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 — to recording artists for quality albums in the dance music and electronica genres.^[1] 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.”^[2]

Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album
Awarded for	Quality vocal or instrumental dance music or electronica albums
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	2005
Currently held by	Black Coffee (DJ) — Subconsciously (2022)
Website	grammy.com

History

This award was first presented in 2005 to Basement Jaxx for the album Kish Kash.

• 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 the award has been known as Best Dance/Electronic Album

In June 2014, NARAS announced a small change in the naming of the category, from Dance/Electronica to Dance/Electronic. It was agreed that "the title for this genre has evolved, and updating it more accurately represents the industry nomenclature of today.", according to the Grammy committee.^[3]

According to the category description guide, the award is presented "for albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental electronica/dance recordings".^[4] It is intended for "groove-oriented recordings with electronic-based instrumentation". Compilation or remixed recording albums are not eligible for this category.

The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer, provided they worked on more than 50% of playing time on the album. A producer or engineer who worked on less than 50% of playing time, as well as a mastering engineer, can apply for a Winners Certificate.^[5]

Skrillex and The Chemical Brothers have received the award three times, while Daft Punk received it twice. The Chemical Brothers hold the record for most nominations with six. Disclosure, Deadmau5 and Robyn hold the record for most nominations without a win with three.

Recipients

 

Basement Jaxx were the first winners of the award, in 2005.

 

The Chemical Brothers were the first to receive the award twice, in 2006 and 2008, and won for a third time in 2020.

 

Madonna became the first solo singer to win this award in 2007.

 

Skrillex won this award three times in 2012, 2013 and 2016.

 

2010 award winner Lady Gaga

Year^[I]	Winner(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2005	Basement Jaxx	Kish Kash	The Crystal Method – Legion of Boom Paul Oakenfold – Creamfields The Prodigy – Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned Paul van Dyk – Reflections	^[6]
2006	The Chemical Brothers	Push the Button	Daft Punk – Human After All Fatboy Slim – Palookaville Kraftwerk – Minimum-Maximum LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem	^[7]
2007	Madonna	Confessions on a Dance Floor	Goldfrapp – Supernature Paul Oakenfold – A Lively Mind Pet Shop Boys – Fundamental Zero 7 – The Garden	^[8]
2008	The Chemical Brothers	We Are the Night	Justice – † LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver Shiny Toy Guns – We Are Pilots Tiësto – Elements of Life	^[9]
2009	Daft Punk	Alive 2007	Brazilian Girls – New York City Cyndi Lauper – Bring Ya to the Brink Kylie Minogue – X Moby – Last Night Robyn – Robyn	^[10]
2010	Lady Gaga	The Fame	The Crystal Method – Divided by Night David Guetta – One Love LMFAO – Party Rock Pet Shop Boys – Yes	^[11]
2011	La Roux	La Roux	BT – These Hopeful Machines The Chemical Brothers – Further Goldfrapp – Head First Groove Armada – Black Light	^[12]
2012	Skrillex	Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites	Cut Copy – Zonoscope Deadmau5 – 4x4=12 David Guetta – Nothing but the Beat Robyn – Body Talk Pt. 3	^[13]
2013	Skrillex	Bangarang	Steve Aoki – Wonderland The Chemical Brothers – Don't Think Deadmau5 – Album Title Goes Here Kaskade – Fire & Ice	^[14]
2014	Daft Punk	Random Access Memories	Disclosure – Settle Calvin Harris – 18 Months Kaskade – Atmosphere Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the Sun	^[15]
2015	Aphex Twin	Syro	Deadmau5 – While (1<2) Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband Röyksopp and Robyn – Do It Again Mat Zo – Damage Control	^[16]
2016	Jack Ü	Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü	Caribou – Our Love The Chemical Brothers – Born in the Echoes Disclosure – Caracal Jamie xx – In Colour	^[17]
2017	Flume	Skin	Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 1: The Time Machine Tycho – Epoch Underworld – Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future Louie Vega – Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII	^[18]
2018	Kraftwerk	3-D The Catalogue	Bonobo – Migration Mura Masa – Mura Masa Odesza – A Moment Apart Sylvan Esso – What Now	^[19]
2019	Justice	Woman Worldwide	Jon Hopkins – Singularity Sofi Tukker – Treehouse Sophie – Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides Tokimonsta – Lune Rouge	^[20]
2020	The Chemical Brothers	No Geography	Apparat – LP5 Flume – Hi This Is Flume Rüfüs Du Sol – Solace Tycho – Weather	^[21]
2021	Kaytranada	Bubba	Arca - Kick I Baauer – Planet's Mad Disclosure – Energy Madeon – Good Faith	^[22]
2022	Black Coffee	Subconsciously	Illenium – Fallen Embers Major Lazer – Music Is the Weapon (Reloaded) Marshmello – Shockwave Sylvan Esso – Free Love Ten City – Judgement	^[23]
2023			Beyoncé – Renaissance Bonobo – Fragments Diplo – Diplo Odesza – The Last Goodbye Rüfüs du Sol – Surrender	^[24]

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Artists with multiple wins

3 wins The Chemical Brothers Skrillex

2 wins Daft Punk

Artists with multiple nominations

6 nominations The Chemical Brothers 3 nominations Daft Punk Deadmau5 Disclosure Robyn Skrillex

2 nominations Bonobo The Crystal Method Goldfrapp David Guetta Diplo Flume Justice Kaskade Kraftwerk LCD Soundsystem Paul Oakenfold Odesza Pet Shop Boys Rüfüs Du Sol Sylvan Esso Tycho

See also

•  Music portal

• Dance Music Hall of Fame

References

General

• "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 4, 2011. Note: User must select the "Dance" category as the genre under the search feature.
• "Grammy Awards: Best Electronic / Dance Album". Rock on the Net. Retrieved November 25, 2011.

Specific

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