The Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children was an honor presented to recording artists for quality children's music albums at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several 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".
The award for Best Musical Album for Children was first presented to producer Alan Menken and Tim Rice in 1994 for the soundtrack to the Disney film Aladdin.
The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. Starting in 2012, this category merged with the Best Spoken Word Album for Children category to form the new Best Children's Album category. This merger meant essentially returning to the categorization set-up prior to 1994 (although with a small name change), when recordings for children was covered by the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children alone.
Recipients
thumb|upright|right|alt=|[[Dan Zanes of the 2007 award-winning group Dan Zanes and Friends in 2009]]
thumb|right|upright|alt=|Members of the [[51st Grammy Awards|2009 award-winning group They Might Be Giants performing in 2009]]
thumb|right|upright|alt=|[[Pete Seeger, 2011 award winner for Tomorrow's Children, at the Clearwater Festival in 2007]]
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! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year
! scope="col" | Performing artist(s)
! scope="col" | Work
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Producer(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.
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! scope="row" |1994
| Various artists
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| Alan Menken<br />Tim Rice
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! scope="row" |1995
| Various artists
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| Mark Mancina<br />Jay Rifkin<br />Chris Thomas<br />Hans Zimmer
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! scope="row" |1996
| Barbara Bailey Hutchison
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| J. Aaron Brown<br />David R. Lehman
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! scope="row" |1997
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| George Massenburg<br />Linda Ronstadt
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! scope="row" |1998
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| John Denver<br />Roger Nichols<br />Kris O'Connor
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! scope="row" |1999
| Various artists
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| John Boylan
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! scope="row" |2000
| Various artists
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| Andy Hill
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! scope="row" |2001
| Riders in the Sky
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| align="center"|—
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! scope="row" |2002
| Various artists
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| Ed Mitchell
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! scope="row" |2003
| Riders in the Sky
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| align="center"|—
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! scope="row" |2004
| Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
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| align="center"|—
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! scope="row" |2005
| Various artists
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| Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
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! scope="row" |2006
| Various artists
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| Dennis Scott
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! scope="row" |2007
| Dan Zanes and Friends
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| align="center"|—
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! scope="row" |2008
| The Muppets
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| Ted Kryczko<br />Ed Mitchel
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| align="center"|
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! scope="row" |2009
| They Might Be Giants
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| Pat Dillett<br />They Might Be Giants
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! scope="row" |2010
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| Ziggy Marley<br />Don Was
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! scope="row" |2011
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| David Bernz<br />Daniel Einbender<br />Travis Jeffrey
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<sup></sup> Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.<br />
<sup></sup> Producer(s) are only indicated if they were presented a Grammy Award.
See also
- Children's song
- Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year
References
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