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.

2nd Annual Grammy Awards1960

Honoring recordings released between January 1, 1959 – August 31, 1959

Howard Mitchell, conductor won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Album Cover with "Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5"

Winners & Nominees 1960

Winner
Nominees
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

    Robert M. Jones

  • Anatomy Of A Murder (Album)

    Saul Bass

  • For LP Fans Only (Album)

    Tom Parker

  • The South Shall Rise Again (Album)

    Acy R. Lehman, Robert L. Yorke

  • Porgy And Bess

    Acy R. Lehman

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