| Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album | |
|---|---|
 Mileage byRuthie Foster is the current recipient. | |
| Awarded for | quality contemporaryblues albums |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First award | 1988 |
| Currently held by | Ruthie Foster –Mileage (2025) |
| Website | grammy.com |
TheGrammy Award forBest Contemporary Blues Album was awarded from 1988 to 2011 and from 2017 onwards. Until 1992 the award was known asBest Contemporary Blues Performance and in 1989 was awarded to a song rather than to an album.
The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012 onwards, the category was merged with theBest Traditional Blues Album category to form the newBest Blues Album category. However, in 2016 the Grammy organisation decided to revert the situation back to the pre-2012 era, with two separate categories for traditional and contemporary blues recordings respectively.[1]
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.Buddy Guy andKeb' Mo hold the record of most wins in the category with four each, followed byRobert Cray,Stevie Ray Vaughan,Taj Mahal andFantastic Negrito, all with three wins.
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