Best Comedy Album
2026 • 68th Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025
2026 Winner is Nate Bargatze with "Your Friend, Nate Bargatze"
Nominees 2026
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Your Friend, Nate Bargatze
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Drop Dead Years
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PostMortem
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Single Lady
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What Had Happened Was...
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nate Bargatze | Your Friend, Nate Bargatze |
| 2025 | Dave Chappelle | The Dreamer |
| 2024 | Dave Chappelle | What's In A Name? |
| 2023 | Dave Chappelle | The Closer |
| 2022 | Louis C.K. | Sincerely Louis CK |
| 2021 | Tiffany Haddish | Black Mitzvah |
| 2020 | Dave Chappelle | Sticks & Stones |
| 2019 | Dave Chappelle | Equanimity & The Bird Revelation |
| 2018 | Dave Chappelle | The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas |
| 2017 | Patton Oswalt | Talking For Clapping |
| 2016 | Louis C.K. | Live At Madison Square Garden |
| 2015 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Mandatory Fun |
| 2014 | Kathy Griffin | Calm Down Gurrl |
| 2013 | Jimmy Fallon | Blow Your Pants Off |
| 2012 | Louis C.K. | Hilarious |
| 2011 | Lewis Black | Stark Raving Black |
| 2010 | Stephen Colbert | A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! |
| 2009 | George Carlin | It's Bad For Ya |
| 2008 | Flight Of The Conchords | The Distant Future |
| 2007 | Lewis Black | The Carnegie Hall Performance |
| 2006 | Chris Rock | Never Scared |
| 2005 | Jon Stewart | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents...America: A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction |
| 2004 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Poodle Hat |
| 2003 | Robin Williams | Robin Williams - Live 2002 |
| 2002 | George Carlin | Napalm & Sillyputty |
| 2001 | George Carlin | Braindroppings |
| 2000 | Chris Rock | Bigger And Blacker |
| 1999 | Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner | The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000 |
| 1998 | Chris Rock | Roll With The New |
| 1997 | Al Franken | Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot |
| 1996 | Jonathan Winters | Crank Calls |
| 1995 | Sam Kinison | Live From Hell |
| 1994 | George Carlin | Jammin' In New York |
| 1993 | Peter Schickele | P.D.Q. Bach: Music For An Awful Lot Of Winds & Percussion |
| 1992 | Peter Schickele | P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio |
| 1991 | Peter Schickele | P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex And Other Choral Calamities |
| 1990 | Peter Schickele | P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults |
| 1989 | Robin Williams | Good Morning, Vietnam |
| 1988 | Robin Williams | A Night At The Met |
| 1987 | Bill Cosby | Those Of You With Or Without Children, You'll Understand |
| 1986 | Whoopi Goldberg | Whoopi Goldberg - Original Broadway Show Recording |
| 1985 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Eat It |
| 1984 | Eddie Murphy | Eddie Murphy: Comedian |
| 1983 | Richard Pryor | Live On The Sunset Strip |
| 1982 | Richard Pryor | Rev. Du Rite |
| 1981 | Rodney Dangerfield | No Respect |
| 1980 | Robin Williams | Reality...What A Concept |
| 1979 | Steve Martin | A Wild And Crazy Guy |
| 1978 | Steve Martin | Let's Get Small |
| 1977 | Richard Pryor | Bicentennial Nigger |
| 1976 | Richard Pryor | Is It Something I Said? |
| 1975 | Richard Pryor | That Nigger's Crazy |
| 1974 | Cheech & Chong | Los Cochinos |
| 1973 | George Carlin | FM And AM |
| 1972 | Lily Tomlin | This Is A Recording |
| 1971 | Flip Wilson | The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress |
| 1970 | Bill Cosby | Bill Cosby |
| 1969 | Bill Cosby | To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With |
| 1968 | Bill Cosby | Revenge |
| 1967 | Bill Cosby | Wonderfulness |
| 1966 | Bill Cosby | Why Is There Air? |
| 1965 | Bill Cosby | I Started Out As A Child |
| 1964 | Allan Sherman | Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah |
| 1963 | Vaughn Meader | The First Family |
| 1962 | Mike Nichols, Elaine May | An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May |
| 1961 | Jo Stafford, Paul Weston | Jonathan And Darlene Edwards In Paris |
| 1961 | Bob Newhart | The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! |
| 1960 | Shelley Berman | Inside Shelley Berman |
| 1960 | Homer And Jethro | The Battle Of Kookamonga |
| 1959 | David Seville & The Chipmunks (Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.) | The Chipmunk Song |