Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album


The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album was awarded from 1983 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Blues Performance and was twice awarded to individual tracks rather than albums.
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 Contemporary 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.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year. B.B. King holds the record of most wins in the category with ten.

Recipients

YearPerforming artistWorkNomineesRef.
1983Clarence "Gatemouth" BrownAlright Again
1984B.B. KingBlues 'N' Jazz
1985John P. Hammond, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Sugar Blue, Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson & J.B. Hutto & the New HawksBlues Explosion
1986B.B. King"My Guitar Sings the Blues"
1987Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny CopelandShowdown!
1988Professor LonghairHouseparty New Orleans Style
1989Willie DixonHidden Charms
1990John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt"I'm in the Mood"
1991B.B. KingLive at San Quentin
1992B.B. KingLive at the Apollo
1993Dr. JohnGoin' Back to New Orleans
1994B.B. KingBlues Summit
1995Eric ClaptonFrom the Cradle
1996John Lee HookerChill Out
1997James CottonDeep in the Blues
1998John Lee HookerDon't Look Back
1999Otis RushAny Place I'm Going
2000B.B. KingBlues on the Bayou
2001B.B. King & Eric ClaptonRiding with the King
2002Jimmie VaughanDo You Get the Blues?
2003B.B. KingA Christmas Celebration of Hope
2004Buddy GuyBlues Singer
2005Etta JamesBlues to the Bone
2006B.B. King & FriendsB.B. King & Friends: 80
2007Ike TurnerRisin' with the Blues
2008Henry James Townsend, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr. & David "Honeyboy" EdwardsLast of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas
2009B.B. KingOne Kind Favor
2010Ramblin' Jack ElliottA Stranger Here
2011Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" SmithJoined at the Hip
2017Bobby RushPorcupine Meat
2018The Rolling StonesBlue & Lonesome
2019Buddy GuyThe Blues Is Alive and Well
2020Delbert McClinton & the Self-Made Men + DanaTall, Dark and Handsome
2021Bobby RushRawer than Raw
2022Cedric BurnsideI Be Trying
2023Taj Mahal & Ry CooderGet On Board
2024Bobby RushAll My [Love for You (album)|All My Love for You]
2025The Taj Mahal SextetSwingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa
  • Cedric Burnside - Hill Country Love
  • The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Struck Down
  • Sue Foley - One Guitar Woman
  • Little Feat - Sam's Place
  • 2026
  • Buddy Guy - Ain't Done With The Blues
  • Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - Room on the Porch
  • Maria Muldaur - One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey
  • Charlie Musselwhite - Look Out Highway
  • Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush - Young Fashioned Ways