The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album has been handed out since 1987. The title of the category has been constantly changed since its introduction, from 1987 to 1993 the title of the award was Best Contemporary Folk Recording, in 2007 it was renamed Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album. In 2010 it was again split into two; Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Americana Album. Before the award for the category was introduced in 1987, both contemporary and traditional folk were combined under Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording. Legendry poet and folk singer, Bob Dylan has won the award thrice making him the most awarded in this category.
Winners: Best Contemporary Folk Album
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Year
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Winner/s
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Album
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2010
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Levon Helm
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Electric Dirt & Steve Earle: Townes
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2009
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
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Raising Sand
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2008
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Steve Earle
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Washington Square Serenade
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2007
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Bob Dylan
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Modern Times
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2006
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John Prine
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Fair & Square
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2005
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Ray Kennedy (engineer/mixer/producer) & Steve Earle
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The Revolution Starts... Now
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2004
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Warren Zevon
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The Wind
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2003
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Alison Krauss (producer), Gary Paczosa (engineer/mixer) & Nickel Creek
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This Side
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2002
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Chris Shaw (engineer) & Bob Dylan (producer & artist)
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Love and Theft
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2001
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Malcolm Burn (engineer & producer), Jim Watts (engineer) & Emmylou Harris
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Red Dirt Girl
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2000
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Tom Waits
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Mule Variations
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1999
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Lucinda Williams
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Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
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1998
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Bob Dylan
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Time Out of Mind
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1997
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Bruce Springsteen
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The Ghost of Tom Joad
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1996
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Emmylou Harris
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Wrecking Ball
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1995
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Johnny Cash
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American Recordings
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1994
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Nanci Griffith
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Other Voices, Other Rooms
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1993
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The Chieftains
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Another Country
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1992
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John Prine & Joe Romersa (engineer)
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The Missing Years
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1991
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Shawn Colvin
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Steady On
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1990
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Indigo Girls
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Indigo Girls
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1989
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Tracy Chapman
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Tracy Chapman
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1988
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Steve Goodman
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Unfinished Business
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1987
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Al Bunetta, Dan Einstein & Hank Neuberger (producers)
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Tribute to Steve Goodman performed by various artists
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