See the full list of who won album of the year each year since the very first Grammys ceremony in 1959.
The 66th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday in Los Angeles.
The top award of the night is album of the year, and the artists nominated this year are Jon Batiste, boygenius, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey, Janelle Monáe, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, and SZA.
If Taylor Swift wins the award, she will become the first person to win album of the year four times, the most of any nominee.
Here’s every winner of album of the year throughout history.1959: Henry Mancini — „The Music from Peter Gunn“
Mancini, pictured left, was the inaugural winner of the award.1960: Frank Sinatra — „Come Fly With Me!“
Sinatra won his first of three album of the year awards in 1960.1961: Bob Newhart — „The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart“
Newhart starred in „The Big Bang Theory“ as Professor Proton.1962: Judy Garland — „Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall“
Garland was recently played by Renee Zellweger in „Judy,“ for which she won an Oscar — one award that eluded Garland.1963: Vaughn Meader — „The First Family“
The album was a musical spoof based on the Kennedys.1964: Barbra Streisand — „The Barbra Streisand Album“
Released on February 25, 1963, it was the debut album by Barbra Streisand. She is a rare EGOT winner: She’s won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.1965: Stan Getz & João Gilberto — „Getz/Gilberto“
This year marked the first time two people won the award.1966: Frank Sinatra — „September of My Years“
Sinatra won consecutive album of the year awards in 1966 and 1967. He is one of only two artists to do so, the other being Stevie Wonder.1967: Frank Sinatra — „A Man and His Music“
Sinatra holds the joint record for the most wins for this award: He won three times.1968: The Beatles — „Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band“
The Beatles became the first band to win album of the year.1969: Glen Campbell — „By the Time I Get to Phoenix“
Campbell beat The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel to the award this year.1970: Blood, Sweat & Tears — „Blood, Sweat & Tears“
Johnny Cash and The Beatles lost the award to Blood, Sweat & Tears.1971: Simon & Garfunkel — „Bridge Over Troubled Water“
Paul Simon also won twice as a solo artist. Therefore, he has technically won this award three times.1972: Carole King — „Tapestry“
Carole King has won a total of five competitive categories, plus three honorary awards.1973: George Harrison & Friends (Ravi Shankar, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, and Klaus Voormann) — „The Concert for Bangladesh“
Harrison also won the award as a member of The Beatles in 1968.1974: Stevie Wonder — „Innervisions“
Stevie Wonder won his first of three album of the year awards in 1974.1975: Stevie Wonder — „Fulfillingness‘ First Finale“
Wonder won consecutive awards in 1975 and 1976, the first person to do so since Frank Sinatra in 1966 and 1967.1976: Paul Simon — „Still Crazy After All These Years“
This was the first of Simon’s wins as a solo artist.1977: Stevie Wonder — „Songs in the Key of Life“
Wonder won his third album of the year this year, making it three wins in four years.1978: Fleetwood Mac — „Rumours“
Fleetwood Mac beat John Williams and his „Star Wars“ score to the award this year.
