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Every Grammys Best Dance/Electronic Album winner

21 ceremonies, 2005–2025. 17 different winners. The longest run was Skrillex, 2 years straight (2012–2013).

Best Dance/Electronic Album was first awarded in 2005, so it does not run the full 2000–2025 window.

It was previously known as Best Dance/Electronic Music Album.

Before that it ran as Best Electronic/Dance Album through 2011 and Best Dance/Electronica Album through 2014.

The Chemical Brothers ×3Daft Punk ×2Skrillex ×2
Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details.
Basement Jaxx'05
The Chemical Brothers'06
Madonna'07
The Chemical Brothers'08
Daft Punk'09
Lady Gaga'10
La Roux'11
Skrillex'12–'13×2
Daft Punk'14
Aphex Twin'15
Jack Ü'16
Flume'17
Kraftwerk'18
Justice'19
The Chemical Brothers'20
Kaytranada'21
Black Coffee'22
Beyoncé'23
Fred Again'24
Charli XCX'25
Wins by label
  1. Sony314%
  2. Warner314%
  3. Freestyle Dust210%
  4. Owsla210%
  5. Big Beat15%
  6. Ed Banger15%
  7. Other943%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2005–2025.

Most nominated, never won

  • Deadmau53 noms
  • Disclosure3 noms
  • Bonobo2 noms
  • David Guetta2 noms
  • Goldfrapp2 noms
  • Kaskade2 noms

Most losses

  • The Chemical Brothers4L · 3W
  • Deadmau53L · 0W
  • Disclosure3L · 0W
  • Bonobo2L · 0W
  • David Guetta2L · 0W
  • Goldfrapp2L · 0W

The full list

YearWinnerLabel
2025Charli XCX (Brat)
beat 4 others
  • Justice (Hyperdrama)
  • Zedd (Telos)
  • Four Tet (Three)
  • Kaytranada (Timeless)
Atlantic
2024Fred Again (Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022))
beat 4 others
  • The Chemical Brothers (For That Beautiful Feeling)
  • Deadmau5 and Kaskade (Kx5)
  • James Blake (Playing Robots into Heaven)
  • Skrillex (Quest for Fire)
Atlantic
2023Beyoncé (Renaissance)
beat 4 others
  • Diplo (Diplo)
  • Bonobo (Fragments)
  • Odesza (The Last Goodbye)
  • Rüfüs Du Sol (Surrender)
Parkwood/Columbia
2022Black Coffee (Subconsciously)
beat 5 others
  • Illenium (Fallen Embers)
  • Sylvan Esso (Free Love)
  • Ten City (Judgement)
  • Major Lazer (Music Is the Weapon (Reloaded))
  • Marshmello (Shockwave)
Soulstic Music
2021Kaytranada (Bubba)
beat 4 others
  • Disclosure (Energy)
  • Madeon (Good Faith)
  • Arca (Kick I)
  • Baauer (Planet's Mad)
RCA
2020The Chemical Brothers (No Geography)
beat 4 others
  • Flume (Hi This Is Flume)
  • Apparat (LP5)
  • Rüfüs Du Sol (Solace)
  • Tycho (Weather)
Virgin EMI Astralwerks
2019Justice (Woman Worldwide)
beat 4 others
  • Tokimonsta (Lune Rouge)
  • Sophie (Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides)
  • Jon Hopkins (Singularity)
  • Sofi Tukker (Treehouse)
Ed Banger/Because
2018Kraftwerk (3-D The Catalogue)
beat 4 others
  • Bonobo (Migration)
  • Odesza (A Moment Apart)
  • Mura Masa (Mura Masa)
  • Sylvan Esso (What Now)
Kling Klang/Parlophone
2017Flume (Skin)
beat 4 others
  • Underworld (Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future)
  • Jean-Michel Jarre (Electronica 1: The Time Machine)
  • Tycho (Epoch)
  • Louie Vega (Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII)
Future Classic/Mom + Pop/Transgressive
2016Jack Ü (Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü)
beat 4 others
  • The Chemical Brothers (Born in the Echoes)
  • Disclosure (Caracal)
  • Jamie xx (In Colour)
  • Caribou (Our Love)
Owsla/Mad Decent/Atlantic
2015Aphex Twin (Syro)
beat 4 others
  • Mat Zo (Damage Control)
  • Röyksopp and Robyn (Do It Again)
  • Little Dragon (Nabuma Rubberband)
  • Deadmau5 (While (1<2))
Warp
2014Daft Punk (Random Access Memories)
beat 4 others
  • Calvin Harris (18 Months)
  • Kaskade (Atmosphere)
  • Pretty Lights (A Color Map of the Sun)
  • Disclosure (Settle)
Columbia
2013Skrillex (Bangarang)repeat
beat 4 others
  • Deadmau5 (Album Title Goes Here)
  • The Chemical Brothers (Don't Think)
  • Kaskade (Fire & Ice)
  • Steve Aoki (Wonderland)
Owsla/Big Beat/Atlantic
2012Skrillex (Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites)
beat 4 others
  • Deadmau5 (4x4=12)
  • Robyn (Body Talk Pt. 3)
  • David Guetta (Nothing but the Beat)
  • Cut Copy (Zonoscope)
Big Beat/Mau5trap/Atlantic
2011La Roux (La Roux)
beat 4 others
  • Groove Armada (Black Light)
  • The Chemical Brothers (Further)
  • Goldfrapp (Head First)
  • BT (These Hopeful Machines)
Polydor
2010Lady Gaga (The Fame)
beat 4 others
  • The Crystal Method (Divided by Night)
  • David Guetta (One Love)
  • LMFAO (Party Rock)
  • Pet Shop Boys (Yes)
Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree
2009Daft Punk (Alive 2007)
beat 5 others
  • Cyndi Lauper (Bring Ya to the Brink)
  • Moby (Last Night)
  • Brazilian Girls (New York City)
  • Robyn (Robyn)
  • Kylie Minogue (X)
Virgin
2008The Chemical Brothers (We Are the Night)
beat 4 others
  • Justice (†)
  • Tiësto (Elements of Life)
  • LCD Soundsystem (Sound of Silver)
  • Shiny Toy Guns (We Are Pilots)
Freestyle Dust/Virgin Astralwerks
2007Madonna (Confessions on a Dance Floor)
beat 4 others
  • Pet Shop Boys (Fundamental)
  • Zero 7 (The Garden)
  • Paul Oakenfold (A Lively Mind)
  • Goldfrapp (Supernature)
Warner Bros.
2006The Chemical Brothers (Push the Button)
beat 4 others
  • Daft Punk (Human After All)
  • LCD Soundsystem (LCD Soundsystem)
  • Kraftwerk (Minimum-Maximum)
  • Fatboy Slim (Palookaville)
Freestyle Dust/Virgin Astralwerks/EMI
2005Basement Jaxx (Kish Kash)
beat 4 others
  • The Prodigy (Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned)
  • Paul Oakenfold (Creamfields)
  • The Crystal Method (Legion of Boom)
  • Paul van Dyk (Reflections)
XL/Astralwerks

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