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 a complement to the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, which had been presented as the sole award for dance music since 1998.^[1]

Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album
Brat by Charli XCX is the most recent recipient
Awarded for	Quality vocal or instrumental dance music or electronica albums
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award	2005
Currently held by	Charli XCX — Brat (2025)
Most wins	Skrillex & The Chemical Brothers (3)
Most nominations	The Chemical Brothers (7)
Website	grammy.com

According to The Recording Academy, the award "recognizes excellence in recordings from established dance and electronic genres such as house, techno, trance, dubstep, drum and bass, electronica, as well as other emerging dance and electronic genres, with production and sensibilities distinctly different from a pop approach."^[2] The award is presented to "albums containing at least 50% dance/electronic recordings".^[3] Compilation or remixed recording albums are not eligible for this category.

To date, Skrillex and The Chemical Brothers hold the record for most wins in this category, with three times, followed by two-time recipients Daft Punk. In addition, The Chemical Brothers hold the record for most nominations with seven. Madonna was the first female recipient of the award in 2007. Disclosure, Deadmau5 and Robyn hold the record for most nominations without a win with three each.

History

• From 2005 to 2011 the award was known as Best Electronic/Dance Album
• From 2012 to 2014 the award was known as Best Dance/Electronica Album^[4]
• From 2015 to 2023 the award was known as Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
• From 2024 onwards the award is known as Best Dance/Electronic Album

Like most album categories, the lead performing artist (of greater than 50% of playing time on the album) receives a nomination. The actual Grammy is awarded to the performing artist, the producer and the engineer/mixer if they worked on more than 50% of playing time of the album. Any personnel that worked on less than 50% of playing time can apply for a Winners Certificate.

As of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, the category sits in the newly-established Pop & Dance/Electronic genre field.^[5]

Recipients

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 won this award twice in 2009 and 2014. Random Access Memories was the first electronic album to win in the Album of the Year category.

Skrillex won this award three times in 2012, 2013 and 2016, becoming one of the most awarded artists in the category, tying The Chemical Brothers.

Beyoncé was the fourth female artist and the first African American female artist to win in the category.

Year[I]	Winner(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2005	Basement Jaxx Basement Jaxx (producers)	Kish Kash	The Crystal Method – Legion of Boom Paul Oakenfold – Creamfields The Prodigy – Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned Paul van Dyk – Reflections	[6]
2006	The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers (producers)	Push the Button	Daft Punk – Human After All Fatboy Slim – Palookaville Kraftwerk – Minimum-Maximum LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem	[7]
2007	Madonna Stuart Price (producer) Mark Stent (engineer/mixer)	Confessions on a Dance Floor	Goldfrapp – Supernature Paul Oakenfold – A Lively Mind Pet Shop Boys – Fundamental Zero 7 – The Garden	[8]
2008	The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers (producers)	We Are the Night	Justice – † LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver Shiny Toy Guns – We Are Pilots Tiësto – Elements of Life	[9]
2009	Daft Punk	Alive 2007	Brazilian Girls – New York City Cyndi Lauper – Bring Ya to the Brink Kylie Minogue – X Moby – Last Night Robyn – Robyn	[10]
2010	Lady Gaga Robert Orton (engineer/mixer)	The Fame	The Crystal Method – Divided by Night David Guetta – One Love LMFAO – Party Rock Pet Shop Boys – Yes	[11]
2011	La Roux La Roux (producers) Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & Ian Sherwin (engeineers/mixers)	La Roux	BT – These Hopeful Machines The Chemical Brothers – Further Goldfrapp – Head First Groove Armada – Black Light	[12]
2012	Skrillex Skrillex (producer/engineer/mixers)	Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites	Cut Copy – Zonoscope Deadmau5 – 4x4=12 David Guetta – Nothing but the Beat Robyn – Body Talk Pt. 3	[13]
2013	Skrillex Skrillex (producer/engineer/mixer)	Bangarang	Steve Aoki – Wonderland The Chemical Brothers – Don't Think Deadmau5 – Album Title Goes Here Kaskade – Fire & Ice	[14]
2014	Daft Punk Daft Punk (producers) Peter Franco, Mick Guzauski & Florian Lagatta (engineers/mixers)	Random Access Memories	Disclosure – Settle Calvin Harris – 18 Months Kaskade – Atmosphere Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the Sun	[15]
2015	Aphex Twin Aphex Twin (producer)	Syro	Deadmau5 – While (1<2) Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband Röyksopp and Robyn – Do It Again Mat Zo – Damage Control	[16]
2016	Jack Ü Skrillex & Diplo (producers)	Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü	Caribou – Our Love The Chemical Brothers – Born in the Echoes Disclosure – Caracal Jamie xx – In Colour	[17]
2017	Flume Flume (producer) Eric J Dubowsky & Flume (engineers/mixers)	Skin	Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 1: The Time Machine Tycho – Epoch Underworld – Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future Louie Vega – Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII	[18]
2018	Kraftwerk Serge Gräfe (engineer/mixer)	3-D The Catalogue	Bonobo – Migration Mura Masa – Mura Masa Odesza – A Moment Apart Sylvan Esso – What Now	[19]
2019	Justice Justice (producers/engineers/mixers)	Woman Worldwide	Jon Hopkins – Singularity Sofi Tukker – Treehouse Sophie – Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides Tokimonsta – Lune Rouge	[20]
2020	The Chemical Brothers Chemical Brothers (producers) Steve Dub Jones (engineer/mixer)	No Geography	Apparat – LP5 Flume – Hi This Is Flume Rüfüs Du Sol – Solace Tycho – Weather	[21]
2021	Kaytranada Kaytranada (producer) Lauren D'Elia & Neal H Pogue (engineers/mixers)	Bubba	Arca - Kick I Baauer – Planet's Mad Disclosure – Energy Madeon – Good Faith	[22]
2022	Black Coffee Black Coffee (producer) Kevin K.D. Davis (engineer/mixer)	Subconsciously	Illenium – Fallen Embers Major Lazer – Music Is the Weapon (Reloaded) Marshmello – Shockwave Sylvan Esso – Free Love Ten City – Judgement	[23]
2023	Beyoncé Beyoncé & Terius "The-Dream" Gesteelde-Diamant (producers) Stuart White (engineer/mixer)	Renaissance	Bonobo – Fragments Diplo – Diplo Odesza – The Last Goodbye Rüfüs du Sol – Surrender	[24]
2024	Fred Again Fred again.., Giampaolo Parisi & Marco Parisi (producers) Jay Reynolds (engineer/mixer)	Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022)	James Blake – Playing Robots into Heaven The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling Kx5 – Kx5 Skrillex – Quest for Fire	[25]
2025	Charli XCX A.G. Cook (producer) Idania Valencia (engineer/mixer)	Brat	Four Tet – Three Justice – Hyperdrama Kaytranada – Timeless Zedd – Telos	[26]

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

Artists with multiple wins

3 wins

• The Chemical Brothers
• Skrillex

2 wins

• Daft Punk

Artists with multiple nominations

7 nominations The Chemical Brothers 4 nominations Deadmau5 (1 with Kx5) Skrillex 3 nominations Daft Punk Disclosure Justice Kaskade (1 with Kx5) Robyn

2 nominations Bonobo The Crystal Method Goldfrapp David Guetta Diplo Flume Kaytranada Kraftwerk LCD Soundsystem Paul Oakenfold Odesza Pet Shop Boys Rüfüs Du Sol Sylvan Esso Tycho

See also

• Music portal

• Dance Music Hall of Fame