Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album

Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album
Awarded for	Quality vocal or instrumental dance music or electronica albums
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	2005
Last awarded	2015
Official website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album (from 2015: Best Dance/Electronic Album) is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,^[1] to recording artists for quality albums in the dance music and electronica genres. 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".^[2]

History

This award was first presented in 2005 to Basement Jaxx for the album Kish Kash.

• From 2005 to 2011 the award was known as Best Electronic/Dance Album
• From 2012 to 2014 the award was known as Best Dance/Electronica Album
• From 2015 the award has been known as Best Dance/Electronic Album

In June 2014, NARAS announced a small change in the naming of the category, from Dance/Electronica to Dance/Electronic. It was agreed that "the title for this genre has evolved, and updating it more accurately represents the industry nomenclature of today.", according to the Grammy committee.^[3]

According to the category description guide, the award is presented "for albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental electronica/dance recordings".^[4] It is intended for "groove-oriented recordings with electronic-based instrumentation". Compilation or remixed recording albums are not eligible for this category.

Skrillex received the award three times, while Daft Punk and The Chemical Brothers each received it twice. The Chemical Brothers hold the record for most nominations with five.

Recipients

The Chemical Brothers were the first to receive the award twice.

Madonna became the first solo singer to win this award in 2007

Skrillex won this award twice in 2012 and 2013

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2005	Basement Jaxx	Kish Kash	The Crystal Method – Legion of Boom Paul Oakenfold – Creamfields The Prodigy – Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned Paul van Dyk – Reflections	[5]
2006	The Chemical Brothers	Push the Button	Daft Punk – Human After All Fatboy Slim – Palookaville Kraftwerk – Minimum-Maximum LCD Soundsystem –LCD Soundsystem	[6]
2007	Madonna	Confessions on a Dance Floor	Goldfrapp – Supernature Paul Oakenfold – A Lively Mind Pet Shop Boys – Fundamental Zero 7 – The Garden	[7]
2008	The Chemical Brothers	We Are the Night	Justice – † LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver Shiny Toy Guns – We Are Pilots Tiësto – Elements of Life	[8]
2009	Daft Punk	Alive 2007	Brazilian Girls – New York City Cyndi Lauper – Bring Ya to the Brink Kylie Minogue – X Moby – Last Night Robyn – Robyn	[9]
2010	Lady Gaga	The Fame	The Crystal Method – Divided by Night David Guetta – One Love LMFAO – Party Rock Pet Shop Boys – Yes	[10]
2011	La Roux	La Roux	BT – These Hopeful Machines The Chemical Brothers – Further Goldfrapp – Head First Groove Armada – Black Light	[11]
2012	Skrillex	Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites	Cut Copy – Zonoscope Deadmau5 – 4x4=12 David Guetta – Nothing but the Beat Robyn – Body Talk Pt. 3
2013	Skrillex	Bangarang	Steve Aoki – Wonderland The Chemical Brothers – Don't Think Deadmau5 – Album Title Goes Here Kaskade – Fire & Ice
2014	Daft Punk	Random Access Memories	Disclosure – Settle Calvin Harris – 18 Months Kaskade – Atmosphere Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the Sun	[12]
2015	Aphex Twin	Syro	Deadmau5 – While (1<2) Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband Röyksopp and Robyn – Do It Again Mat Zo – Damage Control	[13]
2016	Skrillex and Diplo	Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü	Caribou – Our Love The Chemical Brothers – Born in the Echoes Disclosure – Caracal Jamie xx – In Colour

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

• Dance Music Hall of Fame
• Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording
• List of Grammy Award categories

References

General

• "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 4, 2011. Note: User must select the "Dance" category as the genre under the search feature.
• "Grammy Awards: Best Electronic / Dance Album". Rock on the Net. Retrieved November 25, 2011.

Specific

1. "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). Retrieved April 24, 2010.
2. "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
3. Grammy.com Press Release, 12 June 2014
4. "Category Mapper". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
5. "Nominee list for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards". LiveDaily. December 7, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
6. "The Complete List of Grammy Nominations". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). December 8, 2005. p. 1. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
7. "49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
8. "50th annual Grammy Awards nominations". Variety. Reed Business Information. December 6, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
9. "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
10. "The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
11. "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). Retrieved December 2, 2010.
12. "Grammy Awards 2014: Full Nominations List". Billboard. December 6, 2013. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
13. "Grammy Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List". Rolling Stone. February 8, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards