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.
Daft Punk
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Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They achieved early popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement, combining elements of house music with funk, disco, techno, rock and synth-pop. The duo garnered further acclaim and commercial success and are now regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music history.
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo in 2013
Mixmag cover feature in August 1997
Daft Punk performing on the Alive 2006/2007 tour in July 2007
Daft Punk in DJ Hero