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{{Short description|Honor presented to recording artists for quality rap albums}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
| awarded_for = Quality albums with [[rapping]]
| image = Doechii performs at the Grammy Museum (Dec 2024; 3) (cropped).png
| caption = ''[[Alligator Bites Never Heal]]'' by [[Doechii]] is the most recent recipient
| presenter = [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]
| country = United States
| year = 1996
| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]
| image caption = ''[[Alligator Bites Never Heal]]'' by [[Doechii]] is the most recent recipient
| holder = [[Doechii]] – ''[[Alligator Bites Never Heal]]'' ([[67th Annual Grammy Awards|2025]])
| most_wins = [[Eminem]] (6)
| most_nominations = [[Jay-Z]] (11)
}}
The '''Grammy Award for Best Rap Album''' is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums with [[rapping]] at the [[Grammy Award]]s, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.<ref name=Grammy>{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=April 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309064412/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/env-grammy_awards_info%2C0%2C5838827.htmlstory|archive-date=March 9, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref name=Overview>{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/ |title=Overview |access-date=April 29, 2010 |publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103173212/http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/ |archive-date=January 3, 2011 }}</ref>

In 1995, the Academy announced the addition of the award category Best Rap Album.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lambropoulos|first=Dinos|title=Grammy Awards will stay in Los Angeles|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7RQxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T-AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3970,6092572&dq|access-date=October 22, 2010|newspaper=[[The Daily Gazette]]|date=May 25, 1995|location=Schenectady, New York|page=C6|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206163033/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7RQxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T-AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3970,6092572&dq|url-status=live}}</ref> The first award was presented to the group [[Naughty by Nature]] at the [[38th Grammy Awards]] the following year. According to the category description guide for the [[52nd Grammy Awards]], the award is presented for "albums containing at least 51% playing time of tracks with newly recorded rapped performances".<ref name=52nd>{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/52guide.pdf |title=52nd OEP Category Description Guide |access-date=February 14, 2011 |page=3 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027172820/http://www.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/52guide.pdf |archive-date=October 27, 2009 }}</ref> Award recipients often include the [[Record producer|producers]], [[Audio engineering|engineers]], and/or [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixers]] associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx |title=Grammy Award Winners |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=February 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103192148/http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx |archive-date=January 3, 2010 }} Note: User must select the "Rap" category as the genre under the search feature.</ref>

As of 2025, [[Eminem]] holds the record for the most wins in this category, with six. [[Lauryn Hill]] was the first female artist to win in this category, when she won in 1997 with the [[Fugees]]. The duo [[Outkast]] and rapper [[Tyler, the Creator|Tyler, The Creator]] have both received the award twice. [[Jay-Z]] holds the record for the most nominations, with eleven. [[Drake (rapper)|Drake]] became the first non-American winner in this category when he won in 2013. [[The Roots]] have received the most nominations without a win, with five. Eminem and Kanye West are the only artists to win the award in consecutive years, with Eminem achieving the feat twice. In 2016, Drake's ''[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late]]'' became the first mixtape to get nominated for the award, and in 2017, [[Chance the Rapper]]'s ''[[Coloring Book (mixtape)|Coloring Book]]'' became the first mixtape to win the award. In 2019, [[Cardi B]] became the first solo female rapper to win for ''[[Invasion of Privacy (album)|Invasion of Privacy]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/grammys/2019/02/10/cardi-b-best-rap-album/ |title=Cardi B becomes first solo female artist to win Best Rap Album at Grammys |date=February 10, 2019 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=February 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211113300/https://ew.com/grammys/2019/02/10/cardi-b-best-rap-album/ |archive-date=February 11, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Recipients==
[[File:Sean Combs 2010.jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[40th Grammy Awards|1998]] winner [[Sean Combs]] (credited as Puff Daddy), performing in 2010]]
[[File:Eminem - Concert for Valor in Washington, D.C. Nov. 11, 2014 (2) (Cropped).jpg|right|upright|thumb|Six-time award winner [[Eminem]], performing in 2014]]
[[File:Kanye West at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (crop 2).jpg|right|upright|thumb|Four-time award winner [[Kanye West]]]]
[[File:Ludacris 2008 (cropped).jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[49th Grammy Awards|2007]] award winner [[Ludacris]]]]
[[File:Lil Wayne Feb. 2020.jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[50th Grammy Awards|2009]] award winner [[Lil Wayne]]]]
[[File:Drake July 2016.jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[55th Grammy Awards|2013]] award winner [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]]]
[[File:Pulitzer2018-portraits-kendrick-lamar (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|upright|Three-time award winner [[Kendrick Lamar]]]]
[[File:Cardi B interview.jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[61st Grammy Awards|2019]] award winner [[Cardi B]], the first solo female rapper to win the award]]

{| class="wikitable"
! width="7%" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}}
! width="25%" | Recipient(s)
! width="25%" | Work
! width="35%" class=unsortable|Nominees
! width="5%" class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[38th Grammy Awards|1996]]
| [[Naughty by Nature]]
| {{sort|Poverty's Paradise|''[[Poverty's Paradise]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[2Pac]] – ''[[Me Against the World]]''
* [[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]] – ''[[E. 1999 Eternal]]''
* [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]] – ''[[Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version]]''
* [[Skee-Lo]] – ''[[I Wish (Skee-Lo album)|I Wish]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammy1996">{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Neil|title=New Faces in Grammy Nominations|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F1EFB395D0C768CDDA80894DE494D81|access-date=October 22, 2010|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 5, 1996|archive-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314161039/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F1EFB395D0C768CDDA80894DE494D81&legacy=true&status=nf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[39th Grammy Awards|1997]]
| [[Fugees]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Fugees, producers</small>
| {{sort|The Score|''[[The Score (Fugees album)|The Score]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[2Pac]] – ''[[All Eyez On Me]]''
* [[A Tribe Called Quest]] – ''[[Beats, Rhymes and Life]]''
* [[Coolio]] – ''[[Gangsta's Paradise (album)|Gangsta's Paradise]]''
* [[LL Cool J]] – ''[[Mr. Smith (album)|Mr. Smith]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammy1997">{{cite news|title=The Complete List of Nominees|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-08-ca-16471-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 16, 2011|date=January 8, 1997|page=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105135856/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-08/entertainment/ca-16471_1_video-producer/4|archive-date=November 5, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[40th Grammy Awards|1998]]
| [[Sean Combs|Puff Daddy]] and the Family<small><br/>{{dot}}Puff Daddy And The Family & [[Stevie J]]. producers</small>
| {{sort|No Way Out|''[[No Way Out (Puff Daddy album)|No Way Out]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Missy Elliott]] – ''[[Supa Dupa Fly]]''
* [[Wyclef Jean]] – ''[[Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival]]''
* [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] – ''[[Life After Death]]''
* [[Wu-Tang Clan]] – ''[[Wu-Tang Forever]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammy1998">{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Neil|title=Grammy Nominations Yield Surprises, Including Newcomer's Success|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/07/arts/grammy-nominations-yield-surprises-including-newcomer-s-success.html?pagewanted=2|access-date=October 24, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 7, 1998|page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124043701/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/07/arts/grammy-nominations-yield-surprises-including-newcomer-s-success.html?pagewanted=2|archive-date=January 24, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[41st Grammy Awards|1999]]
| [[Jay-Z]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Joe Quinde, engineer/mixer</small>
| {{sort|Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life|''[[Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[A Tribe Called Quest]] – ''[[The Love Movement]]''
* [[Big Pun]]isher – ''[[Capital Punishment (Big Pun album)|Capital Punishment]]''
* [[Jermaine Dupri]] – ''[[Life in 1472]]''
* [[Mase]] – ''[[Harlem World]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammy1999">{{cite magazine|title=Lauryn Hill, Shania Twain, and Sheryl Crow win the most nods|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84051,00.html|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.|Time Inc]]|date=January 5, 1999|access-date=October 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015005654/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84051,00.html|archive-date=October 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[42nd Grammy Awards|2000]]
| [[Eminem]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Eminem, [[Bass Brothers|Jeff Bass & Marky Bass]], producers; Mr. B, engineer/mixer</small>
| {{sort|The Slim Shady LP|''[[The Slim Shady LP]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Busta Rhymes]] – ''[[E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front]]''
* [[Missy Elliott]] – ''[[Da Real World]]''
* [[Nas]] – ''[[I Am… (Nas album)|I Am...]]''
* [[The Roots]] – ''[[Things Fall Apart (album)|Things Fall Apart]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2000>{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html |title=42nd Annual Grammy Awards nominations |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=October 22, 2010 |date=January 4, 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722190443/http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html |archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[43rd Grammy Awards|2001]]
| [[Eminem]]<small><br/>{{dot}}[[Dr. Dre]] & Richard Huredia, engineers/mixers</small>
| {{sort|The Marshall Mathers LP|''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[DMX (rapper)|DMX]] – ''[[...And Then There Was X]]''
* [[Dr. Dre]] – ''[[2001 (Dr. Dre album)|2001]]''
* [[Jay-Z]] – ''[[Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter]]''
* [[Nelly]] – ''[[Country Grammar]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ |title=43rd Grammy Awards |date=February 21, 2001 |access-date=August 6, 2010 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106040823/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ |archive-date=November 6, 2008 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[44th Grammy Awards|2002]]
| [[Outkast]]<small><br/>{{dot}}[[Mr. DJ|David Sheats]], producer; John Frye, engineer</small>
| {{sort|Stankonia|''[[Stankonia]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Eve (entertainer)|Eve]] – ''[[Scorpion (Eve album)|Scorpion]]''
* [[Ja Rule]] – ''[[Pain Is Love]]''
* [[Jay-Z]] – ''[[The Blueprint]]''
* [[Ludacris]] – ''[[Back for the First Time]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammy2002">{{cite web|last=Basham|first=David|title=Got Charts? Outkast's Grammy Outlook; Linkin Park Go For Gold|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451828/20020117/outkast.jhtml|publisher=[[MTV]]|access-date=October 24, 2010|date=January 17, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827052502/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451828/20020117/outkast.jhtml|archive-date=August 27, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[45th Grammy Awards|2003]]
| [[Eminem]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Steve King, engineer/mixer</small>
| {{sort|The Eminem Show|''[[The Eminem Show]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Ludacris]] – ''[[Word of Mouf]]''
* [[Mystikal]] – ''[[Tarantula (Mystikal album)|Tarantula]]''
* [[Nelly]] – ''[[Nellyville]]''
* [[Petey Pablo]] – ''[[Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2003>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/23/grammy.winners.list/index.html|title=Grammy nominees and winners|access-date=February 16, 2011|date=February 24, 2003|publisher=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628222455/http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/23/grammy.winners.list/index.html|archive-date=June 28, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[46th Grammy Awards|2004]]
| [[Outkast]]<small><br/>{{dot}}John Frye, engineer/mixer</small>
| {{sort|Speakerboxxx/The Love Below|''[[Speakerboxxx/The Love Below]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[50 Cent]] – ''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin' (album)|Get Rich or Die Tryin']]''
* [[Missy Elliott]] – ''[[Under Construction (Missy Elliott album)|Under Construction]]''
* [[Jay-Z]] – ''[[The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse]]''
* [[The Roots]] – ''[[Phrenology (album)|Phrenology]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammy2004">{{cite magazine|last=Susman|first=Gary|title=Grammylicious|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,555458,00.html|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc|access-date=October 24, 2010|date=December 4, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010031455/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,555458,00.html|archive-date=October 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[47th Grammy Awards|2005]]
| {{sortname|Kanye|West}}<small><br/>{{dot}}[[Manny Marroquin]], engineer/mixer</small>
| {{sort|The College Dropout|''[[The College Dropout]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Beastie Boys]] – ''[[To the 5 Boroughs]]''
* [[Jay-Z]] – ''[[The Black Album (Jay-Z album)|The Black Album]]''
* [[LL Cool J]] – ''[[The DEFinition]]''
* [[Nelly]] – ''[[Suit (album)|Suit]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2005>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm|title=Grammy Award nominees in top categories|date=February 7, 2005|access-date=October 22, 2010|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|work=[[USA Today]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628185751/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm|archive-date=June 28, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[48th Grammy Awards|2006]]
| {{sortname|Kanye|West}}<small><br/>{{dot}}Kanye West & [[Jon Brion]], producers; [[Andrew Dawson (record producer)|Andrew Dawson]], [[Anthony Kilhoffer]] & Tom Biller, engineers; [[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]], engineer/mixer</small>
| {{sort|Late Registration|''[[Late Registration]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[50 Cent]] – ''[[The Massacre]]''
* [[Common (rapper)|Common]] – ''[[Be (Common album)|Be]]''
* [[Missy Elliott]] – ''[[The Cookbook]]''
* [[Eminem]] – ''[[Encore (Eminem album)|Encore]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|title=The Complete List of Grammy Nominations|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/09gram-list.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1|access-date=October 22, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 8, 2005|page=2|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401030803/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/the-complete-list-of-grammy-nominations.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[49th Grammy Awards|2007]]
| [[Ludacris]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Joshua Monroy & [[Phil Tan]], engineers/mixers</small>
| {{sort|Release Therapy|''[[Release Therapy]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Lupe Fiasco]] – ''[[Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor]]''
* [[Pharrell Williams|Pharrell]] – ''[[In My Mind (Pharrell Williams album)|In My Mind]]''
* [[The Roots]] – ''[[Game Theory (album)|Game Theory]]''
* [[T.I.]] – ''[[King (T.I. album)|King]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammy2007">{{cite news|title=The 2007 Grammys: Winners and Nominees|url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/grammy.html|access-date=October 24, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326012008/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/grammy.html|archive-date=March 26, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[50th Grammy Awards|2008]]
| {{sortname|Kanye|West}}<small><br/>{{dot}}Kanye West, producer; Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer & Mike Dean, engineers</small>
| {{sort|Graduation|''[[Graduation (album)|Graduation]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Common (rapper)|Common]] – ''[[Finding Forever]]''
* [[Jay-Z]] – ''[[Kingdom Come (Jay-Z album)|Kingdom Come]]''
* [[Nas]] – ''[[Hip-Hop Is Dead]]''
* [[T.I.]] – ''[[T.I. vs. T.I.P.]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammy2008">{{cite news|last=Kot|first=Greg|title=Kanye West, Amy Winehouse lead Grammy nominations|url=http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2007/12/west-winehouse.html|access-date=October 24, 2010|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=December 6, 2007|publisher=Tribune Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406144049/http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2007/12/west-winehouse.html|archive-date=April 6, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[51st Grammy Awards|2009]]
| [[Lil Wayne]]<small><br/>{{dot}}[[Deezle|Darius "Deezle" Harrison]] & Fabian Marasciullo, engineers</small>
| {{sort|Tha Carter III|''[[Tha Carter III]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Jay-Z]] – ''[[American Gangster (album)|American Gangster]]''
* [[Lupe Fiasco]] – ''[[Lupe Fiasco's The Cool]]''
* [[Nas]] – [[Untitled Nas album|Untitled]]
* [[T.I.]] – ''[[Paper Trail]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2009>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/pop/398949_music06.html|title=Grammys Awards: Who will perform, who will win, who should win|access-date=October 22, 2010|date=February 6, 2009|first=Gene|last=Stout|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616154027/https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/music/article/Grammys-Awards-Who-will-perform-who-will-win-1299402.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[52nd Grammy Awards|2010]]
| [[Eminem]]<small><br/>{{dot}}[[Dr. Dre|Andre Young]], producer; Andre Young, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri & Michael Strange, engineers/mixers</small>
| {{sort|Relapse|''[[Relapse (Eminem album)|Relapse]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Common (rapper)|Common]] – ''[[Universal Mind Control]]''
* [[Flo Rida]] – ''[[R.O.O.T.S.]]''
* [[Mos Def]] – ''[[The Ecstatic]]''
* [[Q-Tip (rapper)|Q-Tip]] – ''[[The Renaissance (Q-Tip album)|The Renaissance]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Grammy2010">{{cite news|title=Grammy countdown: Is Eminem's 'Relapse' a lock for best rap album?|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/01/grammy-countdown-is-eminem-a-lock-for-best-rap-album.html|access-date=October 24, 2010|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=January 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206212010/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/01/grammy-countdown-is-eminem-a-lock-for-best-rap-album.html|archive-date=February 6, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[53rd Grammy Awards|2011]]
| [[Eminem]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Eminem & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers</small>
| {{sort|Recovery|''[[Recovery (Eminem album)|Recovery]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[B.o.B]] – ''[[B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray]]''
* [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] – ''[[Thank Me Later]]''
* [[Jay-Z]] – ''[[The Blueprint 3]]''
* [[The Roots]] – ''[[How I Got Over (album)|How I Got Over]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2011>{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/breaking/newsletter/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,4822287.htmlstory|title=53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list|access-date=December 2, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713191629/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,2463095.htmlstory|archive-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[54th Grammy Awards|2012]]
| {{sortname|Kanye|West}}<small><br/>{{dot}}Kanye West, producer; Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Mike Dean & Noah Goldstein, engineers/mixers</small>
| {{sort|My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy|''[[My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Lupe Fiasco]] – ''[[Lasers (album)|Lasers]]''
* [[Jay-Z]] and [[Kanye West]] – ''[[Watch the Throne]]''
* [[Nicki Minaj]] – ''[[Pink Friday]]''
* [[Lil Wayne]] – ''[[Tha Carter IV]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=Grammy2012>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2011&genre=24|title=2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Pop Field|publisher=[[Recording Academy|The Recording Academy]]|date=November 30, 2011|access-date=April 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203200919/http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2011&genre=24|archive-date=December 3, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[55th Grammy Awards|2013]]
| [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]<small><br/>{{dot}}[[40 (record producer)|Noah "40" Shebib]], producer; Noel "Gadget" Campbell & Noah "40" Shebib, engineers/mixers</small>
| ''[[Take Care (album)|Take Care]]''
| {{smalldiv|
* [[2 Chainz]] – ''[[Based on a T.R.U. Story]]''
* [[Lupe Fiasco]] – ''[[Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1]]''
* [[Nas]] – ''[[Life Is Good (Nas album)|Life Is Good]]''
* [[Rick Ross]] – ''[[God Forgives, I Don't]]''
* [[The Roots]] – ''[[Undun]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2013/1537655/grammys-2013-winners-list|title=Grammys 2013: Winners List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629090730/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2013/1537655/grammys-2013-winners-list|archive-date=June 29, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[56th Grammy Awards|2014]]
| [[Macklemore & Ryan Lewis]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, engineers/mixers</small>
| ''[[The Heist (album)|The Heist]]''
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] – ''[[Nothing Was the Same]]''
* [[Jay-Z]] – ''[[Magna Carta Holy Grail]]''
* [[Kendrick Lamar]] - ''[[Good Kid, M.A.A.D City]]''
* [[Kanye West]] – ''[[Yeezus]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2014/5885341/grammy-awards-full-winners-list-2014-complete|title=56th GRAMMY Awards: Full Winners List|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622223440/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2014/5885341/grammy-awards-full-winners-list-2014-complete|archive-date=June 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[57th Grammy Awards|2015]]
| [[Eminem]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Tony Campana, Joe Strange & Mike Strange, engineers/mixers</small>
| {{sort|The Marshall Mathers LP 2|''[[The Marshall Mathers LP 2]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* [[Iggy Azalea]] – ''[[The New Classic]]''
* [[Common (rapper)|Common]] – ''[[Nobody's Smiling]]''
* [[Donald Glover|Childish Gambino]] – ''[[Because the Internet]]''
* [[Wiz Khalifa]] – ''[[Blacc Hollywood]]''
* [[ScHoolboy Q]] – ''[[Oxymoron (Schoolboy Q album)|Oxymoron]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2015-nominees-winners-list-story.html |title=57th Grammy Nominees |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=December 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113092219/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2015-nominees-winners-list-story.html |archive-date=November 13, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[58th Grammy Awards|2016]]
|[[Kendrick Lamar]]<small><br/>{{dot}}[[Derek "MixedByAli" Ali]] & James "The White Black Man" Hunt, engineers/mixers</small>
|''[[To Pimp a Butterfly]]''
|{{smalldiv|
* [[J. Cole]] – ''[[2014 Forest Hills Drive]]''
* [[Dr. Dre]] – ''[[Compton (album)|Compton]]''
* [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] – ''[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late]]''
* [[Nicki Minaj]] – ''[[The Pinkprint]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6785974/grammy-nominations-2016-full-list | title=Grammy Nominations 2016: See the Full List of Nominees | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | magazine=Billboard | date=December 7, 2015 | access-date=December 7, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210021119/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6785974/grammy-nominations-2016-full-list | archive-date=December 10, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref><br/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/grammy/2016spring/?sf24717227=1#/28 |title=Grammy - Spring 2016 |access-date=2016-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818065820/http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/grammy/2016spring/?sf24717227=1#/28 |archive-date=2016-08-18 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[59th Grammy Awards|2017]]
|[[Chance the Rapper]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Jeff Lane, engineer/mixer</small>
|[[Coloring Book (mixtape)|''Coloring Book'']]
|{{smalldiv|
* [[De La Soul]] – ''[[And the Anonymous Nobody...]]'' 
* [[DJ Khaled]] – ''[[Major Key (album)|Major Key]]'' 
* [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] – ''[[Views (album)|Views]]''
* [[ScHoolboy Q]] – ''[[Blank Face LP]]''
* [[Kanye West]] – ''[[The Life of Pablo]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html |title=Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees |date=February 12, 2017 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=December 30, 2017 |archive-date=December 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206205501/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[60th Annual Grammy Awards|2018]]
|[[Kendrick Lamar]]<small><br/>{{dot}}[[Sounwave]] & Anthony "Topdawg" Tiffith, producers; [[Derek Ali|Derek "MixedByAli" Ali]], James "The White Black Man" Hunt & Matt Schaeffer, engineers/mixers</small>
|''[[Damn (Kendrick Lamar album)|Damn.]]''
|{{smalldiv|
* [[Jay-Z]] – ''[[4:44 (album)|4:44]]''
* [[Migos]] – ''[[Culture (album)|Culture]]''
* [[Rapsody]] – ''[[Laila's Wisdom]]''
* [[Tyler, the Creator]] – ''[[Flower Boy]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/8047027/grammys-2018-complete-nominees-list |title=Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=November 28, 2017 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=November 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128164605/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/8047027/grammys-2018-complete-nominees-list |archive-date=November 28, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/234|title=Best Rap Album Winners|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322201745/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/234|archive-date=March 22, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[61st Annual Grammy Awards|2019]]
| [[Cardi B]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Leslie Brathwaite & Evan LaRay, engineers/mixers</small>
| ''[[Invasion of Privacy (album)|Invasion of Privacy]]''
|{{smalldiv|
* [[Mac Miller]] – ''[[Swimming (Mac Miller album)|Swimming]]''
* [[Nipsey Hussle]] – ''[[Victory Lap (Nipsey Hussle album)|Victory Lap]]''
* [[Pusha T]] – ''[[Daytona (album)|Daytona]]''
* [[Travis Scott]] – ''[[Astroworld (album)|Astroworld]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list |title=2019 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Nominations List |date=December 7, 2018 |work=[[The Recording Academy]] |access-date=December 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207140528/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list |archive-date=December 7, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[62nd Annual Grammy Awards|2020]]
| [[Tyler, the Creator]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Tyler, The Creator, producer; [[Neal H Pogue]], Tyler, The Creator & Vic Wainstein, engineers/mixers</small>
| ''[[Igor (album)|Igor]]''
|{{smalldiv|
* [[Dreamville]] – ''[[Revenge of the Dreamers III]]''
* [[Meek Mill]] – ''[[Championships (album)|Championships]]''
* [[21 Savage]] – ''[[I Am Greater than I Was|I Am > I Was]]''
* [[Cordae]] – ''[[The Lost Boy (album)|The Lost Boy]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-winners-list|title=2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List|date=November 20, 2019|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=December 7, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126102347/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-nominees-list|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[63rd Annual Grammy Awards|2021]]
| [[Nas]]<small><br/>{{dot}}[[Hit-Boy]], producer; Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Hit-Boy, David Kim & Gabriel Zardes, engineers/mixers</small>
| ''[[King's Disease]]''
|{{smalldiv|
* [[Freddie Gibbs]] & [[The Alchemist (musician)|The Alchemist]] – ''[[Alfredo (album)|Alfredo]]''
* [[Royce Da 5'9"]] – ''[[The Allegory]]''
* [[Jay Electronica]] – ''[[A Written Testimony]]''
* [[D Smoke]] – ''[[Black Habits]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/63rd-annual-grammy-awards-2020|title=63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards {{pipe}} 2020|date=October 11, 2022|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=October 11, 2022|archive-date=September 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903050000/https://www.grammy.com/awards/63rd-annual-grammy-awards-2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[64th Annual Grammy Awards|2022]]
| [[Tyler, the Creator]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Tyler, The Creator, producer; [[Neal H Pogue]], Tyler, The Creator & Vic Wainstein, engineers/mixers</small>
| ''[[Call Me If You Get Lost]]''
|{{smalldiv|
* [[J. Cole]] – ''[[The Off-Season]]''
* [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] – ''[[Certified Lover Boy]]'' (withdrawn)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/drake-withdraws-2021-grammy-nominations-1235127358/|title=Drake Withdraws His 2022 Grammy Nominations|first1=Jem|last1=Aswad|website=Variety|date=December 6, 2021|access-date=December 6, 2021|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206222555/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/drake-withdraws-2021-grammy-nominations-1235127358/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Nas]] – ''[[King's Disease II]]''
* [[Kanye West]] – ''[[Donda]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|title=2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List|date=November 23, 2021|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=November 24, 2021|archive-date=November 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125170413/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/64th-annual-grammy-awards-2021|title=64th Annual GRAMMY Awards {{pipe}} 2022|date=November 23, 2021|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=February 22, 2025}}</ref>

|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[65th Annual Grammy Awards|2023]]
| [[Kendrick Lamar]]<small><br/>{{dot}}[[Sounwave]], producer; Ray Charles Brown Jr., [[Manny Marroquin]], Matt Schaeffer & Jonathan Turner, engineers/mixers</small>
| ''[[Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers]]''
|{{smalldiv|
* [[DJ Khaled]] – ''[[God Did]]''
* [[Future (rapper)|Future]] – ''[[I Never Liked You (album)|I Never Liked You]]''
* [[Jack Harlow]] – ''[[Come Home the Kids Miss You]]''
* [[Pusha T]] – ''[[It's Almost Dry]]''}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list|title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List|date=November 15, 2022|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=November 15, 2022|archive-date=November 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116125127/https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/65th-annual-grammy-awards-2022|title=65th Annual GRAMMY Awards {{pipe}} 2022|date=November 15, 2022|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=February 22, 2025}}</ref>

|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[66th Annual Grammy Awards|2024]]
| [[Killer Mike]]<small><br/>{{dot}}Migui Maloles & Renegade El Rey, engineers/mixers</small>
| ''[[Michael (Killer Mike album)|Michael]]''
|{{smalldiv|* [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[21 Savage]] – ''[[Her Loss]]''
* [[Metro Boomin]] – ''[[Heroes & Villains]]''
* [[Nas]] – ''[[King's Disease III]]''
* [[Travis Scott]] – ''[[Utopia (Travis Scott album)|Utopia]]''
}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/66th-annual-grammy-awards-2023|title=66th Annual GRAMMY Awards {{pipe}} 2020|date=November 15, 2022|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=February 22, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[67th Annual Grammy Awards|2025]]
| [[Doechii]]
| ''[[Alligator Bites Never Heal]]''
|{{smalldiv|* [[J. Cole]] – ''[[Might Delete Later]]''
* [[Common (rapper)|Common]] & [[Pete Rock]] – ''[[The Auditorium Vol. 1]]''
* [[Eminem]] – ''[[The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)]]''
* [[Future (rapper)|Future]] & [[Metro Boomin]] – ''[[We Don't Trust You]]''
}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Atkinson|first=Katie|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammy-nominations-2025-full-list-1235823165/|title=Grammy Nominations 2025: See the Complete List|date=November 8, 2024|access-date=November 8, 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[68th Annual Grammy Awards|2026]]
| {{TBA}}
| {{TBA}}
|{{smalldiv|
* [[Clipse]] – ''[[Let God Sort Em Out]]''
* [[GloRilla]] – ''[[Glorious (GloRilla album)|Glorious]]''
* [[JID]] – ''[[God Does Like Ugly]]''
* [[Kendrick Lamar]] – ''[[GNX (album)|GNX]]''
* [[Tyler, the Creator]] – ''[[Chromakopia]]''
}}
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2025-11-07 |title=Grammy Nominations 2026: Kendrick Lamar Leads With Nine as Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter and Leon Thomas Land Among Top Nominees |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/grammy-nominations-2026-complete-list-kendrick-lamar-gaga-1236572363/ |access-date=2025-11-07 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|}
<sup>{{note|1|[I]}}</sup> Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.


==Artists with multiple wins==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
;6 wins 
*[[Eminem]]

;4 wins
*[[Kanye West]]

;3 wins
*[[Kendrick Lamar]]

;2 wins
*[[Outkast]]
*[[Tyler, the Creator]]
{{col-end}}

==Artists with multiple nominations==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
'''11 nominations'''
* [[Jay-Z]]

'''8 nominations'''
* [[Kanye West]]
* [[Eminem]]

'''7 nominations'''
* [[Nas]]
* [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]

'''5 nominations'''
* [[The Roots]]
* [[Common (rapper)|Common]]
* [[Kendrick Lamar]]

'''4 nominations'''
* [[J. Cole]] (1 with [[Revenge of the Dreamers III|Dreamville]])
* [[Lupe Fiasco]]
* [[Missy Elliott]]
* [[Tyler, the Creator]]

'''3 nominations'''
* [[Ludacris]]
* [[Nelly]]
* [[T.I.]]

'''2 nominations'''
* [[Nicki Minaj]]
* [[Dr. Dre]]
* [[Lil Wayne]]
* [[LL Cool J]]
* [[50 Cent]]
* [[Outkast]]
* [[ScHoolboy Q]]
* [[A Tribe Called Quest]]
* [[2Pac]]
* [[Pusha T]]
* [[DJ Khaled]]
* [[Travis Scott]]
* [[21 Savage]]
* [[Future (rapper)|Future]]
* [[Metro Boomin]]
{{col-end}}

==See also==

* [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance]]
* [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Song]]
* [[Hip hop music]]

==References==
'''General'''
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=March 4, 2011|archive-date=December 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219095456/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|url-status=live}} Note: User must select the "Rap" category as the genre under the search feature.
* {{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/raplp.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best Rap Album|publisher=Rock on the Net|access-date=July 30, 2010|archive-date=December 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209020205/http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/raplp.htm|url-status=live}}
{{refend}}

'''Specific'''
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