| Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | quality boxed set or special limited edition packages |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 1995 |
| Currently held by | Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson & Dave Van Patten – In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83 (2023) |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package has been presented since 1995 to an album's art directors. The award is not bestowed upon the artist unless they are also a credited art director.
The award year reflects the year of presentation, not the year the work was actually released. The award category has previously been known as Best Recording Package – Boxed (1995–1997) and Best Boxed Recording Package (1998–2002). Usually, five nominees are presented, through in 2016, the number of nominees was six.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
| Year [I] | Art Director(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) | Nominees Performers are in parentheses | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Chris Thompson | The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks | Ella Fitzgerald |
| [1] |
| 1996 | Frank Zappa & Gail Zappa | Civilization Phaze III | Frank Zappa |
| [2] |
| 1997 | Arnold Levine and Chika Azuma | The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | Miles Davis & Gil Evans |
| [3] |
| 1998 | David Gorman, Hugh Brown & Rachel Gutek | Beg Scream and Shout! The Big Ol' Box of '60s Soul | Various Artists |
| [4] |
| 1999 | Jim Kemp and Virginia Team | The Complete Hank Williams | Hank Williams |
| [5] |
| 2000 | Ron Jaramillo & Arnold Levine | Miles Davis – The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions | Miles Davis |
| [6] |
| 2001 | Arnold Levine & Frank Harkins | The Complete Columbia Recordings 1955–1961 | Miles Davis & John Coltrane |
| [7] |
| 2002 | Hugh Brown & Steve Vance | Brain in a Box — The Science Fiction Collection | Various Artists |
| [8] |
| 2003 | Susan Archie | Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton | Charlie Patton |
| [9] |
| 2004 | Julian Alexander, Howard Fritzson & Seth Rothstein | The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions | Miles Davis |
| [10] |
| 2005 | Stefan Sagmeister | Once in a Lifetime | Talking Heads |
| [11] |
| 2006 | Ian Cuttler | The Legend | Johnny Cash |
| [12] |
| 2007 | Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith & Matt Taylor | Stadium Arcadium | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| [13] |
| 2008 | Masaki Koike | What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967–1977) | Various Artists |
| [14] |
| 2009 | Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell and Xiaan Munro | In Rainbows | Radiohead |
| [15] |
| 2010 | Gary Burden, Jenice Heo and Neil Young | The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 | Neil Young |
| [16] |
| 2011 | Rob Jones & Jack White | Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) | The White Stripes |
| [17] |
| 2012 | Dave Bett & Michelle Holme | The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story | Bruce Springsteen |
| [18] |
| 2013 | Fritz Klaetke | Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection | Woody Guthrie |
| [19] |
| 2014 | Simon Earith and James Musgrave | Wings Over America (Deluxe Edition) | Paul McCartney & Wings |
| [20] |
| 2015 | Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White | The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27) | Various Artists |
| [21] |
| 2016 | Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White | The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32) | Various Artists |
| [22] |
| 2017 | Gérard Lo Monaco | Edith Piaf 1915–2015 | Edith Piaf |
| [23] |
| 2018 | Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly & David Pescovitz | The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition | Various Artists |
| [24] |
| 2019 | Meghan Foley, Annie Stoll & Al Yankovic | Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic | "Weird" Al Yankovic |
| [25] |
| 2020 | Masaki Koike | Woodstock – Back to the Garden: The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive | Various Artists |
| [26] |
| 2021 | Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy | Ode to Joy | Wilco |
| [27] |
| 2022 | Darren Evans, Dhani Harrison & Olivia Harrison | All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition | George Harrison |
| [28] |
| 2023 | Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson & Dave Van Patten | In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83 | Grateful Dead |
| [29] |
| 2024 | Jeri Heiden & John Heidon | For the Birds: The Birdsong Project | Various Artists |
| [30] |
| 2025 | Winner TBA on 2 February 2025 |
| [31] | ||
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