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.
14th Annual Grammy Awards • 1972
Honoring recordings released between October 16, 1970 – October 15, 1971
Pollution won the 1972 Grammy Award for Best Album Cover with "Pollution"
Winners & Nominees 1972
Winner
Nominees
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Pollution
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B, S And T; 4 (Album)
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Bark (Album)
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Black Pearl (Album)
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Hot Platters (Album)
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Sharepickers (Album)
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Sticky Fingers (Album)
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The Music Of Erik Satie: Through A Looking Glass (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 |