Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album
The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards — a ceremony that was established in 1958 — honor quality dance and electronica albums in any given year. The award was first presented at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005 as an complement to the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, which had been presented as the sole award for dance music since 1998.
Basement Jaxx were the first winners of the award, in 2005.
The Chemical Brothers were the first to receive the award twice, in 2006 and 2008, and won for a third time in 2020, tying Skrillex as the most awarded acts in the category.
Madonna became the first solo singer to win this award in 2007. She also became the first female act to be nominated and win in the category.
Lady Gaga became the second female artist to win in the category. She was also the first to be nominated with the same album in the Album of the Year category.
Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording
The Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works containing quality vocal performances in the dance music and/or electronic music genres. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences 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".
Donna Summer was the first recipient of the award in 1998 alongside Giorgio Moroder.
1999 award winner, Madonna.
Cher won her first, and to date, only Grammy award in this category in 2000.
2004 winner and four-time Grammy nominee, Kylie Minogue.