Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album was awarded from 1988 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Contemporary Blues Performance and in 1989 was awarded to a song rather than to an album.

The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012 onwards, the category was merged with the Best Traditional Blues Album category to form the new Best Blues Album category. However, in 2016 the Grammy organisation decided to revert the situation back to the pre-2012 era, with two separate categories for traditional and contemporary blues recordings respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year. Buddy Guy and Keb' Mo hold the record of most wins in the category with four each, followed by Robert Cray, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Taj Mahal and Fantastic Negrito, all with three wins.

Recipients

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Three-time winner Robert Cray.
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Three-time winner Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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Four-time winner Buddy Guy.
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Four-time winner Keb' Mo.
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Three-time winner Taj Mahal.
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Etta James, the first of the two female winners of the award.
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2007 winner Irma Thomas.
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Three-time winner Fantastic Negrito.
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1988 The Robert Cray Band Strong Persuader Template:Smalldiv
1989 The Robert Cray Band Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Template:Smalldiv
1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble In Step Template:Smalldiv
1991 Jimmie Vaughan & Stevie Ray Vaughan Family Style Template:Smalldiv
1992 Buddy Guy Damn Right, I've Got the Blues Template:Smalldiv
1993 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble The Sky Is Crying Template:Smalldiv
1994 Buddy Guy Feels Like Rain Template:Smalldiv
1995 Pops Staples Father Father Template:Smalldiv
1996 Buddy Guy Slippin' In Template:Smalldiv
1997 Keb' Mo' Just Like You Template:Smalldiv
1998 Taj Mahal Señor Blues Template:Smalldiv
1999 Keb' Mo' Slow Down Template:Smalldiv
2000 The Robert Cray Band Take Your Shoes Off Template:Smalldiv
2001 Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band Shoutin' in Key Template:Smalldiv
2002 Delbert McClinton Nothing Personal Template:Smalldiv
2003 Solomon Burke Don't Give Up on Me Template:Smalldiv
2004 Etta James Let's Roll Template:Smalldiv
2005 Keb' Mo' Keep It Simple Template:Smalldiv
2006 Delbert McClinton Cost of Living Template:Smalldiv
2007 Irma Thomas After the Rain Template:Smalldiv
2008 J. J. Cale & Eric Clapton The Road to Escondido Template:Smalldiv
2009 Dr. John & The Lower 911 City That Care Forgot Template:Smalldiv
2010 The Derek Trucks Band Already Free Template:Smalldiv citation CitationClass=web

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2011 Buddy Guy Living Proof Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 Awarded to Grammy Award for Best Blues Album
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2017 Fantastic Negrito The Last Days of Oakland Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018 Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' TajMo Template:Smalldiv <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2019 Fantastic Negrito Please Don't Be Dead Template:Smalldiv citation CitationClass=web

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2020 Gary Clark Jr. This Land Template:Smalldiv citation CitationClass=web

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2021 Fantastic Negrito Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? Template:Smalldiv citation CitationClass=web

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2022 Christone "Kingfish" Ingram 662 Template:Smalldiv citation CitationClass=web

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2023 Edgar Winter Brother Johnny Template:Smalldiv citation CitationClass=web

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2024 Larkin Poe Blood Harmony citation CitationClass=web

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2026 Winner TBA on 1 February 2026 citation CitationClass=web

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