Every Grammys Best Comedy Album winner
26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 14 different winners. The longest run was Dave Chappelle, 3 years straight (2018–2020).
Best Comedy Album was previously known as Best Spoken Comedy Album.
It ran inside the spoken word field as Best Spoken Comedy Album from 1994 through 2003, then returned to the comedy field in 2004 with musical comedy eligible again.
Dave Chappelle ×6George Carlin ×3Louis C.K ×3"Weird Al" Yankovic ×2Chris Rock ×2
Chris Rock'00
George Carlin'01–'02×2
Robin Williams'03
"Weird Al" Yankovic'04
Jon Stewart and the Cast of The Daily Show'05
Chris Rock'06
Lewis Black'07
Flight of the Conchords'08
George Carlin'09
Stephen Colbert'10
Lewis Black'11
Louis C.K'12
Jimmy Fallon'13
Kathy Griffin'14
"Weird Al" Yankovic'15
Louis C.K'16
Patton Oswalt'17
Dave Chappelle'18–'20×3
Tiffany Haddish'21
Louis C.K'22
Dave Chappelle'23–'25×3
Wins by label
- Comedy Central Records429%
- Aspecialthing Records17%
- Back Lot Music17%
- DreamWorks Records17%
- Eardrum17%
- Independent17%
- Other536%
12 further wins have no label on record and are not counted in the 14 above.
12 of these 26 wins have no label on record, so the bar covers the other 14.
Who kept losing
Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.
Most nominated, never won
- Jim Gaffigan8 noms
- Margaret Cho4 noms
- George Lopez3 noms
- Sarah Silverman3 noms
- Trevor Noah3 noms
- Al Franken2 noms
Most losses
- Jim Gaffigan8L · 0W
- Patton Oswalt6L · 1W
- Kathy Griffin5L · 1W
- Lewis Black4L · 2W
- Margaret Cho4L · 0W
- "Weird Al" Yankovic3L · 2W
The full list
| Year | Winner | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dave Chappelle (The Dreamer)repeatbeat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2024 | Dave Chappelle (What's in a Name?)repeatbeat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2023 | Dave Chappelle (The Closer)beat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2022 | Louis C.K (Sincerely)beat 5 others
| Not listed |
| 2021 | Tiffany Haddish (Black Mitzvah)beat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2020 | Dave Chappelle (Sticks & Stones)repeatbeat 4 others
| Netflix |
| 2019 | Dave Chappelle (Equanimity & The Bird Revelation)repeatbeat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2018 | Dave Chappelle (The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas)beat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2017 | Patton Oswalt (Talking for Clapping)beat 4 others
| Aspecialthing Records |
| 2016 | Louis C.K (Live at Madison Square Garden)beat 4 others
| [no label] |
| 2015 | "Weird Al" Yankovic (Mandatory Fun)beat 4 others
| RCA/Way Moby |
| 2014 | Kathy Griffin (Calm Down Gurrl)beat 4 others
| Back Lot Music |
| 2013 | Jimmy Fallon (Blow Your Pants Off)beat 4 others
| Warner Bros. |
| 2012 | Louis C.K (Hilarious)beat 4 others
| Comedy Central Records |
| 2011 | Lewis Black (Stark Raving Black)beat 4 others
| Comedy Central Records |
| 2010 | Stephen Colbert (A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!)beat 5 others
| Comedy Central Records |
| 2009 | George Carlin (It's Bad for Ya)beat 4 others
| Eardrum/Atlantic |
| 2008 | Flight of the Conchords (The Distant Future)beat 4 others
| Sub Pop |
| 2007 | Lewis Black (The Carnegie Hall Performance)beat 4 others
| Comedy Central Records |
| 2006 | Chris Rock (Never Scared)beat 4 others
| Geffen Records |
| 2005 | Jon Stewart and the Cast of The Daily Show (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction)unverifiedbeat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2004 | "Weird Al" Yankovic (Poodle Hat)beat 4 others
| Volcano/Way Moby |
| 2003 | Robin Williams (Robin Williams: Live 2002)beat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2002 | George Carlin (Napalm & Silly Putty)repeatbeat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2001 | George Carlin (Brain Droppings)beat 4 others
| Not listed |
| 2000 | Chris Rock (Bigger & Blacker)beat 4 others
| DreamWorks Records |
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