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The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums with rapping at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.^[1] Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to “honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position”.^[2]

In 1995, the Academy announced the addition of the award category Best Rap Album.^[3] The first award was presented to the group Naughty by Nature at the 38th Grammy Awards the following year. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented for “albums containing at least 51% playing time of tracks with newly recorded rapped performances”.^[4] Award recipients often include the producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists.^[5]

As of 2025, Eminem holds the record for the most wins in this category, with six. Lauryn Hill was the first female artist to win in this category, when she won in 1997 with the Fugees. The duo Outkast and rapper Tyler, The Creator have both received the award twice. Jay-Z holds the record for the most nominations, with eleven. Drake became the first non-American winner in this category when he won in 2013. The Roots have received the most nominations without a win, with five. Eminem and Kanye West are the only artists to win the award in consecutive years, with Eminem achieving the feat twice. In 2016, Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late became the first mixtape to get nominated for the award, and in 2017, Chance the Rapper‘s Coloring Book became the first mixtape to win the award. In 2019, Cardi B became the first solo female rapper to win for Invasion of Privacy.^[6]

Recipients

1990s

Year	Work	Artist
1996 ^[7]	Poverty’s Paradise	Naughty by Nature
E. 1999 Eternal	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
I Wish	Skee-Lo
Me Against the World	2Pac
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version	Ol’ Dirty Bastard
1997 ^[8]	The Score	Fugees
All Eyez On Me	2Pac
Beats, Rhymes and Life	A Tribe Called Quest
Gangsta’s Paradise	Coolio
Mr. Smith	LL Cool J
1998 ^[9]	No Way Out	Puff Daddy and the Family
Life After Death	The Notorious B.I.G.
Supa Dupa Fly	Missy Elliott
Wu-Tang Forever	Wu-Tang Clan
Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival	Wyclef Jean
1999 ^[10]	Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life	Jay-Z
Capital Punishment	Big Pun
Harlem World	Mase
Life in 1472	Jermaine Dupri
The Love Movement	A Tribe Called Quest

2000s

Year	Work	Artist
2000 ^[11]	The Slim Shady LP	Eminem
Da Real World	Missy Elliott
E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front	Busta Rhymes
I Am…	Nas
Things Fall Apart	The Roots
2001 ^[12]	The Marshall Mathers LP	Eminem
2001	Dr. Dre
Country Grammar	Nelly
…And Then There Was X	DMX
Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter	Jay-Z
2002 ^[13]	Stankonia	Outkast
Back for the First Time	Ludacris
The Blueprint	Jay-Z
Pain Is Love	Ja Rule
Scorpion	Eve
2003 ^[14]	The Eminem Show	Eminem
Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry	Petey Pablo
Nellyville	Nelly
Tarantula	Mystikal
Word of Mouf	Ludacris
2004 ^[15]	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below	Outkast
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse	Jay-Z
Get Rich or Die Tryin’	50 Cent
Phrenology	The Roots
Under Construction	Missy Elliott
2005 ^[16]	The College Dropout	Kanye West
The Black Album	Jay-Z
The DEFinition	LL Cool J
Suit	Nelly
To the 5 Boroughs	Beastie Boys
2006 ^[17]	Late Registration	Kanye West
Be	Common
The Cookbook	Missy Elliott
Encore	Eminem
The Massacre	50 Cent
2007 ^[18]	Release Therapy	Ludacris
Game Theory	The Roots
In My Mind	Pharrell
King	T.I.
Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor	Lupe Fiasco
2008 ^[19]	Graduation	Kanye West
Finding Forever	Common
Hip-Hop Is Dead	Nas
Kingdom Come	Jay-Z
T.I. vs. T.I.P.	T.I.
2009 ^[20]	Tha Carter III	Lil Wayne
American Gangster	Jay-Z
Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool	Lupe Fiasco
Paper Trail	T.I.
Untitled	Nas

2010s

Year	Work	Artist
2010 ^[21]	Relapse	Eminem
The Ecstatic	Mos Def
The Renaissance	Q-Tip
R.O.O.T.S.	Flo Rida
Universal Mind Control	Common
2011 ^[22]	Recovery	Eminem
The Blueprint 3	Jay-Z
B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray	B.o.B
How I Got Over	The Roots
Thank Me Later	Drake
2012 ^[23]	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West
Lasers	Lupe Fiasco
Pink Friday	Nicki Minaj
Tha Carter IV	Lil Wayne
Watch the Throne	Jay-Z and Kanye West
2013 ^[24]	Take Care	Drake
Based on a T.R.U. Story	2 Chainz
Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1	Lupe Fiasco
God Forgives, I Don’t	Rick Ross
Life Is Good	Nas
Undun	The Roots
2014 ^[25]	The Heist	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City	Kendrick Lamar
Magna Carta Holy Grail	Jay-Z
Nothing Was the Same	Drake
Yeezus	Kanye West
2015 ^[26]	The Marshall Mathers LP 2	Eminem
Because the Internet	Childish Gambino
Blacc Hollywood	Wiz Khalifa
The New Classic	Iggy Azalea
Nobody’s Smiling	Common
Oxymoron	ScHoolboy Q
2016 ^[27] ^[28]	To Pimp a Butterfly	Kendrick Lamar
2014 Forest Hills Drive	J. Cole
Compton	Dr. Dre
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late	Drake
The Pinkprint	Nicki Minaj
2017 ^[29]	Coloring Book	Chance the Rapper
And the Anonymous Nobody…	De La Soul
Blank Face LP	ScHoolboy Q
The Life of Pablo	Kanye West
Major Key	DJ Khaled
Views	Drake
2018 ^[30] ^[31]	Damn.	Kendrick Lamar
4:44	Jay-Z
Culture	Migos
Flower Boy	Tyler, the Creator
Laila’s Wisdom	Rapsody
2019 ^[32]	Invasion of Privacy	Cardi B
Astroworld	Travis Scott
Daytona	Pusha T
Swimming	Mac Miller
Victory Lap	Nipsey Hussle

2020s

Year	Work	Artist
2020 ^[33]	Igor	Tyler, the Creator
Championships	Meek Mill
I Am > I Was	21 Savage
The Lost Boy	Cordae
Revenge of the Dreamers III	Dreamville
2021 ^[34]	King’s Disease	Nas
Alfredo	Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist
The Allegory	Royce Da 5’9″
Black Habits	D Smoke
A Written Testimony	Jay Electronica
2022 ^[35]^[36]	Call Me If You Get Lost	Tyler, the Creator
Certified Lover Boy (withdrawn)^[37]	Drake
Donda	Kanye West
King’s Disease II	Nas
The Off-Season	J. Cole
2023 ^[38]^[39]	Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers	Kendrick Lamar
Come Home the Kids Miss You	Jack Harlow
God Did	DJ Khaled
I Never Liked You	Future
It’s Almost Dry	Pusha T
2024 ^[40]	Michael	Killer Mike
Her Loss	Drake and 21 Savage
Heroes & Villains	Metro Boomin
King’s Disease III	Nas
Utopia	Travis Scott
2025 ^[41]	Alligator Bites Never Heal	Doechii
The Auditorium Vol. 1	Common and Pete Rock
The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)	Eminem
Might Delete Later	J. Cole
We Don’t Trust You	Future and Metro Boomin
2026 ^[42]^[43]	GNX	Kendrick Lamar
Chromakopia	Tyler, the Creator
Glorious	GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly	JID
Let God Sort Em Out	Clipse

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Artists with multiple wins

6 wins

Eminem

4 wins

2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

11 nominations

Jay-Z

8 nominations

7 nominations

Nas
Drake

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

General

“Past Winners Search”. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2011. Note: User must select the “Rap” category as the genre under the search feature.
“Grammy Awards: Best Rap Album”. Rock on the Net. Archived from the original on December 9, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2010.

Specific

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^ “Grammy Award Winners”. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2011. Note: User must select the “Rap” category as the genre under the search feature.
^ “Cardi B becomes first solo female artist to win Best Rap Album at Grammys”. Entertainment Weekly. February 10, 2019. Archived from the original on February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
^ Strauss, Neil (January 5, 1996). “New Faces in Grammy Nominations”. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
^ “The Complete List of Nominees”. Los Angeles Times. January 8, 1997. p. 4. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
^ Strauss, Neil (January 7, 1998). “Grammy Nominations Yield Surprises, Including Newcomer’s Success”. The New York Times. p. 2. Archived from the original on January 24, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
^ “Lauryn Hill, Shania Twain, and Sheryl Crow win the most nods”. Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. January 5, 1999. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
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^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). “Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees”. Billboard. Archived from the original on November 28, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
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^ “2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List”. GRAMMY.com. November 20, 2019. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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^ “2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List”. GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2021. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
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Grammy Awards
The Recording Academy Categories Grammy Nominees Records Locations EGOT
Special awards	Legend Award Lifetime Achievement Award Trustees Award Special Merit/Technical Grammy Award Hall of Fame MusiCares Person of the Year
Ceremonies	1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 (years are of music release; ceremonies are the next year)
Related	Grammy Museum Latin Grammy Awards
By country	American Argentine Australian Austrian Brazilian British Canadian Chinese Cuban French Indian Irish Italian Japanese Malian Mexican Nigerian New Zealand Peruvian Polish Senegalese South African Spanish Other countries
Album of the Year Record of the Year Song of the Year Best New Artist Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

Grammy Award categories
General	Album of the Year Record of the Year Song of the Year Best New Artist Producer of the Year Songwriter of the Year
Children’s, Comedy, Narration, Visual Media & Music Video/Film	Children’s Music Album Comedy Album Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media Song Written for Visual Media Music Video Music Film
Classical	Orchestral Performance Opera Recording Choral Performance Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Classical Instrumental Solo Classical Solo Vocal Contemporary Classical Composition
Country & American Roots	Contemporary Country Album Traditional Country Album Country Song Country Solo Performance Country Duo/Group Performance Americana Album American Roots Song Americana Performance American Roots Performance Bluegrass Album Folk Album Traditional Blues Album Contemporary Blues Album Regional Roots Music Album
Gospel & Contemporary Christian	Gospel Album Contemporary Christian Music Album Roots Gospel Album Gospel Performance/Song Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Jazz, Traditional Pop, Musical Theater & Contemporary Instrumental	Jazz Vocal Album Alternative Jazz Album Latin Jazz Album Large Jazz Ensemble Album Jazz Instrumental Album Contemporary Instrumental Album Jazz Performance Traditional Pop Vocal Album Musical Theater Album
Latin, Global, African, Reggae & New Age, Ambient or Chant	Latin Pop Album Latin Rock or Alternative Album Tropical Latin Album Música Urbana Album Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano) Reggae Album Global Music Album New Age, Ambient or Chant Album Global Music Performance African Music Performance
Package, Notes & Historical	Historical Album Album Notes Recording Package Album Cover
Pop & Dance/Electronic	Pop Vocal Album Dance/Electronic Album Pop Solo Performance Pop Duo/Group Performance Dance/Electronic Recording Dance Pop Recording Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement	Producer of the Year, Classical Immersive Audio Album Instrumental Composition Engineered Album, Classical Engineered Album, Non-Classical Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals
R&B, Rap and Spoken Word Poetry	R&B Album Progressive R&B Album Rap Album Spoken Word Poetry Album R&B Performance Traditional R&B Performance Rap Performance Melodic Rap Performance R&B Song Rap Song
Rock, Metal & Alternative	Rock Album Rock Song Rock Performance Metal Performance Alternative Music Album Alternative Music Performance
Special Awards	Lifetime Achievement Award Trustees Award Legend Award Grammy Hall of Fame MusiCares Person of the Year

Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
1990s	Poverty’s Paradise – Naughty by Nature (1996) The Score – Fugees (1997) No Way Out – Puff Daddy and the Family (1998) Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life – Jay-Z (1999)
2000s	The Slim Shady LP – Eminem (2000) The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem (2001) Stankonia – Outkast (2002) The Eminem Show – Eminem (2003) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below – Outkast (2004) The College Dropout – Kanye West (2005) Late Registration – Kanye West (2006) Release Therapy – Ludacris (2007) Graduation – Kanye West (2008) Tha Carter III – Lil Wayne (2009)
2010s	Relapse – Eminem (2010) Recovery – Eminem (2011) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West (2012) Take Care – Drake (2013) The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (2014) The Marshall Mathers LP 2 – Eminem (2015) To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar (2016) Coloring Book – Chance the Rapper (2017) Damn – Kendrick Lamar (2018) Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B (2019)
2020s	Igor – Tyler, the Creator (2020) King’s Disease – Nas (2021) Call Me If You Get Lost – Tyler, the Creator (2022) Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar (2023) Michael – Killer Mike (2024) Alligator Bites Never Heal – Doechii (2025) GNX – Kendrick Lamar (2026)