The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album has been handed out since 1959. It was not awarded from 1994 to 2003. It has had a few name changes along the years, it was known as Best Comedy Performance from 1959 to 1967, it was changed to Best Comedy Recording from 1968 to 1991from 1992, it has been awarded as Best Comedy Album. In 1960 and 1961 two separate awards were presented for the best spoken and for the best musical comedy performance. In 1994 the award was intended for only spoken word comedy albums, it has been awarded till 2003 as Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album. In 2004 the Recording Academy decided to once again consider musical comedy works for the award and changed the name to Best Comedy Album. Six time winner Bill Cosby is the most awarded in this category followed closely by Richard Pryor with five wins.
Winners: Grammys Best Comedy Album
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Year
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Winner/s
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Album
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2009
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George Carlin
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It's Bad For Ya
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2008
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Flight of the Conchords
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The Distant Future
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2007
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Lewis Black
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The Carnegie Hall Performance
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2006
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Chris Rock
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Never Scared
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2005
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Jon Stewart and the cast of The Daily Show
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
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2004
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
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Poodle Hat
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2003
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Nathaniel Kunkel (engineer/mixer), Peter Asher (producer) & Robin Williams
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Robin Williams - Live 2002
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2002
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John Runnette (producer) & George Carlin
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Napalm & Silly Putty
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2001
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John Runnette (producer) & George Carlin
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Brain Droppings
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2000
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Chris Rock
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Bigger & Blacker
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1999
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Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner
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The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000
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1998
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Chris Rock
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Roll With the New
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1997
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Al Franken
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Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations
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1996
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Jonathan Winters
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Crank(y) Calls
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1995
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Sam Kinison
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Live From Hell
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1994
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George Carlin
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Jammin' in New York
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1993
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Peter Schickele
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P.D.Q. Bach: Music - an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion
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1992
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Peter Schickele
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P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio
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1991
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Peter Schickele
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P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
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1990
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Peter Schickele
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P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
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1989
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Robin Williams
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Good Morning, Vietnam
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1988
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Robin Williams
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A Night at the Met
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1987
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Bill Cosby
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Those of You With or Without Children, You'll Understand
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1986
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Whoopi Goldberg
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Whoopi Goldberg (Original Broadway Show Recording)
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1985
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"Weird Al" Yankovic
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"Eat It"
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1984
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Eddie Murphy
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Eddie Murphy: Comedian
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1983
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Richard Pryor
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Live on the Sunset Strip
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1982
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Richard Pryor
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Rev. Du Rite
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1981
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Rodney Dangerfield
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No Respect
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1980
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Robin Williams
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Reality...What a Concept
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1979
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Steve Martin
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A Wild and Crazy Guy
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1978
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Steve Martin
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Let's Get Small
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1977
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Richard Pryor
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Bicentennial Nigger
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1976
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Richard Pryor
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...Is It Something I Said?
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1975
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Richard Pryor
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That Nigger's Crazy
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1974
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Cheech and Chong
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Los Cochinos
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1973
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George Carlin
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FM & AM
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1972
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Lily Tomlin
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This Is A Recording
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1971
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Flip Wilson
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The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress
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1970
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Bill Cosby
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Sports
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1969
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Bill Cosby
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To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
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1968
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Bill Cosby
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Revenge
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1967
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Bill Cosby
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Wonderfulness
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1966
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Bill Cosby
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Why Is There Air?
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1965
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Bill Cosby
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I Started Out as a Child
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1964
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Allan Sherman
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"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"
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1963
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Vaughn Meader
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The First Family
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1962
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Elaine May & Mike Nichols
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An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May
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1961
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Spoken: Bob Newhart
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The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
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1961
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Musical: Jo Stafford & Paul Weston
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Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris performed by Jo Stafford & Paul Weston and as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards"
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1960
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Spoken: Shelley Berman
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Inside Shelley Berman
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1960
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Musical: Homer and Jethro
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The Battle of Kookamonga
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