The Grammys have awarded “Best Musical Theater Album” since 1959. The work must be comprised of more than 51% or more new material. The award is typically given to the album producer, principal singers, and composers and lyricists. It has been known under multiple names including Best Original Cast Album, Best Broadway Show Album, Best Show Album, Best Original Cast Show Album, Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album, Best Cast Show Album, Best Musical Cast Show Album, and Best Musical Show Album.
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- 2021: Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard (music & lyrics), Michael Farrell (music) Jagged Little Pill
- 2020: Anais Mitchell (music & lyrics) Hadestown
- 2019: David Yazbeck (music & lyrics) The Band’s Visit
- 2018: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (music & lyrics) Dear Evan Hansen
- 2017: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, & Stephen Bray (music & lyrics) The Color Purple
- 2016: Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics) Hamilton
- 2015: Various Artists Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
- 2014: Cyndi Lauper (music & lyrics) Kinky Boots
- 2013: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (music & lyrics) Once
- 2012: Robert Lopez, Trey Parker, & Matt Stone (music & lyrics) The Book of Mormon
- 2011: Green Day American Idiot
- 2010: Leonard Bernstein (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) West Side Story
- 2009: Lin-Manuel Miranda (music & lyrics) In the Heights
- 2008: Duncan Sheik (music) & Steven Sater (lyrics) Spring Awakening
- 2007: Bob Gaudio (music) & Bob Crewe (lyrics) Jersey Boys
- 2006: Eric Idle (music & lyrics) & John De Prez (music) Monty Python’s Spamalot
- 2005: Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics) Wicked
- 2004: Jule Styne (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) Gypsy
- 2003 Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (music & lyrcs) Hairspray
- 2002: Mel Brooks (music & lyrics) The Producers
- 2001: Elton John (music) & Tim Rice (lyrics) Aida
- 2000: Irving Berlin (music & lyrics) Annie Get Your Gun
- 1999: Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) The Lion King
- 1998: John Kander (music) & Fred Ebb (lyrics) Chicago
- 1997: Bill Whelan (music) Riverdance
- 1996: Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller (music & lyrics) Smokey Joe’s Café: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
- 1995: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Passion
- 1994: Pete Townshend (music & lyrics) The Who’s Tommy
- 1993: Frank Loesser (music & lyrics) Guys and Dolls
- 1992: Cy Coleman (music) with Betty Comden & Adolph Green (lyrics) The Will Rogers Follies
- 1991: Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) with Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics) Les Misérables
- 1990: Various Artists Jerome Robbins’ Broadway
- 1989: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Into the Woods
- 1988: Claude-Michel Schönberg (music) with Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics) Les Misérables
- 1987: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Follies in Concert
- 1986: Leonard Bernstein (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) West Side Story
- 1985: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Sunday in the Park with George
- 1984: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & T.S. Eliot (lyrics) Cats
- 1983: Henry Krieger (music) & Tom Eyen (lyrics) Dreamgirls
- 1982: Lena Horner (performer) Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
- 1981: Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & Tim Rice (lyrics) Evita
- 1980: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- 1979: Fats Waller (music) & various artists (lyrics) Ain’t Misbehavin’
- 1978: Charles Strouse (music) & Martin Charnin (lyrics) Annie
- 1977: Various Artists Bubbling Brown Sugar
- 1976: Charlie Smalls et al (music & lyrics) The Wiz
- 1975: Judd Woldin (music) & Robert Brittan (lyrics) Raisin
- 1974: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) A Little Night Music
- 1973: Mick Grant (music & lyrics) Don’t Mother Me, I Can’t Cope
- 1972: Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics) Godspell
- 1971: Stephen Sondheim (music & lyrics) Company
- 1970: Burt Bacharach (music) & Hal David (lyrics) Promises, Promises
- 1969: Galt MacDermot (music) with Gerome Ragni & James Rado (lyrics) Hair
- 1968: John Kander (music) & Fred Ebb (lyrics) Cabaret
- 1967: Jerry Herman (music & lyrics) Mame
- 1966: Burton Lane (music) & Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
- 1965: Jule Styne (music) & Bob Merrill (lyrics) Funny Girl
- 1964: Jerry Bock (music) & Sheldon Harnick (lyrics) She Loves Me
- 1963: Richard Rodgers (music & lyrics) No Strings
- 1962: Frank Loesser (music & lyrics) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- 1961: Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) The Sound of Music
- 1960: Jule Styne (music) & Stephen Sondheim (lyrics) Gypsy / Albert Hague (music) & Dorothy Fields (lyrics) Redhead
- 1959: Meredith Willson (music & lyrics) The Music Man
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First posted 12/24/2021. |
