Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album

The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards — a ceremony that was established in 1958 — honor quality dance and electronica albums in any given year. The award was first presented at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005 as a complement to the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, which had been presented as the sole award for dance music since 1998.

According to The Recording Academy, the award "recognizes excellence in recordings from established dance and electronic genres such as house, techno, trance, dubstep, drum and bass, electronica, as well as other emerging dance and electronic genres, with production and sensibilities distinctly different from a pop approach." The award is presented to "albums containing at least 50% dance/electronic recordings". Compilation or remixed recording albums are not eligible for this category.

To date, Skrillex and The Chemical Brothers hold the record for most wins in this category, with three times, followed by two-time recipients Daft Punk.

In addition, The Chemical Brothers hold the record for most nominations with seven. Madonna was the first female recipient of the award in 2007. Disclosure, Deadmau5 and Robyn hold the record for most nominations without a win with three each.

History

From 2005 to 2011, the award was known as Best Electronic/Dance Album.
From 2012 to 2014, the award was known as Best Dance/Electronica Album.
From 2015 to 2023, the award was known as Best Dance/Electronic Music Album.
From 2024 onwards the award is known as Best Dance/Electronic Album.

Like most album categories, the lead performing artist (of greater than 50% of playing time on the album), receives a nomination. The actual Grammy is awarded to the performing artist, the producer and the engineer / mixer if they worked on more than 50% of playing time of the album. Any personnel that worked on less than 50% of playing time can apply for a Winners Certificate.

As of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, the category sits in the newly-established Pop & Dance/Electronic genre field.

Recipients

right|upright|thumb|alt=Two men playing music.|[[Basement Jaxx were the first winners of the award, in 2005.]]

right|upright|thumb|alt=A dark image of two men in the back playing the synthesizers.|[[The Chemical Brothers were the first to receive the award twice, in 2006 and 2008, and won for a third time in 2020, tying Skrillex as the most awarded acts in the category.]]

right|upright|thumb|alt=A woman in black clothing holding a guitar and standing behind a microphone stand with one arm extended straight into the air. In the background is a screen with shades of pink and purple.|[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna became the first solo singer to win this award in 2007. She also became the first female act to be nominated and win in the category.]]

alt=|right|upright|thumb|[[Lady Gaga became the second female artist to win in the category. She was also the first to be nominated with the same album in the Album of the Year category.]]

right|upright|thumb|[[Daft Punk won this award twice in 2009 and 2014. Random Access Memories was the first electronic album to win in the Album of the Year category.]]

right|upright|thumb|[[Skrillex won this award three times in 2012, 2013 and 2016, becoming one of the most awarded artists in the category, tying The Chemical Brothers.]]

right|upright|thumb|[[Beyoncé was the fourth female artist and the first African American female artist to win in the category.]]

2000s

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2005

| Kish Kash

| Basement Jaxx

| Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned

| The Prodigy

| Creamfields

| Paul Oakenfold

| Legion of Boom

| The Crystal Method

| Reflections

| Paul van Dyk

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2006

| Push the Button

| The Chemical Brothers

| Human After All

| Daft Punk

| LCD Soundsystem

| Minimum-Maximum

| Kraftwerk

| Palookaville

| Fatboy Slim

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2007

| Confessions on a Dance Floor

| Madonna

| Fundamental

| Pet Shop Boys

| The Garden

| Zero 7

| A Lively Mind

| Paul Oakenfold

| Supernature

| Goldfrapp

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2008

| We Are the Night

| The Chemical Brothers

| †

| Justice

| Elements of Life

| Tiësto

| Sound of Silver

| LCD Soundsystem

| We Are Pilots

| Shiny Toy Guns

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! rowspan=6, style="text-align:center;"|2009

| Alive 2007

| Daft Punk

| Bring Ya to the Brink

| Cyndi Lauper

| Last Night

| Moby

| New York City

| Brazilian Girls

| Robyn

| X

| Kylie Minogue

2010s

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2010

| The Fame

| Lady Gaga

| Divided by Night

| The Crystal Method

| One Love

| David Guetta

| Party Rock

| LMFAO

| Yes

| Pet Shop Boys

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2011

| La Roux

| Black Light

| Groove Armada

| Further

| The Chemical Brothers

| Head First

| Goldfrapp

| These Hopeful Machines

| BT

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2012

| Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

| Skrillex

| 4x4=12

| Deadmau5

| Body Talk Pt. 3

| Robyn

| Nothing but the Beat

| David Guetta

| Zonoscope

| Cut Copy

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2013

| Bangarang

| Skrillex

| Album Title Goes Here

| Deadmau5

| Don't Think

| The Chemical Brothers

| Fire & Ice

| Kaskade

| Wonderland

| Steve Aoki

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2014

| Random Access Memories

| Daft Punk

| 18 Months

| Calvin Harris

| Atmosphere

| Kaskade

| A Color Map of the Sun

| Pretty Lights

| Settle

| Disclosure

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2015

| Syro

| Aphex Twin

| Damage Control

| Mat Zo

| Do It Again

| Röyksopp and Robyn

| Nabuma Rubberband

| Little Dragon

| While (1<2)

| Deadmau5

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2016

| Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü

| Jack Ü

| Born in the Echoes

| The Chemical Brothers

| Caracal

| Disclosure

| In Colour

| Jamie xx

| Our Love

| Caribou

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2017

| Skin

| Flume

| Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future

| Underworld

| Electronica 1: The Time Machine

| Jean-Michel Jarre

| Epoch

| Tycho

| Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII

| Louie Vega

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2018

| 3-D The Catalogue

| Kraftwerk

| Migration

| Bonobo

| A Moment Apart

| Odesza

| Mura Masa

| What Now

| Sylvan Esso

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2019

| Woman Worldwide

| Justice

| Lune Rouge

| Tokimonsta

| Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides

| Sophie

| Singularity

| Jon Hopkins

| Treehouse

| Sofi Tukker

2020s

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2020

| No Geography

| The Chemical Brothers

| Hi This Is Flume

| Flume

| LP5

| Apparat

| Solace

| Rüfüs Du Sol

| Weather

| Tycho

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2021

| Bubba

| Kaytranada

| Energy

| Disclosure

| Good Faith

| Madeon

| Kick I

| Arca

| Planet's Mad

| Baauer

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! rowspan=6, style="text-align:center;"|2022

| Subconsciously

| Black Coffee

| Fallen Embers

| Illenium

| Free Love

| Sylvan Esso

| Judgement

| Ten City

| Music Is the Weapon (Reloaded)

| Major Lazer

| Shockwave

| Marshmello

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2023

| Renaissance

| Beyoncé

| Diplo

| Fragments

| Bonobo

| The Last Goodbye

| Odesza

| Surrender

| Rüfüs Du Sol

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2024

| Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)

| Fred Again

| For That Beautiful Feeling

| The Chemical Brothers

| Kx5

| Deadmau5 and Kaskade

| Playing Robots into Heaven

| James Blake

| Quest for Fire

| Skrillex

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2025

| Brat

| Charli XCX

| Hyperdrama

| Justice

| Telos

| Zedd

| Three

| Four Tet

| Timeless

| Kaytranada

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2026

| Eusexua

| FKA Twigs

| Fancy That

| PinkPantheress

| Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3

| Skrillex

| Inhale / Exhale

| Rüfüs Du Sol

| Ten Days

| Fred Again

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Artists with multiple wins

;3 wins

The Chemical Brothers
Skrillex

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2 wins

Daft Punk

Artists with multiple nominations

7 nominations

The Chemical Brothers

5 nominations

Skrillex

4 nominations

Deadmau5 (1 with Kx5)

3 nominations

Daft Punk
Disclosure
Justice
Kaskade (1 with Kx5)
Robyn
Rüfüs Du Sol

2 nominations

Bonobo
The Crystal Method
Goldfrapp
David Guetta
Diplo
Flume
Fred Again
Kaytranada
Kraftwerk
LCD Soundsystem
Paul Oakenfold
Odesza
Pet Shop Boys
Sylvan Esso
Tycho

References

General

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Specific

History

Recipients

2000s

2010s

2020s

Artists with multiple wins

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

References