The Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children was an honor presented to recording artists for quality children's music albums at the

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s, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the

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of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". The award for Best Musical Album for Children was first presented to producer Alan Menken and

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in 1994 for the

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to the

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film '' Aladdin''. The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. Starting in 2012, this category merged with the Best Spoken Word Album for Children category to form the new Best Children's Album category. This merger meant essentially returning to the categorization set-up prior to 1994 (although with a small name change), when recordings for children was covered by the

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alone.

Recipients

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
Producer(s) are only indicated if they were presented a Grammy Award.

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Recipients

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