Best Folk Album
The Grammy Award for Best Folk Album recognizes excellence in folk recordings in modern and traditional vocal and instrumental styles. Folk music is primarily but not exclusively acoustic, with production and sensibilities distinctly different from a pop approach.
60th Annual Grammy Awards • 2018
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2016 and Aug 30, 2017
Aimee Mann won the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album with "Mental Illness"
Winners & Nominees 2018
Winner
Nominees
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Mental Illness
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Semper Femina
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The Queen Of Hearts
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You Don't Own Me Anymore
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The Laughing Apple
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | I'm With Her | Wild And Clear And Blue | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Gillian Welch, David Rawlings | Woodland | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Joni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell At Newport [Live] | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Madison Cunningham | Revealer | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Rhiannon Giddens, Francesco Turrisi | They're Calling Me Home | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Gillian Welch, David Rawlings | All The Good Times | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Patty Griffin | Patty Griffin | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Punch Brothers | All Ashore | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Aimee Mann | Mental Illness | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Sarah Jarosz | Undercurrent | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn | Béla Fleck And Abigail Washburn | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Old Crow Medicine Show | Remedy | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Guy Clark | My Favorite Picture Of You | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile | The Goat Rodeo Sessions | All Nominees |
| 2012 | The Civil Wars | Barton Hollow | All Nominees |
