Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

Over the years, the qualifications for the individual nominees has fluctuated with principal artists, composers, and producers at one point being the sole eligible nominee, to the current (as of the 66th Grammy Awards) standard which is as follows: "For albums containing greater than 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principal vocalist(s), and the album producer(s) of 50% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and composer(s) of 50 % or more of a score of a new recording are eligible for an Award if any previous recording of said score has not been nominated in this category." Vocalists were first awarded in this category at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012. When an album does not feature any individual soloists and predominantly features an ensemble cast, no individual award is given to the members of the ensemble, with each member instead receiving a winners certificate. As of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, only a maximum of four principal vocalists can be awarded (previously unlimited), in addition to the producer/s and lyricists/composers. The maximum number of eligible principal vocalist(s) was increased to six beginning at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year. ==Name changes==

This award has had several minor name changes: • In 1959 the award was known as Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV) • In 1960 it was awarded as Best Broadway Show Album • In 1961 it was awarded as Best Show Album (Original Cast) • From 1962 to 1963 it was awarded as Best Original Cast Show Album • From 1964 to 1973 it was awarded as Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album • From 1974 to 1975 it was awarded as Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album • From 1976 to 1986 it was awarded as Best Cast Show Album • From 1987 to 1991 it was awarded as Best Musical Cast Show Album • From 1992 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Musical Show Album • From 2012 it has been known as Best Musical Theater Album. ==Winners and nominees==

won for The Music Man (1959). won for Gypsy. won twice for The Sound of Music (1961) and No Strings (1963). won for The Sound of Music in 1961. won for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962). won for Funny Girl (1965). won for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1966). won for Mame (1967). won for Cabaret (1968). won for Promises, Promises (1970) won six times for Company (1971), A Little Night Music (1974), Sweeney Todd (1980), Sunday in the Park with George (1985), Into the Woods (1989), and Passion (1995) won twice for Godspell (1972) and Wicked (2005) won for ''Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope'' (1973), becoming the first African-American woman to win this award. won for Annie (1978). received awards in 1981 and 1984 for his hit shows Evita and Cats, respectively. won the award in 1982. won for Les Misérables (1988) won with his writing partner Betty Comden for The Will Rogers Follies (1992) won for ''The Who's Tommy'' (1994). winner Sir Elton John won for Aida (2001). won with Sir Elton for Aida (2001). won for The Producers (2002). won for Spamalot (2006). won twice for Hairspray (2003) and Some Like It Hot (2024). won thrice for In the Heights (2009), Hamilton (2016) and Dear Evan Hansen (2018). won twice for American Idiot (2011). won for The Book of Mormon (2012). won for The Book of Mormon (2012). won as a vocalist for Once (2013). won as a vocalist for Kinky Boots (2014) won for her show Kinky Boots (2014). won twice for In the Heights (2010) and Hamilton (2016). won as a vocalist for Hamilton (2016). won for Hamilton (2016), and Into the Woods (2023). won as a vocalist for Hamilton (2016). won as a vocalist for Hamilton (2016). won as a vocalist for Hamilton (2016). won as a vocalist in The Color Purple (2017). won as a vocalist in The Color Purple (2017). won as a vocalist for The Color Purple (2017). won for Dear Evan Hansen (2018) as a vocalist for Dear Evan Hansen (2018). won as a vocalist for Dear Evan Hansen (2018). won as a vocalist for ''The Band's Visit'' (2019). won as a vocalist for Hadestown (2020). and Patrick Page won as vocalists for Hadestown (2020). won in 2020 for her musical Hadestown. won for her musical Jagged Little Pill (2021). won as vocalist in Into the Woods (2023). won as a vocalist for Into the Woods (2022). won as a vocalist for ''Hell's Kitchen'' (2025). 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Shows with multiple wins and nominations==

Shows with multiple wins 2 wins: • Gypsy • Les Misérables • West Side Story • Into the Woods Shows with multiple nominations 5 nominations • Gypsy 4 nominations • West Side Story • Into the Woods • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 3 nominations: • Anything Goes • Chicago • Follies • Guys and Dolls • Hair • Hello, Dolly! • The King and I • Les Misérables • A Little Night Music • The Music Man • My Fair Lady • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 2 nominations: • ''Ain't Misbehavin''' • Assassins • Carousel • Cabaret • Cats • A Chorus Line • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum • Company • Crazy for You • The Color Purple • Fiddler on the Roof • Flower Drum Song • Hedwig and the Angry Inch • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat • Kiss of the Spider Woman • Kiss Me, Kate • Kinky Boots • Little Shop of Horrors • Man of La Mancha • Me and My Girl • Merrily We Roll Along • Nine • Oklahoma! • Pacific Overtures • Promises, Promises • Ragtime • South Pacific • Sweet Charity • The Wiz • ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' • Zorba ==Individuals with multiple wins and nominations==

Individuals with multiple wins 6 wins: • Thomas Z. Shepard • Stephen Sondheim 5 wins: • Frank Filipetti • Jay David Saks 3 wins: • Alex Lacamoire • Charles Strouse 2 wins: • David Caddick • Pete Ganbarg • Pete Karam • Tom Kitt • David Lai • Goddard Lieberson • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Stephen Oremus • Phil Ramone • Tim Rice • Richard Rodgers • Stephen Schwartz • Marc Shaiman • Dean Sharenow • Phillipa Soo • Bill Sherman • Andrew Lloyd Webber • Todd Whitelock • Scott Wittman • David Yazbek Individuals with multiple nominations 25 nominations • Thomas Z. Shepard 17 nominations • Jay David Saks 16 nominations • Stephen Sondheim 12 nominations • Tommy Krasker 10 nominations • David Lai 9 nominations • Andrew Lloyd Webber • Cy Coleman • Hugh Fordin 8 nominations • Frank Filipetti • Kurt Deutsch • Mike Berniker • Steven Epstein 7 nominations • David Caddick • John Kander • Phil Ramone • Robert Sher 6 nominations • Alan Menken • Jerry Bock • Joel W. Moss • Fred Ebb • Richard Rodgers • Sheldon Harnick • Stephen Schwartz 5 nominations • Adolph Green • Alex Lacamoire • Betty Comden • Jerry Herman • Kelli O'Hara • Dean Sharenow • Ted Sperling • Jule Styne 4 nominations • Danny Burstein • Van Dean • Sean Patrick Flahaven • Sutton Foster • Jonathan Groff • Derik Lee • Alan Jay Lerner • Lawrence Manchester • Chris Montan • Stephen Oremus • Jeanine Tesori • David Yazbek 3 nominations • Brian d'Arcy James • Brandon Victor Dixon • Dorothy Fields • Derik Lee • Bob Merrill • Jessie Mueller • Joel Moss • Michael Croiter • Micki Grant • Patti LuPone • Philip Chaffin • Sara Bareilles • Stephen Flaherty • Goddard Lieberson • Tim Rice • Scott Riesett • Lynn Ahrens • Michael Kosarin • Bill Sherman • Charles Strouse 2 nominations • Alex Newell • Audra McDonald • Ben Platt • Bernadette Peters • Billy Jay Stein • Burt Bacharach • Carrie Hope Fletcher • Christian Borle • Conrad Ricamora • Cyndi Lauper • Daniel Radcliffe • Elliot Scheiner • Galt MacDermot • Gary Geld • George C. Wolfe • Harvey Schmidt • Henry Krieger • Jason Robert Brown • Jeffrey Lesser • Jimmy Van Heusen • John Cariani • John Clancy • Julie Andrews • Justin Levine • Kevin McCollum • Kiri Te Kanawa • Lea Salonga • Lee Adams • Lindsay Mendez • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Marc Shaiman • Martin Charnin • Matt Stine • Matthew Broderick • Megan Hilty • Meredith Willson • Neal Avron • Norm Lewis • Paul Gemignani • Pete Ganbarg • Pete Karam • Phillipa Soo • Peter Asher • Peter Udell • Phil Reno • Rob Fisher • Sammy Cahn • Sammy James, Jr. • Scott Wittman • Shoshana Bean • Stephen Bray • Stephen Trask • Steven Sater • Todd Whitelock • Tom Jones • Tom Kitt • Tony McAnany • Victoria Clark • William Wittman • Norbert Leo Butz ==Notes==