Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album

Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album

Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
Awarded for quality vocal or instrumental electronic dance music or electronica albums
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country United States
First awarded 2005
Last awarded 2011
Official website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality albums in the dance music and electronica genres. 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]

This award was first presented to Basement Jaxx for the album Kish Kash under the name of Best Electronic/Dance Album in 2005 and received its current denomination Best Dance/Electronica Album following a restructure of the categories in 2012. According to the category description guide, the award is presented "for albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental electronica/dance recordings".[3] It is intended for "groove-oriented recordings with electronic-based instrumentation" and compilation or remixed recording albums are not elegible for this category.

The Chemical Brothers are the only artists to receive this award twice. They also hold the record for most nominations with three. Since its inception British acts have received this award more than any other nationaly, though it has been presented to musicians or groups originating from the United States twice, and from France once. Lady Gaga and Madonna are the only solo artists to have receive this award.

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Recipients

Year[I] Performing artist(s) Nationality Work Nominees Ref.
2005 Basement Jaxx  United Kingdom Kish Kash [4]
2006 The Chemical Brothers  United Kingdom Push the Button [5]
2007 Madonna  United States Confessions on a Dance Floor [6]
2008 The Chemical Brothers  United Kingdom We Are the Night [7]
2009 Daft Punk  France Alive 2007 [8]
2010 Lady Gaga  United States The Fame [9]
2011 La Roux  United Kingdom La Roux [10]
2012 TBD - TBD

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

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  2. ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/. Retrieved April 24, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Category Mapper". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/new-category/124678/124761. Retrieved 25 November 2011. 
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  8. ^ "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx#02. Retrieved June 25, 2010. 
  9. ^ "The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx#02. Retrieved June 25, 2010. 
  10. ^ "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/breaking/newsletter/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,4822287.htmlstory. Retrieved December 2, 2010. 

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