Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
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The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album. It is presented to the art director of the winning album, not to the performer(s), unless the performer is also the art director. The Grammy Award for Best Album Cover dates back to the first Grammy Awards in 1959. From 1962 to 1965 it was separated into Classical and Non-Classical divisions. From 1966 to 1968 it was separated into Graphic Arts and Photography divisions. In 1974, the name of the award was changed to Best Album Package, and changed again in 1994 to the current name. In 1995, boxed sets were no longer eligible, as they were split off into a separate award, currently known as the Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.
Infobox
Awarded for
Quality visual look of an album
Country
United States
Presented by
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award
1959
Currently held by
Charli XCX – Brat (2025)
Website
grammy.com
Tables
· Winners and nominees
1959
1959
Year[I]
1959
Art Director(s)
Frank Sinatra
Work
Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
Performing artist(s)
Frank Sinatra
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Ray Heindorf and Ray Rennahan – For Whom the Bell Tolls
David Rose – Ira Ironstrings Plays Music for People with $3.98 (Ira Ironstrings)
Marvin Schwartz – Come Fly with Me (Frank Sinatra)
Charles Ward – Julie (Julie London)
1959
1959
Year[I]
1959
Art Director(s)
Robert M. Jones
Work
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Performing artist(s)
Howard Mitchell (conducting the National Symphony Orchestra)
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Saul Bass – Anatomy of a Murder (Duke Ellington)
Acy Lehman – Porgy and Bess (Lena Horne and Harry Belafonte)
Colonel Tom Parker – For LP Fans Only (Elvis Presley)
Robert Yorke and Acy Lehman – The South Shall Rise Again (Phil Harris)
1961
1961
Year[I]
1961
Art Director(s)
Marvin Schwartz
Work
Latin ala Lee!
Performing artist(s)
Peggy Lee
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Marvin Israel – Bean Bags (Milt Jackson and Coleman Hawkins)
Robert M. Jones – Carlos Montoya (Carlos Montoya)
Robert M. Jones – Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony)
Robert M. Jones – Stravinsky: Petruchka (Pierre Monteux conducting the Boston Symphony)
Robert M. Jones – Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Excerpts (Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony)
Robert M. Jones – Wild Percussion and Horns A'Plenty (Dick Schory)
Sheldon Marks – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (Ella Fitzgerald)
Irving Werbin – Now! (Fred Astaire)
1962
1962
Year[I]
1962
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Year[I]
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Jim Silke
Jim Silke
Year[I]
Jim Silke
Art Director(s)
Judy at Carnegie Hall
Work
Judy Garland
Performing artist(s)
Bob Cato – A Touch of Elegance (André Previn)
Ken Deardoff – New Orleans: The Living Legend (Peter Bocage)
Robert M. Jones – Breakfast at Tiffany's (Henry Mancini)
Reid Miles – Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean)
Best Album Cover – Classical
Best Album Cover – Classical
Year[I]
Best Album Cover – Classical
Marvin Schwartz
Marvin Schwartz
Year[I]
Marvin Schwartz
Art Director(s)
Puccini: Madame Butterfly
Work
Gabriele Santini
Performing artist(s)
Robert M. Jones – Albéniz: Iberia/Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole (Jean Paul Morel)
Robert M. Jones – Gould Ballet Music: Fall River Legend/Interplay/Latin American Symphonette (Morton Gould)
Meyer Miller – Golden Age of English Lute Music (Julian Bream)
Marvin Schwartz – Beethoven: 9 Symphonies (Otto Klemperer)
1963
1963
Year[I]
1963
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Year[I]
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Robert M. Jones
Robert M. Jones
Year[I]
Robert M. Jones
Art Director(s)
Lena... Lovely and Alive
Work
Lena Horne
Performing artist(s)
Loring Eutemey – The Comedy (Modern Jazz Quartet)
Loring Eutemey – Lonely Woman (Modern Jazz Quartet)
Ken Kim – My Son, the Folk Singer (Allan Sherman)
Bill Longcore – The First Family (Vaughn Meader)
John Murello – Jazz Samba (Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd)
Jim Silke – The Great Years (Frank Sinatra)
Ed Thrasher – Potpourri par Piaf (Édith Piaf)
Best Album Cover – Classical
Best Album Cover – Classical
Year[I]
Best Album Cover – Classical
Marvin Schwartz
Marvin Schwartz
Year[I]
Marvin Schwartz
Art Director(s)
The Intimate Bach
Work
Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski & Vincent DeRosa
Performing artist(s)
Marvin Schwartz – Beethoven: Fidelio (Otto Klemperer)
Marvin Schwartz – Fauré: Requiem (Roger Wagner)
Marvin Schwartz – Otto Klemperer Conducts (Otto Klemperer)
Marvin Schwartz – Wagner: Prelude and Love Death/R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration (Erich Leinsdorf)
Jim Silke – Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin/Shostakovich: The Age of Gold (Robert Irving)
1964
1964
Year[I]
1964
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Year[I]
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
John Berg
John Berg
Year[I]
John Berg
Art Director(s)
The Barbra Streisand Album
Work
Barbra Streisand
Performing artist(s)
Robert M. Jones – Aloha from Norman Luboff (The Norman Luboff Choir)
Robert M. Jones – Honey in the Horn (Al Hirt)
Jim Ladwig – Bach's Greatest Hits (The Swingle Singers)
John Murello – Night Train (Oscar Peterson)
Jim Silke – Hollywood My Way (Nancy Wilson)
Edward L. Thrasher – Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival (Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks)
Best Album Cover – Classical
Best Album Cover – Classical
Year[I]
Best Album Cover – Classical
Robert M. Jones
Robert M. Jones
Year[I]
Robert M. Jones
Art Director(s)
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Work
Erich Leinsdorf
Performing artist(s)
John Berg – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (Leonard Bernstein)
Vladmir Bobri – Granada (Albéniz: Granada/Granados: Spanish Dance in E Minor/Ponce, Tansman, Aguado: 8 Lessons for Guitar/Sor: 4 Studies) (Andres Segovia)
Bob Cato – R. Strauss: Don Quixote (Eugene Ormandy)
Robert M. Jones – Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 ("Pastorale") (Fritz Reiner)
Dorle Soria – An Evening of Elizabethian Music (Julian Bream Consort)
Dorle Soria – Puccini: Tosca (Herbert von Karajan)
1965
1965
Year[I]
1965
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Year[I]
Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical
Robert Cato and Don Bronstein
Robert Cato and Don Bronstein
Year[I]
Robert Cato and Don Bronstein
Art Director(s)
People
Work
Barbra Streisand
Performing artist(s)
Robert Cato and Milton Glaser – The Sound of Harlem (Various Artists)
John Murello and Olga Albizu – Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz and João Gilberto)
George Osak and George Jerman – Guitar From Ipanema (Laurindo Almeida)
Ed Thrasher – Poitier Meets Plato (Sidney Poitier)
Best Album Cover – Classical
Best Album Cover – Classical
Year[I]
Best Album Cover – Classical
Robert M. Jones and Jan Balet
Robert M. Jones and Jan Balet
Year[I]
Robert M. Jones and Jan Balet
Art Director(s)
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Work
Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops
Performing artist(s)
John Berg and Henrietta Condak – R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathurstra (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Robert Cato – Mexico (Legacy Collection) (Carlos Chávez)
Bill Harvey and Lionel Kalish – Court and Ceremonial Music of the 16th Century (the Roger Blanchard Ensemble with the Poulteau Consort)
Robert M. Jones and David Hect – Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony)
Marvin Schwartz – Verdi: Requiem Mass (Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra)
1966
1966
Year[I]
1966
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
Year[I]
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
George Estes and James Alexander
George Estes and James Alexander
Year[I]
George Estes and James Alexander
Art Director(s)
Bartók: Concerto No. 2 for Violin/Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin
Work
Joseph Silverstein & Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Performing artist(s)
John Berg – Horowitz at Carnegie Hall (Vladimir Horowitz)
John Berg – William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic)
Georges Estes and Charles White – Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra/Copland: Dance Symphony (Morton Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony)
Jerry Smokler and Paul Davis – Solo Monk (Thelonious Monk)
Ed Thrasher and Patrick Blackwell – Concert in the Virgin Islands (Duke Ellington)
Best Album Cover, Photography
Best Album Cover, Photography
Year[I]
Best Album Cover, Photography
Robert M. Jones and Ken Whitmore
Robert M. Jones and Ken Whitmore
Year[I]
Robert M. Jones and Ken Whitmore
Art Director(s)
Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts
Work
Paul Horn
Performing artist(s)
John Berg and Dan Kramer – Bringing It All Back Home (Bob Dylan)
Robert Cat and Sheldon Streisand – My Name Is Barbra (Barbra Streisand)
Ed Thrasher and Sherman Weisburd – The Aznavour Story (Charles Aznavour)
Acy Lehman and Rudolph Regname – Guitar Forms (Kenny Burrell and the Gil Evans Orchestra)
Jerry Smokler and W. Eugene Smith – Monk (Thelonious Monk)
Peter Whorf – Whipped Cream & Other Delights (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass)
1967
1967
Year[I]
1967
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
Year[I]
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
Klaus Voormann
Klaus Voormann
Year[I]
Klaus Voormann
Art Director(s)
Revolver
Work
The Beatles
Performing artist(s)
Elinor Bunin, Bob Cato, and John Berg – Color Me Barbra (Barbra Streisand)
Rod Dyer and George Osaki – Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (Stan Kenton and the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra)
Gordon Kibbee and William S. Harvey – Baroque Fanfares and Sonatas for Brass (Joshua Rifkin directing the London Brass Players)
Mozelle Thompson and Georges Estes – Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor (Morton Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony)
Allen Weinberg, Bob Cato and John Berg – Christmas Carols for Solo Guitar (Charlie Byrd)
Peter Whorf and Woody Woodward – Talk That Talk performed by The Jazz Crusaders
Best Album Cover, Photography
Best Album Cover, Photography
Year[I]
Best Album Cover, Photography
Robert M. Jones and Les Leverette
Robert M. Jones and Les Leverette
Year[I]
Robert M. Jones and Les Leverette
Art Director(s)
Confessions of a Broken Man
Work
Porter Wagoner
Performing artist(s)
Bob Cato, John Berg, and Gerald Schatsberg – Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan)
Bob Cato, John Berg, and Guy Webster – Turn! Turn! Turn! (The Byrds)
Robert M. Jones and Tom Zimmerman – The Time Machine (Gary Burton)
Ed Thrasher and Tom Tucker – Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (Sammy Davis, Jr. and Laurindo Almeida)
Peter Whorf – Guantanamera (The Sandpipers)
Peter Whorf and George Jerman – What Now My Love (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass)
1968
1968
Year[I]
1968
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
Year[I]
Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
Peter Blake and Jann Haworth
Peter Blake and Jann Haworth
Year[I]
Peter Blake and Jann Haworth
Art Director(s)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Work
The Beatles
Performing artist(s)
John Berg, Bob Cato, and Henrietta Condak – Haydn: Symphony No. 84 in E Flat Major/Symphony No. 85 in B Flat Major ("La Reine") (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic)
John Berg, Bob Cato, and Lasio Kubinyi – Straight No Chaser (Thelonious Monk)
Robert M. Jones and Jack Davis – Nashville Cats (Homer and Jethro)
Ed Thrasher and Charles White – The Gold Standard Collection (Hank Thompson)
Woody Woodward and Wayne Kimball – Up, Up and Away (The 5th Dimension)
Best Album Cover, Photography
Best Album Cover, Photography
Year[I]
Best Album Cover, Photography
John Berg, Bob Cato, and Rowland Scherman
John Berg, Bob Cato, and Rowland Scherman
Year[I]
John Berg, Bob Cato, and Rowland Scherman
Art Director(s)
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Work
Bob Dylan
Performing artist(s)
Bill Harvey, Guy Webster, and Joel Brodsky – The Doors (The Doors)
Robert M. Jones and Jimmy Moore – Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse (John Loudermilk)
Robert M. Jones and New World Photography – Earthwords & Music (John Hartford)
Robert M. Jones and Howard Cooper – From Mexico with Laughs (Don Bowman)
Ken Kim – Bravo, Bravo, Aznavour (Charles Aznavour)
Ken Kim – That Man, Robert Mitchum Sings (Robert Mitchum)
1969
1969
Year[I]
1969
Art Director(s)
John Berg, Richard Mantel, and Horn/Griner Studio
Work
Underground
Performing artist(s)
Thelonious Monk
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Sam Antupit and Pete Turner – Road Song (Wes Montgomery)
John Berg, Bob Cato, Ron Coro, and Don Huntstein – Ives: Holiday Symphony (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic)
Bob Cato – Wow (Moby Grape)
William S. Harvey and Gene Szafran – Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros)
1970
1970
Year[I]
1970
Art Director(s)
Evelyn J. Kelbish and David Stahlberg
Work
America the Beautiful
Performing artist(s)
Gary McFarland
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Gary Burden and Henry Diltz – Richard Pryor (Richard Pryor)
David Juniper – Led Zeppelin II (Led Zeppelin)
Tom Lazarus, Gene Brownell, and Bill Gordon – Pidgeon (Pidgeon)
Bob Seidman – Blind Faith (Blind Faith)
1971
1971
Year[I]
1971
Art Director(s)
Robert Lockhart and Ivan Nagy
Work
Indianola Mississippi Seeds
Performing artist(s)
B. B. King
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
John Berg and Nick Fasciano – Chicago (Chicago)
John Berg, Philip Hays, Lloyd Ziff – The World's Greatest Blues Singer (Bessie Smith)
Ed Thrasher and Dave Bhang – Hand Made (Mason Williams)
Desmond Strobel and John Craig – The Naked Carmen (Various Artists)
Peter Whorf, Martin Donald, and Christopher Whorf – Mason Proffit (Mason Proffit)
Peter Whorf, Christopher Whorf, and Fred Poore – Schubert: "Unfinished" Symphony/ Beethoven: Fifth Symphony (Artur Rodziński conducting the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London)
Woody Woodward, William E. McEuen, and Dean O. Torrence – Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1972
1972
Year[I]
1972
Art Director(s)
Gene Brownell and Dean O. Torrence
Work
Pollution
Performing artist(s)
Pollution
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
John Berg, Robert Lockhart, and Norman Seeff – Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
Vincent J. Biondi and Susan Obrant – The Music of Erik Satie: Through a Looking Glass (Camarata Contemporary Chamber Orchestra)
Acy Lehman and Nick Sangiamo – Bark (Jefferson Airplane)
Norman Seeff and John Van Hamersveld – Black Pearl (Jimmy McGriff)
Ed Thrasher and John Van Hamersveld – Hot Platters (Various Artists)
Ed Thrasher and Terry Paul – Sharepickers (Mason Williams)
Craig Braun and Andy Warhol – Sticky Fingers (The Rolling Stones)
1973
1973
Year[I]
1973
Art Director(s)
Acy Lehman and Harvey Dinnerstein
Work
The Siegel-Schwall Band
Performing artist(s)
The Siegel-Schwall Band
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Hipgnosis and Poe – Flash (Flash)
Ron Levine and Pacific Eye & Ear – Five Dollar Shoes (Five Dollar Shoes)
Bill Levy and Fred Marcellino – Virgin (The Mission)
Aaron Schumaker and Tumbleweed Graphics – Chief (Dewey Terry)
Norman Seeff – Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (Canned Heat)
Ed Thrasher, Chris Wolf, Dave Willardson, and John & Barbara Casado – Sunset Ride (Zephyr)
Wilkes & Braun, Sound Packing Corp., and Robert Otter – School's Out (Alice Cooper)
1974
1974
Year[I]
1974
Art Director(s)
Wilkes & Braun
Work
Tommy
Performing artist(s)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chambre Choir
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
John Berg – Chicago VI (Chicago)
Hipgnosis – Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin)
Jim Ladwig and AGI – Ooh La La (Faces)
Ode Visuals – Los Cochinos (Cheech & Chong)
Pacific Eye & Ear – Billion Dollar Babies (Alice Cooper)
Mike Salisbury – Live! The World of Ike & Tina (Ike & Tina Turner)
Al Steckler – Chubby Checker's Greatest Hits (Chubby Checker)
1975
1975
Year[I]
1975
Art Director(s)
Ed Thrasher and Christopher Whorf
Work
Come & Gone
Performing artist(s)
Mason Proffit
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
John Berg – Santana's Greatest Hits (Santana)
Eddie Briscoe – Ride 'Em Cowboy (Paul B. Davis)
Ron Coro – On Stage (Loggins and Messina)
Bob Defrin and Basil Pao – Is It In (Eddie Harris)
Herb Greene – That's a Plenty (The Pointer Sisters)
Ode Visuals – Cheech and Chong's Wedding Album (Cheech & Chong)
Ethan A. Russell – Quadrophenia (The Who)
1976
1976
Year[I]
1976
Art Director(s)
Jim Ladwig
Work
Honey
Performing artist(s)
Ohio Players
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
AGI – Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin)
Gary Burden – One of These Nights (Eagles)
Gene Christensen – Playing Possum (Carly Simon)
Bob Defrin – Solo Piano (Phineas Newborn Jr.)
Mick Haggerty – Steppin' (The Pointer Sisters)
Hipgnosis – Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Kosh – Atlantic Crossing (Rod Stewart)
William E. McEuen – Dream (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1977
1977
Year[I]
1977
Art Director(s)
John Berg
Work
Chicago X
Performing artist(s)
Chicago
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Ron Coro and Nancy Donald – Silk Degrees (Boz Scaggs)
Hipgnosis and Hardie – Presence (Led Zeppelin)
Acy Lehman – Coney Island Baby (Lou Reed)
J. Stelmach – Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B Flat, Op. 38/Manfred: Overture, Op. 115 (Charles Münch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Roland Young – Bellavia (Chuck Mangione)
Roland Young – The End of the Beginning (Richie Havens)
Roland Young – Mirrors (Peggy Lee)
1978
1978
Year[I]
1978
Art Director(s)
John Berg
Work
Love Notes
Performing artist(s)
Ramsey Lewis
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Glen Christensen – Hejira (Joni Mitchell)
Kosh – Simple Dreams (Linda Ronstadt)
Kosh – Singin' (Melissa Manchester)
MPL and Hipgnosis – Wings over America (Paul McCartney and Wings)
Paula Scher – Ginseng Woman (Eric Gale)
Paula Scher – Yardbirds Favorites (The Yardbirds)
Abie Sussman and Bob Defrin – Color As A Way of Life (Lou Donaldson)
1979
1979
Year[I]
1979
Art Director(s)
Johnny Lee and Tony Lane
Work
Boys in the Trees
Performing artist(s)
Carly Simon
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
John Berg and Paula Scher – Heads (Bob James)
Ron Coro – The Cars (The Cars)
Ron Coro and Johnny Lee – Out of the Woods (Oregon)
Gribitt and Tim Bryant – Last Kiss (Fandango)
Tony Lane – Bruce Roberts (Bruce Roberts)
Juni Osaki – Children of Sanchez (Chuck Mangione)
Barbara Wojirsch – Non-Fiction (Steve Kuhn)
1980
1980
Year[I]
1980
Art Director(s)
Mike Doud and Mick Haggerty
Work
Breakfast in America
Performing artist(s)
Supertramp
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
John Berg – Ramsey (Ramsey Lewis)
Lynne Dresse Breslin – With Sound Reason (Sonny Fortune)
Ron Coro and Johnny Lee – Near Perfect/Perfect (Martin Mull)
Peter Corriston – Morning Dance (Spyro Gyra)
John Gillespie – Fear of Music (Talking Heads)
Hipgnosis – In Through the Out Door (Led Zeppelin)
Tony Lane – Chicago 13 (Chicago)
Michael Ross – Look Sharp! (Joe Jackson)
1981
1981
Year[I]
1981
Art Director(s)
Roy Kohara
Work
Against the Wind
Performing artist(s)
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
John Berg – Chicago XIV (Chicago)
Ron Coro and Johnny Lee, – Cats (The Cats)
Vigon Nahas Vigon – Tusk (Fleetwood Mac)
Paula Scher – One on One (Bob James and Earl Klugh)
1982
1982
Year[I]
1982
Art Director(s)
Peter Corriston
Work
Tattoo You
Performing artist(s)
The Rolling Stones
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Carla Bley and Paul McDonough – Social Studies (Carla Bley)
Mike Doud – Working Class Dog (Rick Springfield)
Bush Hollyhead – Positive Touch (The Undertones)
Kosh – Eagles Live (Eagles)
1983
1983
Year[I]
1983
Art Director(s)
Kosh and Ron Larson
Work
Get Closer
Performing artist(s)
Linda Ronstadt
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Jules Bates – Nothing to Fear (Oingo Boingo)
Mick Haggerty and Ginger Canzoneri – Vacation (The Go-Go's)
Denise Minobe and Ron Coro – We Are One (Pieces of a Dream)
George Osaki – Ongaku-Kai Live in Japan (The Crusaders)
1984
1984
Year[I]
1984
Art Director(s)
Robert Rauschenberg
Work
Speaking in Tongues
Performing artist(s)
Talking Heads
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Bob Defrin and Lynn Dreese Breslin – Records (Foreigner)
Bill Levy and Murray Whiteman – One Night with a Stranger (Martin Briley)
Michael Ross – The Key (Joan Armatrading)
Richard Seireeni – Nothing But the Truth (Mac McAnally)
1985
1985
Year[I]
1985
Art Director(s)
Janet Perr
Work
She's So Unusual
Performing artist(s)
Cyndi Lauper
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Bill Johnson, Virginia Team, and Jeff Morris – Willie Nelson (Willie Nelson)
Bill Levy – Every Man Has a Woman (various artists)
Henry Marquez – No Brakes (John Waite)
Andy Summers and Michael Ross – Bewitched (Andy Summers & Robert Fripp)
1986
1986
Year[I]
1986
Art Director(s)
Kosh and Ron Larson
Work
Lush Life
Performing artist(s)
Linda Ronstadt
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff and Jeri McManus – Hunting High and Low (a-ha)
Renee Hardaway and Johnny Lee – In Square Circle (Stevie Wonder)
Virginia Team – Highwayman (The Highwaymen)
Murray Whiteman, Bill Levy, and Stan Watts – Dangerous Moments (Martin Briley)
1987
1987
Year[I]
1987
Art Director(s)
Eiko Ishioka
Work
Tutu
Performing artist(s)
Miles Davis
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Buddy Jackson – Songs Unspoken (Asleep at the Wheel)
Andrew Ellis and Colin Chambers – Stereotomy (The Alan Parsons Project)
Michael Hodgson and Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – True Stories (Talking Heads)
John Berg – The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943–1952 (Frank Sinatra)
1988
1988
Year[I]
1988
Art Director(s)
Bill Johnson
Work
King's Record Shop
Performing artist(s)
Rosanne Cash
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Peter Barratett – Shaka Zulu (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
Bruce Licher – Echelons (For Against)
Ron Scarselli – Document (R.E.M.)
Joe Stelmach – The Blanton-Webster Band (Duke Ellington)
1989
1989
Year[I]
1989
Art Director(s)
Bill Johnson
Work
Tired of the Runnin'
Performing artist(s)
The O'Kanes
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Andrew Reid – Bête Noire (Bryan Ferry)
Jeri Heiden – Brian Wilson (Brian Wilson)
Bruce Licher – Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (Camper Van Beethoven)
Henry Marquez – Picture This (The Valentine Brothers)
1990
1990
Year[I]
1990
Art Director(s)
Roger Gorman
Work
Sound + Vision
Performing artist(s)
David Bowie
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Bill Burks and Tommy Steele – Foreign Affair (Tina Turner)
Tom Recchion – Batman (Prince)
Tommy Steele – Monster (Fetchin Bones)
Jimmy Watchel – World in Motion (Jackson Browne)
1991
1991
Year[I]
1991
Art Director(s)
Len Peltier, Jeff Gold, and Suzanne Vega
Work
Days of Open Hand
Performing artist(s)
Suzanne Vega
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Carol Bobolts, Anita Baker, and Jim Ladwig – Compositions (Anita Baker)
Jeri Heiden – Behind the Mask (Fleetwood Mac)
Vaughan Oliver – Bossanova (Pixies)
Tom Recchion – Songs for Drella (Lou Reed and John Cale)
1992
1992
Year[I]
1992
Art Director(s)
Vartan
Work
The Complete Decca Recordings
Performing artist(s)
Billie Holiday
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Geoff Gans – Beat the Boots (Frank Zappa)
Jeff Gold and Kim Champagne – Recycler (ZZ Top)
Gabrielle Raumberger – Just for the Record (Barbra Streisand)
Dirk Walter – Mighty Like a Rose (Elvis Costello)
1993
1993
Year[I]
1993
Art Director(s)
Melanie Nissen
Work
Spellbound
Performing artist(s)
Paula Abdul
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Geoff Gans – Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings (Aretha Franklin)
Tommy Steele, Stephen Walker – Too Legit to Quit (MC Hammer)
Ria Lewerke and Norman Moore – The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters (Elvis Presley)
Len Peltier – 99.9F° (Suzanne Vega)
1994
1994
Year[I]
1994
Art Director(s)
David Lau
Work
The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959
Performing artist(s)
Billie Holiday
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
David Coleman – Live & Loud (Ozzy Osbourne)
Storm Thorgerson and Stylorouge – Shine On (Pink Floyd)
Tom Recchion, Michael Stipe, Jeff Gold, and Jim Ladwig – Automatic For The People (R.E.M.)
Kim Champagne and Jeff Gold – 14 Songs (Paul Westerberg)
1995
1995
Year[I]
1995
Art Director(s)
Buddy Jackson
Work
Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
Performing artist(s)
Asleep at the Wheel
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Deborah Norcross – Boingo (Oingo Boingo)
Mary Maurer – Jar of Flies (Alice in Chains)
Michael Colson – Secret World Live (Peter Gabriel)
Mark Farrow, the Pet Shop Boys, and David Wieo – Very Relentless (Pet Shop Boys)
1996
1996
Year[I]
1996
Art Director(s)
Robbie Cavolina and Joni Mitchell
Work
Turbulent Indigo
Performing artist(s)
Joni Mitchell
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Gary Burden – Mirror Ball (Neil Young)
Stefan Sagmeister – Mountains of Madness (H.P. Zinker)
Tim Stedman – This Is Fort Apache (Various Artists)
Joel Zimmerman – Vitalogy (Pearl Jam)
1997
1997
Year[I]
1997
Art Director(s)
Andy Engel and Tommy Steele
Work
Ultra-Lounge (Leopard Skin Sampler)
Performing artist(s)
Various Artists
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Stefan Sagmeister – Set the Twilight Reeling (Lou Reed)
Stefan Sagmeister – Miracle of Science (Marshall Crenshaw)
Chika Azuma and Patricia Lie – East of the Sun: The West Coast Sessions (Stan Getz)
Adam Jones and Kevin Willis – Ænima (Tool)
1998
1998
Year[I]
1998
Art Director(s)
Hugh Brown, Al Q, and Jeff Smith
Work
Titanic: Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage
Performing artist(s)
Various Artists
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Stefan Sagmeister – Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon (Skeleton Key)
Peter Grant and Stephanie Hughes – Free Mars (Lusk)
Johann Zambryski – Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! (Enigma)
Julian Peploe – The Planet Sleeps (Various Artists)
1999
1999
Year[I]
1999
Art Director(s)
Kevin Reagan
Work
Ray of Light
Performing artist(s)
Madonna
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Brad Benedict and Andy Engel – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy)
Gina R. Binkley and Susan Eaddy – Los Super Seven (Los Super Seven)
Chika Azuma – Readings by Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation (Jack Kerouac)
Ames Bros and Pearl Jam – Yield (Pearl Jam)
2000
2000
Year[I]
2000
Art Director(s)
Ray Benson, Sally Carns, and Buddy Jackson
Work
Ride With Bob
Performing artist(s)
Asleep at the Wheel
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Carla Leighton – Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 1960s (Various Artists)
Tammy Dotson, Michael Hodgson, and Clive Piercy – Late Night Sessions (Caravana Cubana)
Brad Benedict, Andy Engel, Johnny Lee, and Tommy Steele – Ultra-Lounge: Tiki Sampler (Various Artists)
Joseph Arthur and Zachary Larner – Vacancy (Joseph Arthur)
2001
2001
Year[I]
2001
Art Director(s)
Kevin Reagan
Work
Music
Performing artist(s)
Madonna
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Dan Ibarra, Kevin Wade (Planet Propaganda) – The Concert For Garcia Lorca (Ben Sidran)
Billy Corgan, Gregory Sylvester, Thomas Wolfe, and Yelena Yemchuk – Machina/The Machines of God (The Smashing Pumpkins)
Hugh Brown and John Seabury – The Shaming of the True (Kevin Gilbert)
Rachel Gutek and Jonathan Lea – Zenith (The Jigsaw Seen)
2002
2002
Year[I]
2002
Art Director(s)
Stanley Donwood and Tchocky
Work
Amnesiac (Special Limited Edition)
Performing artist(s)
Radiohead
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Lane Wurster and Chris Eselgroth – Bedlam Ballroom (Squirrel Nut Zippers)
Megan Barra – Levee Town (Sonny Landreth)
Stephen Doyle – Look into the Eyeball (David Byrne)
Chris Bilheimer and Michael Stipe – Reveal (R.E.M.)
2003
2003
Year[I]
2003
Art Director(s)
Kevin Reagan
Work
Home
Performing artist(s)
The Chicks
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Simon Earith – Dirty Vegas (Dirty Vegas)
Rick Patrick – The Great Divide (Willie Nelson)
Greg Foley – Release (Pet Shop Boys)
Mick Haggerty – Worship and Tribute (Glassjaw)
2004
2004
Year[I]
2004
Art Director(s)
Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert
Work
Evolve
Performing artist(s)
Ani DiFranco
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Jim McAnally – In Bright Mansions (the Fisk Jubilee Singers)
Jami Anderson – Plow to the End of the Row (Adrienne Young)
Bill Dolan and Cathy Richardson – The Road to Bliss (the Cathy Richardson Band)
Orri Páll Dýrason, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson, Kjartan Sveinsson, and Alex Torrance – ( ) (Sigur Rós)
2005
2005
Year[I]
2005
Art Director(s)
Peter Buchanan-Smith and Dan Nadel
Work
A Ghost Is Born
Performing artist(s)
Wilco
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Jesse LeDoux – Chutes Too Narrow (The Shins)
Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert – Educated Guess (Ani DiFranco)
Nathaniel Hörnblowér and Dechen Wangdu – To the 5 Boroughs (Beastie Boys)
Qing-Yang Xiao – The Wondering Accordion (Various Artists)
2006
2006
Year[I]
2006
Art Director(s)
Aimee Mann and Gail Marowitz
Work
The Forgotten Arm
Performing artist(s)
Aimee Mann
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Stuart Hyatt – The Clouds (Stuart Hyatt and Community)
Neal Ashby – The Cosmic Game (Thievery Corporation)
Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert for Knuckle Down (Ani DiFranco)
Ryan Clark – O God, the Aftermath (Norma Jean)
2007
2007
Year[I]
2007
Art Director(s)
Adam Jones
Work
10,000 Days
Performing artist(s)
Tool
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Ryan Clark – The Best Worst-Case Scenario (Fair)
Randall Martin – Personal File (Johnny Cash)
Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert – Reprieve (Ani DiFranco)
Neal Ashby and Matthew Curry – Versions (Thievery Corporation)
2008
2008
Year[I]
2008
Art Director(s)
Zachary Nipper
Work
Cassadaga
Performing artist(s)
Bright Eyes
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Masaki Koike – Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (Black Sabbath)
Craig Thompson – Friend and Foe (Menomena)
Don Clark – Secrets Keep You Sick (The Fold)
Qing-Yang Xiao – White Horse (GT)
2009
2009
Year[I]
2009
Art Director(s)
Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner
Work
Death Magnetic
Performing artist(s)
Metallica
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Don Clark – Hawk Nelson Is My Friend (Hawk Nelson)
No Age and Brian Roettinger – Nouns (No Age)
Neal Ashby, Matthew Curry, and Patrick Donohue – Radio Retaliation (Thievery Corporation)
Amanda Barrett, Abby DeWald, Renee Jablow, and Rick Whitmore – Summer Rains (The Ditty Bops)
2010
2010
Year[I]
2010
Art Director(s)
Stefan Sagmeister
Work
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Performing artist(s)
David Byrne & Brian Eno
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Brian Porizek – Back from the Dead (Spinal Tap)
Neko Case and Kathleen Judge – Middle Cyclone (Neko Case)
Jeff Harrison – Splitting Adam (Splitting Adam)
Szu Wei Cheng and Hui Chen Huang – Tathagata (Various Artists)
2011
2011
Year[I]
2011
Art Director(s)
Michael Carney
Work
Brothers
Performing artist(s)
The Black Keys
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Malene Mathiasson, Malthe Fischer, Kristoffer Rom, Nis Svoldgård, and Aske Zidore – Eggs (Oh No Ono)
Brian Grunert, Anaïs Mitchell, and Peter Nevins – Hadestown (Anaïs Mitchell)
Devendra Banhart and Jon Beasley – What Will We Be (Devendra Banhart)
Andrew Taray – Yonkers NY (Chip Taylor)
2012
2012
Year[I]
2012
Art Director(s)
Caroline Robert
Work
The Suburbs (Deluxe)
Performing artist(s)
Arcade Fire
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Todd Gallopo – Chickenfoot III (Chickenfoot)
Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds – Good Luck & True Love (Reckless Kelly)
Jonathan Dagan and Steven Acres – Rivers and Homes (J.Viewz)
Vincent Morisset – The Suburbs (Deluxe) (Arcade Fire) (Note: the Nominees list credited this nomination to Vincent Morisset, but for reasons unknown the award was given to Caroline Robert)
Virgil Abloh – Watch The Throne (Jay-Z and Kanye West)
2013
2013
Year[I]
2013
Art Director(s)
Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak
Work
Biophilia
Performing artist(s)
Björk
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Brett Kilroe – Boys & Girls (Alabama Shakes)
Gail Marowitz – Charmer (Aimee Mann)
Noah Wall – Love This Giant (David Byrne & St. Vincent)
David Longstreth – Swing Lo Magellan (Dirty Projectors)
2014
2014
Year[I]
2014
Art Director(s)
Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds
Work
Long Night Moon
Performing artist(s)
Reckless Kelly
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Mike Brown, Zac Decamp, Brian Grunert & Annie Stoll – Automatic Music Can Be Fun (Geneseo)
Brian Roettinger – Magna Carta...Holy Grail (Jay Z)
Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat & David Turner – Metallica Through the Never (Metallica)
Jonathan Barnbrook – The Next Day (David Bowie)
2015
2015
Year[I]
2015
Art Director(s)
Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix, and Jerome Turner
Work
Lightning Bolt
Performing artist(s)
Pearl Jam
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
David Chen & Andrew Wong – Formosa Medicine Show (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Vaughan Oliver – Indie Cindy (Pixies)
Jesse Kanda – LP1 (FKA twigs)
Sarah Larnach – Whispers (Passenger)
2016
2016
Year[I]
2016
Art Director(s)
Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves
Work
Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Performing artist(s)
Asleep at the Wheel
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Alex Trochut – Alagoas (Alagoas)
Anita Marisa Boriboon & Phi Hollinger – Bush (Snoop Dogg)
Brian Roettinger – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition) (Florence + The Machine)
Nathanio Strimpopulos – My Happiness (Elvis Presley)
2017
2017
Year[I]
2017
Art Director(s)
Jonathan Barnbrook
Work
Blackstar
Performing artist(s)
David Bowie
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Roy Nachum, Ciarra Pardo & Rihanna – Anti (Deluxe Edition) (Rihanna)
Andrew Savage – Human Performance (Parquet Courts)
Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds – Sunset Motel (Reckless Kelly)
Eric Timothy Carlson – 22, A Million (Bon Iver)
2018
2018
Year[I]
2018
Art Director(s)
Carlos Dussan, Juliana Jaramillo, Juan Martinez & Claudio Roncoli
Work
El Orisha De La Rosa
Performing artist(s)
Magín Díaz
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Alex Crossan & Matt De Jong – Mura Masa (Mura Masa)
Elyanna Blaser-Gould, Luke Hayman & Andrea Trabucco-Campos – Sleep Well Beast (The National)
Gail Marowitz – Solid State (Jonathan Coulton)
Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman
Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman
Year[I]
Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman
Art Director(s)
Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition)
Work
Father John Misty
2019
2019
Year[I]
2019
Art Director(s)
Willo Perron
Work
Masseduction
Performing artist(s)
St. Vincent
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Mary Banas – Be the Cowboy (Mitski)
HuskyFox – Love Yourself: Tear (BTS)
Qing-Yang Xiao – The Offering (The Chairman)
Adam Moore – Well Kept Thing (Foxhole)
2020
2020
Year[I]
2020
Art Director(s)
Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, & Joe Spix
Work
Chris Cornell
Performing artist(s)
Chris Cornell
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Luisa María Arango, Carlos Dussan, Manuel García-Orozco & Juliana Jaramillo-Buenaventura – Anónimas & Resilientes (The Voces del Bullerengue)
Andrew Wong & Fongming Yang – Hold That Tiger (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Aaron Anderson & Eric Timothy Carlson – I,I (Bon Iver)
Irwan Awalludin – Intellexual (Intellexual)
2021
2021
Year[I]
2021
Art Director(s)
Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto
Work
Vols. 11 & 12
Performing artist(s)
The Desert Sessions
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Pilar Zeta – Everyday Life (Coldplay)
Kyle Goen – Funeral (Lil Wayne)
Julian Gross & Hannah Hooper – Healer (GROUPLOVE)
Jordan Butcher – On Circles (Caspian)
2022
2022
Year[I]
2022
Art Director(s)
Li Jheng Han & Yu Wei
Work
Pakelang
Performing artist(s)
2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group & The Chairman Crossover Big Band
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds – American Jackpot/American Girls (Reckless Kelly)
Nick Cave & Tom Hingston – Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis)
Dale Doyle – Serpentine Prison (Matt Berninger)
Xiao Qing Yang – Zeta (Soul of Ears)
2023
2023
Year[I]
2023
Art Director(s)
Chun-Tien Hsiao & Qing-Yang Xiao
Work
Beginningless Beginning
Performing artist(s)
Tamsu-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
William Stichter – Divers (Soporus)
Mark Farrow & Jason Pierce – Everything Was Beautiful (Spiritualized)
Ming Liu – Telos (Fann)
Joel Cook, Brandon Rike & Nate Utesch – Voyeurist (Underoath)
2024
2024
Year[I]
2024
Art Director(s)
Rottingdean Bazaar (Luke Brooks & James Theseus Buck) and Annie Collinge
Work
Stumpwork
Performing artist(s)
Dry Cleaning
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting (Caroline Rose)
Hsing-Hui Cheng - Cadenza 21' (Ensemble Cadenza 21')
Perry Shall - Electrophonic Chronic (The Arcs)
iam8bit - Gravity Falls (Brad Breeck)
Yu Wei - Migration (Leaf Yeh)
2025
2025
Year[I]
2025
Art Director(s)
Charlotte Aitchison, Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss
Work
Brat
Performing artist(s)
Charli XCX
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage – The Avett Brothers (The Avett Brothers)
Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds – Baker Hotel (William Clark Green)
Archie Lee Coates IV, Austin Post, Bobby Greenleaf, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta – F-1 Trillion (Post Malone)
Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh – Hounds of Love - The Baskerville Edition (Kate Bush)
Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh – Jug Band Millionaire (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Lee Pei-Tzu – Pregnancy, Breakdown and Disease (WhoiWhoo)
2026
2026
Year[I]
2026
Art Director(s)
Winner TBA on 1 February 2026
NomineesPerformers are in parentheses
Hà Trịnh Quốc Bảo, Damian Kulash, Jr., Claudio Ripol, Wombi Rose & Yuri Suzuki - And The Adjacent Possible - (OK Go)
Bráulio Amado & Alim Smith - Balloonerism (Mac Miller)
Rory McCartney - Danse Macabre: De Luxe (Duran Duran)
Farbod Kokabi & Emily Sneddon - Loud Is As (Tsunami)
Tim Breen & Ken Shipley - Sequoia (Various Artists)
Miller McCormick & Darby Kaighin-Shields - The Spins (Picture Disc Vinyl) (Mac Miller)
Meghan Foley & Michelle Holme - Tracks II: The Lost Albums (Bruce Springsteen)
| Year[I] | Art Director(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) | NomineesPerformers are in parentheses | Ref. |
| 1959 | Frank Sinatra | Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely | Frank Sinatra | Ray Heindorf and Ray Rennahan – For Whom the Bell Tolls David Rose – Ira Ironstrings Plays Music for People with $3.98 (Ira Ironstrings) Marvin Schwartz – Come Fly with Me (Frank Sinatra) Charles Ward – Julie (Julie London) | |
| 1959 | Robert M. Jones | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 | Howard Mitchell (conducting the National Symphony Orchestra) | Saul Bass – Anatomy of a Murder (Duke Ellington) Acy Lehman – Porgy and Bess (Lena Horne and Harry Belafonte) Colonel Tom Parker – For LP Fans Only (Elvis Presley) Robert Yorke and Acy Lehman – The South Shall Rise Again (Phil Harris) | |
| 1961 | Marvin Schwartz | Latin ala Lee! | Peggy Lee | Marvin Israel – Bean Bags (Milt Jackson and Coleman Hawkins) Robert M. Jones – Carlos Montoya (Carlos Montoya) Robert M. Jones – Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony) Robert M. Jones – Stravinsky: Petruchka (Pierre Monteux conducting the Boston Symphony) Robert M. Jones – Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Excerpts (Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony) Robert M. Jones – Wild Percussion and Horns A'Plenty (Dick Schory) Sheldon Marks – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (Ella Fitzgerald) Irving Werbin – Now! (Fred Astaire) | |
| 1962 | |||||
| Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical | |||||
| Jim Silke | Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | Bob Cato – A Touch of Elegance (André Previn) Ken Deardoff – New Orleans: The Living Legend (Peter Bocage) Robert M. Jones – Breakfast at Tiffany's (Henry Mancini) Reid Miles – Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean) | ||
| Best Album Cover – Classical | |||||
| Marvin Schwartz | Puccini: Madame Butterfly | Gabriele Santini | Robert M. Jones – Albéniz: Iberia/Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole (Jean Paul Morel) Robert M. Jones – Gould Ballet Music: Fall River Legend/Interplay/Latin American Symphonette (Morton Gould) Meyer Miller – Golden Age of English Lute Music (Julian Bream) Marvin Schwartz – Beethoven: 9 Symphonies (Otto Klemperer) | ||
| 1963 | |||||
| Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical | |||||
| Robert M. Jones | Lena... Lovely and Alive | Lena Horne | Loring Eutemey – The Comedy (Modern Jazz Quartet) Loring Eutemey – Lonely Woman (Modern Jazz Quartet) Ken Kim – My Son, the Folk Singer (Allan Sherman) Bill Longcore – The First Family (Vaughn Meader) John Murello – Jazz Samba (Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd) Jim Silke – The Great Years (Frank Sinatra) Ed Thrasher – Potpourri par Piaf (Édith Piaf) | ||
| Best Album Cover – Classical | |||||
| Marvin Schwartz | The Intimate Bach | Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski & Vincent DeRosa | Marvin Schwartz – Beethoven: Fidelio (Otto Klemperer) Marvin Schwartz – Fauré: Requiem (Roger Wagner) Marvin Schwartz – Otto Klemperer Conducts (Otto Klemperer) Marvin Schwartz – Wagner: Prelude and Love Death/R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration (Erich Leinsdorf) Jim Silke – Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin/Shostakovich: The Age of Gold (Robert Irving) | ||
| 1964 | |||||
| Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical | |||||
| John Berg | The Barbra Streisand Album | Barbra Streisand | Robert M. Jones – Aloha from Norman Luboff (The Norman Luboff Choir) Robert M. Jones – Honey in the Horn (Al Hirt) Jim Ladwig – Bach's Greatest Hits (The Swingle Singers) John Murello – Night Train (Oscar Peterson) Jim Silke – Hollywood My Way (Nancy Wilson) Edward L. Thrasher – Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival (Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks) | ||
| Best Album Cover – Classical | |||||
| Robert M. Jones | Puccini: Madama Butterfly | Erich Leinsdorf | John Berg – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (Leonard Bernstein) Vladmir Bobri – Granada (Albéniz: Granada/Granados: Spanish Dance in E Minor/Ponce, Tansman, Aguado: 8 Lessons for Guitar/Sor: 4 Studies) (Andres Segovia) Bob Cato – R. Strauss: Don Quixote (Eugene Ormandy) Robert M. Jones – Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 ("Pastorale") (Fritz Reiner) Dorle Soria – An Evening of Elizabethian Music (Julian Bream Consort) Dorle Soria – Puccini: Tosca (Herbert von Karajan) | ||
| 1965 | |||||
| Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical | |||||
| Robert Cato and Don Bronstein | People | Barbra Streisand | Robert Cato and Milton Glaser – The Sound of Harlem (Various Artists) John Murello and Olga Albizu – Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz and João Gilberto) George Osak and George Jerman – Guitar From Ipanema (Laurindo Almeida) Ed Thrasher – Poitier Meets Plato (Sidney Poitier) | ||
| Best Album Cover – Classical | |||||
| Robert M. Jones and Jan Balet | Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops | John Berg and Henrietta Condak – R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathurstra (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) Robert Cato – Mexico (Legacy Collection) (Carlos Chávez) Bill Harvey and Lionel Kalish – Court and Ceremonial Music of the 16th Century (the Roger Blanchard Ensemble with the Poulteau Consort) Robert M. Jones and David Hect – Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony) Marvin Schwartz – Verdi: Requiem Mass (Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra) | ||
| 1966 | |||||
| Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts | |||||
| George Estes and James Alexander | Bartók: Concerto No. 2 for Violin/Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin | Joseph Silverstein & Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra | John Berg – Horowitz at Carnegie Hall (Vladimir Horowitz) John Berg – William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) Georges Estes and Charles White – Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra/Copland: Dance Symphony (Morton Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony) Jerry Smokler and Paul Davis – Solo Monk (Thelonious Monk) Ed Thrasher and Patrick Blackwell – Concert in the Virgin Islands (Duke Ellington) | ||
| Best Album Cover, Photography | |||||
| Robert M. Jones and Ken Whitmore | Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts | Paul Horn | John Berg and Dan Kramer – Bringing It All Back Home (Bob Dylan) Robert Cat and Sheldon Streisand – My Name Is Barbra (Barbra Streisand) Ed Thrasher and Sherman Weisburd – The Aznavour Story (Charles Aznavour) Acy Lehman and Rudolph Regname – Guitar Forms (Kenny Burrell and the Gil Evans Orchestra) Jerry Smokler and W. Eugene Smith – Monk (Thelonious Monk) Peter Whorf – Whipped Cream & Other Delights (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass) | ||
| 1967 | |||||
| Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts | |||||
| Klaus Voormann | Revolver | The Beatles | Elinor Bunin, Bob Cato, and John Berg – Color Me Barbra (Barbra Streisand) Rod Dyer and George Osaki – Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (Stan Kenton and the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra) Gordon Kibbee and William S. Harvey – Baroque Fanfares and Sonatas for Brass (Joshua Rifkin directing the London Brass Players) Mozelle Thompson and Georges Estes – Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor (Morton Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony) Allen Weinberg, Bob Cato and John Berg – Christmas Carols for Solo Guitar (Charlie Byrd) Peter Whorf and Woody Woodward – Talk That Talk performed by The Jazz Crusaders | ||
| Best Album Cover, Photography | |||||
| Robert M. Jones and Les Leverette | Confessions of a Broken Man | Porter Wagoner | Bob Cato, John Berg, and Gerald Schatsberg – Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan) Bob Cato, John Berg, and Guy Webster – Turn! Turn! Turn! (The Byrds) Robert M. Jones and Tom Zimmerman – The Time Machine (Gary Burton) Ed Thrasher and Tom Tucker – Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (Sammy Davis, Jr. and Laurindo Almeida) Peter Whorf – Guantanamera (The Sandpipers) Peter Whorf and George Jerman – What Now My Love (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass) | ||
| 1968 | |||||
| Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts | |||||
| Peter Blake and Jann Haworth | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | John Berg, Bob Cato, and Henrietta Condak – Haydn: Symphony No. 84 in E Flat Major/Symphony No. 85 in B Flat Major ("La Reine") (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) John Berg, Bob Cato, and Lasio Kubinyi – Straight No Chaser (Thelonious Monk) Robert M. Jones and Jack Davis – Nashville Cats (Homer and Jethro) Ed Thrasher and Charles White – The Gold Standard Collection (Hank Thompson) Woody Woodward and Wayne Kimball – Up, Up and Away (The 5th Dimension) | ||
| Best Album Cover, Photography | |||||
| John Berg, Bob Cato, and Rowland Scherman | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits | Bob Dylan | Bill Harvey, Guy Webster, and Joel Brodsky – The Doors (The Doors) Robert M. Jones and Jimmy Moore – Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse (John Loudermilk) Robert M. Jones and New World Photography – Earthwords & Music (John Hartford) Robert M. Jones and Howard Cooper – From Mexico with Laughs (Don Bowman) Ken Kim – Bravo, Bravo, Aznavour (Charles Aznavour) Ken Kim – That Man, Robert Mitchum Sings (Robert Mitchum) | ||
| 1969 | John Berg, Richard Mantel, and Horn/Griner Studio | Underground | Thelonious Monk | Sam Antupit and Pete Turner – Road Song (Wes Montgomery) John Berg, Bob Cato, Ron Coro, and Don Huntstein – Ives: Holiday Symphony (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) Bob Cato – Wow (Moby Grape) William S. Harvey and Gene Szafran – Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros) | |
| 1970 | Evelyn J. Kelbish and David Stahlberg | America the Beautiful | Gary McFarland | Gary Burden and Henry Diltz – Richard Pryor (Richard Pryor) David Juniper – Led Zeppelin II (Led Zeppelin) Tom Lazarus, Gene Brownell, and Bill Gordon – Pidgeon (Pidgeon) Bob Seidman – Blind Faith (Blind Faith) | |
| 1971 | Robert Lockhart and Ivan Nagy | Indianola Mississippi Seeds | B. B. King | John Berg and Nick Fasciano – Chicago (Chicago) John Berg, Philip Hays, Lloyd Ziff – The World's Greatest Blues Singer (Bessie Smith) Ed Thrasher and Dave Bhang – Hand Made (Mason Williams) Desmond Strobel and John Craig – The Naked Carmen (Various Artists) Peter Whorf, Martin Donald, and Christopher Whorf – Mason Proffit (Mason Proffit) Peter Whorf, Christopher Whorf, and Fred Poore – Schubert: "Unfinished" Symphony/ Beethoven: Fifth Symphony (Artur Rodziński conducting the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London) Woody Woodward, William E. McEuen, and Dean O. Torrence – Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) | |
| 1972 | Gene Brownell and Dean O. Torrence | Pollution | Pollution | John Berg, Robert Lockhart, and Norman Seeff – Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Vincent J. Biondi and Susan Obrant – The Music of Erik Satie: Through a Looking Glass (Camarata Contemporary Chamber Orchestra) Acy Lehman and Nick Sangiamo – Bark (Jefferson Airplane) Norman Seeff and John Van Hamersveld – Black Pearl (Jimmy McGriff) Ed Thrasher and John Van Hamersveld – Hot Platters (Various Artists) Ed Thrasher and Terry Paul – Sharepickers (Mason Williams) Craig Braun and Andy Warhol – Sticky Fingers (The Rolling Stones) | |
| 1973 | Acy Lehman and Harvey Dinnerstein | The Siegel-Schwall Band | The Siegel-Schwall Band | Hipgnosis and Poe – Flash (Flash) Ron Levine and Pacific Eye & Ear – Five Dollar Shoes (Five Dollar Shoes) Bill Levy and Fred Marcellino – Virgin (The Mission) Aaron Schumaker and Tumbleweed Graphics – Chief (Dewey Terry) Norman Seeff – Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (Canned Heat) Ed Thrasher, Chris Wolf, Dave Willardson, and John & Barbara Casado – Sunset Ride (Zephyr) Wilkes & Braun, Sound Packing Corp., and Robert Otter – School's Out (Alice Cooper) | |
| 1974 | Wilkes & Braun | Tommy | London Symphony Orchestra and Chambre Choir | John Berg – Chicago VI (Chicago) Hipgnosis – Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin) Jim Ladwig and AGI – Ooh La La (Faces) Ode Visuals – Los Cochinos (Cheech & Chong) Pacific Eye & Ear – Billion Dollar Babies (Alice Cooper) Mike Salisbury – Live! The World of Ike & Tina (Ike & Tina Turner) Al Steckler – Chubby Checker's Greatest Hits (Chubby Checker) | |
| 1975 | Ed Thrasher and Christopher Whorf | Come & Gone | Mason Proffit | John Berg – Santana's Greatest Hits (Santana) Eddie Briscoe – Ride 'Em Cowboy (Paul B. Davis) Ron Coro – On Stage (Loggins and Messina) Bob Defrin and Basil Pao – Is It In (Eddie Harris) Herb Greene – That's a Plenty (The Pointer Sisters) Ode Visuals – Cheech and Chong's Wedding Album (Cheech & Chong) Ethan A. Russell – Quadrophenia (The Who) | |
| 1976 | Jim Ladwig | Honey | Ohio Players | AGI – Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin) Gary Burden – One of These Nights (Eagles) Gene Christensen – Playing Possum (Carly Simon) Bob Defrin – Solo Piano (Phineas Newborn Jr.) Mick Haggerty – Steppin' (The Pointer Sisters) Hipgnosis – Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) Kosh – Atlantic Crossing (Rod Stewart) William E. McEuen – Dream (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) | |
| 1977 | John Berg | Chicago X | Chicago | Ron Coro and Nancy Donald – Silk Degrees (Boz Scaggs) Hipgnosis and Hardie – Presence (Led Zeppelin) Acy Lehman – Coney Island Baby (Lou Reed) J. Stelmach – Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B Flat, Op. 38/Manfred: Overture, Op. 115 (Charles Münch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra) Roland Young – Bellavia (Chuck Mangione) Roland Young – The End of the Beginning (Richie Havens) Roland Young – Mirrors (Peggy Lee) | |
| 1978 | John Berg | Love Notes | Ramsey Lewis | Glen Christensen – Hejira (Joni Mitchell) Kosh – Simple Dreams (Linda Ronstadt) Kosh – Singin' (Melissa Manchester) MPL and Hipgnosis – Wings over America (Paul McCartney and Wings) Paula Scher – Ginseng Woman (Eric Gale) Paula Scher – Yardbirds Favorites (The Yardbirds) Abie Sussman and Bob Defrin – Color As A Way of Life (Lou Donaldson) | |
| 1979 | Johnny Lee and Tony Lane | Boys in the Trees | Carly Simon | John Berg and Paula Scher – Heads (Bob James) Ron Coro – The Cars (The Cars) Ron Coro and Johnny Lee – Out of the Woods (Oregon) Gribitt and Tim Bryant – Last Kiss (Fandango) Tony Lane – Bruce Roberts (Bruce Roberts) Juni Osaki – Children of Sanchez (Chuck Mangione) Barbara Wojirsch – Non-Fiction (Steve Kuhn) | |
· Multiple wins
6
6
Wins
6
Art director
Robert M. Jones
5
5
Wins
5
Art director
John Berg
3
3
Wins
3
Art director
Kevin Reagan
Marvin Schwartz
Marvin Schwartz
Wins
Marvin Schwartz
2
2
Wins
2
Art director
Bill Johnson
Buddy Jackson
Buddy Jackson
Wins
Buddy Jackson
Jeff Ament
Jeff Ament
Wins
Jeff Ament
Joe Spix
Joe Spix
Wins
Joe Spix
Kosh
Kosh
Wins
Kosh
Ron Larson
Ron Larson
Wins
Ron Larson
Sarah Dodds
Sarah Dodds
Wins
Sarah Dodds
Shauna Dodds
Shauna Dodds
Wins
Shauna Dodds
| Wins | Art director |
| 6 | Robert M. Jones |
| 5 | John Berg |
| 3 | Kevin Reagan |
| Marvin Schwartz | |
| 2 | Bill Johnson |
| Buddy Jackson | |
| Jeff Ament | |
| Joe Spix | |
| Kosh | |
| Ron Larson | |
| Sarah Dodds | |
| Shauna Dodds |
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