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The winners who defined Recording Package.

52 ceremonies, 1974–2025. 49 different winners. The longest run belongs to Bill Johnson, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?
Charli XCX, Brent David Freaney and Imogene Strauss in 2025 for Brat.
Who has won the most?
Kevin Reagan, 3 wins (1999, 2001, 2003).
  1. BratCharli XCX, Brent David Freaney and Imogene Strauss
  2. StumpworkAnnie Collinge and Rottingdean Bazaar
  3. Beginningless BeginningChun-Tien Hsiao and Qing-Yang Xiao
  4. PakelangLi Jheng Han and Yu Wei
  5. Vols. 11 & 12Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto
  6. Chris CornellBarry Ament, Jeff Ament and Joe Spix
Years explored
1974–2025
Different winners
49
Category leader
Kevin Reagan · 3
About this record

Best Recording Package was first awarded in 1974, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

Boxed and special limited edition packages were judged separately from 1995 to 2025 and only came back into this category at the 2026 ceremony, one year past the end of this dataset. The 2018 award was a tie, and both winning packages are listed.

It took over from Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19742025

01 / The reigns

26 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.

  1. 01
    Kevin Reagan2 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.
Ray Benson, Sally Carns and Buddy Jackson'00
Kevin Reagan'01
Stanley Donwood and Tchocky'02
Kevin Reagan'03
Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert'04
Peter Buchanan-Smith and Dan Nadel'05
Aimee Mann and Gail Marowitz'06
Adam Jones'07
Zachary Nipper'08
Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner'09
Stefan Sagmeister'10
Michael Carney'11
Caroline Robert'12
Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak'13
Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds'14
Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix and Jerome Turner'15
Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds and Dick Reeves'16
Jonathan Barnbrook'17
El Orisha De La Rosa'18
Willo Perron'19
Barry Ament, Jeff Ament and Joe Spix'20
Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto'21
Li Jheng Han and Yu Wei'22
Chun-Tien Hsiao and Qing-Yang Xiao'23
Annie Collinge and Rottingdean Bazaar'24
Charli XCX, Brent David Freaney and Imogene Strauss'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Warner leads the recorded label credits with 3 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Warner3 wins
Independent1 win
ISO1 win
Sony1 win
Wins by label
  1. Warner350%
  2. Independent117%
  3. ISO117%
  4. Sony117%

20 further wins have no label on record and are not counted in the 6 above.

20 of these 26 wins have no label on record, so the chart covers the other 6.

03 / The near misses

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

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Qing-Yang Xiao
    3 noms
  2. 02
    Brian Roettinger
    2 noms
  3. 03
    Don Clark
    2 noms
  4. 04
    Gail Marowitz
    2 noms
  5. 05
    Ryan Clark
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds
    4L · 1W
  2. 02
    Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert
    3L · 1W
  3. 03
    Qing-Yang Xiao
    3L · 0W
  4. 04
    Brian Roettinger
    2L · 0W
  5. 05
    Don Clark
    2L · 0W
  6. 06
    Gail Marowitz
    2L · 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.

YearWinnerLabel
2025Charli XCX, Brent David Freaney and Imogene Strauss (Brat)
beat 6 others
  • Scott Avett, Jonny Black and Giorgia Sage (The Avett Brothers)
  • Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds (Baker Hotel)
  • Archie Lee Coates IV, Jeffrey Franklin, Bobby Greenleaf, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon, Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta and Austin Post (F-1 Trillion)
  • Kate Bush and Albert McIntosh (Hounds of Love: The Baskerville Edition)
  • Andrew Wong and Julie Yeh (Jug Band Millionaire)
  • Lee Pei-Tzu (Pregnancy, Breakdown and Disease)
Atlantic
2024Annie Collinge and Rottingdean Bazaar (Stumpwork)
beat 5 others
  • Caroline Rose (The Art of Forgetting)
  • Hsing-Hui Cheng (Cadenza 21)
  • Perry Shall (Electrophonic Chronic)
  • iam8bit (Gravity Falls)
  • Chang Yu Chung, Li Jheng Han and Yu Wei (Migration)
Not listed
2023Chun-Tien Hsiao and Qing-Yang Xiao (Beginningless Beginning)
beat 4 others
  • William Stichter (Divers)
  • Mark Farrow and Jason Pierce (Everything Was Beautiful)
  • Ming Liu (Telos)
  • Joel Cook, Brandon Rike and Nate Utesch (Voyeurist)
Not listed
2022Li Jheng Han and Yu Wei (Pakelang)
beat 4 others
  • Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds (American Jackpot / American Girls)
  • Nick Cave and Tom Hingston (Carnage)
  • Dale Doyle (Serpentine Prison)
  • Xiao Qing Yang (Zeta)
Not listed
2021Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto (Vols. 11 & 12)
beat 4 others
  • Pilar Zeta (Everyday Life)
  • Kyle Goen and Alex Kalatschinow (Funeral)
  • Julian Gross and Hannah Hooper (Healer)
  • Jordan Butcher (On Circles)
Not listed
2020Barry Ament, Jeff Ament and Joe Spix (Chris Cornell)
beat 4 others
  • Luisa María Arango, Carlos Dussan, Manuel García-Orozco and Juliana Jaramillo-Buenaventura (Anónimas & Resilientes)
  • Andrew Wong and Fongming Yang (Hold That Tiger)
  • Aaron Anderson and Eric Timothy Carlson (I,I)
  • Irwan Awalludin (Intellexual)
Not listed
2019Willo Perron (Masseduction)
beat 4 others
  • Mary Banas (Be the Cowboy)
  • Doohee Lee (Love Yourself: Tear)
  • Qing-Yang Xiao (The Offering)
  • Adam Moore (Well Kept Thing)
Loma Vista
2018Carlos Dussán, Juliana Jaramillo, Juan Felipe Martínez and Claudio Roncoli (El Orisha De La Rosa)tieSasha Barr, Ed Steed and Josh Tillman (Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition))
beat 3 others
  • Alex Crossan and Matt de Jong (Mura Masa)
  • Elyanna Blaser-Gould, Luke Hayman and Andrea Trabucco-Campos (Sleep Well Beast)
  • Gail Marowitz (Solid State)
Not listed
2017Jonathan Barnbrook (Blackstar)
beat 4 others
  • Eric Timothy Carlson (22, A Million)
  • Robyn Fenty, Roy Nachum and Ciarra Pardo (Anti (Deluxe Edition))
  • Andrew Savage (Human Performance)
  • Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds (Sunset Motel)
ISO/Columbia
2016Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds and Dick Reeves (Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys)
beat 4 others
  • Alex Trochut (Alagoas)
  • Anita Marisa Boriboon and Phi Hollinger (Bush)
  • Brian Roettinger (How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition))
  • Nathanio Strimpopulos and Jack White (My Happiness)
Not listed
2015Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix and Jerome Turner (Lightning Bolt)
beat 4 others
  • David Chen and Andrew Wong (Formosa Medicine Show)
  • Vaughan Oliver (Indie Cindy)
  • Jesse Kanda (LP1)
  • Sarah Larnach (Whispers)
Not listed
2014Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds (Long Night Moon)
beat 4 others
  • Mike Brown, Zac DeCamp, Brian Grunert and Annie Stoll (Automatic Music Can Be Fun)
  • Brian Roettinger (Magna Carta...Holy Grail)
  • Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat, Brian Steele and David Turner (Metallica Through the Never)
  • Jonathan Barnbrook (The Next Day)
Not listed
2013Michael Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak (Biophilia)
beat 4 others
  • Brett Kilroe (Boys & Girls)
  • Gail Marowitz (Charmer)
  • Noah Wall (Love This Giant)
  • David Longstreth (Swing Lo Magellan)
Not listed
2012Caroline Robert (Scenes from the Suburbs)unverified
beat 4 others
  • Todd Gallopo (Chickenfoot III)
  • Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds (Good Luck & True Love)
  • Jonathan Dagan (Rivers and Homes)
  • Virgil Abloh and Riccardo Tisci (Watch the Throne)
Not listed
2011Michael Carney (Brothers)
beat 4 others
  • Malthe Fischer, Malene Mathiasson, Kristoffer Rom, Nis Svoldgård and Aske Zidore (Eggs)
  • Brian Grunert, Anaïs Mitchell and Peter Nevins (Hadestown)
  • Devendra Banhart and Jon Beasley (What Will We Be)
  • Andrew Taray (Yonkers NY)
Nonesuch
2010Stefan Sagmeister (Everything That Happens Will Happen Today)
beat 4 others
  • Brian Porizek (Back from the Dead)
  • Neko Case and Kathleen Judge (Middle Cyclone)
  • Jeff Harrison (Splitting Adam)
  • Szu Wei Cheng and Hui Chen Huang (Tathagata)
Not listed
2009Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner (Death Magnetic)
beat 4 others
  • Don Clark (Hawk Nelson...Is My Friend!)
  • No Age and Brian Roettinger (Nouns)
  • Neal Ashby, Matthew Curry and Patrick Donohue (Radio Retaliation)
  • Amanda Barrett, Abby DeWald, Renee Jablow and Rick Whitmore (Summer Rains)
Not listed
2008Zachary Nipper (Cassadaga)
beat 4 others
  • Masaki Koike (The Dio Years)
  • Craig Thompson (Friend and Foe)
  • Don Clark (Secrets Keep You Sick)
  • Qing-Yang Xiao (White Horse)
Not listed
2007Adam Jones (10,000 Days)unverified
beat 4 others
  • Ryan Clark (The Best Worst-Case Scenario)
  • Randall Martin (Personal File)
  • Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert (Reprieve)
  • Neal Ashby and Matthew Curry (Versions)
Not listed
2006Aimee Mann and Gail Marowitz (The Forgotten Arm)
beat 4 others
  • Stuart Hyatt (The Clouds)
  • Neal Ashby (The Cosmic Game)
  • Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert (Knuckle Down)
  • Ryan Clark (O God, the Aftermath)
Not listed
2005Peter Buchanan-Smith and Dan Nadel (A Ghost Is Born)
beat 4 others
  • Jesse LeDoux (Chutes Too Narrow)
  • Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert (Educated Guess)
  • Nathaniel Hörnblowér and Dechen Wangdu (To the 5 Boroughs)
  • Qing-Yang Xiao (The Wandering Accordion)
Nonesuch
2004Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert (Evolve)
beat 4 others
  • Jim McAnally (In Bright Mansions)
  • Jami Anderson (Plow to the End of the Row)
  • Bill Dolan and Cathy Richardson (The Road to Bliss)
  • Orri Páll Dýrason, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson, Kjartan Sveinsson and Alex Torrance (( ))
Not listed
2003Kevin Reagan (Home)
beat 4 others
  • Simon Earith (Dirty Vegas)
  • Rick Patrick (The Great Divide)
  • Greg Foley (Release)
  • Justin Beck and Mick Haggerty (Worship and Tribute)
Columbia/Monument
2002Stanley Donwood and Tchocky (Amnesiac (Special Limited Edition))
beat 4 others
  • Lane Wurster (Bedlam Ballroom)
  • Megan Barra (Levee Town)
  • Stephen Doyle (Look into the Eyeball)
  • Chris Bilheimer and Michael Stipe (Reveal)
Not listed
2001Kevin Reagan (Music)
beat 4 others
  • Dan Ibarra and Kevin Wade (The Concert for García Lorca)
  • Billy Corgan, Gregory Sylvester, Thomas Wolfe and Yelena Yemchuk (Machina/The Machines of God)
  • Hugh Brown and John Seabury (The Shaming of the True)
  • Rachel Gutek and Jonathan Lea (Zenith)
Not listed
2000Ray Benson, Sally Carns and Buddy Jackson (Ride with Bob)
beat 4 others
  • Carla Leighton (Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's)
  • Tammy Dotson, Michael Hodgson and Clive Piercy (Late Night Sessions)
  • Brad Benedict, Andy Engel, Johnny B. Lee and Tommy Steele (Ultra-Lounge: Tiki Sampler)
  • Joseph Arthur and Zachary Larner (Vacancy)
Not listed