GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album

Record Of The Year

Album Of The Year

Song Of The Year/New Song Of The Year

Best New Artist

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Best Pop Solo Performance

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Best Pop Vocal Album

Other Pop/Rock&Roll/ Contemporary Awards or Instrumental

Best Disco Recording

Best Dance Recording

Best Dance/Electronica Album

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Best Male Rock Vocal Performance

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best Rock Performance

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Instrumental

Best Hard Rock Performance

Best Metal Performance

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

Best Rock Song

Best Rock Album

Best Alternative Music Performance

Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Best R&B Group, Vocal Or Instrumental

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal

Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

Best R&B Performance

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Best R&B Song

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Best R&B Album

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap Solo Performance

Best Female Rap Solo Performance

Best Male Rap Solo Performance

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group

Best Rap Performance

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Best Rap Song

Best Rap Album

Best Country & Western Performance

Best Country & Western Single and Best Country & Western Recording

Best New Country & Western Artist

Best Country & Western Performance, Duet, Trio Or Group (vocal or instrumental)

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Best Country Solo Performance

Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

Best Country Instrumental Performance

Best Country Song

Best Country Album

Best New Age Album

Best Jazz Fusion Performance

Best Contemporary Jazz Performance, Instrumental - Also cont. Jazz Perf. Vocal or Instrumental

Best Improvised Jazz Solo Performance

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo Or Group

Best Instrumental Jazz Album

Best Jazz Performance, Soloist

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Best Original Jazz Composition

Best Latin Jazz Album

Best Gospel Other: Incl. Sacred, Religious or Inspirational Recording, Musical or Non-Musical

Best Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary or Inspirational

Best Gospel Performance, Traditional

Best Soul Gospel Performance

Best Gospel Performance, Female

Best Gospel Performance, Male

Best Gospel Performance By A Duo Or Group, Choir or Chorus - Singles, Albums & Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Soul Gospel Performance By A Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus - Singles, Albums or Tracks

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Best Gospel Song

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song

Best Rock Gospel Album incl. Best Rock/Contemporary Gospel Album

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album

Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album

Best Gospel Album By Choir Or Chorus

Best Gospel Album

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Best Roots Gospel Album

Best Latin Recording

Best Latin Pop Performance

Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album

Best Latin Urban Album

Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album

Best Salsa/Merengue Album

Best Merengue Performance

Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance

Best Tejano Album

Best Norteño Album

Best Banda Album

Best Regional Mexican or Tejano Album

Best Banda or Norteño Album

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)

Best Tropical Latin Album

Best American Roots Performance

Best American Roots Song

Best Americana Album

Best Bluegrass Album

Best Traditional Blues Album - or - Best Traditional Blues Recording

Best Contemporary Blues Album - or Contemporary Blues Recording

Best Blues Album

Best Folk Performance or Best Folk Recording

Best Traditional Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording/Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording

Best Folk Album

Best Native American Music Album

Best Hawaiian Music Album

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

Best Regional Roots Album

Best Reggae Album

Best World Music Album

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Best Polka Album

Best Recording For Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken

Best Musical Album For Children

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

Best Children's Album

Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album

Best Comedy Album

Best Spoken Comedy Album

Best Musical Theater Album

Best Sound Track Album - Original Cast (Not A Composer's Award)

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Best Instrumental Composition

Best Instrumental Arrangement

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement

Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist

Best Arrangement For Voices

Best Album Package - Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography

Best Recording Package - Boxed

Best Album Notes

Best Historical Album

Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Remixer Of The Year

Best Remixed Recording , Non-Classical

Best Immersive Audio Album

Best Classical Engineered Recording

Classical Producer Of The Year

Best Classical Album

Best Classical Orchestral Performance

Best Opera Recording

Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral

Best Choral Performance, Classical

Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (with orchestra)

Best Classical Performance-Instrumental Soloist(s) (without orchestra)

Best Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (with or without orchestra)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance (With or Without Conductor)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

Best Chamber Music Performance

Best Classical Vocal Performance

Best Classical Compendium

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

Best Classical Crossover Album

Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist

Best Music Video, Short Form

Best Music Video, Long Form

Video of the Year

Best Concept Music Video

Best Performance Music Video

Jump to Year

Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album

61st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2018)

winner

Faith - A Journey For All

Jimmy Carter

Elisa Shokoff, producer; Rick Bradley & John St. Denis, engineers/mixers

nominees

The Last Black Unicorn

Tiffany Haddish

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Accessory To War (Neil deGrasse Tyson & Avis Lang)

Courtney B. Vance

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Calypso

David Sedaris

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Creative Quest

Questlove

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60th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2017)

winner

The Princess Diarist

Carrie Fisher

Dan Zitt, producer; Nikki Banks Maurer, engineer/mixer

59th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2016)

winner

In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox

Carol Burnett

Aaron Blank, producer; Dominic Camardella, engineer/mixer

58th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2015)

winner

A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

Jimmy Carter

Elisa Shokoff, producer

57th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2014)

winner

Diary Of A Mad Diva

Joan Rivers

Diane Mckiernan, producer; Nikki Banks Maurer & Jared O'Connell, engineers/mixers

56th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2013)

winner

America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't

Stephen Colbert

Aaron Cohen & Michele McGonigle, producers; Christine M. Farrell & Todd Kilponen, engineers/mixers

55th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2012)

winner

Society's Child: My Autobiography

Janis Ian

Mike Charzuk, Christina Harcar, Jason Ojalvo & Stefan Rudnicki, producers; Stefan Rudnicki & Ted Scott, engineers/mixers

54th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2011)

winner

If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)

Betty White

Kevin Thomsen, producer; Pete Pantelis & Jeremy Wesley, engineers/mixers

53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2010)

winner

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)

Jon Stewart (With Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver & Sigourney Weaver)

Rory Albanese, Steve Bodow, David Javerbaum, Josh Lieb, John McElroy & Jon Stewart, producers; Charles de Montebello & Tim Lester, engineers/mixers

52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)

winner

Always Looking Up

Michael J. Fox

Paul Ruben, producer; Zane Birdwell & Lance Neal, engineers/mixers

51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)

winner

An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore)

Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon & Blair Underwood

Elisa Shokoff, producer

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)

winner

The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream

Barack Obama

Jacob Bronstein, producer

49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)

winner

With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together

Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee

Taro Meyer, producer; Peter Pantelis & Steven Strassman, engineers/mixers

winner

Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis

Jimmy Carter

Elisa Shokoff, producer; John P. St. Denis & Steven Strassman, engineers/mixers

48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)

winner

Dreams From My Father (Senator Barack Obama)

Senator Barack Obama

47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)

winner

My Life

Bill Clinton

Jacob Bronstein & Daniel Zitt, producers; Scott Cresswell, engineer/mixer

46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)

winner

Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair And Balanced Look At The Right (Al Franken)

Al Franken

Paul Ruben, producer

45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)

winner

A Song Flung Up To Heaven

Maya Angelou

Charles B. Potter, producer

44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)

winner

Q - The Autobiography Of Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

Elisa Shokoff, producer

43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)

winner

The Measure Of A Man

Sidney Poitier

Rick Harris & John Runnette, producers

42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)

winner

The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

LeVar Burton

41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)

winner

Still Me

Christopher Reeve

40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)

winner

Charles Kuralt's Spring

Charles Kuralt

39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)

winner

It Takes A Village

Hillary Rodham Clinton

38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)

winner

Phenomenal Woman

Maya Angelou

37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)

winner

Get In The Van - On The Road With Black Flag

36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)

winner

On The Pulse Of Morning

Maya Angelou

35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)

winner

What You Can Do To Avoid AIDS

Earvin "Magic" Johnson & Robert O'Keefe

34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)

winner

The Civil War

Ken Burns

33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)

winner

Gracie - A Love Story

George Burns

32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)

winner

It's Always Something

Gilda Radner

31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)

winner

Speech By Rev. Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)

winner

Lake Wobegon Days

Garrison Keillor

29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)

winner

Interviews From The Class Of '55 Recording Sessions

Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Sam Phillips, Rick Nelson & Chips Moman

28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)

winner

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

(Original Broadway Cast)

27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)

winner

The Words Of Gandhi

Ben Kingsley

26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)

winner

Copland: A Lincoln Portrait

William Warfield

25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)

winner

Raiders Of The Lost Ark - The Movie On Record

(Various Artists)

24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)

winner

Donovan's Brain

Orson Welles

23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)

winner

Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein

Pat Carroll

22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)

winner

Ages Of Man - Readings From Shakespeare

John Gielgud

21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)

winner

Citizen Kane

Orson Welles

20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)

winner

The Belle Of Amherst

Julie Harris

19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)

winner

Great American Documents

Helen Hayes, Orson Welles, Henry Fonda & James Earl Jones

18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)

winner

Give 'Em Hell Harry

James Whitmore

17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)

winner

Good Evening

Dudley Moore & Peter Cook

16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)

winner

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Harris

15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)

winner

Lenny

(Original Cast)

14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)

winner

Desiderata

Les Crane

13th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1970)

winner

Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam

Martin Luther King Jr.

12th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1969)

winner

We Love You Call Collect

Art Linkletter & Diane Linkletter

11th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1968)

winner

Lonesome Cities

Rod McKuen

10th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1967)

winner

Gallant Men

Everett M. Dirksen

9th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1966)

winner

Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers Vol. I The War Years

Edward R. Murrow

8th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1965)

winner

John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him

(John F. Kennedy)

7th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1964)

winner

BBC Tribute To John F. Kennedy

That Was The Week That Was (Cast)

6th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1963)

winner

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

(Uta Hagen, Arthur Hill, George Grizzard & Melinda Dillon)

5th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1962)

winner

The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

4th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1961)

winner

Humor In Music

Leonard Bernstein

3rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1960)

winner

FDR Speaks

(Franklin Delano Roosevelt)

2nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1959)

winner

A Lincoln Portrait

Carl Sandburg

1st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1958)

winner

The Best Of The Stan Freberg Shows

Stan Freberg

GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album

Best Spoken Word Or Non-musical Album

Faith - A Journey For All

nominees

The Last Black Unicorn

Accessory To War (Neil deGrasse Tyson & Avis Lang)

Calypso

Creative Quest

GRAMMYs Newsletter

The Princess Diarist

GRAMMYs Newsletter

In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox

GRAMMYs Newsletter

A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety

GRAMMYs Newsletter

Diary Of A Mad Diva

America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't

Society's Child: My Autobiography

If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)

Always Looking Up

An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore)

The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream

With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together

Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis

Dreams From My Father (Senator Barack Obama)

My Life

Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair And Balanced Look At The Right (Al Franken)

A Song Flung Up To Heaven

Q - The Autobiography Of Quincy Jones

The Measure Of A Man

The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Still Me

Charles Kuralt's Spring

It Takes A Village

Phenomenal Woman

Get In The Van - On The Road With Black Flag

On The Pulse Of Morning

What You Can Do To Avoid AIDS

The Civil War

Gracie - A Love Story

It's Always Something

Speech By Rev. Jesse Jackson

Lake Wobegon Days

Interviews From The Class Of '55 Recording Sessions

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

The Words Of Gandhi

Copland: A Lincoln Portrait

Raiders Of The Lost Ark - The Movie On Record

Donovan's Brain

Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein

Ages Of Man - Readings From Shakespeare

Citizen Kane

The Belle Of Amherst

Great American Documents

Give 'Em Hell Harry

Good Evening

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Lenny

Desiderata

Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam

We Love You Call Collect

Lonesome Cities

Gallant Men

Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers Vol. I The War Years

John F. Kennedy - As We Remember Him

BBC Tribute To John F. Kennedy

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

The Story-Teller: A Session With Charles Laughton

Humor In Music

FDR Speaks

A Lincoln Portrait

The Best Of The Stan Freberg Shows