Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album
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| Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album | |
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| Awarded for | quality contemporary blues albums |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 1988 |
| Currently held by | Fantastic Negrito, Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? (2021) |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album was awarded from 1988 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Contemporary Blues Performance and in 1989 was awarded to a song rather than to an album.
The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012 onwards, the category was merged with the Best Traditional Blues Album category to form the new Best Blues Album category. However, in 2016 the Grammy organisation decided to revert the situation back to the pre-2012 era, with two separate categories for traditional and contemporary blues recordings respectively.[1]
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.
Winners and nominees[]
| Year | Artist | Work | Nominees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Robert Cray Band | Strong Persuader |
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| 1989 | The Robert Cray Band | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark |
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| 1990 | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | In Step | ″King of the Blues: 1989″ B.B.King
″Live from Austin″ Delbert McClinton ″Midnight Run″ Bobby Blue Bland ″Wang Dang Doodle″ Koko Taylor |
| 1991 | Jimmie Vaughan & Stevie Ray Vaughan | Family Style | "Jump for Joy" Koko Taylor
"Midnight Stroll" The Robert Cray Band featuring The Memphis Horns; "Red Hot & Blue" B.B. King and Lee Atwater; "Stickin' to My Guns" Etta James. |
| 1992 | Buddy Guy | Damn Right, I've Got the Blues | Albert Collins - Iceman
Charlie Musselwhite - Signature Irma Thomas - Live - Simply The Best Johnny Winter - Let Me In |
| 1993 | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | The Sky Is Crying | “I Was Warned” Robert Cray
“Robben Ford & The Blue Line” Robben Ford & The Blue Line “The Right Time” Etta James “Peace to the Neighborhood” Pop Staples |
| 1994 | Buddy Guy | Feels Like Rain | Mystic Mile - Robben Ford and the Blue Line
Wake Up Call - John Mayall Muddy Water Blues - A Tribute To Muddy Waters - Paul Rodgers Hey, Where's Your Brother? - Johnny Winter |
| 1995 | Pops Staples | Father Father | “Shame + a Sin" - The Robert Cray Band
“Force of Nature” - Koko Taylor “Strange Pleasure” - Jimmie Vaughan “Bow Wow” - Johnny (Guitar) Watson |
| 1996 | Buddy Guy | Slippin' In | “The Man” - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
(Live ’92-'93) - Albert Collins & the Icebreakers "Some Rainy Morning” - Robert Cray “Blue Night” - Percy Sledge |
| 1997 | Keb' Mo' | Just Like You | 'Sad Street' - Bobby Blue Bland
'Long Way Home' - Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown 'A Man Amongst Men' - Bo Diddley 'Live! The Real Deal' - Buddy Guy 'Phantom Blues' - Taj Mahal |
| 1998 | Taj Mahal | Señor Blues | Luther Allison - Reckless
Robert Cray Band - Sweet Potato Pie Dr. John - Trippin' Live Boz Scaggs - Come On Home |
| 1999 | Keb' Mo' | Slow Down | Marcia Ball, Irma Thomas & Tracy Nelson - Sing It!
Buddy Guy - Heavy Love Etta James - Life, Love & The Blues B.B. King - Deuces Wild |
| 2000 | The Robert Cray Band | Take Your Shoes Off |
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| 2001 | Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band | Shoutin' in Key |
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| 2002 | Delbert McClinton | Nothing Personal |
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| 2003 | Solomon Burke | Don't Give Up on Me |
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| 2004 | Etta James | Let's Roll |
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| 2005 | Keb' Mo' | Keep It Simple |
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| 2006 | Delbert McClinton | Cost of Living |
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| 2007 | Irma Thomas | After the Rain |
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| 2008 | J. J. Cale & Eric Clapton | The Road to Escondido |
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| 2009 | Dr. John & The Lower 911 | City That Care Forgot |
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| 2010 [2] |
The Derek Trucks Band | Already Free |
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| 2011 [3] |
Buddy Guy | Living Proof |
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| 2012 | awarded to Grammy Award for Best Blues Album | ||
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| 2014 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 [4] |
Fantastic Negrito | The Last Days of Oakland |
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| 2018 [5] |
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' | TajMo |
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| 2019 [6] |
Fantastic Negrito | Please Don't Be Dead |
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| 2020 [7] |
Gary Clark Jr. | This Land |
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| 2021 [8] |
Fantastic Negrito | Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? |
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| 2022 | Winner TBA on 31 January 2022 |
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References[]
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- ^ "Complete List of Nominees for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards". E!Online. December 2, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ^ "Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. February 12, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.grammy.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List". Grammy.com. November 20, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ "63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards". Grammy.com. December 15, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
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