Grammy Award for Best Folk Album
| Grammy Award for Best Folk Album | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | quality vocal or instrumental folk music albums |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First award | 2012 |
| Currently held by | I'm with Her – Wild and Clear and Blue (2026) |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Folk Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for releasing albums in the folk genre. 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]
According to the 54th Grammy Awards guideline the Best Folk Album category includes authentic folk material in both traditional vocal and instrumental styles, as well as contemporary material by artists who use traditional folk elements, sounds and instrumental techniques as the basis for their recordings. Folk music is primarily but not exclusively acoustic, often using contemporary arrangements with production and sensibilities distinctly different from a pop approach.[3]
This award - established in 2012 - combines the previously used categories for Best Contemporary Folk Album and Traditional Folk Album. The Recording Academy decided to create this new category for 2012 upon stating there were "challenges in distinguishing between... Contemporary and Traditional Folk".[4]
Like most album categories, the performing artist (of greater than 50% of playing time on the album) receives a nomination. The actual Grammy is awarded to the performing artist, the producer and the engineer/mixer.
The inaugural recipients of the award were The Civil Wars, who won in 2012 for their album Barton Hollow. To date, Chris Thile, Gillian Welch, and David Rawlings have won this award twice each; the latter two act as the current recipients of the award for Woodland at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
Recipients
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2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
Artists with multiple wins
[edit]- 2 wins
- Chris Thile (one as a member of the Punch Brothers)
- Gillian Welch
- David Rawlings
- Sarah Jarosz (one as a member of the I'm with Her)
Artists with multiple nominations
[edit]- 4 nominations
- Rhiannon Giddens (one as a member The Carolina Chocolate Drops)
- Sarah Jarosz (one as a member I'm with Her)
3 nominations
- Chris Thile (one as a member of the Punch Brothers)
- Gillian Welch
- Aoife O'Donovan (one as a member of the I'm with Her)
- 2 nominations
- Judy Collins
- Madison Cunningham
- Dom Flemons (one as a member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops)
- Patty Griffin
- Laura Marling
- Punch Brothers
- Joy Williams (one as a member of The Civil Wars)
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Explanation For Category Restructuring". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ "2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: American Roots Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
- ^ List of 2013 nominees Archived February 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "List of Nominees 2015" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
- ^ "Grammy Awards 2016: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
- ^ "Grammy Awards Nominations: The Complete List". Variety. November 20, 2019. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ^ "2021 Nominations List". Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
- ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "2025 GRAMMYs: See The OFFICIAL Full Nominations List | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
- ^ Phillips, Jevon; Crust, Kevin (February 1, 2026). "Grammys 2026: The complete winners list". LA Times. Retrieved February 2, 2026.