The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011. Until 1991 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. In 2007, this category was renamed Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. As of 2010 the category was split into two categories; Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Americana Album.

An award for Best Traditional Folk Album was also presented. Prior to 1987 contemporary and traditional folk were combined as the Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording.

Following the 2011 Grammy Award ceremony, the award was discontinued due to a major overhaul of Grammy categories. Beginning in 2012, this category merged with the Best Traditional Folk Album category to form the new Best Folk Album category.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

At three wins each, Bob Dylan and Steve Earle are the category's biggest winners.

Winners and nominees

Year Winner(s) Title Nominees Ref.
1987 Al Bunetta, Dan Einstein, Hank Neuberger (producer), various artists Tribute to Steve Goodman [1]
1988 Steve Goodman Unfinished Business [2]
1989 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman
[3]
1990 Indigo Girls Indigo Girls [4]
1991 Shawn Colvin Steady On [5]
1992 John Prine The Missing Years [6]
1993 The Chieftains Another Country [7]
1994 Nanci Griffith Other Voices, Other Rooms [8]
1995 Johnny Cash American Recordings [9]
1996 Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball [10]
1997 Bruce Springsteen The Ghost of Tom Joad [11]
1998 Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind [12]
1999 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road [13]
2000 Tom Waits Mule Variations
[14]
2001 Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl [15]
2002 Bob Dylan Love and Theft
[16]
2003 Nickel Creek This Side [17]
2004 Warren Zevon The Wind [18]
2005 Steve Earle The Revolution Starts... Now
[19]
2006 John Prine Fair & Square [20]
2007 Bob Dylan Modern Times [21]
2008 Steve Earle Washington Square Serenade [22]
2009 Robert Plant, Alison Krauss Raising Sand [23]
2010 Steve Earle Townes [24]
2011 Ray LaMontagne, The Pariah Dogs God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise [25]

References

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  3. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1989". AwardsandShows. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ "A List of 32nd Annual Grammy Nominees". APNews. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Annual Grammy Nominations". UPI. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  6. ↑ "And the Nominees Are..." UPI. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  7. ↑ "List of 35th Annual Grammy Nominations With PM-Grammys". APNews. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
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  9. ↑ "The 37th Grammy Nominations". Los Angeles Times. January 6, 1995. p. 3. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Nominees for 38th annual Grammy Awards". UPI. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Nominees for 39th annual Grammy Awards". UPI. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  12. ↑ "40th Annual Grammy Award Nominations". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  13. ↑ "41st Annual Grammy Award Nominations". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  14. ↑ "42nd Grammy Award Nominations (2000)". DigitalHit. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  15. ↑ "43rd Annual Grammy Awards Nominations". DigitalHit. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". CBS. 4 January 2002. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  17. ↑ "45th Grammy® Awards Nominations Coverage". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  18. ↑ "46th Grammy® Awards Nominees Coverage". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  19. ↑ "47th Grammy® Awards Nominees Coverage". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  20. ↑ "48th Grammy® Awards Nominations". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  21. ↑ "49th Grammy® Awards Nominations (2007)". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  22. ↑ "50th Grammy® Awards Nominations". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  23. ↑ "51st Grammy® Awards Nominations Coverage". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  24. ↑ "52nd Grammy® Awards Nominations Coverage". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  25. ↑ "51st Grammy® Award Nominations Coverage". DigitalHub. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
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