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Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album has been awarded since 1959. The award is generally given to the album's producers, principal vocalist(s), and the composer and lyricist if they have written a new score which comprises 51% or more playing time of the album, though the number of recipients has varied over the category's tenure.

The inaugural award was presented at the 1st Grammy Awards to composer Meredith Willson for his work on his 1957 musical The Music Man. Ethel Merman and Gwen Verdon became the first female recipients the in 1960 when they tied for Gypsy and Redhead. Stephen Sondheim and Thomas Z. Shepard hold the record for most wins in the category, with six each, while Sondheim holds the record for most nominations, with eleven. Tommy Krasker holds the record for most nominations without a win, with eight. To date, two-time recipient Phillipa Soo is the only woman to win more than one award. Among shows, cast recordings from Gypsy, West Side Story, Into the Woods, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street have been nominated four times each respectively, with Gypsy, West Side Story, Into the Woods, and Les Misérables are the only shows to win twice. Anything Goes, Hello, Dolly!, The King and I, and My Fair Lady hold the record for most nominations without a win, with three. The current recipient of the award is Some Like It Hot, which won at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024.

Process

Over the years, the qualifications for the individual nominees has fluctuated with principal artists, composers, and producers at one point being the sole eligible nominee, to the current (as of the 66th Grammy Awards) standard which is as follows: "For albums containing greater than 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principal vocalist(s), and the album producer(s) of 50% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and composer(s) of 50 % or more of a score of a new recording are eligible for an Award if any previous recording of said score has not been nominated in this category."

Vocalists were first awarded in this category at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012. When an album does not feature any individual soloists and predominantly features an ensemble cast, no individual award is given to the members of the ensemble, with each member instead receiving a winners certificate. As of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, only a maximum of four principle vocalists can be awarded (previously unlimited), in addition to the producer/s and lyricists/composers.[1]

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.

Name changes

This award has had several minor name changes:

Winner and nominees

Inaugural recipient Meredith Willson.
1968 winner and four-time nominee John Kander.
Stephen Sondheim holds the record for most wins in this category, with six.
Three-time winner Charles Strouse.
Two-time winner Andrew Lloyd Webber received awards in 1981 and 1984 for his hit shows Evita and Cats, respectively.
Quincy Jones won the award in 1982.
2001 recipient Elton John.
2012 winner Andrew Rannells.
Two-time winner Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Alex Lacamoire has received the award three times.
Two-time nominee Jonathan Groff won in 2016 as part of the cast of Hamilton.
Cyndi Lauper won in 2014, and was nominated again in 2017, for her show Kinky Boots.
Sara Bareilles was nominated as a lyricist in 2017 for Waitress, and won in 2023 as a principal vocalist in Into the Woods.
Jennifer Hudson received an award in 2017 as a vocalist in The Color Purple.
2018 recipient Ben Platt won for his leading role in Dear Evan Hansen.
Anaïs Mitchell won in 2020 for her musical Hadestown.

Shows with multiple wins and nominations

Shows with multiple wins

2 wins:

Shows with multiple nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations:

2 nominations:

Individuals with multiple wins and nominations

Individuals with multiple wins

6 wins:

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Individuals with multiple nominations

11 nominations

10 nominations

8 nominations

7 nominations

6 nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

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