The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album was awarded from 1959 to 1993 then again from 2004 to the present day. The title of the award has had several minor changes over the years. It was known as Best Comedy Performance from 1959 to 1967. It was changed to Best comedy recording from 1968 to 1991. From 1992 to 1993 and from 2004 to present day it is known by the title Best Comedy Album. In 1994 the award was moved to the “spoken” field. From 1994 to 2003 it was awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album. It was changed back to Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 2004. Veteran comedian Bill Cosby is the most awarded in the category with seven wins.
Winners: Grammys Best Spoken Comedy Album
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Year
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Winner/s
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2010
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Stephen Colbert for A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
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2009
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George Carlin for It's Bad For Ya
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2008
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Flight of the Conchords for The Distant Future
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2007
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Lewis Black for The Carnegie Hall Performance
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2006
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Chris Rock for Never Scared
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2005
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Jon Stewart and the cast of The Daily Show for 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 for Poodle Hat
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2003
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Nathaniel Kunkel (engineer/mixer), Peter Asher (producer) & Robin Williams for Robin Williams - Live 2002
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2002
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John Runnette (producer) & George Carlin for Napalm & Silly Putty
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2001
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John Runnette (producer) & George Carlin for Brain Droppings
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2000
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Chris Rock for Bigger & Blacker
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1999
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Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner for The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000
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1998
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Chris Rock for Roll With the New
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1997
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Al Franken for Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations
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1996
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Jonathan Winters for Crank(y) Calls
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1995
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Sam Kinison for Live From Hell
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1994
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George Carlin for Jammin' in New York
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1993
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Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion
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1992
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Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio
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1991
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Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
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1990
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Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
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1989
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Robin Williams for Good Morning, Vietnam
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1988
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Robin Williams for A Night at the Met
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1987
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Bill Cosby for Those of You With or Without Children, You'll Understand
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1986
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Whoopi Goldberg for Whoopi Goldberg (Original Broadway Show Recording)
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1985
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"Weird Al" Yankovic for "Eat It"
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1984
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Eddie Murphy for Eddie Murphy: Comedian
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1983
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Richard Pryor for Live on the Sunset Strip
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1982
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Richard Pryor for Rev. Du Rite
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1981
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Rodney Dangerfield for No Respect
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1980
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Robin Williams for Reality...What a Concept
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1979
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Steve Martin for A Wild and Crazy Guy
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1978
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Steve Martin for Let's Get Small
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1977
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Richard Pryor for Bicentennial Nigger
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1976
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Richard Pryor for ...Is It Something I Said?
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1975
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Richard Pryor for That Nigger's Crazy
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1974
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Cheech and Chong for Los Cochinos
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1973
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George Carlin for FM & AM
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1972
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Lily Tomlin for This Is A Recording
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1971
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Flip Wilson for The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress
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1970
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Bill Cosby for Sports
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1969
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Bill Cosby for To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
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1968
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Bill Cosby for Revenge
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1967
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Bill Cosby for Wonderfulness
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1966
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Bill Cosby for Why Is There Air?
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1965
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Bill Cosby for I Started Out as a Child
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1964
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Allan Sherman for "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"
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1963
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Vaughn Meader for The First Family
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1962
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Elaine May & Mike Nichols for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May
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1961
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(Spoken)Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
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1961
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(Musical) Jo Stafford & Paul Weston for 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 for Inside Shelley Berman
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1960
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(Musical) Homer and Jethro for The Battle of Kookamonga
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1959
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Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for "The Chipmunk Song", performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"
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