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- 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.
Every Comedy category, ceremony by ceremony.
| Year | Category | Winner | Work | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Best Comedy Album | Nate Bargatze | Your Friend, Nate Bargatze | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Comedy Album | Dave Chappelle | The Dreamer | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Comedy Album | Dave Chappelle | What's In A Name? | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Comedy Album | Dave Chappelle | The Closer | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Comedy Album | Louis C.K. | Sincerely Louis CK | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Comedy Album | Tiffany Haddish | Black Mitzvah | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Comedy Album | Dave Chappelle | Sticks & Stones | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Comedy Album | Dave Chappelle | Equanimity & The Bird Revelation | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Comedy Album | Dave Chappelle | The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Comedy Album | Patton Oswalt | Talking For Clapping | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Comedy Album | Louis C.K. | Live At Madison Square Garden | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Comedy Album | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Mandatory Fun | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Comedy Album | Kathy Griffin | Calm Down Gurrl | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Comedy Album | Jimmy Fallon | Blow Your Pants Off | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Comedy Album | Louis C.K. | Hilarious | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Comedy Album | Lewis Black | Stark Raving Black | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Comedy Album | Stephen Colbert | A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Comedy Album | George Carlin | It's Bad For Ya | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Comedy Album | Flight Of The Conchords | The Distant Future | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Comedy Album | Lewis Black | The Carnegie Hall Performance | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Comedy Album | Chris Rock | Never Scared | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Comedy Album | Jon Stewart | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents...America: A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Comedy Album | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Poodle Hat | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Comedy Album | Robin Williams | Robin Williams - Live 2002 | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Comedy Album | George Carlin | Napalm & Sillyputty | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Comedy Album | George Carlin | Braindroppings | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Comedy Album | Chris Rock | Bigger And Blacker | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Comedy Album | Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner | The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000 | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Comedy Album | Chris Rock | Roll With The New | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Comedy Album | Al Franken | Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Comedy Album | Jonathan Winters | Crank Calls | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Comedy Album | Sam Kinison | Live From Hell | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Comedy Album | George Carlin | Jammin' In New York | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Comedy Album | Peter Schickele | P.D.Q. Bach: Music For An Awful Lot Of Winds & Percussion | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Comedy Album | Peter Schickele | P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Comedy Album | Peter Schickele | P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex And Other Choral Calamities | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Comedy Album | Peter Schickele | P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture & Other Musical Assaults | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Comedy Album | Robin Williams | Good Morning, Vietnam | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Comedy Album | Robin Williams | A Night At The Met | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Comedy Album | Bill Cosby | Those Of You With Or Without Children, You'll Understand | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Comedy Album | Whoopi Goldberg | Whoopi Goldberg - Original Broadway Show Recording | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Comedy Album | "Weird Al" Yankovic | Eat It | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Comedy Album | Eddie Murphy | Eddie Murphy: Comedian | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Comedy Album | Richard Pryor | Live On The Sunset Strip | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Comedy Album | Richard Pryor | Rev. Du Rite | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Comedy Album | Rodney Dangerfield | No Respect | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Comedy Album | Robin Williams | Reality...What A Concept | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Comedy Album | Steve Martin | A Wild And Crazy Guy | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Comedy Album | Steve Martin | Let's Get Small | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Comedy Album | Richard Pryor | Bicentennial Nigger | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Comedy Album | Richard Pryor | Is It Something I Said? | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Comedy Album | Richard Pryor | That Nigger's Crazy | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Comedy Album | Cheech & Chong | Los Cochinos | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Comedy Album | George Carlin | FM And AM | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Comedy Album | Lily Tomlin | This Is A Recording | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Comedy Album | Flip Wilson | The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Comedy Album | Bill Cosby | Bill Cosby | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Comedy Album | Bill Cosby | To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Comedy Album | Bill Cosby | Revenge | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Comedy Album | Bill Cosby | Wonderfulness | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Comedy Album | Bill Cosby | Why Is There Air? | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Comedy Album | Bill Cosby | I Started Out As A Child | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Comedy Album | Allan Sherman | Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Comedy Album | Vaughn Meader | The First Family | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Comedy Album | Mike Nichols, Elaine May | An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Comedy Album | Jo Stafford, Paul Weston | Jonathan And Darlene Edwards In Paris | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Comedy Album | Bob Newhart | The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Comedy Album | Homer And Jethro | The Battle Of Kookamonga | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Comedy Album | Shelley Berman | Inside Shelley Berman | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Best Comedy Album | David Seville & The Chipmunks (Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.) | The Chipmunk Song | All Nominees |
Previous Winners
Your Friend, Nate Bargatze
The Dreamer
What's In A Name?
The Closer
Sincerely Louis CK
Black Mitzvah
Sticks & Stones
Equanimity & The Bird Revelation
The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Talking For Clapping
Live At Madison Square Garden
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