The Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album was awarded from 1959 to 1993 then again from 2004 to the present day. The title of the award has had several minor changes over the years. It was known as Best Comedy Performance from 1959 to 1967. It was changed to Best comedy recording from 1968 to 1991. From 1992 to 1993 and from 2004 to present day it is known by the title Best Comedy Album. In 1994 the award was moved to the “spoken” field. From 1994 to 2003 it was awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album. It was changed back to Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 2004. Veteran comedian Bill Cosby is the most awarded in the category with seven wins.

Winners: Grammys Best Spoken Comedy Album

Year
Winner/s
2010
Stephen Colbert for A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!
2009
George Carlin for It's Bad For Ya
2008
Flight of the Conchords for The Distant Future
2007
Lewis Black for The Carnegie Hall Performance
2006
Chris Rock for Never Scared
2005
Jon Stewart and the cast of The Daily Show for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents ... America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
2004
"Weird Al" Yankovic for Poodle Hat
2003
Nathaniel Kunkel (engineer/mixer), Peter Asher (producer) & Robin Williams for Robin Williams - Live 2002
2002
John Runnette (producer) & George Carlin for Napalm & Silly Putty
2001
John Runnette (producer) & George Carlin for Brain Droppings
2000
Chris Rock for Bigger & Blacker
1999
Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner for The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000
1998
Chris Rock for Roll With the New
1997
Al Franken for Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations
1996
Jonathan Winters for Crank(y) Calls
1995
Sam Kinison for Live From Hell
1994
George Carlin for Jammin' in New York
1993
Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds & Percussion
1992
Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio
1991
Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
1990
Peter Schickele for P.D.Q. Bach: 1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults
1989
Robin Williams for Good Morning, Vietnam
1988
Robin Williams for A Night at the Met
1987
Bill Cosby for Those of You With or Without Children, You'll Understand
1986
Whoopi Goldberg for Whoopi Goldberg (Original Broadway Show Recording)
1985
"Weird Al" Yankovic for "Eat It"
1984
Eddie Murphy for Eddie Murphy: Comedian
1983
Richard Pryor for Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
Richard Pryor for Rev. Du Rite
1981
Rodney Dangerfield for No Respect
1980
Robin Williams for Reality...What a Concept
1979
Steve Martin for A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
Steve Martin for Let's Get Small
1977
Richard Pryor for Bicentennial Nigger
1976
Richard Pryor for ...Is It Something I Said?
1975
Richard Pryor for That Nigger's Crazy
1974
Cheech and Chong for Los Cochinos
1973
George Carlin for FM & AM
1972
Lily Tomlin for This Is A Recording
1971
Flip Wilson for The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress
1970
Bill Cosby for Sports
1969
Bill Cosby for To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
1968
Bill Cosby for Revenge
1967
Bill Cosby for Wonderfulness
1966
Bill Cosby for Why Is There Air?
1965
Bill Cosby for I Started Out as a Child
1964
Allan Sherman for "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"
1963
Vaughn Meader for The First Family
1962
Elaine May & Mike Nichols for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May
1961
(Spoken)Bob Newhart for The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
1961
(Musical) Jo Stafford & Paul Weston for Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris performed by Jo Stafford & Paul Weston and as "Jonathan & Darlene Edwards"
1960
(Spoken) Shelley Berman for Inside Shelley Berman
1960
(Musical) Homer and Jethro for The Battle of Kookamonga
1959
Ross Bagdasarian Sr. for "The Chipmunk Song", performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. as "David Seville and the Chipmunks"