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Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...
for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes:
* In 1959 the award was known as Best Performance, Documentary or Spoken Word
* From 1960 to 1961 it was awarded as Best Performance – Documentary or Spoken Word (other than comedy)
* From 1962 to 1963 it was awarded as Best Documentary or Spoken Word Recording (other than comedy)
* From 1964 to 1965 it was awarded as Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (other than comedy)
* In 1966 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word or Drama Recording
* From 1967 to 1968 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
* From 1969 to 1979 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word Recording
* From 1980 to 1983 it returned to the title of Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording
* From 1984 to 1991 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording
* From 1992 to 1997 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album
* From 1998 to 2022 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word Album
* From 2023 it will be awarded as Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. Poetry reading now has its own Grammy category, Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.
This category now also includes audio books and story telling. Up to and including 2022, it also included poetry reading.
Three US Presidents have won the award: Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...
(who has won the award three times), Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Obama was the first Af ...
(who has won the award twice), and Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again ...
, along with spoken recordings of John F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Four U.S. Senator
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and power ...
s have won: Barack Obama, Everett Dirksen, Al Franken (won prior to his election), and Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
(won when she was First Lady). First Lady Michelle Obama has also won the award after she was First Lady.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for a recording released in the previous year.
Recipients
See also
* Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for ChildrenReferences
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