Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

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The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes:

  • In 1959 the award was known as Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word
  • From 1960 to 1961 it was awarded as Best Performance - Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
  • From 1962 to 1963 it was awarded as Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy)
  • From 1964 to 1965 it was awarded as Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (other than comedy)
  • In 1966 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording
  • From 1967 to 1968 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
  • From 1969 to 1979 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word Recording
  • From 1980 to 1983 it returned to the title of Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
  • From 1984 to 1991 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording
  • From 1992 to 1997 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album
  • Since 1998 it has been awarded as Best Spoken Word Album

The category now also includes audio books, poetry readings and story telling.

Three US Presidents have won the awards: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, along with spoken recordings of John F. Kennedy and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Four U.S. Senators have won: Barack Obama (also President of the United States), Everett Dirksen, Al Franken, and Hillary Clinton (also U.S. Secretary of State and First Lady of the United States).

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for a recording released in the previous year. Winners are indicated in boldface.

Contents

[edit] 2010s

Year Album Performer Author
2013
(55th)
American Grown Scott Creswell and Dan Zitt* Michelle Obama
Back to Work Bill Clinton Bill Clinton
Drift Rachel Maddow Rachel Maddow
Seriously…I'm Kidding Ellen DeGeneres Ellen DeGeneres
Society's Child Janis Ian Janis Ian
2012
(54th)
Bossypants Tina Fey Tina Fey
Fab Fan Memories: The Beatles Bond Nathan Burbank, Bryan Cumming, Dennis Scott, and David Toledo* –
Hamlet Dan Donohue William Shakespeare
If You Ask Me (and of Course You Won't) Betty White Betty White
The Mark of Zorro Val Kilmer and cast Yuri Rasovsky
2011
(53rd)
American on Purpose Craig Ferguson Craig Ferguson
The Bedwetter Sarah Silverman Sarah Silverman
Earth (The Audiobook) Jon Stewart and The Daily Show staff Jon Stewart and The Daily Show staff
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future… Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox
This Time Together Carol Burnett Carol Burnett
The Woody Allen Collection Woody Allen Woody Allen
2010
(52nd)
Always Looking Up Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox
The Lincoln–Douglas Debates Richard Dreyfuss and David Strathairn Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas
Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon Yuri Rasovsky and Josh Stanton* Dashiell Hammett
A Very Special Time Jonathan Winters Jonathan Winters
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher Carrie Fisher

* Album producers; performed by various artists.

[edit] 2000s

Year Album Performer Author
2009
(51st)
Born Standing Up Steve Martin Steve Martin
I Am America (and So Can You!) Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report cast Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report cast
An Inconvenient Truth Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon, and Blair Underwood Al Gore
Life Beyond Measure Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier
When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris Davis Sedaris
2008
(50th)
The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama Barack Obama
Celebrations Maya Angelou Maya Angelou
Giving Bill Clinton Bill Clinton
Sunday Mornings in Plains Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself Alan Alda Alan Alda
2007
(49th)
I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This! Bob Newhart Bob Newhart
New Rules Bill Maher Bill Maher
Our Endangered Values Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter
The Truth (with Jokes) Al Franken Al Franken
With Ossie and Ruby Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
2006
(48th)
Dreams from My Father Barack Obama Barack Obama
2005
(47th)
My Life Bill Clinton Bill Clinton
2004
(46th)
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them Al Franken Al Franken
2003
(45th)
A Song Flung Up to Heaven Maya Angelou Maya Angelou
Live 2002 Robin Williams Robin Williams
2002
(44th)
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones Quincy Jones Quincy Jones
2001
(43rd)
The Measure of a Man Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier
2000
(42nd)
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. LeVar Burton Martin Luther King

[edit] 1990s

  • Grammy Awards of 1997
    • Hillary Rodham Clinton for It Takes a Village
    • Garrison Keillor for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    • Charles Kuralt for Charles Kuralt's America
    • Edward Asner, Ellen Burstyn, CCH Pounder & Alfre Woodard for Grow Old Along with Me, The Best Is Yet to Be
    • Lauren Bacall, Martin Landau, Jack Lemmon & Gregory Peck for Harry S Truman: A Journey to Independence

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1970s

[edit] 1960s

[edit] 1950s

[edit] See also

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