Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album explained

Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album
Awarded For:	quality contemporary blues albums
Presenter:	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country:	United States
Year:	1988
Holder:	Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony (2024)
Website:	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album was awarded from 1988 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Contemporary Blues Performance and in 1989 was awarded to a song rather than to an album.

The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012 onwards, the category was merged with the Best Traditional Blues Album category to form the new Best Blues Album category. However, in 2016 the Grammy organisation decided to revert the situation back to the pre-2012 era, with two separate categories for traditional and contemporary blues recordings respectively.^[1]

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year. Buddy Guy and Keb' Mo hold the record of most wins in the category with four each, followed by Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Taj Mahal and Fantastic Negrito, all with three wins.

Recipients

Year	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1988	The Robert Cray Band	Strong Persuader
1989	The Robert Cray Band	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
1990	Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	In Step
1991	Jimmie Vaughan & Stevie Ray Vaughan	Family Style
1992	Buddy Guy	Damn Right, I've Got the Blues
1993	Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	The Sky Is Crying
1994	Buddy Guy	Feels Like Rain
1995	Pops Staples	Father Father
1996	Buddy Guy	Slippin' In
1997	Keb' Mo'	Just Like You
1998	Taj Mahal	Señor Blues
1999	Keb' Mo'	Slow Down
2000	The Robert Cray Band	Take Your Shoes Off
2001	Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band	Shoutin' in Key
2002	Delbert McClinton	Nothing Personal
2003	Solomon Burke	Don't Give Up on Me
2004	Etta James	Let's Roll
2005	Keb' Mo'	Keep It Simple
2006	Delbert McClinton	Cost of Living
2007	Irma Thomas	After the Rain
2008	J. J. Cale & Eric Clapton	The Road to Escondido
2009	Dr. John & The Lower 911	City That Care Forgot
2010	The Derek Trucks Band	Already Free		^[2]
2011	Buddy Guy	Living Proof		^[3]
2012	Awarded to Grammy Award for Best Blues Album
2013
2014
2015
2016
	Fantastic Negrito	The Last Days of Oakland		^[4]
	Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'	TajMo		^[5]
2019	Fantastic Negrito	Please Don't Be Dead		^[6]
	Gary Clark Jr.	This Land		^[7]
	Fantastic Negrito	Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?		^[8]
2022	Christone "Kingfish" Ingram	662		^[9]
2023	Edgar Winter	Brother Johnny		^[10]
2024	Larkin Poe	Blood Harmony	Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton - Death Wish Blues Ruthie Foster - Healing Time Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - Live in London Bettye LaVette - LaVette!	^[11]

Notes and References

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Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees . Lynch . Joe . November 28, 2017 . . December 30, 2017.
Web site: 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards . Grammy.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181207153109/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards . 7 December 2018 . dead.
Web site: 2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List. November 20, 2019. Grammy.com. May 13, 2021.
Web site: 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards. December 15, 2020. Grammy.com. May 13, 2021.
Web site: 2021-11-23. 2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List. 2021-11-26. GRAMMY.com. en.
Web site: . November 15, 2022 . Grammy Awards 2023: The Full List of Nominees . The New York Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116155210/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/arts/music/grammys-nominee-list-2023.html . November 16, 2022 . live . November 17, 2022.
Web site: 2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List GRAMMY.com . 2023-11-12 . www.grammy.com.