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- There have been 61 Best Album of the Year winners since the first Grammys ceremony in 1959.
- Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder are tied for the most Best Album of the Year wins with three each.
- 2017 winner Adele has won twice, as has Taylor Swift, Paul Simon, and U2.
- Scroll down to see the album awarded the coveted Grammy from every year.
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1959: Henry Mancini — 'The Music from Peter Gunn'
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1960: Frank Sinatra — 'Come Fly With Me!'
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1961: Bob Newhart — 'The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart'
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1962: Judy Garland — 'Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall'
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1963: Vaughn Meader — 'The First Family'
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1964: Barbra Streisand — 'The Barbra Streisand Album'
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1965: Stan Getz & João Gilberto — 'Getz/Gilberto'
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1966: Frank Sinatra — 'September of My Years'
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1967: Frank Sinatra — 'A Man and His Music'
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1968: The Beatles — 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'
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1969: Glen Campbell — 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix'
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1970: Blood, Sweat & Tears — 'Blood, Sweat & Tears'
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1971: Simon & Garfunkel — 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'
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1972: Carole King — 'Tapestry'
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1973: George Harrison & Friends (Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton & Klaus Voormann) — 'The Concert for Bangladesh'
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1974: Stevie Wonder — 'Innervisions'
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1975: Stevie Wonder — 'Fulfillingness' First Finale'
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1976: Paul Simon —'Still Crazy After All These Years'
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1977: Stevie Wonder — 'Songs in the Key of Life'
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1978: Fleetwood Mac — 'Rumours'
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1979: Various Artists — "'Saturday Night Fever' Soundtrack"
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1980: Billy Joel — '52nd Street'
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1981: Christopher Cross — 'Christopher Cross'
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1982: John Lennon & Yoko Ono — 'Double Fantasy'
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1983: Toto — 'Toto IV'
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1984: Michael Jackson — 'Thriller'
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1985: Lionel Richie — 'Can't Slow Down'
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1986: Phil Collins — 'No Jacket Required'
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1987: Paul Simon — 'Graceland'
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1988: U2 — 'The Joshua Tree'
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1989: George Michael — 'Faith'
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1990: Bonnie Raitt — 'Nick of Time'
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1991: Quincy Jones & Various Artists — 'Back on the Block'
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1992: Natalie Cole — 'Unforgettable... with Love'
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1993: Eric Clapton — 'Unplugged'
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1994: Whitney Houston — 'The Bodyguard'
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1995: Tony Bennett — 'MTV Unplugged'
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1996: Alanis Morissette — 'Jagged Little Phil'
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1997: Celine Dion — 'Falling Into You'
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1998: Bob Dylan — 'Time Out of Mind'
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1999: Lauryn Hill — 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'
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2000: Santana — 'Supernatural'
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2001: Steely Dan — 'Two Against Nature'
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2002: Various Artists — ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?' Soundtrack'
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2003: Norah Jones — 'Come Away with Me'
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2004: OutKast — 'Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'
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2005: Ray Charles & Various Artists — 'Genius Loves Company'
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2006: U2 — 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'
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2007: Dixie Chicks — 'Taking the Long Way'
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2008: Herbie Hancock — 'River: The Joni Letters'
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2009: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss — 'Raising Sand'
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2010: Taylor Swift — 'Fearless'
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2011: Arcade Fire — 'The Suburbs'
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2012: Adele — '21'
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2013: Mumford & Sons — 'Babel'
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2014: Daft Punk — 'Random Access Memories'
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2015: Beck — 'Morning Phase'
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2016: Taylor Swift — '1989'
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2017: Adele — '25'
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2018: Bruno Mars — '24K Magic'
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2019: Kacey Musgraves — 'Golden Hour'
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