Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children |
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| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1994 |
| Last awarded | 2011 |
The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children was a special prize given out at the Grammy Awards. These awards celebrate amazing achievements in the music world. The "Spoken Word Album for Children" award honored recordings that featured great storytelling or spoken performances made just for kids.
The Grammy Awards started in 1958. They were first called the Gramophone Awards. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States gives out these awards every year. They want to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry." This means they look for the best quality, not just how many albums were sold.
This specific award was first given in 1994 to the famous actress Audrey Hepburn and producers Deborah Raffin and Michael Viner. They won for their album Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales. The last time this award was given was in 2011. The winners were the artists and people who worked on Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies. After that, this award joined with the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children. Together, they became the Grammy Award for Best Children's Album.
Who Won the Most?
Tom Chapin won this award more than anyone else, taking home three Grammys! Other people who won more than once include Bill Harley and Jim Dale, who each won twice. Even former U.S. President Bill Clinton won this award in 2003. He won alongside Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren for their album Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf.
Award Winners
Here is a list of the talented artists and their works that won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.
| Year | Performing artist(s) | Winning Work |
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| 1994 | Audrey Hepburn | Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales |
| 1995 | Various artists (narrated by Robert Guillaume) | The Lion King Read-Along |
| 1996 | Patrick Stewart | Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf |
| 1997 | David Holt | Stellaluna |
| 1998 | Charles Kuralt | Winnie-the-Pooh (A. A. Milne) |
| 1999 | Various artists (including Jim Belushi, Robert Davi, Tate Donovan, Linda Hamilton, Patrick MacNee, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga) | The Children's Shakespeare |
| 2000 | Graham Greene, Wynton Marsalis, and Kate Winslet | Listen to the Storyteller |
| 2001 | Jim Dale | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
| 2002 | Tom Chapin | Mama Don't Allow |
| 2003 | Tom Chapin | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly |
| 2004 | Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Sophia Loren | Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks |
| 2005 | Tom Chapin | The Train They Call the City of New Orleans |
| 2006 | Various artists (produced by Christopher B. Cerf and Marlo Thomas) | Marlo Thomas & Friends: Thanks & Giving All Year Long |
| 2007 | Bill Harley | Blah Blah Blah: Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates and Dogs |
| 2008 | Jim Dale | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
| 2009 | Bill Harley | Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live |
| 2010 | Buck Howdy | Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs |
| 2011 | Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton | Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies |
Each year in the table links to the article about the Grammy Awards that took place in that year.
Images for kids
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2000 winner Wynton Marsalis
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2002, 2003, and 2005 award winner Tom Chapin
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2004 award winner Bill Clinton
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2011 award winner Julie Andrews
See also
- Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
