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Album Of The Year

The Grammy Award for Album Of The Year recognizes the artist, featured artists, songwriters, producers, recording engineers, mixers, and mastering engineers for best overall achievement on an album. Eligible albums are evaluated on performance, production, engineering/mixing, and songwriting, with arranging and musicianship as additional considerations.

1990 • 32nd Annual Grammy Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1988 and Aug 30, 1989

1990 Winner is Bonnie Raitt with "Nick Of Time"

Nominees 1990

Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Bad Bunny DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
2025 Beyoncé Knowles COWBOY CARTER
2024 Taylor Swift Midnights
2023 Harry Styles Harry's House
2022 Jon Batiste We Are
2021 Taylor Swift Folklore
2020 Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
2019 Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour
2018 Bruno Mars 24K Magic
2017 Adele 25
2016 Taylor Swift 1989
2015 Beck Morning Phase
2014 Daft Punk Random Access Memories
2013 Mumford & Sons Babel
2012 Adele 21
2011 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
2010 Taylor Swift Fearless
2009 Robert Plant, Alison Krauss Raising Sand
2008 Herbie Hancock River: The Joni Letters
2007 Dixie Chicks Taking The Long Way
2006 U2 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
2005 Ray Charles Genius Loves Company
2004 OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
2003 Norah Jones Come Away With Me
2002 T Bone Burnett, Peter Kurland, Mike Piersante, Gavin Lurssen O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack
2001 Steely Dan Two Against Nature
2000 Santana Supernatural
1999 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
1998 Bob Dylan Time Out Of Mind
1997 Celine Dion Falling Into You
1996 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill
1995 Tony Bennett MTV Unplugged
1994 Whitney Houston The Bodyguard - Original Soundtrack Album
1993 Eric Clapton Unplugged
1992 Natalie Cole Unforgettable With Love
1991 Quincy Jones Back On The Block
1990 Bonnie Raitt Nick Of Time
1989 George Michael Faith
1988 U2 The Joshua Tree
1987 Paul Simon Graceland
1986 Phil Collins No Jacket Required
1985 Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down
1984 Michael Jackson Thriller
1983 Toto Toto IV
1982 John Lennon, Yoko Ono Double Fantasy
1981 Christopher Cross Christopher Cross
1980 Billy Joel 52nd Street
1979 Bee Gees, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Broadway Eddie, Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, Albhy Galuten, K.G. Productions, Ron Kersey, Ralph MacDonald, Arif Mardin, Bobby Martin, Bill Oakes, Freddie Perren, Karl Richardson, William Salter, David Shire, Thomas J. Valentino Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack
1978 Fleetwood Mac Rumours
1977 Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life
1976 Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years
1975 Stevie Wonder Fulfillingness' First Finale
1974 Stevie Wonder Innervisions
1973 George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann The Concert For Bangla Desh
1972 Carole King Tapestry
1971 Simon And Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970 Blood, Sweat And Tears Blood, Sweat And Tears
1969 Glen Campbell By The Time I Get To Phoenix
1968 The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967 Frank Sinatra A Man And His Music
1966 Frank Sinatra September Of My Years
1965 Stan Getz, João Gilberto Getz/Gilberto
1964 Barbra Streisand The Barbra Streisand Album
1963 Vaughn Meader The First Family
1962 Judy Garland Judy At Carnegie Hall
1961 Bob Newhart The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart
1960 Frank Sinatra Come Dance With Me
1959 Henry Mancini The Music From Peter Gunn
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