Music Facts: Comedy

• Moms Mabley, Bob Hope, George Burns, and Milton Berle number among some of the founders of stand-up comedy. 

• At the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2021, Tiffany Haddish became the second Black woman to win the GRAMMY for Best Comedy Album after Whoopi Goldberg won the award in 1986. 

• Other recent GRAMMY winners for Best Comedy Album include Dave Chappelle, Patton Oswalt, Weird Al Yankovic, and Kathy Griffin.