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.
11th Annual Grammy Awards • 1969
Honoring recordings released between November 2, 1967 – November 1, 1968
Thelonious Monk won the 1969 Grammy Award for Best Album Cover with "Underground"
Winners & Nominees 1969
Winner
Nominees
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Underground
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Ives: Holidays Symphony (Album)
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Rhinoceros (Album)
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Road Song (Album)
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Wow
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 |