Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album
Grammy Awards · 105 nominations across 33 ceremonies · 33 wins
68th Grammys · 2026
- Winner Preacher Kids · Robert Randolph, the Family Band
- Nominee A Tribute to LJK · Eric Gales
- Nominee Paper Doll · Samantha Fish
- Nominee Family · Southern Avenue
- Nominee Breakthrough · Joe Bonamassa
67th Grammys · 2025
- Winner Mileage · Ruthie Foster
- Nominee Blame It On Eve · Shemekia Copeland
- Nominee Friendlytown · Steve Cropper
- Nominee Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 · Joe Bonamassa
- Nominee The Fury
66th Grammys · 2024
- Winner Blood Harmony · Larkin Poe
- Nominee Healing Time · Ruthie Foster
- Nominee Death Wish Blues · Samantha Fish, Jesse Dayton
- Nominee LaVette! · Bettye LaVette
- Nominee Live in London · Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
65th Grammys · 2023
- Winner Brother Johnny · Edgar Winter
- Nominee Bloodline Maintenance · Ben Harper
- Nominee Crown · Eric Gales
- Nominee Done Come Too Far · Shemekia Copeland
- Nominee Set Sail · North Mississippi Allstars
64th Grammys · 2022
- Winner 662 · Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
- Nominee Fire It Up
- Nominee Delta Kream · The Black Keys, Kenny Brown
- Nominee Royal Tea · Joe Bonamassa
- Nominee Uncivil War · Shemekia Copeland
63rd Grammys · 2021
- Winner Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? · Fantastic Negrito
- Nominee The Juice · G. Love
- Nominee Live at the Paramount
- Nominee Up and Rolling · North Mississippi Allstars
- Nominee Blackbirds · Bettye LaVette
62nd Grammys · 2020
- Winner This Land · Gary Clark Jr.
- Nominee Brighter Days · Robert Randolph, the Family Band
- Nominee Somebody Save Me · Sugaray Rayford
- Nominee Venom & Faith · Larkin Poe
- Nominee Keep On · Southern Avenue
61st Grammys · 2019
- Winner Please Don't Be Dead · Fantastic Negrito
- Nominee Here in Babylon
- Nominee Victor Wainwright and the Train · Victor Wainwright
- Nominee Out of the Blues · Boz Scaggs
- Nominee Cry No More · Danielle Nicole
60th Grammys · 2018
- Winner TajMo · Taj Mahal, The Taj Mahal Sextet, Keb' Mo'
- Nominee Got Soul · Robert Randolph, the Family Band
- Nominee Recorded Live in Lafayette · Sonny Landreth
- Nominee Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm · Robert Cray Band, Hi Rhythm
- Nominee Live from the Fox Oakland · Tedeschi Trucks Band
59th Grammys · 2017
- Winner The Last Days of Oakland · Fantastic Negrito
- Nominee Love Wins Again · Janiva Magness
- Nominee Bloodline · Kenny Neal
- Nominee Everybody Wants a Piece · Joe Louis Walker
- Nominee Give It Back to You · The Record Company
53rd Grammys · 2011
- Winner Living Proof · Buddy Guy
- Nominee Live! In Chicago · Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Hubert Sumlin, Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, Bryan Lee
- Nominee Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook · Bettye LaVette
- Nominee Tribal · Dr. John, the Lower 911
- Nominee Nothing's Impossible · Solomon Burke
52nd Grammys · 2010
- Winner Already Free · The Derek Trucks Band
- Nominee Live: Hope at the Hideout · Mavis Staples
- Nominee Back to the River · Susan Tedeschi
- Nominee The Truth According to Ruthie Foster · Ruthie Foster
- Nominee This Time · Robert Cray Band
51st Grammys · 2009
- Winner City That Care Forgot · Dr. John
- Nominee Peace, Love & BBQ · Marcia Ball
- Nominee Maestro · Taj Mahal, The Taj Mahal Sextet
- Nominee Like a Fire · Solomon Burke
- Nominee Simply Grand · Irma Thomas
50th Grammys · 2008
- Winner The Road to Escondido · J. J. Cale, Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton
- Nominee Into the Blues · Joan Armatrading
- Nominee The Scene of the Crime · Bettye LaVette
- Nominee Truth · Robben Ford
- Nominee Is It News · Doyle Bramhall
49th Grammys · 2007
- Winner After the Rain · Irma Thomas
- Nominee Hope and Desire · Susan Tedeschi
- Nominee Suitcase · Keb' Mo'
- Nominee Sippiana Hericane · Dr. John
- Nominee Live from Across the Pond · Robert Cray Band
48th Grammys · 2006
- Winner Cost of Living · Delbert McClinton
47th Grammys · 2005
- Winner Keep It Simple · Keb' Mo'
46th Grammys · 2004
- Winner Let's Roll · Sametto James, Etta James
45th Grammys · 2003
44th Grammys · 2002
- Winner Nothing Personal · Delbert McClinton
- Nominee The Door · Keb' Mo'
- Nominee Sweet Tea · Buddy Guy
- Nominee Matriarch of the Blues · Etta James, Sametto James
- Nominee Creole Moon · Dr. John
43rd Grammys · 2001
- Winner Shoutin' in Key · Taj Mahal, The Taj Mahal Sextet
- Nominee Shake Hands with Shorty · North Mississippi Allstars
- Nominee Wicked · Shemekia Copeland
- Nominee Royal Blue · Koko Taylor
- Nominee Hoochie Man · Bobby Rush
42nd Grammys · 2000
40th Grammys · 1998
- Winner Señor Blues · Taj Mahal
39th Grammys · 1997
- Winner Just Like You · Keb' Mo'
38th Grammys · 1996
- Winner Slippin' In · Buddy Guy
37th Grammys · 1995
- Winner Father Father · Pops Staples
36th Grammys · 1994
- Winner Feels Like Rain · Buddy Guy
35th Grammys · 1993
34th Grammys · 1992
- Winner Damn Right, I've Got the Blues · Buddy Guy
33rd Grammys · 1991
- Winner D/FW · Jimmie Vaughan, Vaughan Brothers
- Nominee Red Hot & Blue · B. B. King, Lee Atwater
- Nominee Midnight Stroll · Robert Cray Band, The Robert Cray Band, The Memphis Horns
- Nominee Jump for Joy · Koko Taylor
- Nominee Stickin' to My Guns · Etta James, Sametto James
32nd Grammys · 1990
31st Grammys · 1989
30th Grammys · 1988
- Winner Strong Persuader · The Robert Cray Band