Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording | |
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Awarded for | quality spoken word albums |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
First awarded | 1959 |
Currently held by | Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times (2024) |
Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes:
This category now also includes audio books and story telling. Up to and including 2022, it also included poetry reading.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for a recording released in the previous year.
Year [I] | Performing Artist | Work |
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1959 [3] | Stan Freberg | The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows |
Melvyn Douglas, Vincent Price, Carl Sandburg, & Ed Begley | Great American Speeches | |
Stan Freberg | Green Christmas | |
Elaine May & Mike Nichols | Improvisations to Music | |
Year [I] | Performing Artist | Work |
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2020 [64] | Michelle Obama | Becoming |
Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Scott Sherratt & Dan Zitt (producers) | The Beastie Boys Book | |
Eric Alexandrakis | Catatonia: 20 Years as a Two-Time Cancer Survivor | |
John Waters | Mr. Know-It-All | |
Sekou Andrews & the String Theory | Sekou Andrews & the String Theory | |
2021 [65] | Rachel Maddow | Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth |
Flea | Acid for the Children: A Memoir | |
Ken Jennings | Alex Trebek — The Answer Is... | |
Ronan Farrow | Catch and Kill | |
Meryl Streep (& Full Cast) | Charlotte's Web | |
2022 [66] | Don Cheadle | Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis |
LeVar Burton | Aftermath | |
J. Ivy | Catching Dreams: Live at Fort Knox Chicago | |
Dave Chappelle & Amir Sulaiman | 8:46 | |
Barack Obama | A Promised Land | |
2023 [67] | Viola Davis | Finding Me |
Mel Brooks | All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business | |
Jamie Foxx | Act Like You Got Some Sense | |
Lin-Manuel Miranda | Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World | |
Questlove | Music Is History | |
2024 [68] | Michelle Obama | The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times |
Meryl Streep | Big Tree | |
William Shatner | Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder | |
Rick Rubin | The Creative Act: A Way of Being | |
Bernie Sanders | It’s Ok to Be Angry About Capitalism | |
The following individuals received two or more awards:
Wins | Person |
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3 | Maya Angelou |
Jimmy Carter | |
2 | Barack Obama |
Michelle Obama | |
Orson Welles | |
The following individuals received three or more nominations:
Nominations | Person |
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10 | John Gielgud |
9 | Jimmy Carter |
7 | Orson Welles |
5 | Maya Angelou |
4 | Walter Cronkite |
3 | Carol Burnett |
Barack Obama | |
James Earl Jones | |
James Mason | |
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