961

Tom LehrerAn Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
1961

David SevilleAlvin for President
1961

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1961

Bob NewhartThe Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
1961

Shelley BermanThe Edge of Shelley Berman
1961

Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner2,000 Year Old Man
1961

Jonathan WintersThe Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters
1962---
1962Elaine May & Mike NicholsAn Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May
1962Bill DanaJose Jimenez the Astronaut
1962Stan Freberg
1962Jonathan WintersHere’s Jonathan
1963---
1963Vaughn MeaderThe First Family
1963Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller & Dudley MooreBeyond the Fringe
1963Elaine May & Mike NicholsNichols and May Examine Doctors
1963Allan ShermanMy Son, the Folk Singer
1963Jonathan WintersAnother Day, Another World
1964---
1964Allan Sherman"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh "
1964Mel Brooks & Carl ReinerCarl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival
1964Cassius ClayI Am the Greatest!
1964Bill CosbyBill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!
1964Smothers BrothersThink Ethnic
1965---
1965Bill CosbyI Started Out as a Child
1965Woody AllenWoody Allen
1965Godfrey CambridgeReady or Not, Here Comes Godfrey Cambridge
1965Allan ShermanFor Swingin' Livers Only!
1965Jonathan WintersWhistle Stopping
1966---
1966Bill CosbyWhy Is There Air?
1966Bob Booker & George FosterYou Don't Have to Be Jewish
1966Godfrey CambridgeThem Cotton Pickin' Days is Over
1966Earl Doud & Allen RobinWelcome to the LBJ Ranch
1966Smothers BrothersMon Always Liked You Best
1967---
1967Bill CosbyWonderfulness
1967Don BowmanFunny Way to Make an Album
1967Archie CampbellHave a Laugh on Me
1967Homer and JethroWanted for Murder
1967Mrs. MillerDowntown
1968---
1968Bill CosbyRevenge
1968Lenny BruceLenny Bruce in Concert
1968Archie CampbellThe Cockfight and Other Tall Tales
1968George CarlinTake-Offs and Put-Ons
1968Flip WilsonCowboys and Colored People
1969---
1969Bill CosbyTo Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
1969Don RicklesHello Dummy!
1969Dan Rowan & Dick MartinRowan and Martin's Laugh-In
1969Flip WilsonYou Devil You
1969--

1970s

YearArtistWorkRef.
1970---
1970Bill CosbySports
1970Lenny BruceBerkeley Concert
1970Don RicklesDon Rickles Speaks!
1971---
1971Flip WilsonThe Devil Made Me Buy This Dress
1971Bill Cosby'
1971David FryeI Am the President
1971Homer and JethroDaddy Played First Base
1971Orson WellesThe Begatting of the President
1972---
1972Lily TomlinThis Is A Recording
1972Cheech & ChongCheech & Chong
1972Bill CosbyWhen I Was a Kid
1972Hudson & LandryAjax Liquor Store
1972Flip WilsonFlip: The Flip Wilson Show
1973---
1973George CarlinFM & AM
1973Cheech & ChongBig Bambu
1973Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton
Sally Struthers & Rob Reiner
All in the Family
1973Flip WilsonGeraldine
1974---
1974Cheech & ChongLos Cochinos
1974George Carlin'
1974Bill CosbyFat Albert
1974David FryeRichard Nixon: A Fantasy
1974Robert KleinChild of the 50s
1974National LampoonNational Lampoon Lemmings
1975---
1975Richard PryorThat Nigger's Crazy
1975Cheech & ChongCheech & Chong's Wedding Album
1975Robert KleinMind Over Matter
1975National LampoonThe Missing White House Tapes
1975David SteinbergBooga! Booga!
1976---
1976Richard Pryor...Is It Something I Said?
1976Albert BrooksA Star is Bought
1976George CarlinAn Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo
1976Monty PythonThe Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief
1976Lily TomlinModern Scream
1977---
1977Richard PryorBicentennial Nigger
1977Cheech & ChongSleeping Beauty
1977Bill CosbyBill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days
1977National LampoonGoodbye Pop 1952–1976
1977Redd FoxxYou Gotta Wash Your Ass
1978---
1978Steve MartinLet's Get Small
1978George CarlinOn the Road
1978Ernie KovacsThe Ernie Kovacs Album
1978Lorne Michaels & Saturday Night Live cast membersSaturday Night Live
1978Richard PryorAre You Serious???
1979---
1979Steve MartinA Wild and Crazy Guy
1979Lily TomlinOn Stage
1979Martin Mull'Sex and Violins
1979Richard PryorThe Wizard of Comedy
1979The RutlesThe Rutles''

1980s

YearArtistWorkRef.
1980---
1980Robin WilliamsReality...What a Concept
1980The Blues BrothersRubber Biscuit
1980Steve MartinComedy Is Not Pretty!
1980Richard Pryor'
1980Ray StevensI Need Your Help, Barry Manilow
1981---
1981Rodney DangerfieldNo Respect
1981Father Guido SarducciLive at St. Douglas Convent
1981Monty PythonMonty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
1981Richard PryorHoly Smoke
1981Gilda RadnerLive from New York
1982---
1982Richard PryorRev. Du Rite
1982Mel BrooksThe Inquisition
1982Alvin and the ChipmunksUrban Chipmunk
1982Various artistsAirplane!
1983---
1983Richard Pryor'
1983George CarlinA Place for My Stuff
1983Steve MartinThe Steve Martin Brothers
1983Bob and Doug McKenzieThe Great White North
1983Eddie MurphyEddie Murphy
1984---
1984Eddie Murphy'
1984Bill CosbyBill Cosby: Himself
1984Monty PythonMonty Python's The Meaning of Life OST
1984Joan RiversWhat Becomes a Semi-Legend Most?
1984Robin WilliamsThrobbing Python of Love
1985---
1985"Weird Al" Yankovic"Eat It"
1985Rodney DangerfieldRappin' Rodney
1985Rick DeesHurt Me Baby – Make Me Write Bad Checks!
1985Firesign TheatreThe Three Faces of Al
1985Richard Pryor'
1986---
1986Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi Goldberg
1986Cheech & ChongBorn in East L.A.
1986Billy CrystalYou Look Marvelous
1986Joe PiscopoHoneymooners Rap
1986"Weird Al" YankovicDare to Be Stupid
1987---
1987Bill CosbyThose of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand
1987George CarlinPlayin' with Your Head
1987Rodney DangerfieldTwist and Shout
1987Bob Elliott & Ray GouldingBob and Ray: A Night of Two Stars Recorded Live at Carnegie Hall
1987Bette MidlerMud Will Be Flung Tonight
1987Steven WrightI Have a Pony
1988---
1988Robin WilliamsA Night at the Met
1988Bob Elliott & Ray GouldingThe Best of Bob and Ray, Vol. 1
1988Jackie MasonThe World According to Me!
1988Ray Stevens"Would Jesus Wear a Rolex"
1988"Weird Al" YankovicPolka Party!
1989---
1989Robin WilliamsGood Morning, Vietnam
1989George CarlinWhat Am I Doing in New Jersey?
1989Whoopi GoldbergFontaine: Why Am I Straight?
1989Jonathan WintersFinally Captured
1989"Weird Al" YankovicEven Worse

1990s

YearArtistWorkRef.
1990---
1990Peter SchickeleP.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
1990Sandra BernhardWithout You I'm Nothing
1990Erma BombeckMotherhood: The Second Oldest Profession
1990Andrew Dice ClayDice
1990Sam KinisonWild Thing
1991---
1991Peter SchickeleP.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
1991Bob Elliot & Ray GouldingThe Best of Bob and Ray: Selections from a Career, Vol. 4
1991Garrison KeillorMore News from Lake Wobegon
1991Various ArtistsThe Best of Comic Relief ’90
1991Jonathan WintersJonathan Winters into the ‘90s
1992---
1992Peter SchickeleP.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio
1992Erma BombeckWhen You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It’s Time to Go Home
1992George Carlin
1992Garrison KeillorLocal Man Moves to the City
1992Jackie MasonBrand New
1993---
1993Peter SchickeleP.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
1993George BurnsAn Evening with George Burns
1993Rita RudnerNaked Beneath My Clothes
1993Jonathan WintersJonathan Winters is Terminator 3
1993"Weird Al" YankovicOff the Deep End
1994---
1994George CarlinJammin' in New York
1994Erma BombeckA Marriage Made in Heaven or Too Tired for an Affair
1994Al FrankenYou’re Good Enough, You’re Smart Enough, and Doggone it, People Like You!
1994Garrison KeillorLake Wobegon USA
1994Leslie NielsenThe Naked Truth
1995---
1995Sam KinisonLive From Hell
1995the Jerky BoysThe Jerky Boys 2
1995Henry Beard & Christopher CerfThe Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook
1995Adam SandlerThey're All Gonna Laugh at You!
1995Judy TenutaAttention Butt Pirates and Lesbetarians
1996---
1996Jonathan WintersCrank Calls
1996Jeff FoxworthyGames Rednecks Play
1996Don ImusGod’s Other Son
1996Martin LawrenceFunk It
1996Judy TenutaIn Goddess We Trust
1997---
1997Al FrankenRush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations
1997Stan FrebergStan Freberg Presents the United States of America Vol. 2
1997Dennis MillerThe Rants
1997Adam SandlerWhat the Hell Happened to Me?
1997Peter SchickeleThe Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach
1998---
1998Chris RockRoll with the New
1998Drew CareyDirty Jokes and Beer
1998Garrison KeillorGarrison Keillor’s Comedy Theater
1998Bob NewhartButton Down Concert
1998Julia SweeneyGod said "Ha!"
1999---
1999Mel Brooks & Carl ReinerThe 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000
1999The Firesign TheatreGive Me Immortality or Give Me Death
1999Jeff FoxworthyTotally Committed
1999Steve MartinPure Drivel
1999Jerry SeinfeldI'm Telling You for the Last Time

2000s

YearArtistWorkRef.
2000---
2000Chris RockBigger & Blacker
2000George CarlinYou Are All Diseased
2000Garrison KeillorA Prairie Home Companion – 25th Anniversary Collection
2000Carl ReinerHow Paul Robeson Saved My Life and Other Mostly Happy Stories
2000Adam SandlerStan and Judy's Kid
2001---
2001George CarlinBrain Droppings
2001Jeff FoxworthyBig Funny
2001Dennis MillerI Rant, Therefore, I Am
2001Steve Harvey, Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer & D. L. HughleyThe Original Kings of Comedy
2001Richard Dreyfuss & Marsha MasonThe Prisoner Of Second Avenue
2002---
2002George CarlinNapalm & Silly Putty
2002Margaret ChoI'm the One That I Want
2002Ray RomanoLive at Carnegie Hall
2002The Firesign TheatreBride of Firesign
2002Adele Givens, Laura Hayes, Mo'Nique, and SommoreThe Queens of Comedy
2003---
2003Robin WilliamsRobin Williams: Live on Broadway
2003George CarlinComplaints and Grievances
2003Jimmy FallonThe Bathroom Wall
2003Al FrankenOh, the Things I Know!
2003Dennis MillerThe Rant Zone
2004---
2004"Weird Al" YankovicPoodle Hat
2004Margaret ChoRevolution
2004David CrossShut Up You Fucking Baby!
2004Garrison KeillorA Life in Comedy
2004George LopezTeam Leader
2005---
2005Jon Stewart and the cast of The Daily ShowThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
2005Ellen DeGeneresThe Funny Thing Is...
2005Al FrankenThe O'Franken Factor Factor — The Best of the O'Franken Factor
2005David SedarisLive At Carnegie Hall
2005Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog Come Poop with Me
2006---
2006Chris RockNever Scared
2006Lewis BlackLuther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues
2006Seth MacFarlane & Walter Murphy'
2006Rick MoranisThe Agoraphobic Cowboy
2006Larry the Cable GuyThe Right to Bare Arms
2007---
2007Lewis BlackThe Carnegie Hall Performance
2007George CarlinLife Is Worth Losing
2007Bill Engvall, Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable GuyBlue Collar Comedy Tour — One For The Road
2007"Weird Al" YankovicStraight Outta Lynwood
2007Ron WhiteYou Can't Fix Stupid
2008---
2008Flight of the ConchordsThe Distant Future
2008Harry ShearerSongs Pointed & Pointless
2008Lisa LampanelliDirty Girl
2008George LopezAmerica's Mexican
2008Steven WrightI Still Have a Pony
2009---
2009George CarlinIt's Bad for Ya
2009Lewis BlackAnticipation
2009Flight of the ConchordsFlight of the Conchords
2009Kathy GriffinFor Your Consideration
2009Harry ShearerSongs of the Bushmen
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I''' Posthumous; Carlin's daughter Kelly Carlin-McCall accepted the award on his behalf.

2010s

YearArtistWorkRef.
2010---
2010Stephen Colbert'
2010Kathy GriffinSuckin' It for the Holidays
2010George LopezTall, Dark & Chicano
2010Patton OswaltMy Weakness Is Strong
2010Spinal TapBack from the Dead
2010"Weird Al" YankovicInternet Leaks
2011---
2011Lewis BlackStark Raving Black
2011Margaret ChoCho Dependent
2011Flight of the ConchordsI Told You I Was Freaky
2011Kathy GriffinKathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt
2011Robin WilliamsWeapons of Self Destruction
2012---
2012Louis C.K.Hilarious
2012Kathy GriffinKathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant
2012The Lonely IslandTurtleneck & Chain
2012Patton OswaltFinest Hour
2012"Weird Al" YankovicAlpocalypse
2013---
2013Jimmy FallonBlow Your Pants Off
2013Lewis BlackIn God We Rust
2013Jim Gaffigan'
2013Kathy GriffinKathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class
2013Tenacious DRize of the Fenix
2014---
2014Kathy GriffinCalm Down Gurrl
2014Craig FergusonI'm Here to Help
2014Bob SagetThat's What I'm Talkin' About
2014Tig NotaroLive
2014Ron WhiteA Little Unprofessional
2015---
2015"Weird Al" YankovicMandatory Fun
2015Louis C.K.Oh My God
2015Jim GaffiganObsessed
2015Patton Oswalt'
2015Sarah SilvermanWe Are Miracles
2016---
2016Louis C.K.Live at Madison Square Garden
2016Wyatt CenacBrooklyn
2016Craig FergusonJust Being Honest
2016Lisa LampanelliBack to the Drawing Board
2016Jay MohrHappy. And A Lot
2017---
2017Patton OswaltTalking for Clapping
2017Margaret ChoAmerican Myth
2017David Cross...America...Great...
2017Tig Notaro'
2017Amy Schumer'
2018---
2018Dave ChappelleThe Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas
2018Jim GaffiganCinco
2018Kevin Hart'
2018Jerry SeinfeldJerry Before Seinfeld
2018Sarah SilvermanA Speck of Dust
2019---
2019Dave ChappelleEquanimity & The Bird Revelation
2019Fred ArmisenStandup for Drummers
2019Jim GaffiganNoble Ape
2019Patton OswaltAnnihilation
2019Chris RockTamborine

2020s

Artists with multiple wins

;7 wins
;5 wins
;4 wins
;3 wins
;2 wins
;16 nominations
;13 nominations
;10 nominations
;8 nominations
;6 nominations
;5 nominations
;4 nominations
;3 nominations
;2 nominations