Best Pop Vocal Album

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album recognizes artistic excellence in pop vocal albums. Nominees for this Category are artist(s) with greater than 50 percent playing time on the album. The Grammy Award statuette is awarded to the artist, producer, and engineer/mixer, if other than the artist, of greater than 50 percent playing time on the album.

40th Annual Grammy Awards • 1998

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1996 and Aug 30, 1997

James Taylor won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album with "Hourglass"

Winners & Nominees 1998

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Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Lady Gaga MAYHEM All Nominees
2025 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet All Nominees
2024 Taylor Swift Midnights All Nominees
2023 Harry Styles Harry's House All Nominees
2022 Olivia Rodrigo Sour All Nominees
2021 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia All Nominees
2020 Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? All Nominees
2019 Ariana Grande Sweetener All Nominees
2018 Ed Sheeran ÷ (Divide) All Nominees
2017 Adele 25 All Nominees
2016 Taylor Swift 1989 All Nominees
2015 Sam Smith In The Lonely Hour All Nominees
2014 Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox All Nominees
2013 Kelly Clarkson Stronger All Nominees
2012 Adele 21 All Nominees
2011 Lady Gaga The Fame Monster All Nominees
2010 Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. All Nominees
2009 Duffy Rockferry All Nominees
2008 Amy Winehouse Back To Black All Nominees
2007 John Mayer Continuum All Nominees
2006 Kelly Clarkson Breakaway All Nominees
2005 Ray Charles Genius Loves Company All Nominees
2004 Justin Timberlake Justified All Nominees
2003 Norah Jones Come Away With Me All Nominees
2002 Sade Lovers Rock All Nominees
2001 Steely Dan Two Against Nature All Nominees
2000 Sting Brand New Day All Nominees
1999 Madonna Ray Of Light All Nominees
1998 James Taylor Hourglass All Nominees
1997 Celine Dion Falling Into You All Nominees
1996 Joni Mitchell Turbulent Indigo All Nominees
1995 Bonnie Raitt Longing In Their Hearts All Nominees
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