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{{Short description|Award}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
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| year = 2023
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| holder = TBA 5 February 2023
| holder = [[J. Ivy]] - ''The Light Inside''
| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]
| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]
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The '''Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album''' is a new category in the annual [[Grammy Awards]], which will be first presented at the [[65th Annual Grammy Awards|2023 show]] on February 5.
The '''Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album''' is a category in the annual [[Grammy Awards]], that was first presented at the [[65th Annual Grammy Awards|2023 show]] on February 5, 2023.


== Criteria ==
According to the [[The Recording Academy|Recording Academy]], this new category "recognizes excellence in spoken word albums specific to the performance of poetry with or without music."<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Categories For The 2023 GRAMMYs Announced: Songwriter Of The Year, Best Video Game Soundtrack, Best Song For Social Change & More Changes |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammys-new-categories-songwriter-year-best-video-game-soundtrack-social-impact-special-merit-award-65th-grammy-awards |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref>
According to the [[The Recording Academy|Recording Academy]], this new category "recognizes excellence in spoken word albums specific to the performance of poetry with or without music."<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Categories For The 2023 GRAMMYs Announced: Songwriter Of The Year, Best Video Game Soundtrack, Best Song For Social Change & More Changes |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammys-new-categories-songwriter-year-best-video-game-soundtrack-social-impact-special-merit-award-65th-grammy-awards |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref>


== History ==
Up to and including the [[64th Annual Grammy Awards|64th Grammy Awards]], all spoken word recordings fell under one category, the ''[[Best Spoken Word Album]].'' As of 2023, the Spoken Word category has been renamed '''Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording'''. This category recognizes excellence in spoken work albums, but does no longer include spoken word poetry.
Up to and including the [[64th Annual Grammy Awards|64th Grammy Awards]], all spoken word recordings fell under one category, the [[Best Spoken Word Album]]. As of 2023, the Spoken Word category has been renamed '''Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording'''. This category recognizes excellence in spoken word albums, but no longer includes spoken word poetry.


== Winners and Nominees ==
== Recipients ==
[[File:J. Ivy Live in Concert.jpg|right|upright|thumb|Two-time winner [[J. Ivy]], performing in 2012]]
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|'''[[65th Annual Grammy Awards|2023]]'''
! [[65th Annual Grammy Awards|2023]]
| [[J. Ivy]]
|colspan=2| ''Winner TBA on 5 February 2023''
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| ''The Poet Who Sat By the Door''
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|{{smalldiv|
* ''Black Men Are Precious'' - [[E. Ethelbert Miller|Ethelbert Miller]]
* [[E. Ethelbert Miller|Ethelbert Miller]] – ''Black Men Are Precious''
* ''[[Call Us What We Carry|Call Us What We Carry: Poems]]'' - [[Amanda Gorman]]
* [[Amanda Gorman]] – ''[[Call Us What We Carry|Call Us What We Carry: Poems]]''
* ''Hiding in Plain View'' - [[Malcolm-Jamal Warner]]
* [[Malcolm-Jamal Warner]] – ''Hiding in Plain View''
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* ''The Poet Who Say By the Door'' - [[J. Ivy]]
* ''You Will Be Someone's Ancestor. Act Accordingly''. - Amir Sulaiman
* Amir Sulaiman – ''You Will Be Someone's Ancestor. Act Accordingly.''}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chicago poet J. Ivy wins Grammy in category he helped create|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/2/5/23587106/j-ivy-grammy-chicago-poet-spoken-word-album|access-date= Feb 5, 2023 |website=www.chicago.suntimes.com}}</ref>
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! [[66th Annual Grammy Awards|2024]]
| [[J. Ivy]]
|''The Light Inside''
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* Queen Sheba – ''A - You're Not Wrong B- They're Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited''
* [[Prentice Powell]] & Shawn William – ''For Your Consideration'24 - The Album''
* [[Kevin Powell]] – ''Grocery Shopping With My Mother''
* [[Aja Monet]] – ''[[When the Poems Do What They Do|When The Poems Do What They Do]]''}}
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Minsker |first1=Evan |title=Grammy Nominations 2024: See the Full List Here |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/grammy-nominations-2024-see-the-full-list-here/ |access-date=November 10, 2023 |work=Pitchfork |date=November 10, 2023}}</ref>
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<sup>{{note|1|[I]}}</sup> Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.


== References ==
== References ==
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{{Grammy Award categories}}
{{Grammy Award categories}}
[[Category:Grammy Award categories]]
[[Category:Grammy Award categories]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2023]]
[[Category:2023 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Poetry awards]]

Revision as of 01:09, 26 February 2024

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Awarded forQuality spoken word poetry recordings
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2023
Currently held byJ. Ivy - The Light Inside
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album is a category in the annual Grammy Awards, that was first presented at the 2023 show on February 5, 2023.

Criteria

According to the Recording Academy, this new category "recognizes excellence in spoken word albums specific to the performance of poetry with or without music."[1]

History

Up to and including the 64th Grammy Awards, all spoken word recordings fell under one category, the Best Spoken Word Album. As of 2023, the Spoken Word category has been renamed Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. This category recognizes excellence in spoken word albums, but no longer includes spoken word poetry.

Recipients

Two-time winner J. Ivy, performing in 2012
Year[I] Recipient(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2023 J. Ivy The Poet Who Sat By the Door
[2]

[3]

2024 J. Ivy The Light Inside
[4]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

References

  1. ^ "New Categories For The 2023 GRAMMYs Announced: Songwriter Of The Year, Best Video Game Soundtrack, Best Song For Social Change & More Changes". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  2. ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  3. ^ "Chicago poet J. Ivy wins Grammy in category he helped create". www.chicago.suntimes.com. Retrieved Feb 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Minsker, Evan (November 10, 2023). "Grammy Nominations 2024: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
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