The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality vocal pop music albums. Awards in several categories are distributed 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."

The honor was first presented in 1968 at the 10th Grammy Awards as Best Contemporary Album to The Beatles for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The category was then discontinued until 1995 where it emerged with the new name Best Pop Album. In 2001, the category became known as Best Pop Vocal Album. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to artists that perform "albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded pop vocal tracks."

The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer, provided they worked on more than 50% of playing time on the album. A producer or engineer/mixer who worked on less than 50% of playing time, as well as the mastering engineer, do not win an award, but can apply for a Winners Certificate.

Adele, Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift are the only two-time winners of this award, and Clarkson was the first to win twice. Clarkson leads all performers with six nominations.

Recipients

Year	Winner(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1968	The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Association – Insight Out Vikki Carr – It Must Be Him The 5th Dimension – Up, Up and Away Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe
1995	Bonnie Raitt	Longing in Their Hearts	Ace of Base – The Sign José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta – The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 Lyle Lovett – I Love Everybody Seal – Seal
1996	Joni Mitchell	Turbulent Indigo	Mariah Carey – Daydream Eagles – Hell Freezes Over Annie Lennox – Medusa Madonna – Bedtime Stories
1997	Celine Dion	Falling into You	Toni Braxton – Secrets Tracy Chapman – New Beginning Shawn Colvin – A Few Small Repairs Sting – Mercury Falling
1998	James Taylor	Hourglass	Paula Cole – This Fire Fleetwood Mac – The Dance Jamiroquai – Travelling Without Moving Sarah McLachlan – Surfacing
1999	Madonna	Ray of Light	Eric Clapton – Pilgrim Celine Dion – Let's Talk About Love Natalie Imbruglia – Left of the Middle Brian Setzer Orchestra – The Dirty Boogie
2000	Sting	Brand New Day	Backstreet Boys – Millennium Cher – Believe Ricky Martin – Ricky Martin Sarah McLachlan – Mirrorball
2001	Steely Dan Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, producers; Phil Burnett, Roger Nichols, Dave Russell and Elliot Scheiner, engineers/mixers	Two Against Nature	Don Henley – Inside Job Madonna – Music NSYNC – No Strings Attached Britney Spears – Oops!... I Did It Again
2002	Sade Sade Adu and Mike Pela, producers	Lovers Rock	Nelly Furtado – Whoa, Nelly! Janet Jackson – All for You Elton John – Songs from the West Coast NSYNC – Celebrity
2003	Norah Jones Arif Mardin and Jay Newland, producers; S. Husky Höskulds and Jay Newland, engineers/mixers	Come Away with Me	Avril Lavigne – Let Go No Doubt – Rock Steady Pink – Missundaztood Britney Spears – Britney
2004	Justin Timberlake Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams, producers; Serban Ghenea, engineer/mixer	Justified	Christina Aguilera – Stripped George Harrison – Brainwashed Annie Lennox – Bare Michael McDonald – Motown
2005	Ray Charles and various artists John R. Burk, producer; Al Schmitt, engineer/mixer	Genius Loves Company	Norah Jones – Feels like Home Sarah McLachlan – Afterglow Joss Stone – Mind Body & Soul Brian Wilson – Brian Wilson Presents Smile
2006	Kelly Clarkson Clive Davis, producer; Serban Ghenea, engineer/mixer	Breakaway	Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine Sheryl Crow – Wildflower Paul McCartney – Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Gwen Stefani – Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
2007	John Mayer Steve Jordan, producer; Michael H. Brauer, Joe Ferla and Chad Franscoviak, engineers/mixers	Continuum	Christina Aguilera – Back to Basics James Blunt – Back to Bedlam Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint – The River in Reverse Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LoveSounds
2008	Amy Winehouse Mark Ronson, producer	Back to Black	Bon Jovi – Lost Highway Feist – The Reminder Maroon 5 – It Won't Be Soon Before Long Paul McCartney – Memory Almost Full
2009	Duffy	Rockferry	Sheryl Crow – Detours Eagles – Long Road out of Eden Leona Lewis – Spirit James Taylor – Covers
2010	Black Eyed Peas Dylan Dresdow and Padriac Kerin, engineers/mixers	The E.N.D.	Colbie Caillat – Breakthrough Kelly Clarkson – All I Ever Wanted The Fray – The Fray Pink – Funhouse
2011	Lady Gaga Lady Gaga and RedOne, producers; Robert Orton, RedOne and Dave Russell, engineers/mixers	The Fame Monster	Justin Bieber – My World 2.0 Susan Boyle – I Dreamed a Dream John Mayer – Battle Studies Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
2012	Adele	21	CeeLo Green – The Lady Killer Lady Gaga – Born This Way Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans Rihanna – Loud
2013	Kelly Clarkson Serban Ghenea and John Hanes, engineers/mixers	Stronger	Florence and the Machine – Ceremonials Fun – Some Nights Maroon 5 – Overexposed Pink – The Truth About Love
2014	Bruno Mars Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars, producers; Ari Levine and Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers	Unorthodox Jukebox	Lana Del Rey – Paradise Lorde – Pure Heroine Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience
2015	Sam Smith Jimmy Napes, producer; Steve Fitzmaurice, engineer/mixer	In the Lonely Hour	Coldplay – Ghost Stories Miley Cyrus – Bangerz Ariana Grande – My Everything Katy Perry – Prism Ed Sheeran – x
2016	Taylor Swift Max Martin and Shellback, producers	1989	Kelly Clarkson – Piece by Piece Florence and the Machine – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Mark Ronson – Uptown Special James Taylor – Before This World
2017	Adele Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer	25	Justin Bieber – Purpose Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman Demi Lovato – Confident Sia – This Is Acting
2018	Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran, producer; Joe Rubel, Chris Sclafani and Mark "Spike" Stent, engineers/mixers	÷	Coldplay – Kaleidoscope EP Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life Imagine Dragons – Evolve Kesha – Rainbow Lady Gaga – Joanne
2019	Ariana Grande Pharrell Williams, producer; Mike Larson, engineer	Sweetener	Camila Cabello – Camila Kelly Clarkson – Meaning of Life Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes Pink – Beautiful Trauma Taylor Swift – Reputation
2020	Billie Eilish Finneas O'Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski and Finneas O'Connell, engineers/mixers	When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?	Beyoncé – The Lion King: The Gift Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next Ed Sheeran – No.6 Collaborations Project Taylor Swift – Lover
2021	Dua Lipa	Future Nostalgia	Justin Bieber – Changes Lady Gaga – Chromatica Harry Styles – Fine Line Taylor Swift – Folklore
2022	Olivia Rodrigo Dan Nigro, producer	Sour	Justin Bieber – Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) Doja Cat – Planet Her (Deluxe) Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever Ariana Grande – Positions
2023	Harry Styles	Harry's House	ABBA – Voyage Adele – 30 Coldplay – Music Of The Spheres Lizzo – Special
2024	Taylor Swift	Midnights	Kelly Clarkson – Chemistry Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation Olivia Rodrigo – Guts Ed Sheeran – −

Artists with multiple wins

2 wins

• Adele
• Kelly Clarkson
• Taylor Swift

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album