The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album was awarded from 1983 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Blues Performance and was twice awarded to individual tracks rather than albums.
The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012 onwards, the category was merged with the Best Contemporary Blues Album category to form the new Best Blues Album category. However, in 2016 the Grammy organisation decided to revert the situation back to the pre-2012 era, with two separate categories for traditional and contemporary blues recordings respectively.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year. B.B. King holds the record of most wins in the category with ten.
Recipients
Year Performing artist(s) WorkNomineesRef.1983 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Alright Again1984 B.B. King Blues 'N' Jazz 1985 John P. Hammond, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Sugar Blue, Koko Taylor & the Blues Machine, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson & J.B. Hutto & the New Hawks Blues Explosion1986 B.B. King "My Guitar Sings the Blues"1987 Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland Showdown!1988 Professor Longhair Houseparty New Orleans Style1989 Willie Dixon Hidden Charms1990 John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt "I'm in the Mood"1991 B.B. King Live at San Quentin1992 B.B. King Live at the Apollo1993 Dr. John Goin' Back to New Orleans1994 B.B. King Blues Summit1995 Eric Clapton From the Cradle1996 John Lee Hooker Chill Out1997 James Cotton Deep in the Blues1998 John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back1999 Otis Rush Any Place I'm Going2000 B.B. King Blues on the Bayou2001 B.B. King & Eric Clapton Riding with the King2002 Jimmie Vaughan Do You Get the Blues?2003 B.B. King A Christmas Celebration of Hope2004 Buddy Guy Blues Singer2005 Etta James Blues to the Bone2006 B.B. King & Friends B.B. King & Friends: 802007 Ike Turner Risin' with the Blues2008 Henry James Townsend, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr. & David "Honeyboy" Edwards Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas2009 B.B. King One Kind Favor2010 Ramblin' Jack Elliott A Stranger Here 2011 Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Joined at the Hip2017 Bobby Rush Porcupine Meat2018 The Rolling Stones Blue & Lonesome2019 Buddy Guy The Blues Is Alive and Well2020 Delbert McClinton & the Self-Made Men + Dana Tall, Dark and Handsome2021 Bobby Rush Rawer than Raw2022Cedric BurnsideI Be Trying2023 Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder Get On Board 2024Bobby RushAll My Love for You <small>Eric Bibb - Ridin'''</small> Mr Sipp - The Soul Side of Sipp Tracy Nelson - Life Don't Miss Nobody John Primer - Teardrops For Magic Slim Live at Rosa's Lounge
!2025 |The Taj Mahal Sextet |Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa'' Cedric Burnside - Hill Country Love The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Struck Down Sue Foley - One Guitar Woman Little Feat - Sam's Place2026 Buddy Guy Ain't Done With The Blues Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - Room on the Porch Maria Muldaur - One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey Charlie Musselwhite - Look Out Highway Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush - Young Fashioned Ways
References
Sources Grammy Awards – Past Winners SearchAs noted in this article: search years are offset by one year.