| Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album | |
| Awarded For: | Quality performances aimed at children |
| Presenter: | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Holder: | Alphabet Rockers, The Movement (2023) |
| Website: | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Children's Album (from 2020: Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album) is an honor presented since 2012 at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] Honors in various categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position."[2]
The Best Children's Album award is given to recording artists for works containing quality performances aimed at children. The award has had several minor name changes:
The 2012 restructuring of these and other categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards. According to the Academy, "[it] passed the proposal that a return to one category for all types of recordings for children, as it was from 1958 to 1993, would be most appropriate in this new context."[4] As of the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in 2025, the category defines the intended audience range as "infant to 12 years old", and requires lyrics and English language translations to be included in entry submissions.[5]
| Year | Recipient(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 1959 | (artist) | "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" | [6] [7] | ||
| scope=row | 1960 | (artist) | Peter and the Wolf | [8] | ||
| scope=row | 1961 | (artist) | Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks | [9] | ||
| scope=row | 1962 | (artist) | Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf | [10] | ||
| scope=row | 1963 | (artist) | Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | [11] | ||
| scope=row | 1964 | (artist) | Bernstein Conducts For Young People | [12] | ||
| scope=row | 1965 | & Julie Andrews (artists) | Mary Poppins | [13] | ||
| scope=row | 1966 | (artist) | Dr. Seuss Presents: "Fox in Sox" and "Green Eggs and Ham" | [14] | ||
| scope=row | 1967 | (artist) | "Dr. Seuss Presents - "If I Ran The Zoo" And "Sleep Book"" | [15] | ||
| scope=row | 1968 | (artist) | "Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas" | |||
| scope=row | 1970 | (artist) | Peter, Paul and Mommy | [16] | ||
| scope=row | 1971 | & Thomas Z. Shepard (producers) | Sesame Street | [17] | ||
| scope=row | 1972 | (artist) | Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs | [18] | ||
| scope=row | 1973 | & Rita Moreno (artists) Produced by Christopher Cerf, Joe Raposo, and Lee Chamberlin | "The Electric Company" | [19] | ||
| scope=row | 1974 | (producer) | Sesame Street Live! | [20] | ||
| scope=row | 1975 | , Sebastian Cabot & Sterling Holloway (artists) | "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" | [21] | ||
| scope=row | 1976 | (artist) | "The Little Prince" | [22] | ||
| scope=row | 1977 | & Karl Böhm (artists) | Prokofiev | [23] | ||
| scope=row | 1978 | & Jim Timmens (producers) | Aren't You Glad You're You | [24] | ||
| scope=row | 1979 | (producer) | The Muppet Show | [25] | ||
| scope=row | 1980 | & Paul Williams (producers) | The Muppet Movie | [26] | ||
| scope=row | 1981 | & Lucy Simon (producers) | [27] | |||
| scope=row | 1982 | & Dennis Scott (producers) | Sesame Country | [28] | ||
| scope=row | 1983 | & Lucy Simon (producers) | In Harmony 2 | [29] | ||
| scope=row | 1984 | (artist) Quincy Jones (producer) | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | [30] | ||
| scope=row | 1985 | (artist) Ron Haffkine (producer) | Where the Sidewalk Ends | [31] | ||
| scope=row | 1986 | & Steve Buckingham (producers) | Follow That Bird: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | [32] | ||
| scope=row | 1987 | , Geri Van Rees & Kathryn King (producers) | The Alphabet | [33] | ||
| scope=row | 1988 | & Jack Nicholson (artists) Produced by Bobby McFerrin, Mark Sottnick, and Tom Bradshaw | The Elephant's Child | [34] | ||
| scope=row | 1989 | (artist) Music by Ry Cooder Produced by Mark Sottnick and Ry Cooder | Pecos Bill | [35] | ||
| scope=row | 1990 | (artist) David R. Lehman & J. Aaron Brown (producers) | The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 1 | |||
| scope=row | 1991 | (composer) Howard Ashman (lyricist) | The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | |||
| scope=row | 1992 | (producer) | A Cappella Kids | |||
| scope=row | 1993 | & Howard Ashman (songwriters) | Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||
| scope=row | 2012 | , James Cravero, Kevin Mackie, Patrick Robinson & Steve Pullara (producers) | All About Bullies... Big and Small | [36] | ||
| scope=row | 2013 | Engineered/Mixed & Produced by Dean Jones | Can You Canoe? | [37] | ||
| scope=row | 2014 | (artist) Engineered/Mixed by Pierre Messier Produced by Jennifer Gasoi | Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well | [38] | ||
| scope=row | 2015 | (artist) | ||||
| scope=row | 2016 | (artist) | Home | |||
| scope=row | 2017 | Secret Agent 23 Skidoo | Infinity Plus One | |||
| scope=row | 2018 | (artist) | Feel What U Feel | |||
| scope=row | 2019 | Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats | All The Sounds | [39] | ||
| scope=row | 2020 | Jon Samson & Al Walser | Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype | [40] | ||
| scope=row | 2021 | Joanie Leeds | All the Ladies | [41] | ||
| 2022 | Falu | A Colorful World | [42] | |||
| 2023 | Alphabet Rockers | The Movement |
| [43] | ||
| 2024 | 123 Andrés | We Grow Together - Preschool Songs |
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| Wins | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 5 | Jim Henson |
| 3 | Leonard Bernstein |
| 2 | Howard Ashman |
| Ross Bagdasarian Sr. | |
| Bill Cosby | |
| David Levine | |
| Alan Menken | |
| Marvin Miller | |
| Lucy Simon |