Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album

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.

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album
Awarded forquality contemporary blues albums
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1988
Currently held byGary Clark Jr., This Land (2020)
Websitegrammy.com

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.

Winners and nominees
Year Artist Work Nominees
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
[2]		 The Derek Trucks Band Already Free
2011
[3]		 Buddy Guy Living Proof
2012 awarded to Grammy Award for Best Blues Album
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
[4]		 Fantastic Negrito The Last Days of Oakland
2018
[5]		 Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' TajMo
2019
[6]		 Fantastic Negrito Please Don't Be Dead
2020
[7]		 Gary Clark Jr. This Land

References
  1. Press Release, 16 June 2016
  2. "Complete List of Nominees for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards". E!Online. December 2, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  3. "Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  4. "Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. February 12, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  5. Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  6. Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
  7. 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list
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