
Swift and Adele are the only women to win the award more than once for their own albums, winning for Fearless, 1989, and Folklore and 21 and 25, respectively (Swift was also nominated for Red and Evermore). Taylor Swift was the first solo female artist to win the award twice and thrice. The first woman to win the award was Judy Garland in 1962, for Judy at Carnegie Hall. McCartney and Simon are the only artists with nominations in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s. Barbra Streisand has the most nominations amongst female artists with six. Sinatra leads solo performers with eight nominations, seven for solo albums and one for a duet album. Paul McCartney leads all performers with nine nominations: five as a member of The Beatles, three for solo albums, and one as a member of Wings. Coyne, Ghenea, Hanes, and Ludwig are the only people to win the award in three consecutive years. They are followed by Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, Taylor Swift, and Stevie Wonder (as performers) David Foster, Daniel Lanois, Phil Ramone, and Ryan Tedder (as record producers) Tom Elmhirst and Mike Piersante (as engineers/mixers) and Bob Ludwig (as mastering engineer) with three victories each.

Tom Coyne (as mastering engineer) Serban Ghenea and John Hanes (as engineers/mixers) are the biggest winners in this category with four wins. This award goes to the performing artist, the producer, recording engineer and/or mixer for that song. The similarly titled Record of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album. Īlbum of the Year is awarded for a whole album, and the award is presented to the artist, featured artist, songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and mastering engineer with significant contributions to that album. The category expanded to include eight nominees in 2019, and to ten in 2021. 2021-: Artist, featured artist, producer, songwriter (of new material), mastering engineer and recording engineer or mixer.2018–2020: Artist, producer, songwriter (of new material), mastering engineer, and recording engineer or mixer (only those who were credited on at least 33% playing time of the album).2003–2017: Artist, featured artist, producer, mastering engineer, and recording engineer or mixer (only those who were credited on at least 33% playing time of the album).1999–2002: Artist, producer, and recording engineer or mixer.Over the years, the rules on who was presented with an award have changed:
