Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album |
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| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1959 |
| Currently held by | Alphabet Rockers, The Movement (2023) |
The Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album is a special honor given out at the Grammy Awards. The Grammy Awards started in 1958 and were first called the Gramophone Awards. Each year, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States gives these awards. They celebrate amazing artistic work and excellent recordings in the music world. This award specifically recognizes great music and performances made for kids.
History of the Award
The award for Best Children's Album is given to artists who create high-quality recordings for young people. Over the years, the name of this award has changed a few times:
- From 1959 to 1960, it was called Best Recording for Children.
- In 1961, it changed to Best Album Created for Children.
- From 1962 to 1968, it went back to Best Recording for Children.
- No award was given in this category in 1969.
- From 1970 to 1991, it was again Best Recording for Children.
- In 1992 and 1993, it became Best Album for Children.
- From 1994 to 2011, the award was split into two parts: Best Musical Album for Children and Best Spoken Word Album for Children.
- From 2012 to 2019, these two categories were combined again. The award was then known as Best Children's Album. This was similar to how it was before 1994, but with a slightly different name.
- In 2020, spoken-word children's albums moved to a different category. The award was renamed Best Children's Music Album.
The Recording Academy decided to combine some categories in 2012. They wanted to have fewer award categories overall. They felt it made sense to have one award for all types of children's recordings, just like it was from 1958 to 1993.
Award Winners
Many talented artists have won the Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album. Here are some of the winners over the years:
| Year | Recipient(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
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| 1959 | Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (artist) | "The Chipmunk Song" |
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| 1960 | Peter Ustinov (artist) | Peter and the Wolf |
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| 1965 | Dick Van Dyke & Julie Andrews (artists) | Mary Poppins |
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| 1970 | Peter, Paul and Mary (artist) | Peter, Paul and Mommy |
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| 1971 | Joan Cooney & Thomas Z. Shepard (producers) | Sesame Street |
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| 1978 | Christopher Cerf & Jim Timmens (producers) | Aren't You Glad You're You |
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| 1979 | Jim Henson (producer) | The Muppet Show |
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| 1984 | Michael Jackson (artist) · Quincy Jones (producer) |
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial |
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| 1985 | Shel Silverstein (artist) · Ron Haffkine (producer) |
Where the Sidewalk Ends |
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| 1991 | Alan Menken (composer) Howard Ashman (lyricist) | The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack |
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| 1993 | Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) | Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| 2012 | Gloria Domina, James Cravero, Kevin Mackie, Patrick Robinson & Steve Pullara (producers) | All About Bullies... Big and Small |
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| 2013 | The Okee Dokee Brothers · Engineered/Mixed & Produced by Dean Jones |
Can You Canoe? |
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| 2014 | Jennifer Gasoi (artist) · Engineered/Mixed by Pierre Messier · Produced by Jennifer Gasoi |
Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well |
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| 2015 | Neela Vaswani (artist) | I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World |
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| 2016 | Tim Kubart (artist) | Home |
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| 2017 | Secret Agent 23 Skidoo | Infinity Plus One |
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| 2018 | Lisa Loeb (artist) | Feel What U Feel |
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| 2019 | Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats | All The Sounds |
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| 2020 | Jon Samson & Al Walser | Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype |
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| 2021 | Joanie Leeds | All the Ladies |
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| 2022 | Falu | A Colorful World |
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| 2023 | Alphabet Rockers | The Movement |
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| 2024 | 123 Andrés | We Grow Together - Preschool Songs |
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Artists with Multiple Wins
Some artists have won this award more than once, showing their lasting impact on children's music.
| Wins | Recipients |
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| 5 | Jim Henson |
| 3 | Leonard Bernstein |
| 2 | Howard Ashman |
| Ross Bagdasarian Sr. | |
| Bill Cosby | |
| David Levine | |
| Alan Menken | |
| Marvin Miller | |
| Lucy Simon |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Premio Grammy al mejor álbum para niños para niños
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