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Every Grammys Album of the Year winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 22 different winners.

Taylor Swift ×4Adele ×2
One band per year, because no winner here has ever gone back-to-back. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.
Santana'00
Steely Dan'01
Various Artists'02
Norah Jones'03
OutKast'04
Ray Charles'05
U2'06
Dixie Chicks'07
Herbie Hancock'08
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss'09
Taylor Swift'10
Arcade Fire'11
Adele'12
Mumford & Sons'13
Daft Punk'14
Beck'15
Taylor Swift'16
Adele'17
Bruno Mars'18
Kacey Musgraves'19
Billie Eilish'20
Taylor Swift'21
Jon Batiste'22
Harry Styles'23
Taylor Swift'24
Beyoncé'25
Wins by label
Universal10Independent7Sony7Warner2

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

  • Kanye West4 noms
  • Kendrick Lamar4 noms
  • Coldplay3 noms
  • Eminem3 noms
  • H.E.R.3 noms
  • Lady Gaga3 noms

Most losses

  • Beyoncé4L · 1W
  • Kanye West4L · 0W
  • Kendrick Lamar4L · 0W
  • Coldplay3L · 0W
  • Eminem3L · 0W
  • H.E.R.3L · 0W

The full list

YearWinnerLabel
2025Beyoncé (Cowboy Carter)
beat 7 others
  • Charli XCX (Brat)
  • Jacob Collier (Djesse Vol. 4)
  • Billie Eilish (Hit Me Hard and Soft)
  • André 3000 (New Blue Sun)
  • Chappell Roan (The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess)
  • Sabrina Carpenter (Short n' Sweet)
  • Taylor Swift (The Tortured Poets Department)
Parkwood/Columbia
2024Taylor Swift (Midnights)
beat 7 others
  • Janelle Monáe (The Age of Pleasure)
  • Lana Del Rey (Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd)
  • Miley Cyrus (Endless Summer Vacation)
  • Olivia Rodrigo (Guts)
  • Boygenius (The Record)
  • SZA (SOS)
  • Jon Batiste (World Music Radio)
Republic
2023Harry Styles (Harry's House)
beat 9 others
  • Adele (30)
  • Mary J. Blige (Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe))
  • Brandi Carlile (In These Silent Days)
  • Kendrick Lamar (Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers)
  • Coldplay (Music of the Spheres)
  • Beyoncé (Renaissance)
  • Lizzo (Special)
  • Bad Bunny (Un Verano Sin Ti)
  • ABBA (Voyage)
Columbia/Erskine
2022Jon Batiste (We Are)
beat 9 others
  • H.E.R. (Back of My Mind)
  • Kanye West (Donda)
  • Taylor Swift (Evermore)
  • Billie Eilish (Happier Than Ever)
  • Justin Bieber (Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe))
  • Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Love for Sale)
  • Lil Nas X (Montero)
  • Doja Cat (Planet Her (Deluxe))
  • Olivia Rodrigo (Sour)
Verve
2021Taylor Swift (Folklore)
beat 7 others
  • Black Pumas (Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition))
  • Jhené Aiko (Chilombo)
  • Jacob Collier (Djesse Vol. 3)
  • Coldplay (Everyday Life)
  • Dua Lipa (Future Nostalgia)
  • Post Malone (Hollywood's Bleeding)
  • Haim (Women in Music Pt. III)
Republic
2020Billie Eilish (When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?)
beat 7 others
  • Lizzo (Cuz I Love You (Deluxe))
  • Vampire Weekend (Father of the Bride)
  • Bon Iver (I, I)
  • H.E.R. (I Used to Know Her)
  • Lana Del Rey (Norman Fucking Rockwell!)
  • Lil Nas X (7)
  • Ariana Grande (Thank U, Next)
Interscope/Darkroom
2019Kacey Musgraves (Golden Hour)
beat 7 others
  • Post Malone (Beerbongs & Bentleys)
  • Various Artists (Black Panther: The Album, Music from and Inspired By)
  • Brandi Carlile (By the Way, I Forgive You)
  • Janelle Monáe (Dirty Computer)
  • H.E.R. (H.E.R.)
  • Cardi B (Invasion of Privacy)
  • Drake (Scorpion)
MCA Nashville
2018Bruno Mars (24K Magic)
beat 4 others
  • Childish Gambino ("Awaken, My Love!")
  • Kendrick Lamar (Damn)
  • Jay-Z (4:44)
  • Lorde (Melodrama)
Atlantic
2017Adele (25)
beat 4 others
  • Beyoncé (Lemonade)
  • Justin Bieber (Purpose)
  • Sturgill Simpson (A Sailor's Guide to Earth)
  • Drake (Views)
Columbia/XL
2016Taylor Swift (1989)
beat 4 others
  • The Weeknd (Beauty Behind the Madness)
  • Alabama Shakes (Sound & Color)
  • Kendrick Lamar (To Pimp a Butterfly)
  • Chris Stapleton (Traveller)
Big Machine
2015Beck (Morning Phase)
beat 4 others
  • Beyoncé (Beyoncé)
  • Pharrell Williams (Girl)
  • Sam Smith (In the Lonely Hour)
  • Ed Sheeran (x)
Capitol
2014Daft Punk (Random Access Memories)
beat 4 others
  • Sara Bareilles (The Blessed Unrest)
  • Kendrick Lamar (Good Kid, M.A.A.D City)
  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (The Heist)
  • Taylor Swift (Red)
Columbia
2013Mumford & Sons (Babel)
beat 4 others
  • Jack White (Blunderbuss)
  • Frank Ocean (Channel Orange)
  • The Black Keys (El Camino)
  • Fun (Some Nights)
Gentlemen of the Road/Glassnote
2012Adele (21)
beat 4 others
  • Lady Gaga (Born This Way)
  • Bruno Mars (Doo-Wops & Hooligans)
  • Rihanna (Loud)
  • Foo Fighters (Wasting Light)
XL/Columbia
2011Arcade Fire (The Suburbs)
beat 4 others
  • Lady Gaga (The Fame Monster)
  • Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)
  • Eminem (Recovery)
  • Katy Perry (Teenage Dream)
Merge
2010Taylor Swift (Fearless)
beat 4 others
  • Dave Matthews Band (Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King)
  • Black Eyed Peas (The E.N.D.)
  • Lady Gaga (The Fame)
  • Beyoncé (I Am... Sasha Fierce)
Big Machine
2009Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (Raising Sand)
beat 4 others
  • Radiohead (In Rainbows)
  • Lil Wayne (Tha Carter III)
  • Coldplay (Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends)
  • Ne-Yo (Year of the Gentleman)
Rounder
2008Herbie Hancock (River: The Joni Letters)
beat 4 others
  • Amy Winehouse (Back to Black)
  • Foo Fighters (Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace)
  • Kanye West (Graduation)
  • Vince Gill (These Days)
Verve
2007Dixie Chicks (Taking the Long Way)
beat 4 others
  • John Mayer (Continuum)
  • Justin Timberlake (FutureSex/LoveSounds)
  • Gnarls Barkley (St. Elsewhere)
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers (Stadium Arcadium)
Columbia
2006U2 (How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb)
beat 4 others
  • Paul McCartney (Chaos and Creation in the Backyard)
  • Mariah Carey (The Emancipation of Mimi)
  • Kanye West (Late Registration)
  • Gwen Stefani (Love. Angel. Music. Baby.)
Interscope
2005Ray Charles (Genius Loves Company)
beat 4 others
  • Green Day (American Idiot)
  • Kanye West (The College Dropout)
  • Usher (Confessions)
  • Alicia Keys (The Diary of Alicia Keys)
Concord/Hear Music
2004OutKast (Speakerboxxx/The Love Below)
beat 4 others
  • The White Stripes (Elephant)
  • Evanescence (Fallen)
  • Justin Timberlake (Justified)
  • Missy Elliott (Under Construction)
LaFace/Arista
2003Norah Jones (Come Away with Me)
beat 4 others
  • Eminem (The Eminem Show)
  • Dixie Chicks (Home)
  • Nelly (Nellyville)
  • Bruce Springsteen (The Rising)
Blue Note
2002Various Artists (O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack)
beat 4 others
  • India.Arie (Acoustic Soul)
  • U2 (All That You Can't Leave Behind)
  • Bob Dylan (Love and Theft)
  • OutKast (Stankonia)
Lost Highway/Mercury
2001Steely Dan (Two Against Nature)
beat 4 others
  • Radiohead (Kid A)
  • Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP)
  • Beck (Midnite Vultures)
  • Paul Simon (You're the One)
Giant/Reprise
2000Santana (Supernatural)
beat 4 others
  • TLC (FanMail)
  • Dixie Chicks (Fly)
  • Backstreet Boys (Millennium)
  • Diana Krall (When I Look in Your Eyes)
Arista

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