Who won Album of the Year at the most recent Grammys?

Beyoncé won at the 2025 Grammys.

Who won Album of the Year in 2023?

Harry Styles — Harry's House.

Who has won Album of the Year the most times?

Taylor Swift, with 4 wins (2010, 2016, 2021, 2024).

How many different winners has Album of the Year had?

56 different winners across 67 ceremonies, 1959–2025.

A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined Album of the Year.

67 ceremonies, 1959–2025. 56 different winners. The longest run belongs to Frank Sinatra, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?: Beyoncé in 2025 for Cowboy Carter.
Who has won the most?: Taylor Swift, 4 wins (2010, 2016, 2021, 2024).

2025Cowboy CarterBeyoncé
2024MidnightsTaylor Swift
2023Harry's HouseHarry Styles
2022We AreJon Batiste
2021FolkloreTaylor Swift
2020When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?Billie Eilish

Years explored: 1959–2025
Different winners: 56
Category leader: Taylor Swift · 4

About this record

Awarded at every Grammy ceremony since the first in 1959.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19592025

01 / The reigns

22 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

01
Taylor Swift4 wins
02
Adele2 wins

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. 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

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Universal leads the recorded label credits with 10 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Universal10 wins

Independent7 wins

Sony7 wins

Warner2 wins

Wins by label

Universal1038%
Independent727%
Sony727%
Warner28%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025. Excludes 2 nominations credited to Various Artists, which names a compilation rather than an act.

Most nominated, never won this award

Kendrick Lamar at the 2018 Pulitzer Prize ceremony

02Kendrick Lamar4 nominations

01
Kanye West
4 noms
03
Coldplay
3 noms
04
Eminem
3 noms
05
H.E.R.
3 noms
06
Lady Gaga
3 noms

Most losses in this category

Beyoncé performing on the Renaissance World Tour in London

01Beyoncé4 losses · 1 wins

02
Kanye West
4L · 0W
03
Kendrick Lamar
4L · 0W
04
Coldplay
3L · 0W
05
Eminem
3L · 0W
06
H.E.R.
3L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

Year	Winner	Label
2025	Beyoncé (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
2024	Taylor 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
2023	Harry 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
2022	Jon 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
2021	Taylor 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
2020	Billie 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
2019	Kacey 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
2018	Bruno Mars (24K Magic) beat 4 others Childish Gambino ("Awaken, My Love!") Kendrick Lamar (Damn) Jay-Z (4:44) Lorde (Melodrama)	Atlantic
2017	Adele (25) beat 4 others Beyoncé (Lemonade) Justin Bieber (Purpose) Sturgill Simpson (A Sailor's Guide to Earth) Drake (Views)	Columbia/XL
2016	Taylor 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
2015	Beck (Morning Phase) beat 4 others Beyoncé (Beyoncé) Pharrell Williams (Girl) Sam Smith (In the Lonely Hour) Ed Sheeran (x)	Capitol
2014	Daft 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
2013	Mumford & 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
2012	Adele (21) beat 4 others Lady Gaga (Born This Way) Bruno Mars (Doo-Wops & Hooligans) Rihanna (Loud) Foo Fighters (Wasting Light)	XL/Columbia
2011	Arcade Fire (The Suburbs) beat 4 others Lady Gaga (The Fame Monster) Lady Antebellum (Need You Now) Eminem (Recovery) Katy Perry (Teenage Dream)	Merge
2010	Taylor 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
2009	Robert 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
2008	Herbie 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
2007	Dixie 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
2006	U2 (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
2005	Ray 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
2004	OutKast (Speakerboxxx/The Love Below) beat 4 others The White Stripes (Elephant) Evanescence (Fallen) Justin Timberlake (Justified) Missy Elliott (Under Construction)	LaFace/Arista
2003	Norah Jones (Come Away with Me) beat 4 others Eminem (The Eminem Show) Dixie Chicks (Home) Nelly (Nellyville) Bruce Springsteen (The Rising)	Blue Note
2002	Various 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
2001	Steely 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
2000	Santana (Supernatural) beat 4 others TLC (FanMail) Dixie Chicks (Fly) Backstreet Boys (Millennium) Diana Krall (When I Look in Your Eyes)	Arista
1999	Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill) beat 4 others Shania Twain (Come on Over) Sheryl Crow (The Globe Sessions) Madonna (Ray of Light) Garbage (Version 2.0)	Ruffhouse/Columbia
1998	Bob Dylan (Time Out of Mind) beat 4 others Babyface (The Day) Paul McCartney (Flaming Pie) Radiohead (OK Computer) Paula Cole (This Fire)	Columbia
1997	Celine Dion (Falling into You) beat 4 others The Smashing Pumpkins (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness) Beck (Odelay) The Fugees (The Score) Various Artists (Waiting to Exhale)	Columbia/Epic
1996	Alanis Morissette (Jagged Little Pill) beat 4 others Mariah Carey (Daydream) Michael Jackson (HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I) Joan Osborne (Relish) Pearl Jam (Vitalogy)	Maverick/Reprise
1995	Tony Bennett (MTV Unplugged) beat 4 others Eric Clapton (From the Cradle) Bonnie Raitt (Longing in Their Hearts) Seal (Seal) José Carreras, Plácido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta (The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994)	Columbia
1994	Whitney Houston (The Bodyguard) beat 4 others R.E.M. (Automatic for the People) Donald Fagen (Kamakiriad) Billy Joel (River of Dreams) Sting (Ten Summoner's Tales)	Arista/BMG
1993	Eric Clapton (Unplugged) beat 4 others U2 (Achtung Baby) Various Artists (Beauty and the Beast) Annie Lennox (Diva) k.d. lang (Ingenue)	Reprise/Duck/MTV
1992	Natalie Cole (Unforgettable... with Love) beat 4 others Amy Grant (Heart in Motion) Bonnie Raitt (Luck of the Draw) R.E.M. (Out of Time) Paul Simon (The Rhythm of the Saints)	Elektra
1991	Quincy Jones (Back on the Block) beat 4 others Phil Collins (...But Seriously) Mariah Carey (Mariah Carey) MC Hammer (Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em) Wilson Phillips (Wilson Phillips)	Qwest/Warner Bros.
1990	Bonnie Raitt (Nick of Time) beat 4 others Don Henley (The End of the Innocence) Fine Young Cannibals (The Raw & the Cooked) Tom Petty (Full Moon Fever) Traveling Wilburys (Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1)	Capitol
1989	George Michael (Faith) beat 4 others Tracy Chapman (Tracy Chapman) Bobby McFerrin (Simple Pleasures) Sting (...Nothing Like the Sun) Steve Winwood (Roll with It)	Columbia/Epic
1988	U2 (The Joshua Tree) beat 4 others Whitney Houston (Whitney) Michael Jackson (Bad) Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris (Trio) Prince (Sign o' the Times)	Island
1987	Paul Simon (Graceland) beat 4 others Peter Gabriel (So) Janet Jackson (Control) Barbra Streisand (The Broadway Album) Steve Winwood (Back in the High Life)	Warner Bros.
1986	Phil Collins (No Jacket Required) beat 4 others Dire Straits (Brothers in Arms) Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston) Sting (The Dream of the Blue Turtles) USA for Africa (We Are the World)	Virgin/Atlantic
1985	Lionel Richie (Can't Slow Down) beat 4 others Cyndi Lauper (She's So Unusual) Prince & The Revolution (Purple Rain) Bruce Springsteen (Born in the U.S.A.) Tina Turner (Private Dancer)	Motown
1984	Michael Jackson (Thriller) beat 4 others David Bowie (Let's Dance) Billy Joel (An Innocent Man) The Police (Synchronicity) Various Artists (Flashdance)	Epic
1983	Toto (Toto IV) beat 4 others John Cougar (American Fool) Donald Fagen (The Nightfly) Billy Joel (The Nylon Curtain) Paul McCartney (Tug of War)	Columbia
1982	John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Double Fantasy) beat 4 others Kim Carnes (Mistaken Identity) Al Jarreau (Breakin' Away) Quincy Jones (The Dude) Steely Dan (Gaucho)	Geffen/Warner Bros.
1981	Christopher Cross (Christopher Cross) beat 4 others Billy Joel (Glass Houses) Pink Floyd (The Wall) Frank Sinatra (Trilogy: Past Present Future) Barbra Streisand (Guilty)	Warner Bros.
1980	Billy Joel (52nd Street) beat 4 others The Doobie Brothers (Minute by Minute) Kenny Rogers (The Gambler) Donna Summer (Bad Girls) Supertramp (Breakfast in America)	Family Productions/Columbia
1979	Various Artists (Saturday Night Fever) beat 4 others Barry Manilow (Even Now) Various Artists (Grease) Jackson Browne (Running on Empty) The Rolling Stones (Some Girls)	RSO
1978	Fleetwood Mac (Rumours) beat 4 others Steely Dan (Aja) Eagles (Hotel California) James Taylor (JT) John Williams conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (Star Wars)	Warner Bros.
1977	Stevie Wonder (Songs in the Key of Life) beat 4 others George Benson (Breezin') Chicago (Chicago X) Peter Frampton (Frampton Comes Alive!) Boz Scaggs (Silk Degrees)	Tamla
1976	Paul Simon (Still Crazy After All These Years) beat 4 others Janis Ian (Between the Lines) Elton John (Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy) Linda Ronstadt (Heart Like a Wheel) Eagles (One of These Nights)	Columbia
1975	Stevie Wonder (Fulfillingness' First Finale)repeat beat 4 others John Denver (Back Home Again) Paul McCartney and Wings (Band on the Run) Elton John (Caribou) Joni Mitchell (Court and Spark)	Tamla
1974	Stevie Wonder (Innervisions) beat 4 others Charlie Rich (Behind Closed Doors) Bette Midler (The Divine Miss M) Roberta Flack (Killing Me Softly) Paul Simon (There Goes Rhymin' Simon)	Tamla
1973	George Harrison & Friends (The Concert for Bangladesh) beat 4 others Don McLean (American Pie) Various Artists (Jesus Christ Superstar, Original Broadway Cast) Neil Diamond (Moods) Nilsson (Nilsson Schmilsson)	Apple
1972	Carole King (Tapestry) beat 4 others George Harrison (All Things Must Pass) Carpenters (Carpenters) Various Artists (Jesus Christ Superstar, London Production) Isaac Hayes (Shaft)	Ode/A&M
1971	Simon & Garfunkel (Bridge over Troubled Water) beat 5 others Chicago (Chicago) Carpenters (Close to You) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Déjà Vu) Elton John (Elton John) James Taylor (Sweet Baby James)	Columbia
1970	Blood, Sweat & Tears (Blood, Sweat & Tears) beat 4 others The Beatles (Abbey Road) The 5th Dimension (The Age of Aquarius) Crosby, Stills & Nash (Crosby, Stills & Nash) Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash At San Quentin)	Columbia
1969	Glen Campbell (By the Time I Get to Phoenix) beat 4 others Simon & Garfunkel (Bookends) José Feliciano (Feliciano!) The Beatles (Magical Mystery Tour) Richard Harris (A Tramp Shining)	Capitol/EMI
1968	The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) beat 4 others Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim (Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim) Vikki Carr (It Must Be Him) Ed Ames (My Cup Runneth Over) Bobbie Gentry (Ode to Billie Joe)	Parlophone/Capitol
1967	Frank Sinatra (A Man and His Music)repeat beat 4 others Barbra Streisand (Color Me Barbra) Maurice Jarre (Doctor Zhivago) The Beatles (Revolver) Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (What Now My Love)	Reprise
1966	Frank Sinatra (September of My Years) beat 4 others The Beatles (Help!) Barbra Streisand (My Name Is Barbra) Eddy Arnold (My World) Various Artists (The Sound Of Music)	Reprise
1965	Stan Getz & João Gilberto (Getz/Gilberto) beat 4 others Al Hirt (Cotton Candy) Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl) Barbra Streisand (People) Henry Mancini (The Pink Panther)	Verve
1964	Barbra Streisand (The Barbra Streisand Album) beat 4 others Ward Swingle & The Swingle Singers (Bach's Greatest Hits) Andy Williams (Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests) Al Hirt (Honey in the Horn) Soeur Sourire (The Singing Nun)	Columbia
1963	Vaughn Meader (The First Family) beat 4 others Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco) Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (Jazz Samba) Ray Charles (Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music) Allan Sherman (My Son, the Folk Singer)	Cadence
1962	Judy Garland (Judy at Carnegie Hall) beat 5 others Henry Mancini (Breakfast at Tiffany's) Ray Charles (Genius + Soul = Jazz) Si Zentner & Johnny Mann Singers (Great Band with Great Voices) Nat King Cole (The Nat King Cole Story) John Green (West Side Story)	Capitol
1961	Bob Newhart (The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart) beat 5 others Harry Belafonte (Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall) Sviatoslav Richter (Brahms: Concerto) Frank Sinatra (Nice 'n' Easy) Erich Leinsdorf (Puccini: Turandot) Nat King Cole (Wild Is Love)	Warner Bros.
1960	Frank Sinatra (Come Dance with Me!) beat 4 others Harry Belafonte (Belafonte at Carnegie Hall) Henry Mancini (More Music From Peter Gunn) Van Cliburn (Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3) Robert Russell Bennett (Victory at Sea, Vol. I)	Capitol
1959	Henry Mancini (The Music from Peter Gunn) beat 4 others Frank Sinatra (Come Fly with Me) Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book) Frank Sinatra (Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely) Van Cliburn (Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1, In B-Flat Minor, Op.23)	RCA Victor