The Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children was an honor presented to recording artists for quality children's music albums 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 for Best Musical Album for Children was first presented to producer Alan Menken and Tim Rice in 1994 for the soundtrack to the Disney film Aladdin.
The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. Starting in 2012, this category merged with the Best Spoken Word Album for Children category to form the new Best Children's Album category. This merger meant essentially returning to the categorization set-up prior to 1994 (although with a small name change), when recordings for children was covered by the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children alone.
Recipients
Year Performing artist(s) Work Producer(s) Nominees Ref.1994 Various artists Alan MenkenTim Rice
1995 Various artists Mark MancinaJay RifkinChris ThomasHans Zimmer
1996 Barbara Bailey Hutchison J. Aaron BrownDavid R. Lehman
1997 George MassenburgLinda Ronstadt
1998 John DenverRoger NicholsKris O'Connor
1999 Various artists John Boylan
2000 Various artists Andy Hill
2001 Riders in the Sky —
2002 Various artists Ed Mitchell
2003 Riders in the Sky —
2004 Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer —
2005 Various artists Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
2006 Various artists Dennis Scott
2007 Dan Zanes and Friends —
2008 The Muppets Ted KryczkoEd Mitchel
2009 They Might Be Giants Pat DillettThey Might Be Giants
2010 Ziggy MarleyDon Was
2011 David BernzDaniel EinbenderTravis Jeffrey
Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. Producer(s) are only indicated if they were presented a Grammy Award.
See also Children's song Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year
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