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 Awards1961

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

Winner
Nominees
  • Latin A La Lee

    Marvin Schwartz

  • Bean Bags (Album)

    Marvin Israel

  • Carlos Montoya (Album)

    Robert M. Jones

  • Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George And Ira Gershwin Song Book (Album)

    Sheldon Marks

  • Now! Fred Astaire (Album)

    Irving Werbin

  • Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Album)

    Robert M. Jones

  • Stravinsky: Petrouchka (Album)

    Robert M. Jones

  • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Excerpts (Album)

    Robert M. Jones

  • Wild Percussion And Horns A'Plenty (Album)

    Robert M. Jones

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