Grammy Award for Best Album for Children

Grammy Award for Best Children's Album
Awarded for	quality recording albums for children
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1959
Last awarded	2015
Official website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Album for Children has been awarded since 1959. Prior to 1992, the award was known as Best Recording for Children and was therefore open to any audio recording, whether it was an album, a single song, a recording of a book, or the audio from a television show or movie. In 1994 the award was divided into Best Musical Album for Children and Best Spoken Word Album for Children. In 2012, both categories were once again combined into the new Best Children's Album category.

Name Changes

This award has had several minor name changes:

• From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Recording for Children
• In 1961 it was awarded as Best Album Created for Children
• From 1962 to 1968 it was awarded as Best Recording for Children
• In 1969 no award was given in the Children's Field
• From 1970 to 1991 it was awarded as Best Recording for Children
• From 1992 to 1993 it was awarded as Best Album for Children
• From 1994 to 2011 the award category was split into Best Musical Album for Children and Best Spoken Word Album for Children
• From 2012 it has been known as Best Children's Album

Recipients

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.

Year^[I]	Winner(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1959	Bagdasarian Sr., RossRoss Bagdasarian Sr. (artist)	"The Chipmunk Song"	Children's Marching Song – Cyril Stapleton (artist) Fun in Shariland – Shari Lewis (artist) Mommy, Give Me a Drinka Water – Danny Kaye (artist) "Tubby the Tuba" – José Ferrer (artist) "Witch Doctor" – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (artist)	[1][2]
1960	Ustinov, PeterPeter Ustinov (artist)	Peter and the Wolf	The Arabian Nights – Maria Ray Hansel and Gretel – Franz Allers Popeye's Favorite Sea Chanties – Captain Allen Swift Three to Make Music/Cinderella – Mary Martin	[1][3]
1961	Bagdasarian Sr., RossRoss Bagdasarian Sr. (artist)	Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks	Adventures in Music, Grade 3, Volume 1 – Howard Mitchell Dr. Seuss Presents: Bartholomew and the Oobleck – performed by Folk Songs for Young People – Pete Seeger Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes – Sterling Holloway Stories and Songs of the Civil War – Ralph Bellamy	[1][4]
1962	Bernstein, LeonardLeonard Bernstein (artist)	Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf	Golden Treasury of Great Music and Literature – (performed by Various Artists) One Hundred and One Dalmatians – (performed by original movie cast) The Soupy Sales Show – Soupy Sales (artist) Young Abe Lincoln (Broadway recording) – (performed by the original Broadway cast)	[1][5]
1963	Bernstein, LeonardLeonard Bernstein (artist)	Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra	The Cat Who Walked by Herself – Boris Karloff (artist) The Chipmunk Songbook – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (artist) Grimm's Fairy Tales – Danny Kaye (artist) Shari in Storyland – Shari Lewis (artist) Through Children's Eyes – The Limeliters (artist) You Read to Me, I'll Read to You – John Ciardi (artist)	[1][6]
1964	Bernstein, LeonardLeonard Bernstein (artist)	Bernstein Conducts For Young People	Addition and Subtraction – Rica Owen Moore Children's Concert – Pete Seeger (artist) Let's Go to the Zoo – (performed by various artists) On Top of Spaghetti – (performed by Tom Glazer & the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus) Puff, the Magic Dragon – Peter, Paul & Mary (artist) Winnie-the-Pooh – Jack Gilford (artist)	[1][7]
1965	Van Dyke, DickDick Van Dyke & Julie Andrews (artists)	"Mary Poppins"	Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra – (narrated by Hugh Downs with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra) Chim Chim Cheree and Other Children's Choices – (performed by Burl Ives and Children's Chorus) Daniel Boone – Fess Parker "A Spoonful of Sugar" – (performed by Marty Gould & the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus)	[1][8]
1966	Miller, MarvinMarvin Miller (artist)	Dr. Seuss Presents: "Fox in Sox" and "Green Eggs and Ham"	Alice Through the Looking-Glass – (performed by the motion picture cast) The Christmas That Almost Wasn't – (performed by Paul Tripp and Cast) For the Children of the World: Art Linkletter Narrates the Bible – Art Linkletter Happiness Is – (performed by Marty Gould conducting the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus)	[1][9]
1967	Miller, MarvinMarvin Miller (artist)	"Dr. Seuss Presents - "If I Ran The Zoo" And "Sleep Book""	Love Songs for Children: "A" You're Adorable – Diahann Carroll Patrick Muldoon and His Magic Balloon – Carmel Quinn "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (artist) Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree – Sterling Holloway & Sebastian Cabot (artists)	[1][10]
1968	Karloff, BorisBoris Karloff (artist)	"Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas"	The Carnival of the Animals – (narrated by Tutti Camarata, music by Symphonie-Orchester Graunke) A Happy Birthday Book with Winnie-the-Pooh – Sterling Holloway The Jungle Book – (performed by the motion picture cast) Jungle Books – Richard Kiley (artist) Magic Fishbone/Happy Prince/Potted Princess – Julie Harris & Richard Kiley (artists)	[1][3]
1970	Peter, Paul and Mary (artist)	Peter, Paul and Mommy	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – (Performed by the Do-Re-Mi Chorus) Folk Tales of the Tribes of Africa – Eartha Kitt (artist) For All My Little Friends – Tiny Tim (artist) Yellow Submarine and Other Big Hits for Little People – (Performed by Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus)	[1][11]
1971	Joan Cooney & Thomas Z. Shepard (producers)	Sesame Street	The Aristocats A Boy Named Charlie Brown Rubber Duckie Susan Sings Songs from "Sesame Street" – Loretta Long (artist)	[1][12]
1972	Cosby, BillBill Cosby (artist)	Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs	Sesame Street, Rubber Duckie and Other Songs from "Sesame Street" – (Performed by Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus) Sex Explained for Children – Stanley Daniels The Story of Sheherazade – Julie Harris Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory – (Performed by Peter Moore conducting the Golden Orchestra and Chorus)	[1][13]
1973	Cosby, BillBill Cosby & Rita Moreno (artists)  · Produced by Christopher Cerf, Joe Raposo, and Lee Chamberlin	"The Electric Company"	Kukla, Fran and Ollie The Muppet Alphabet Album Sesame Street II Snoopy, Come Home	[1][14]
1974	Raposo, JoeJoe Raposo (producer)	Sesame Street Live!	Free to Be... You and Me The Little Prince – Peter Ustinov (artist) Multiplication Rock – Bob Dorough (artist) Songs from "The Electric Company" TV Show	[1][15]
1975	Winchell, PaulPaul Winchell, Sebastian Cabot & Sterling Holloway (artists)	"Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too"	America Sings Eli Wallach Reads Isaac Bashevis Singer – Eli Wallach New Adventures of Bugs Bunny, Volume 2 – Mel Blanc Robin Hood – Roger Miller	[1][16]
1976	Burton, RichardRichard Burton (artist)	"The Little Prince"	Bert & Ernie Sing-Along Merry Christmas from Sesame Street Mr. Popper's Penguins – Jim Backus Really Rosie – Carole King (artist) Sesame Street Monsters	[1][17]
1977	Gingold, HermioneHermione Gingold & Karl Böhm (artists)	"Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals"	The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay – Muhammad Ali Disney's A Christmas Carol Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Winnie-the-Pooh for President (Campaign Song)" – Sterling Holloway (artist)	[1][18]
1978	Cerf, ChristopherChristopher Cerf & Jim Timmens (producers)	Aren't You Glad You're You	A Charlie Brown Christmas Dope! The Dope King's Last Stand – Muhammad Ali Russell Hoban, The Mouse and His Child – Peter Ustinov (artist) The Sesame Street Fairy Tale Album	[1][19]
1979	Henson, JimJim Henson (producer)	The Muppet Show (album)	Charlie Brown's All-Stars The Hobbit Peter and the Wolf – (Performed by David Bowie with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by) Sesame Street Fever	[1][20]
1980	Henson, JimJim Henson & Paul Williams (producers)	"The Muppet Movie (soundtrack)"	Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation – Anne Murray Sesame Disco The Stars Come out on Sesame Street You're in Love, Charlie Brown	[1][21]
1981	Levine, DavidDavid Levine & Lucy Simon (producers)	In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record	Big Bird's Bedtime Stories Christmas Eve on Sesame Street Love The People in Your Neighborhood	[1][22]
1982	Henson, JimJim Henson & Dennis Scott (producers)	Sesame Country	Ants'hillvania Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra A Chipmunk Christmas The Fox and the Hound	[1][23]
1983	Levine, DavidDavid Levine & Lucy Simon (producers)	In Harmony 2	Animals and Other Things – (Performed by Candle with the Agapeland Singers) Best of Friends – (Performed by The Smurfs) The Chipmunks Go Hollywood Here Comes Garfield – Lou Rawls I Am God's Project – (Performed by Birdwing Kids Korus)	[1][24]
1984	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson (artist)  · Quincy Jones (producer)	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial	Born to Add: The Great Rock N Roll from Sesame Street The Music Machine II – Candle (artist) Rocky Mountain Holiday – (Performed by John Denver and the Muppets)	[1][25]
1985	Silverstein, ShelShel Silverstein (artist)  · Ron Haffkine (producer)	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Agapeland at Play with Holly Heart Flashbeagle Jim Henson's Muppets Present Fraggle Rock Kids' Praise! 4: Singsational Servants The Muppets Take Manhattan	[1][26]
1986	Henson, JimJim Henson & Steve Buckingham (producers)	Follow That Bird: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Bullfrogs and Butterflies II – Candle E.T.A. Hoffmann/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Christopher Plummer & Michael Tilson Thomas Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf – Dudley Moore & John Williams (artists) The Velveteen Rabbit – Meryl Streep & George Winston (artists) We Are the World – (Performed by Children of the World)	[1][27]
1987	Henson, JimJim Henson, Geri Van Rees & Kathryn King (producers)	The Alphabet	A Child's Gift of Lullabyes – Tanya Goodman Sykes Itsy Bitsy Spider – Carly Simon A Light in the Attic – Shel Silverstein One-Minute Bedtime Stories – Shari Lewis	[1][28]
1988	McFerrin, BobbyBobby McFerrin & Jack Nicholson (artists)  · Produced by Bobby McFerrin, Mark Sottnick, and Tom Bradshaw	The Elephant's Child	Bullfrogs and Butterflies Part III – Candle The Emperor and the Nightingale – Glenn Close & Mark Isham (artists) Everything Grows – Raffi Lullaby for Teddy – Barbara Fairchild	[1][29]
1989	Williams, RobinRobin Williams (artist)  · Music by Ry Cooder  · Produced by Mark Sottnick and Ry Cooder	Pecos Bill	The Bible: The Amazing Book – Candle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – Glenn Close & Tim Story (artists) Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals, Part II – "Weird Al" Yankovic & Wendy Carlos The Tailor of Gloucester – Meryl Streep & The Chieftains The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Meryl Streep & Lyle Mays	[1][30]
1990	Tanya Goodman (artist)  · David R. Lehman & J. Aaron Brown (producers)	The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 1	Bullfrogs and Butterflies IV: I've Been Born Again A Disney Spectacular (48 Favorite Disney Songs) Oliver and Company: Story and Songs from the Motion Picture Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band – Raffi (artist) Thumbelina – Kelly McGillis & Mark Isham (artists)	[1]
1991	Menken, AlanAlan Menken (composer) Howard Ashman (lyricist)	The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack	Doc Watson Sings Songs for Little Pickers – Doc Watson (artist) How the Leopard Got His Spots – Danny Glover & Ladysmith Black Mambazo (artists) The Little Mermaid: Read Along – Roy Dotrice (artist) The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 2 – Tanya Goodman (artist)	[1]
1992	Clifford "Barney", Robertson (producer)	A Cappella Kids	Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby – Danny Glover & Taj Mahal The Emperor's New Clothes – John Gielgud & Mark Isham Paul Bunyan – Jonathan Winters & Leo Kottke Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / A Zoo Called Earth / Gerald McBoing Boing –	[1]
1993	Menken, AlanAlan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters)	Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Chipmunks in Low Places Snuggle Up: A Gift of Songs for Sweet Dreams Woody's Grow Big Songs 1 and 2 Pete Seeger's Family Concert	[1]
2012	Gloria Domina, James Cravero, Kevin Mackie, Patrick Robinson & Steve Pullara (producers)	All About Bullies... Big and Small	Are We There Yet? Fitness Rock & Roll - Miss Amy (artist) GulfAlive I Love: Tom T. Hall's Songs Of Fox Hollow	[1][31]
2013	The Okee Dokee Brothers  · Engineered/Mixed & Produced by Dean Jones	Can You Canoe?	High Dive – Bill Harley (artist) Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie – Elizabeth Mitchell (artist) Radio Jungle – The Pop Ups (artist) A Swinging Jungle Tale	[1][32]
2014	Gasoi, JenniferJennifer Gasoi (artist)  · Engineered/Mixed by Pierre Messier  · Produced by Jennifer Gasoi	Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well	Blue Clouds – Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower (artist) The Mighty Sky – Beth Nielsen Chapman (artist) Recess – Justin Roberts (artist) Singing Our Way Through: Songs For The World's Bravest Kids – Alastair Moock (artist)	[1][33]
2015	Neela Vaswani (artist)	I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World	Appetite for Construction – The Pop Ups Just Say Hi! – Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could The Perfect Quirk – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo Through the Woods – The Okee Dokee Brothers	[1][3]

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