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Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Honor presented to recording artists for quality traditional pop vocal albums

Field	Value
name	Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
awarded_for	Quality albums containing 51% or more playing time of vocal tracks in the "traditional" genre (Great American Songbook)
image	Norah Jones sings during Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony (cropped).jpg
caption	Norah Jones, current recipient for Visions.
presenter	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
country	United States
year	1992
holder	Norah Jones – Visions (2025)
most_wins	Tony Bennett (14)
most_nominations	Tony Bennett (17)
website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is an award presented to recording artists 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 has been presented every year since 1992, though it has had two name changes throughout its history. In 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Pop Performance, from 1993 to 2000 the award was known as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, and since 2001 it has been awarded as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Apart from the first year it was presented, the award has been designated for "albums containing 51% or more playing time of vocal tracks", with "traditional" referring to the "composition, vocal styling, and the instrumental arrangement" of the body of music known as the Great American Songbook.

The 1992 award was presented to Natalie Cole for the spliced-together duet of her and her father, Nat King Cole, performing his original recording of "Unforgettable". This is the only instance in which the traditional pop award was awarded for a song, as opposed to an album. Prior to 2001, the Grammy was presented to the performing artists only; since then the award has been given to the performing artists, the engineers/mixers, as well as the producers, provided they worked on more than 51 percent of playing time on the album. Producers and engineers who worked on less than 50 percent of playing time of the album, as well as mastering engineers do not win an award, but can apply for a Winners Certificate. However, the lead performing artist remains the only one to receive an official nomination. Eligibility criteria for the category was expanded in 2025 to welcome more entries from the musical theater community, and it was mandated that albums must contain more than 75% of newly recorded and previously unreleased material.

Recipients

An older man holding a microphone in one hand, his arms held out, smiling and wearing a black suit with a white dress shirt. — Fourteen-time award winner [[Tony Bennett

A woman wearing earrings, a bracelet and a multi-colored spaghetti strapped dress, with both hands folded over a microphone. — Two-time award winner [[Natalie Cole

Year	Performing artist(s)	Work
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	Perfectly Frank	{{smalldiv
Steppin' Out	{{smalldiv
MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett	{{smalldiv
	Duets II	{{smalldiv
	Here's to the Ladies	{{smalldiv
Tony Bennett on Holiday	{{smalldiv
	Live at Carnegie Hall: The 50th Anniversary Concert	{{smalldiv
	Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool	{{smalldiv
	Both Sides Now	{{smalldiv
	Songs I Heard	{{smalldiv
	Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues	{{smalldiv
and k.d. lang	A Wonderful World	{{smalldiv
	Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III	{{smalldiv
	The Art of Romance	{{smalldiv
Duets: An American Classic	{{smalldiv
	Call Me Irresponsible	{{smalldiv
	Still Unforgettable	{{smalldiv
	Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden	{{smalldiv
	{{smalldiv
Tony Bennett	Duets II	{{smalldiv
Paul McCartney	Kisses on the Bottom	{{smalldiv
Michael Bublé	To Be Loved	{{smalldiv
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga	Cheek to Cheek	{{smalldiv
Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap	The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern	{{smalldiv
Willie Nelson	Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin	{{smalldiv
	Tony Bennett Celebrates 90	{{smalldiv
Willie Nelson	My Way	{{smalldiv
Elvis Costello & The Imposters	Look Now	{{smalldiv
James Taylor	American Standard	{{smalldiv
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga	Love for Sale	{{smalldiv
Michael Bublé	Higher	{{smalldiv
Laufey	Bewitched	{{smalldiv
Norah Jones	Visions	{{smalldiv
		{{smalldiv

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
Award only went to a producer of the album, not the performing artist(s).

Artists with multiple wins

;14 wins

Tony Bennett ;5 wins
Michael Bublé ;2 wins
Natalie Cole
Willie Nelson
Lady Gaga

Artists with multiple nominations

;17 nominations

Tony Bennett

;14 nominations

Barbra Streisand

;9 nominations

Michael Bublé

;7 nominations

Rosemary Clooney

;6 nominations

Harry Connick Jr.

;5 nominations

Michael Feinstein
Barry Manilow
Rod Stewart

;4 nominations

Willie Nelson
Johnny Mathis

;3 nominations

Natalie Cole
Bob Dylan
Lady Gaga
Josh Groban
Norah Jones
Seth MacFarlane
Bette Midler
Bernadette Peters

;2 nominations

Julie Andrews
Laufey
Rickie Lee Jones
Sarah McLachlan
Liza Minnelli
Pentatonix
Gregory Porter
Diane Schuur
Bobby Short
Carly Simon
Frank Sinatra
James Taylor
Rufus Wainwright

References

Sources

Note: User must select the "Traditional Pop" category as the genre under the search feature.

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