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.
3rd Annual Grammy Awards • 1961
Honoring recordings released between September 1, 1959 – November 30, 1960
Peggy Lee won the 1961 Grammy Award for Best Album Cover with "Latin A La Lee"
Winners & Nominees 1961
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Latin A La Lee
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Bean Bags (Album)
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Carlos Montoya (Album)
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book (Album)
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Now! Fred Astaire (Album)
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Album)
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Stravinsky: Petrouchka (Album)
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Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Excerpts (Album)
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Wild Percussion And Horns A'Plenty (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 |