Grammy Award for Best Rap Album

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Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
Awarded forQuality albums with rapping
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1996
Last awardedNas, King's Disease (2021)
Websitegrammy.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 2020, 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 as well as Kendrick Lamar have 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, and in 2017, Chance the Rapper's Coloring Book became the first mixtape to win the award.

Recipients[]

A man wearing a white dress shirt, tie, gray vest, black jacket, and sunglasses, singing into a microphone.
1998 winner Sean Combs (credited as Puff Daddy), performing in 2006
A man on a stage holding a microphone and wearing a hooded jacket, a white shirt, and blue jeans.
Six-time award winner Eminem, performing in 2009
A man holding a microphone and wearing white sunglasses, black clothing and a chain around his neck.
Four-time award winner Kanye West
A man wearing a striped suit and earrings.
2007 award winner, Ludacris
2009 award winner, Lil Wayne
2013 award winner, Drake
A man performing on stage
Two-time award winner, Kendrick Lamar
2019 award winner, Cardi B, the first solo female rapper to win the award
2020 award winner, Tyler, the Creator
Year[I] Recipients Work Nominees Ref.
1996 Naughty by Nature Poverty's Paradise
  • 2Pac – Me Against the World
  • Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – E. 1999 Eternal
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard – Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
  • Skee-Lo – I Wish
 [7]
1997 Fugees
 · Fugees, producers 		The Score
  • 2Pac – All Eyez On Me
  • A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes and Life
  • Coolio – Gangsta's Paradise
  • LL Cool J – Mr. Smith
 [8]
1998 Puff Daddy and the Family
 · Puff Daddy And The Family & Stevie J. producers 		No Way Out
  • Missy Elliott – Supa Dupa Fly
  • Wyclef Jean – Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival
  • The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
  • Wu-Tang Clan – Wu-Tang Forever
 [9]
1999 Jay-Z
 · Joe Quinde, engineer/mixer 		Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
  • A Tribe Called Quest – The Love Movement
  • Big Punisher – Capital Punishment
  • Jermaine Dupri – Life in 1472
  • Mase – Harlem World
 [10]
2000 Eminem
 · Eminem, Jeff Bass & Marky Bass, producers
 · Mr. B, engineer/mixer 		The Slim Shady LP
  • Busta Rhymes – E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front
  • Missy Elliott – Da Real World
  • Nas – I Am...
  • The Roots – Things Fall Apart
 [11]
2001 Eminem
 · Dr. Dre & Richard Huredia, engineers/mixers 		The Marshall Mathers LP
  • DMX – ...And Then There Was X
  • Dr. Dre – 2001
  • Jay-Z – Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter
  • Nelly – Country Grammar
 [12]
2002 Outkast
 · David Sheats, producer
 · John Frye, engineer 		Stankonia
  • Eve – Scorpion
  • Ja Rule – Pain Is Love
  • Jay-Z – The Blueprint
  • Ludacris – Back for the First Time
 [13]
2003 Eminem
 · Steve King, engineer/mixer 		The Eminem Show
  • Ludacris – Word of Mouf
  • Mystikal – Tarantula
  • Nelly – Nellyville
  • Petey Pablo – Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry
 [14]
2004 Outkast
 · John Frye, engineer/mixer 		Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
[15]
2005 Kanye West
 · Manny Marroquin, engineer/mixer 		The College Dropout
  • Beastie Boys – To the 5 Boroughs
  • Jay-Z – The Black Album
  • LL Cool J – The DEFinition
  • Nelly – Suit
 [16]
2006 Kanye West
 · Jon Brion, producer
 · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Tom Biller, engineers
 · Mike Dean, engineer/mixer 		Late Registration
  • 50 Cent – The Massacre
  • Common – Be
  • Missy Elliott – The Cookbook
  • Eminem – Encore
 [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
  • Common – Finding Forever
  • Jay-Z – Kingdom Come
  • Nas – Hip-Hop Is Dead
  • T.I. – T.I. vs. T.I.P.
 [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
  • Common – Universal Mind Control
  • Flo Rida – R.O.O.T.S.
  • Mos Def – The Ecstatic
  • Q-Tip – The Renaissance
 [21]
2011 Eminem
 · Eminem & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers 		Recovery
  • B.o.B – B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
  • Drake – Thank Me Later
  • Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3
  • The Roots – How I Got Over
 [22]
2012 Kanye West
 · Kanye West, producer
 · Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Mike Dean & Noah Goldstein, engineers/mixers 		My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
  • Lupe Fiasco – Lasers
  • Jay-Z and Kanye West – Watch the Throne
  • Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
  • Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV
 [23]
2013 Drake
 · Noah "40" Shebib, producer
 · Noel "Gadget" Campbell & Noah "40" Shebib, engineers/mixers 		Take Care
[24]
2014 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis The Heist
  • Drake – Nothing Was the Same
  • Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail
  • Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
  • Kanye West – Yeezus
 [25]
2015 Eminem
 · Tony Campana, Joe Strange & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers 		The Marshall Mathers LP 2
  • Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
  • Common – Nobody's Smiling
  • Childish Gambino – Because the Internet
  • Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood
  • ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron
 [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
 · Jeff Lane, engineer/mixer 		Coloring Book
  • De La Soul – And the Anonymous Nobody...
  • DJ Khaled – Major Key
  • Drake – Views
  • ScHoolboy Q – Blank Face LP
  • Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
 [29]
2018 Kendrick Lamar
 · Sounwave & Anthony "Topdawg" Tiffith, producers
 · Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, James "The White Black Man" Hunt & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers 		Damn.
  • Jay-Z – 4:44
  • Migos – Culture
  • Rapsody – Laila's Wisdom
  • Tyler, the Creator – Flower Boy
 [30]
[31]
2019 Cardi B
 · Leslie Brathwaite & Evan LaRay, engineers/mixers 		Invasion of Privacy
  • Mac Miller – Swimming
  • Nipsey Hussle – Victory Lap
  • Pusha T – Daytona
  • Travis Scott – Astroworld
 [32]
2020 Tyler, the Creator
 · Tyler, The Creator, producer
 · Neal H Pogue, Tyler, The Creator & Vic Wainstein, engineers/mixers 		Igor
  • Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III
  • Meek Mill – Championships
  • 21 Savage – I Am > I Was
  • Cordae – The Lost Boy
 [33]
2021 Nas King's Disease
[34]
2022 TBD TBD
  • J. Cole – The Off-Season
  • Drake – Certified Lover Boy (withdrawn)[35]
  • Nas – King's Disease II
  • Tyler, the Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost
  • Kanye West – Donda
 [36]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Artists with multiple wins[]

6 wins
  • Eminem
4 wins
  • Kanye West
2 wins
  • Outkast
  • Kendrick Lamar

Artists with multiple nominations[]

11 nominations

  • Jay-Z

8 nominations

  • Kanye West

7 nominations

  • Eminem

6 nominations

  • Drake
  • Nas

5 nominations

  • The Roots

4 nominations

  • Common
  • Lupe Fiasco
  • Missy Elliott

3 nominations

  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Ludacris
  • Nelly
  • T.I.
  • Tyler, The Creator

2 nominations

  • Nicki Minaj
  • J. Cole
  • Dr. Dre
  • Lil Wayne
  • LL Cool J
  • 50 Cent
  • Outkast
  • ScHoolboy Q
  • A Tribe Called Quest
  • 2Pac

See also[]

References[]

General

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