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The winners who defined Children's Music.

14 ceremonies, 2012–2025. 14 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Lucky Diaz & The Family Jam Band in 2025 for Brillo, Brillo!.
  1. Brillo, Brillo!Lucky Diaz & The Family Jam Band
  2. We Grow Together - Preschool Songs123 Andrés
  3. The MovementAlphabet Rockers
  4. A Colorful WorldFalu
  5. All the LadiesJoanie Leeds
  6. Ageless Songs for the Child ArchetypeJon Samson & Al Walser
Years explored
2012–2025
Different winners
14
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best Children's Music Album was first awarded in 2012, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

It was previously known as Best Children's Album.

It carried that name from 2012 through 2019 and gained the Music wording in 2020, when spoken-word children's albums moved to the audio book category.

It took over from Best Musical Album for Children and Best Spoken Word Album for Children.

2012–2025

14 ceremonies

20122025

01 / The reigns

14 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2012–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

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.
All About Bullies... Big and Small'12
The Okee Dokee Brothers'13
Jennifer Gasoi'14
Neela Vaswani'15
Tim Kubart'16
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo'17
Lisa Loeb'18
Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats'19
Jon Samson & Al Walser'20
Joanie Leeds'21
Falu'22
Alphabet Rockers'23
123 Andrés'24
Lucky Diaz & The Family Jam Band'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Furious Rose Productions leads the recorded label credits with 1 win, 2012–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Furious Rose Productions1 win
Underground Playground Records1 win
Wins by label
  1. Furious Rose Productions150%
  2. Underground Playground Records150%

12 further wins have no label on record and are not counted in the 2 above.

12 of these 14 wins have no label on record, so the chart covers the other 2.

03 / The near misses

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

Counting nominations in this category only, 2012–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Justin Roberts
    4 noms
  2. 02
    The Pop Ups
    3 noms
  3. 03
    Alastair Moock & Friends
    2 noms
  4. 04
    Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could
    2 noms
  5. 05
    Gustafer Yellowgold
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Justin Roberts
    4L · 0W
  2. 02
    The Okee Dokee Brothers
    4L · 1W
  3. 03
    The Pop Ups
    3L · 0W
  4. 04
    Alastair Moock & Friends
    2L · 0W
  5. 05
    Alphabet Rockers
    2L · 1W
  6. 06
    Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could
    2L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2012–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerLabel
2025Lucky Diaz & The Family Jam Band (Brillo, Brillo!)
beat 4 others
  • Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats (Creciendo)
  • John Legend (My Favourite Dream)
  • Rock For Children (Solid Rock Revival)
  • Divinity Roxx & Divi Roxx Kids (World Wide Playdate)
Not listed
2024123 Andrés (We Grow Together - Preschool Songs)
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  • Andrew & Polly (Ahhhhh!)
  • Pierce Freelon & Nnenna Freelon (Ancestars)
  • DJ Willy Wow! (Hip Hope for Kids!)
  • Uncle Jumbo (Taste the Sky)
Not listed
2023Alphabet Rockers (The Movement)
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  • Wendy & DB (Into The Little Blue House)
  • Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band (Los Fabulosos)
  • Divinity Roxx (Ready Set Go!)
  • Justin Roberts (Space Cadet)
Not listed
2022Falu (A Colorful World)
beat 4 others
  • 123 Andrés (Activate)
  • 1 Tribe Collective (All One Tribe)
  • Pierce Freelon (Black To The Future)
  • Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band (Crayon Kids)
Not listed
2021Joanie Leeds (All the Ladies)
beat 4 others
  • Alastair Moock & Friends (Be A Pain: An Album for Young (and Old) Leaders)
  • Dog on Fleas (I'm an Optimist)
  • The Okee Dokee Brothers (Songs for Singin')
  • Justin Roberts (Wild Life)
Not listed
2020Jon Samson & Al Walser (Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype)
beat 4 others
  • Caspar Babypants (Flying High!)
  • Daniel Tashian (I Love Rainy Days)
  • Alphabet Rockers (The Love)
  • The Okee Dokee Brothers (Winterland)
Not listed
2019Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats (All The Sounds)
beat 4 others
  • Tim Kubart (Building Blocks)
  • Falu (Falu's Bazaar)
  • The Pop Ups (Giants of Science)
  • FRANK & DEANE (The Nation of Imagine)
Not listed
2018Lisa Loeb (Feel What U Feel)
beat 4 others
  • Gustafer Yellowgold (Brighter Side)
  • Justin Roberts (Lemonade)
  • Alphabet Rockers (Rise Shine #Woke)
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Songs Of Peace & Love For Kids & Parents Around The World)
Furious Rose Productions
2017Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (Infinity Plus One)
beat 4 others
  • Frances England (Explorer Of The World)
  • Recess Monkey (Novelties)
  • Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could (Press Play)
  • The Okee Dokee Brothers (Saddle Up)
Underground Playground Records
2016Tim Kubart (Home)
beat 4 others
  • José-Luis Orozco (¡Come Bien! Eat Right!)
  • Gustafer Yellowgold (Dark Pie Concerns)
  • Lori Henriques (How Great Can This Day Be)
  • Molly Ledford & Billy Kelly (Trees)
Not listed
2015Neela Vaswani (I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World)
beat 4 others
  • The Pop Ups (Appetite for Construction)
  • Brady Rymer and The Little Band That Could (Just Say Hi!)
  • Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (The Perfect Quirk)
  • The Okee Dokee Brothers (Through the Woods)
Not listed
2014Jennifer Gasoi (Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well)
beat 4 others
  • Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower (Blue Clouds)
  • Beth Nielsen Chapman (The Mighty Sky)
  • Justin Roberts (Recess)
  • Alastair Moock & Friends (Singing Our Way Through: Songs For The World's Bravest Kids)
Not listed
2013The Okee Dokee Brothers (Can You Canoe?)
beat 4 others
  • Bill Harley (High Dive)
  • Elizabeth Mitchell (Little Seed: Songs for Children by Woody Guthrie)
  • The Pop Ups (Radio Jungle)
  • A Swinging Jungle Tale
Not listed
2012Gloria Domina, James Cravero, Kevin Mackie, Patrick Robinson & Steve Pullara (All About Bullies... Big and Small)
beat 4 others
  • Are We There Yet?
  • Miss Amy (Fitness Rock & Roll)
  • GulfAlive
  • I Love: Tom T. Hall's Songs Of Fox Hollow
Not listed