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Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album

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Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album

The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards — a ceremony that was established in 1958 — honor quality dance and electronica albums in any given year. The award was first presented at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005 as a complement to the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, which had been presented as the sole award for dance music since 1998.[1]

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Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album
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Brat by Charli XCX is the most recent recipient
Awarded forQuality vocal or instrumental dance music or electronica albums
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award2005
Currently held byCharli XCX — Brat (2025)
Websitegrammy.com
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According to The Recording Academy, the award "recognizes excellence in recordings from established dance and electronic genres such as house, techno, trance, dubstep, drum and bass, electronica, as well as other emerging dance and electronic genres, with production and sensibilities distinctly different from a pop approach."[2] The award is presented to "albums containing at least 50% dance/electronic recordings".[3] Compilation or remixed recording albums are not eligible for this category.

To date, Skrillex and The Chemical Brothers hold the record for most wins in this category, with three times, followed by two-time recipients Daft Punk. In addition, The Chemical Brothers hold the record for most nominations with seven. Madonna was the first female recipient of the award in 2007. Disclosure, Deadmau5 and Robyn hold the record for most nominations without a win with three each.

History

  • 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[4]
  • From 2015 to 2023 the award was known as Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
  • From 2024 onwards the award is known as Best Dance/Electronic Album

Like most album categories, the lead performing artist (of greater than 50% of playing time on the album) receives a nomination. The actual Grammy is awarded to the performing artist, the producer and the engineer/mixer if they worked on more than 50% of playing time of the album. Any personnel that worked on less than 50% of playing time can apply for a Winners Certificate.

As of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, the category sits in the newly-established Pop & Dance/Electronic genre field.[5]

Recipients

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Basement Jaxx were the first winners of the award, in 2005.
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The Chemical Brothers were the first to receive the award twice, in 2006 and 2008, and won for a third time in 2020, tying Skrillex as the most awarded acts in the category.
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Madonna became the first solo singer to win this award in 2007. She also became the first female act to be nominated and win in the category.
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Lady Gaga became the second female artist to win in the category. She was also the first to be nominated with the same album in the Album of the Year category.
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Daft Punk won this award twice in 2009 and 2014. Random Access Memories was the first electronic album to win in the Album of the Year category.
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Skrillex won this award three times in 2012, 2013 and 2016, becoming one of the most awarded artists in the category, tying The Chemical Brothers.
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Beyoncé was the fourth female artist and the first African American female artist to win in the category.
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Year[I] Winner(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2005 Basement Jaxx
  • Basement Jaxx (producers)
 Kish Kash [6]
2006 The Chemical Brothers
  • The Chemcial Brothers (producers)
 Push the Button [7]
2007 Madonna Confessions on a Dance Floor [8]
2008 The Chemical Brothers
  • The Chemical Brothers (producers)
 We Are the Night [9]
2009 Daft Punk Alive 2007 [10]
2010 Lady Gaga The Fame [11]
2011 La Roux La Roux [12]
2012 Skrillex
  • Skrillex (producer/engineer/mixers)
 Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites [13]
2013 Skrillex
  • Skrillex (producer/engineer/mixer)
 Bangarang [14]
2014 Daft Punk Random Access Memories [15]
2015 Aphex Twin
  • Aphex Twin (producer)
 Syro [16]
2016 Jack Ü
  • Skrillex & Diplo (producers)
 Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü [17]
2017 Flume Skin [18]
2018 Kraftwerk
  • Serge Gräfe (engineer/mixer)
 3-D The Catalogue [19]
2019 Justice
  • Justice (producers/engineers/mixers)
 Woman Worldwide [20]
2020 The Chemical Brothers
  • Chemical Brothers (producers)
  • Steve Dub Jones (engineer/mixer)
 No Geography [21]
2021 Kaytranada
  • Kaytranada (producer)
  • Lauren D'Elia & Neal H Pogue (engineers/mixers)
 Bubba [22]
2022 Black Coffee
  • Black Coffee (producer)
  • Kevin K.D. Davis (engineer/mixer)
 Subconsciously [23]
2023 Beyoncé Renaissance [24]
2024 Fred Again Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022) [25]
2025 Charli XCX
  • Producer and engineer/mixer tbd
 Brat [26]
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^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.


Artists with multiple wins

3 wins
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Artists with multiple nominations

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