Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album

There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time:

• From 1959 to 1967 it was Best Comedy Performance
• From 1968 to 1991 it was known as Best Comedy Recording
• From 1992 to 1993 and from 2004 to the present day it was awarded as Best Comedy Album

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 (of P.D.Q. Bach fame) is the runner-up, with four wins between 1990 and 1993.

The winner is the first-named artist and work for each year, or, for 1960 and 1961, category.

1950s

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Year[I]	Performing Artist	Work
1959 [2]	Ross Bagdasarian Sr.	"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
Stan Freberg	The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows
Stan Freberg	"Green Chri$tma$"
Elaine May & Mike Nichols	Improvisations to Music
Mort Sahl	The Future Lies Ahead

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1960s

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Year[I]	Performing Artist	Work
1960 [3]	Musical Comedy
Homer and Jethro	"The Battle of Kookamonga"
Cliff Arquette	Charlie Weaver Sings for His People
Betty Comden & Adolph Green	A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Hans Conried & Alice Pearce	Monster Rally
Bernie Green	Musically Mad
Spoken Comedy
Shelley Berman	Inside Shelley Berman
Lenny Bruce	The Sick Humor of Lenny Bruce
Stan Freberg	Stan Freberg with Original Cast
Andy Griffith	"Hamlet"
Mort Sahl	Look Forward in Anger
1961 [4]	Musical Comedy
	Jo Stafford & Paul Weston	Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris
	Stan Freberg	"The Old Payola Roll Blues"
	Homer and Jethro	Homer and Jethro at the Country Club
	Tom Lehrer	An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
	David Seville	"Alvin for President"
	Spoken Comedy
	Bob Newhart	The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
	Shelley Berman	The Edge of Shelley Berman
	Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner	"2000 Year Old Man"
	Jonathan Winters	The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters
1962 [5]	Elaine May & Mike Nichols	An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Bill Dana	José Jiménez the Astronaut
Stan Freberg	Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Volume One: The Early Years
Jonathan Winters	Here's Jonathan
1963 [6]	Vaughn Meader	The First Family
Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller & Dudley Moore	Beyond the Fringe
Elaine May & Mike Nichols	Nichols and May Examine Doctors
Allan Sherman	My Son, the Folk Singer
Jonathan Winters	Another Day, Another World
1964 [7]	Allan Sherman	"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)"
Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner	Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival
Cassius Clay	I Am the Greatest!
Bill Cosby	Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!
Smothers Brothers	Think Ethnic
1965 [8]	Bill Cosby	I Started Out as a Child
Woody Allen	Woody Allen
Godfrey Cambridge	Ready or Not, Here Comes Godfrey Cambridge
Allan Sherman	For Swingin' Livers Only!
Jonathan Winters	Whistle Stopping
1966 [9]	Bill Cosby	Why Is There Air?
Bob Booker & George Foster	You Don't Have to Be Jewish
Godfrey Cambridge	Them Cotton Pickin' Days is Over
Earl Doud & Allen Robin	"Welcome to the LBJ Ranch!"
Smothers Brothers	Mom Always Liked You Best
1967 [10]	Bill Cosby	Wonderfulness
Don Bowman	Funny Way to Make an Album
Archie Campbell	Have a Laugh on Me
Homer and Jethro	Wanted for Murder
Mrs. Miller	"Downtown"
1968 [11]	Bill Cosby	Revenge
Lenny Bruce	Lenny Bruce in Concert
Archie Campbell	The Cockfight and Other Tall Tales
George Carlin	Take-Offs and Put-Ons
Flip Wilson	Cowboys and Colored People
1969 [12]	Bill Cosby	To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
Don Rickles	Hello Dummy!
Dan Rowan & Dick Martin	Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
Flip Wilson	You Devil You

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1970s

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Year[I]	Performing Artist	Work
1970 [13]	Bill Cosby	Sports
Lenny Bruce	Berkeley Concert
Don Rickles	Don Rickles Speaks!
1971 [14]	Flip Wilson	The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress
Bill Cosby	Live: Madison Square Garden Center
David Frye	I Am the President
Homer and Jethro	"Daddy Played First Base"
Orson Welles	The Begatting of the President
1972 [15]	Lily Tomlin	This Is A Recording
Cheech & Chong	Cheech and Chong
Bill Cosby	When I Was a Kid
Hudson & Landry	"Ajax Liquor Store"
Flip Wilson	Flip: The Flip Wilson Show
1973 [16]	George Carlin	FM & AM
Cheech & Chong	Big Bambu
Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers & Rob Reiner	All in the Family
Flip Wilson	Geraldine: Don't Fight the Feeling
1974 [17]	Cheech & Chong	Los Cochinos
George Carlin	Occupation: Foole
Bill Cosby	Fat Albert
David Frye	Richard Nixon: A Fantasy
Robert Klein	Child of the 50s
National Lampoon	National Lampoon: Lemmings
1975 [18]	Richard Pryor	That Nigger's Crazy
Cheech & Chong	Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album
Robert Klein	Mind Over Matter
National Lampoon	The Missing White House Tapes
David Steinberg	Booga! Booga!
1976 [19]	Richard Pryor	Is It Something I Said?
Albert Brooks	A Star is Bought
George Carlin	An Evening with Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo
Monty Python	The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief
Lily Tomlin	Modern Scream
1977 [20]	Richard Pryor	Bicentennial Nigger
Cheech & Chong	Sleeping Beauty
Bill Cosby	Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days
National Lampoon	Goodbye Pop 1952–1976
Redd Foxx	You Gotta Wash Your Ass
1978 [21]	Steve Martin	Let's Get Small
George Carlin	On the Road
Ernie Kovacs	The Ernie Kovacs Album
Lorne Michaels & Saturday Night Live cast members	Saturday Night Live
Richard Pryor	Are You Serious???
1979 [22]	Steve Martin	A Wild and Crazy Guy
Lily Tomlin	On Stage
Martin Mull	Sex & Violins
Richard Pryor	The Wizard of Comedy
The Rutles	The Rutles

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1980s

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Year[I]	Performing Artist	Work
1980 [23]	Robin Williams	Reality...What a Concept
The Blues Brothers	"Rubber Biscuit"
Steve Martin	Comedy Is Not Pretty!
Richard Pryor	Wanted: Live in Concert
Ray Stevens	"I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow"
1981 [24]	Rodney Dangerfield	No Respect
Father Guido Sarducci	Live at St. Douglas Convent
Monty Python	Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album
Richard Pryor	Holy Smoke
Gilda Radner	Live from New York
1982 [25]	Richard Pryor	Rev. Du Rite
Mel Brooks	"The Inquisition"
Mel Brooks	Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I
Alvin and the Chipmunks	Urban Chipmunk
Various artists	Airplane!
1983 [26]	Richard Pryor	Live on the Sunset Strip
George Carlin	A Place for My Stuff
Steve Martin	The Steve Martin Brothers
Bob and Doug McKenzie	The Great White North
Eddie Murphy	Eddie Murphy
1984 [27]	Eddie Murphy	Comedian
Bill Cosby	Himself
Monty Python	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Joan Rivers	What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most?
Robin Williams	Throbbing Python of Love
1985 [28]	"Weird Al" Yankovic	"Eat It"
Rodney Dangerfield	Rappin' Rodney
Rick Dees	Hurt Me Baby – Make Me Write Bad Checks!
Firesign Theatre	The Three Faces of Al
Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor: Here and Now
1986 [29]	Whoopi Goldberg	Original Broadway Show Recording
Cheech & Chong	"Born in East L.A."
Billy Crystal	"You Look Marvelous"
Joe Piscopo	"Honeymooners Rap"
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Dare to Be Stupid
1987 [30]	Bill Cosby	Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand
George Carlin	Playin' with Your Head
Rodney Dangerfield	"Twist and Shout"
Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding	Bob and Ray: A Night of Two Stars Recorded Live at Carnegie Hall
Bette Midler	Mud Will Be Flung Tonight
Steven Wright	I Have a Pony
1988 [31]	Robin Williams	A Night at the Met
Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding	The Best of Bob and Ray, Vol. 1
Jackie Mason	The World According to Me!
Ray Stevens	"Would Jesus Wear a Rolex"
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Polka Party!
1989 [32]	Robin Williams	Good Morning, Vietnam
George Carlin	What Am I Doing in New Jersey?
Whoopi Goldberg	Fontaine: Why Am I Straight?
Jonathan Winters	Finally Captured
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Even Worse

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1990s

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Year[I]	Performing Artist	Work
1990 [33]	Peter Schickele	P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
Sandra Bernhard	Without You I'm Nothing
Erma Bombeck	Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession
Andrew Dice Clay	Dice
Sam Kinison	"Wild Thing"
1991 [34]	Peter Schickele	P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding	The Best of Bob and Ray: Selections from a Career, Vol. 4
Garrison Keillor	More News from Lake Wobegon
Various artists	The Best of Comic Relief '90
Jonathan Winters	Jonathan Winters into the '90s
1992 [35]	Peter Schickele	P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio
Erma Bombeck	When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home
George Carlin	Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics
Garrison Keillor	Local Man Moves to the City
Jackie Mason	Brand New
1993 [36]	Peter Schickele	P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
George Burns	An Evening with George Burns
Rita Rudner	Naked Beneath My Clothes
Jonathan Winters	Jonathan Winters is Terminator 3
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Off the Deep End
1994 [37]	George Carlin	Jammin' in New York
Erma Bombeck	A Marriage Made in Heaven or Too Tired for an Affair
Al Franken	You're Good Enough, You're Smart Enough, and Doggone it, People Like You!
Garrison Keillor	Lake Wobegon USA
Leslie Nielsen	The Naked Truth
1995 [38]	Sam Kinison	Live from Hell
The Jerky Boys	The Jerky Boys 2
Henry Beard & Christopher Cerf	The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook
Adam Sandler	They're All Gonna Laugh at You!
Judy Tenuta	Attention Butt Pirates and Lesbetarians
1996 [39]	Jonathan Winters	Crank(y) Calls
Jeff Foxworthy	Games Rednecks Play
Don Imus	God's Other Son
Martin Lawrence	Funk It
Judy Tenuta	In Goddess We Trust
1997 [40]	Al Franken	Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations
Stan Freberg	Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Vol. 2 (The Middle Years)
Dennis Miller	The Rants
Adam Sandler	What the Hell Happened to Me?
Peter Schickele	The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach
1998 [41]	Chris Rock	Roll with the New
Drew Carey	Dirty Jokes and Beer
Garrison Keillor	Garrison Keillor's Comedy Theater
Bob Newhart	Button Down Concert
Julia Sweeney	God said "Ha!"
1999 [42]	Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner	The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000
The Firesign Theatre	Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death
Jeff Foxworthy	Totally Committed
Steve Martin	Pure Drivel
Jerry Seinfeld	I'm Telling You for the Last Time

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2000s

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Year[I]	Performing Artist	Work
2000 [43]	Chris Rock	Bigger & Blacker
George Carlin	You Are All Diseased
Garrison Keillor	A Prairie Home Companion – 25th Anniversary Collection
Carl Reiner	How Paul Robeson Saved My Life and Other Mostly Happy Stories
Adam Sandler	Stan and Judy's Kid
2001 [44]	George Carlin	Brain Droppings
Jeff Foxworthy	Big Funny
Dennis Miller	I Rant, Therefore, I Am
Steve Harvey, Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer & D. L. Hughley	The Original Kings of Comedy
Richard Dreyfuss & Marsha Mason	The Prisoner of Second Avenue
2002 [45]	George Carlin	Napalm & Silly Putty
Margaret Cho	I'm the One That I Want
Ray Romano	Live at Carnegie Hall
The Firesign Theatre	Bride of Firesign
Adele Givens, Laura Hayes, Mo'Nique, and Sommore	The Queens of Comedy
2003 [46]	Robin Williams	Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
George Carlin	Complaints and Grievances
Jimmy Fallon	The Bathroom Wall
Al Franken	Oh, the Things I Know!
Dennis Miller	The Rant Zone
2004 [47]	"Weird Al" Yankovic	Poodle Hat
Margaret Cho	Revolution
David Cross	Shut Up You Fucking Baby!
Garrison Keillor	A Life in Comedy
George Lopez	Team Leader
2005 [48]	Jon Stewart and the cast of The Daily Show	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Ellen DeGeneres	The Funny Thing Is...
Al Franken	The O'Franken Factor Factor — The Best of the O'Franken Factor
David Sedaris	Live At Carnegie Hall
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (Robert Smigel)	Come Poop with Me
2006 [49]	Chris Rock	Never Scared
Lewis Black	Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues
Seth MacFarlane & Walter Murphy	Family Guy: Live in Vegas
Rick Moranis	The Agoraphobic Cowboy
Larry the Cable Guy	The Right to Bare Arms
2007 [50]	Lewis Black	The Carnegie Hall Performance
George Carlin	Life Is Worth Losing
Bill Engvall, Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy & Larry the Cable Guy	Blue Collar Comedy Tour — One For The Road
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Straight Outta Lynwood
Ron White	You Can't Fix Stupid
2008 [51]	Flight of the Conchords	The Distant Future
Harry Shearer	Songs Pointed & Pointless
Lisa Lampanelli	Dirty Girl
George Lopez	America's Mexican
Steven Wright	I Still Have a Pony
2009 [52]	George Carlin	It's Bad for Ya[I]
Lewis Black	Anticipation
Flight of the Conchords	Flight of the Conchords
Kathy Griffin	For Your Consideration
Harry Shearer	Songs of the Bushmen

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2010s

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Year[I]	Performing Artist	Work
2010 [53]	Stephen Colbert	A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
Kathy Griffin	Suckin' It for the Holidays
George Lopez	Tall, Dark & Chicano
Patton Oswalt	My Weakness Is Strong
Spinal Tap	Back from the Dead
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Internet Leaks
2011 [54]	Lewis Black	Stark Raving Black
Margaret Cho	Cho Dependent
Flight of the Conchords	I Told You I Was Freaky
Kathy Griffin	Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt
Robin Williams	Weapons of Self Destruction
2012 [55]	Louis C.K.	Hilarious
Kathy Griffin	50 and Not Pregnant
The Lonely Island	Turtleneck & Chain
Patton Oswalt	Finest Hour
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Alpocalypse
2013 [56]	Jimmy Fallon	Blow Your Pants Off
Lewis Black	In God We Rust
Jim Gaffigan	Mr. Universe
Kathy Griffin	Seaman 1st Class
Tenacious D	Rize of the Fenix
2014 [57]	Kathy Griffin	Calm Down Gurrl
Craig Ferguson	I'm Here to Help
Bob Saget	That's What I'm Talkin' About
Tig Notaro	Live
Ron White	A Little Unprofessional
2015 [58]	"Weird Al" Yankovic	Mandatory Fun
Louis C.K.	Oh My God
Jim Gaffigan	Obsessed
Patton Oswalt	Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time
Sarah Silverman	We Are Miracles
2016 [59]	Louis C.K.	Live at Madison Square Garden
Wyatt Cenac	Brooklyn
Craig Ferguson	Just Being Honest
Lisa Lampanelli	Back to the Drawing Board
Jay Mohr	Happy. And A Lot
2017 [60]	Patton Oswalt	Talking for Clapping
Margaret Cho	American Myth
David Cross	...America...Great...
Tig Notaro	Boyish Girl Interrupted
Amy Schumer	Live at the Apollo
2018 [61]	Dave Chappelle	The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas
Jim Gaffigan	Cinco
Kevin Hart	What Now?
Jerry Seinfeld	Jerry Before Seinfeld
Sarah Silverman	A Speck of Dust
2019 [62]	Dave Chappelle	Equanimity & The Bird Revelation
Fred Armisen	Standup for Drummers
Jim Gaffigan	Noble Ape
Patton Oswalt	Annihilation
Chris Rock	Tamborine

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2020s

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Year[I]	Performing Artist	Work
2020 [63]	Dave Chappelle	Sticks & Stones
Aziz Ansari	Right Now
Ellen DeGeneres	Relatable
Jim Gaffigan	Quality Time
Trevor Noah	Son of Patricia
2021 [64]	Tiffany Haddish	Black Mitzvah
Bill Burr	Paper Tiger
Jim Gaffigan	The Pale Tourist
Patton Oswalt	I Love Everything
Jerry Seinfeld	23 Hours to Kill
2022 [65]	Louis C.K.	Sincerely
Nate Bargatze	The Greatest Average American
Lavell Crawford	The Comedy Vaccine
Chelsea Handler	Evolution
Lewis Black	Thanks for Risking Your Life
Kevin Hart	Zero Fucks Given
2023 [66][67]	Dave Chappelle	The Closer
Louis C.K.	Sorry
Jim Gaffigan	Comedy Monster
Patton Oswalt	We All Scream
Randy Rainbow	A Little Brains, A Little Talent
2024
Dave Chappelle	What's In A Name?
Trevor Noah	I Wish You Would
Chris Rock	Selective Outrage
Sarah Silverman	Someone You Love
Wanda Sykes	I'm An Entertainer
2025 [68]
Dave Chappelle	The Dreamer
Jim Gaffigan	The Prisoner
Ricky Gervais	Armageddon
Nikki Glaser	Someday You'll Die
Trevor Noah	Where Was I?
2026 [69]
Nate Bargatze	Your Friend, Nate Bargatze
Bill Burr	Drop Dead Years
Sarah Silverman	PostMortem
Ali Wong	Single Lady
Jamie Foxx	What Had Happened Was…

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