Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
| Grammy Award for Best Rap Album | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Quality albums with rapping |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 1996 |
| Last awarded | Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy (2019) |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums with rapping at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]
In 1995, the Academy announced the addition of the award category Best Rap Album.[3] The first award was presented to the group Naughty by Nature at the 38th Grammy Awards the following year. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented for "albums containing at least 51% playing time of tracks with newly recorded rapped performances".[4] Award recipients often include the producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists.[5]
As of 2019, Eminem holds the record for the most wins in this category, with six. Lauryn Hill was the first female artist to win in this category, when she won in 1997 with the Fugees. Cardi B became the first solo female rapper to win for Invasion of Privacy.[6]Kanye West was presented the award four times, and the duo known as Outkast received the award twice. Jay-Z holds the record for the most nominations, with eleven. Drake became the first non-American winner in this category when he won in 2013. The Roots have received the most nominations without a win, with five. Eminem and West are the only artists to win the award in consecutive years, with Eminem achieving the feat twice. In 2016, Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late became the first mixtape to get nominated for the award. In 2017, Chance the Rapper's Coloring Book became the first mixtape to win the award.
Contents
1 Recipients
2 Artists with multiple wins
3 Artists with multiple nominations
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Recipients
1998 winner Sean Combs (credited as Puff Daddy), performing in 2006
Six-time award winner Eminem, performing in 2009
Four-time award winner Kanye West
2007 award winner, Ludacris
2009 award winner, Lil Wayne
2013 award winner, Drake
Two-time award winner, Kendrick Lamar
2019 award winner, Cardi B, the first solo female rapper to win the award
| Year[I] | Recipients | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Naughty by Nature | Poverty's Paradise |
| [7] |
1997 | Fugees · Fugees, producers | The Score |
| [8] |
1998 | Puff Daddy and the Family · Puff Daddy And The Family & Stevie J. producers | No Way Out |
| [9] |
1999 | Jay-Z · Joe Quinde, engineer/mixer | Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life |
| [10] |
2000 | Eminem · Eminem, Jeff Bass & Marky Bass, producers · Mr. B, engineer/mixer | The Slim Shady LP |
| [11] |
2001 | Eminem · Dr. Dre & Richard Huredia, engineers/mixers | The Marshall Mathers LP |
| [12] |
2002 | Outkast · David Sheats, producer · John Frye, engineer | Stankonia |
| [13] |
2003 | Eminem · Steve King, engineer/mixer | The Eminem Show |
| [14] |
2004 | Outkast · John Frye, engineer/mixer | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below |
| [15] |
2005 | Kanye West · Manny Marroquin, engineer/mixer | The College Dropout |
| [16] |
2006 | Kanye West · Jon Brion, producer · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Tom Biller, engineers · Mike Dean, engineer/mixer | Late Registration |
| [17] |
2007 | Ludacris · Joshua Monroy & Phil Tan, engineers/mixers | Release Therapy |
| [18] |
2008 | Kanye West · Kanye West, producer · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Mike Dean, engineers | Graduation |
| [19] |
2009 | Lil Wayne · Darius "Deezle" Harrison & Fabian Marasciullo, engineers | Tha Carter III |
| [20] |
2010 | Eminem · Andre Young, producer · Andre Young, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri & Michael Strange, engineers/mixers | Relapse |
| [21] |
2011 | Eminem · Eminem & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers | Recovery |
| [22] |
2012 | Kanye West · Kanye West, producer · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Mike Dean & Noah Goldstein, engineers/mixers | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy |
| [23] |
2013 | Drake · Noah "40" Shebib, producer · Noel "Gadget" Campbell & Noah "40" Shebib, engineers/mixers | Take Care |
| [24] |
2014 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis · Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis, engineers/mixers | The Heist |
| [25] |
2015 | Eminem · Tony Campana, Joe Strange & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 |
| [26] |
2016 | Kendrick Lamar · Derek "MixedByAli" Ali & James "The White Black Man" Hunt, engineers/mixers | To Pimp a Butterfly |
| [27] [28] |
2017 | Chance the Rapper | Coloring Book |
| [29] |
2018 | Kendrick Lamar | Damn |
| [30] |
2019 | Cardi B | Invasion of Privacy |
| [31] |
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
Artists with multiple wins
6 wins
| 4 wins
| 2 wins
|
Artists with multiple nominations
11 nominations
7 nominations
5 nominations
| 4 nominations
3 nominations
| 2 nominations
|
See also
- Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Rap Song
- Hip hop music
References
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External links
- Official site of the Grammy Awards
