Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album
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The Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes:
- In 1959 the award was known as Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV)
- In 1960 it was awarded as Best Broadway Show Album
- In 1961 it was awarded as Best Show Album (Original Cast)
- From 1962 to 1963 it was awarded as Best Original Cast Show Album
- From 1964 to 1973 it was awarded as Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
- From 1974 to 1975 it was awarded as Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
- From 1976 to 1986 it was awarded as Best Cast Show Album
- From 1987 to 1991 it was awarded as Best Musical Cast Show Album
- Since 1992 it has been awarded as Best Musical Show Album
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.
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2000s
- Grammy Awards of 2005
- Stephen Schwartz (producer & composer/lyricist) for Wicked performed by the original Broadway cast with Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel
- Grammy Awards of 2004
- Todd Whitelock, Tom Lazarus (engineers), Ken Hahn (engineer/mixer) & Jay David Saks (engineer/mixer & producer) for Gypsy performed by the New Broadway cast with Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dossett & others
- Grammy Awards of 2003
- Peter Karam (engineer/mixer), Marc Shaiman (producer, composer & lyricist) & Scott Wittman (lyricist) & the original Broadway cast including Marissa Jaret Winokur & Harvey Fierstein, for Hairspray
- Grammy Awards of 2002
- Cynthia Daniels (engineer), Hugh Fordin (producer), Mel Brooks (composer/lyricist) & the original Broadway cast with Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick for The Producers
- Grammy Awards of 2001
- Frank Filipetti (engineer/mixer & producer), Guy Babylon & Paul Bogaev, Chris Montan (producers), Elton John (composer), Tim Rice (lyricist) & the original Broadway cast for Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
- Grammy Awards of 2000
- John McDaniel, Stephen Ferrera (producers) & the New Broadway cast with Bernadette Peters & Tom Wopat for Annie Get Your Gun
1990s
- Grammy Awards of 1999
- Mark Mancina (producer) & the original Broadway cast for The Lion King
- Grammy Awards of 1998
- Jay David Saks (producer) for Chicago the Musical performed by Various Artists featuring Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton & Joel Grey
- Grammy Awards of 1997
- Bill Whelan (composer, lyricist & producer) & various artists for Riverdance
- Grammy Awards of 1996
- Arif Mardin, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (producers) & the original Broadway cast for Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber & Stoller
- Grammy Awards of 1995
- Phil Ramone (producer), Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist) & the original cast for Passion
- Grammy Awards of 1994
- George Martin (producer), Pete Townshend (composer & lyricist) & the original cast for The Who's Tommy
- Grammy Awards of 1993
- Jay David Saks (producer) & the New Broadway cast for Guys and Dolls - The New Broadway Cast Recording
- Grammy Awards of 1992
- Best Musical Show Album
- Cy Coleman (producer and composer), Mike Berniker (producer), Adolph Green, Betty Comden (lyricists) & the original Broadway cast for The Will Rogers Follies
- Grammy Awards of 1991
- David Caddick (producer) & cast members with Garry Morris for Les Miserables - The Complete Symphonic Recording
- Grammy Awards of 1990
- Jay David Saks (producer) & the original cast with Jason Alexander & Debbie Shapiro & Robert La Fasse for Jerome Robbins' Broadway
1980s
- Grammy Awards of 1989
- Jay David Saks (producer), Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist) & various artists for Into the Woods (Best Musical Cast Show Album)
- Grammy Awards of 1988
- Claude-Michel Schonberg (composer), Herbert Kretzmer (lyricist), Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg (producers), & the original Broadway cast for Les Miserables
- Grammy Awards of 1987
- Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original 1986 cast for Follies in Concert
- Grammy Awards of 1986
- John McClure (producer), José Carreras & Kiri Te Kanawa for West Side Story
- Grammy Awards of 1985
- Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast for Sunday In the Park With George
- Grammy Awards of 1984
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (producer) & the original Broadway cast for Cats (Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- Grammy Awards of 1983
- Henry Krieger (composer), Tom Eyen (lyricist), David Foster (producer) & various artists for Dreamgirls
- Grammy Awards of 1982
- Quincy Jones (producer) & Lena Horne for Lena Horne - The Lady and Her Music, Live on Broadway
- Grammy Awards of 1981
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (producer and composer), Tim Rice (producer and lyricist) & the original cast with Patti Lupone & Mandy Patinkin for Evita - Premier American Recording
- Grammy Awards of 1980
- Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast with Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou for Sweeney Todd
1970s
- Grammy Awards of 1979
- Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & various artists for Ain't Misbehavin'
- Grammy Awards of 1978
- Martin Charnin (composer), Charles Strouse (composer & producer), Larry Morton (producer) & the original cast with Andrea McCardle & Dorothy Loudon for Annie
- Grammy Awards of 1977
- Luigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti (producers) & various artists for Bubbling Brown Sugar
- Grammy Awards of 1976
- Charlie Smalls (composer), Jerry Wexler (producer) & the original cast with Stephanie Mills & Dee Dee Bridgewater for The Wiz
- Grammy Awards of 1975
- Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin (composers), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast with Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen & Helen Martin for Raisin
- Grammy Awards of 1974
- Stephen Sondheim (composer), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast with Glynis Johns, Len Cariou, Hermoine Gingold, Victoria Mallory, Patricia Elliott & Teri Ralston for A Little Night Music
- Grammy Awards of 1973
- Micki Grant (composer), Jerry Ragavoy (producer) & the original cast with Alex Bradford, Hope Clarke & Bobby Hill for Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
- Grammy Awards of 1972
- Stephen Schwartz (composer & producer) & the original cast for Godspell
- Grammy Awards of 1971
- Stephen Sondheim (composer), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast with Dean Jones, Barbara Barrie, George Coe, Teri Rolston, John Cunningham & Beth Howland for Company
- Grammy Awards of 1970
- Burt Bacharach, Hal David (composers), Henry Jerome, Phil Ramone (producers) & the original cast with Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara, Edward Winter, Donna McKecknie, A .L. Hines, Marian Mercer & Paul Reed for Promises, Promises
1960s
- Grammy Awards of 1969
- Galt MacDermott, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (composers), Andy Wiswell (producer) the original cast with Ronnie Dyson, Gerome Ragni, Steve Curry, Lamont Washington, Diane Keaton, Melba Moore & James Rado for Hair
- Grammy Awards of 1968
- Fred Ebb, John Kander (composers), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast with Joel Grey, Jill Haworth, Lotte Lenya, Jack Gilford & Bert Convy for Cabaret
- Grammy Awards of 1967
- Jerry Herman (composer) & the original cast with Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Jane Connell, Charles Braswell, Jerry Lanning & Frankie Michaels for Mame
- Grammy Awards of 1966
- Alan J. Lerner, Burton Lane (composers), & the original cast with Barbara Harris, John Cullum, Tito Vandis, Byron Webster & William Daniels for On a Clear Day
- Grammy Awards of 1965
- Jule Styne & Robert Merrill (composers) & the original cast with Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Danny Meehan, Kay Medford, Jean Stapleton & John Lankston for Funny Girl
- Grammy Awards of 1964
- Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick (composers) & the original cast with Barbara Cook, Jack Cassidy, Barbara Baxley, Daniel Massey, Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williams & Jo Wilder for She Loves Me
- Grammy Awards of 1963
- Richard Rodgers (composer) & the original cast with Richard Kiley, Diahann Carroll, Bernice Mass, Noelle Adam, Don Chastain, Mitchell Gregg & Noelle Adam for No Strings
- Grammy Awards of 1962
- Frank Loesser (composer) & the original cast with Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Grammy Awards of 1961
- Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers (composers), Mary Martin & the original cast for The Sound of Music
- Grammy Awards of 1960
- Ethel Merman & the original cast for Gypsy
- The original cast with Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley, Leonard Stone, Doris Rich, Cynthia Latham, Joy Nichols, Bob Dixon & Pat Ferrier for Redhead
1950s
- Grammy Awards of 1959
- Meredith Willson (composer) & the original cast with Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, David Burns, Eddie Hodges, Pert Kelton & Helen Raymond for The Music Man