Best Album Cover
Introduced at the 2026 Grammys, the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover is an art director's award, recognizing excellence in cover art for albums of recordings in any genre. Eligible elements include creativity, design, illustration, photography, and graphic art of the album cover.
1st Annual Grammy Awards • 1959
Honoring recordings released between January 1, 1958 – December 31, 1958
Frank Sinatra won the 1959 Grammy Award for Best Album Cover with "Only The Lonely"
Winners & Nominees 1959
Winner
Nominees
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Only The Lonely
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Come Fly With Me (Album)
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For Whom The Bells Toll (Album)
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Ira Ironstrings Plays Music For People With $3.98
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Julie (Album)
Previous Years
| Year | Winner | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tyler, The Creator | CHROMAKOPIA | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Acy R. Lehman | The Siegel-Schwall Band | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Gene Brownell, Dean O. Torrence | Pollution | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Ivan Nagy | Indianola Mississippi Seeds | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Gary McFarland | America The Beautiful | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Horn Grinner Studios, John Berg, Richard Mantel | Underground | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Marvin Schwartz | Latin A La Lee | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Robert M. Jones | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Frank Sinatra | Only The Lonely | All Nominees |