Every Grammys Best Spoken Word Poetry Album winner

3 ceremonies, 2023–2025. 2 different winners. The longest run was J. Ivy, 2 years straight (2023–2024).

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album was first awarded in 2023, so it does not run the full 2000–2025 window.

J. Ivy ×2

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details.

J. Ivy'23–'24×2

Tank and the Bangas'25

Wins by label

1 further win has no label on record and is not counted in the 2 above.

1 of these 3 wins has no label on record, so the bar covers the other 2.

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2023–2025.

Year	Winner	Label
2025	Tank and the Bangas (The Heart, The Mind, The Soul) beat 4 others Queen Sheba (Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say) Omari Hardwick (Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series) Malik Yusef (Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the Word) Mad Skillz (The Seven Number Ones)	Verve
2024	J. Ivy (The Light Inside)repeat beat 4 others Queen Sheba (A-You're Not Wrong B-They're Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited) Prentice Powell and Shawn William (For Your Consideration'24 - The Album) Kevin Powell (Grocery Shopping With My Mother) Aja Monet (When the Poems Do What They Do)	Word & Soul
2023	J. Ivy (The Poet Who Sat by the Door) beat 4 others Ethelbert Miller (Black Men Are Precious) Amanda Gorman (Call Us What We Carry: Poems) Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Hiding in Plain View) Amir Sulaiman (You Will Be Someone's Ancestor. Act Accordingly)	Not listed

You’ve seen the whole history. Now put a pick on the record and run a live pool when the Grammys come back around.