Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011. Until 1993 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. In 2007, this category was renamed Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. As of 2010 the category was split into two categories; Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Americana Album.
An award for Best Traditional Folk Album was also presented. Prior to 1987 contemporary and traditional folk were combined as the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.
The award will be discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, this category will merge with the Best Traditional Folk Album category to form the new Best Folk Album category.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
At three wins each, Bob Dylan and Steve Earle are the category's biggest winners.
2010s
- Grammy Awards of 2011
- Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs for God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise
- Grammy Awards of 2010
- Steve Earle for Townes[1]
2000s
- Grammy Awards of 2009
- Grammy Awards of 2008
- Grammy Awards of 2007
- Grammy Awards of 2006
- Grammy Awards of 2005
- Ray Kennedy (engineer/mixer/producer) & Steve Earle for The Revolution Starts... Now
- Grammy Awards of 2004
- Warren Zevon for The Wind
- Grammy Awards of 2003
- Alison Krauss (producer), Gary Paczosa (engineer/mixer) & Nickel Creek for This Side
- Grammy Awards of 2002
- Chris Shaw (engineer) & Bob Dylan (producer & artist) for Love and Theft
- Grammy Awards of 2001
- Malcolm Burn (engineer & producer), Jim Watts (engineer) & Emmylou Harris for Red Dirt Girl
- Grammy Awards of 2000
1990s
- Grammy Awards of 1999
- Grammy Awards of 1998
- Grammy Awards of 1997
- Grammy Awards of 1996
- Grammy Awards of 1995
- Grammy Awards of 1994
- Grammy Awards of 1993
- Grammy Awards of 1992
- John Prine & Joe Romersa (engineer) for The Missing Years
- Grammy Awards of 1991
- Grammy Awards of 1990
1980s
- Grammy Awards of 1989
- Grammy Awards of 1988
- Steve Goodman for Unfinished Business
- Grammy Awards of 1987
- Al Bunetta, Dan Einstein & Hank Neuberger (producers) for Tribute to Steve Goodman performed by various artists