Grammy Best Electronic Dance Music Album: Wikipedia

The Grammy Award for Best Electronic Dance Music Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.

Introduction

The Grammy Award for Best Electronic Dance Music Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. This award was first presented in 2013 to Daft Punk for their album Random Access Memories.

To date, there have been four[1] winners of the Best Electronic Dance Music Album Grammy:

Daft Punk, for their album Random Access Memories (2013)
Skrillex, for his album Recess (2014)
The Chemical Brothers, for their album Born In The Echoes (2015)
Bonobo, for his album Migration (2017)

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are the most prestigious music awards in the United States. They are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The first Grammy Awards were presented in 1959. The Grammy Awards are considered the highest honor in the music industry.

Grammy Award for Best Electronic Dance Music Album

The Grammy Award for Best Electronic Dance Music Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the electronic dance music genre.

In 2012, the Academy announced the creation of this award, which recognizing “albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental electronica/dance recordings”. The first recipient of this award was Skrillex for Bangarang.

As of 2021, no album has won more than once. Skrillex and Lady Gaga are the only artists to have been nominated more than once.

List of winners

2010s

During the 2010s, the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album was awarded to the following albums:

-2013: Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
-2014:Syro by Aphex Twin
-2015:In Colour by Jamie xx
-2016:Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü by Skrilllex and Diplo
-2017:Skin by Flume
-2018:Migration by Bonobo

2020s

This is a list of winners of the Grammy Award for Best Electronic Dance Music Album, with the award being presented since 2018.

* 2018 – Virtual Self, Virtual Self
* 2019 – The Chemical Brothers, No Geography
* 2020 – RÜFÜS DU SOL, Solace

References

“Grammy Best Electronic Dance Music Album: Wikipedia”. Grammy Awards. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
Wigler, Josh (January 9, 2015). “Meet The Producer Behind Skrillex’s ‘Recess,’ Grammys’ Best Dance/Electronica Album”. Forbes. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
Fong-Torres, Ben (January 26, 2014). “Skrillex’s Grammy Sweep: A Look at the Legal Fight That Led to Victory”. Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2019.