Every Grammys Best Blues Album winner

5 ceremonies, 2012–2016. 5 different winners.

Best Blues Album was first awarded in 2012, so it does not run the full 2000–2025 window.

It was awarded for the last time in 2016.

The Academy went back to separate traditional and contemporary blues album awards from 2017, so this one ran for five ceremonies only.

It took over from Best Traditional Blues Album and Best Contemporary Blues Album.

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.

Tedeschi Trucks Band'12

Dr. John'13

Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite'14

Johnny Winter'15

Buddy Guy'16

Wins by label

Sony240%
Megaforce120%
Stax120%
Warner120%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2012–2016.

Most nominated, never won

Ruthie Foster2 noms
Shemekia Copeland2 noms

Most losses

Ruthie Foster2L · 0W
Shemekia Copeland2L · 0W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2016	Buddy Guy (Born to Play Guitar) beat 4 others Cedric Burnside Project (Descendants of Hill Country) John Primer and Various Artists (Muddy Waters 100) Shemekia Copeland (Outskirts of Love) Bettye LaVette (Worthy)	RCA
2015	Johnny Winter (Step Back) beat 4 others Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin (Common Ground: Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy) Bobby Rush with Blinddog Smokin' (Decisions) Charlie Musselwhite (Juke Joint Chapel) Ruthie Foster (Promise of a Brand New Day)	Megaforce
2014	Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite (Get Up!) beat 4 others James Cotton (Cotton Mouth Man) Bobby Rush (Down in Louisiana) Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia and James Harman (Remembering Little Walter) Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa (Seesaw)	Stax
2013	Dr. John (Locked Down) beat 4 others Shemekia Copeland (33⅓) Heritage Blues Orchestra (And Still I Rise) Joan Osborne (Bring It on Home) Ruthie Foster (Let It Burn)	Nonesuch
2012	Tedeschi Trucks Band (Revelator) beat 4 others Gregg Allman (Low Country Blues) Warren Haynes (Man in Motion) Keb' Mo' (The Reflection) Marcia Ball (Roadside Attractions)	Sony Masterworks/Sony Music Entertainment

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