Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Children's Album is an honor presented since 2012 at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in various 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."
History
The Best Children's Album award is given to recording artists for works containing quality performances aimed at children. The award has had several minor name changes:- From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Recording for Children
- In 1961 it was awarded as Best Album Created for Children
- From 1962 to 1968 it was awarded as Best Recording for Children
- In 1969 no award was given in the Children's Field
- From 1970 to 1991 it was awarded as Best Recording for Children
- From 1992 to 1993 it was awarded as Best Album for Children
- From 1994 to 2011 the award category was split into Best Musical Album for Children and Best Spoken Word Album for Children
- From 2012 to 2019 it was known as Best Children's Album, after the Best Musical Album for Children and Best Spoken Word Album for Children categories were merged.
- In 2020, spoken-word children's albums were moved to the Best Spoken Word Album category. The category was renamed Best Children's Music Album.