Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album. It is presented to the art director of the winning album. An art director in the context of a music album is a professional responsible for overseeing the visual aspects of the album's production.

Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
Awarded for	Quality visual look of an album
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award	1959
Currently held by	Charli XCX – Brat (2025)
Website	grammy.com

Often, the performer also takes on the role of art director, rather than that of the designer. For larger projects or those associated with major labels, professional art directors and designers are typically involved, as specified by contractual agreements. Independent musicians, on the other hand, may handle these roles themselves.

This role includes designing the album cover, selecting artwork and photography, and coordinating the overall visual presentation that aligns with the music's theme and the artist's image. The art director works closely with graphic designers, photographers, and stylists to create a cohesive aesthetic that complements the music and enhances the artist's branding. This position is crucial in shaping how listeners perceive the album through its visual elements.

The Grammy Award for Best Album Cover dates back to the first Grammy Awards in 1959. From 1962 to 1965 it was separated into Classical and Non-Classical divisions. From 1966 to 1968 it was separated into Graphic Arts and Photography divisions. In 1974, the name of the award was changed to Best Album Package, and changed again in 1994 to the current name. A new separate category for Best Album Cover will be included in the 68th Grammy awards of 2026.^[1]

In 1995, boxed sets were no longer eligible, as they were split off into a separate award, known as the Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, which in 2026 will merge into the Best Recording Package category.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Year[I]	Art Director(s)	Work	Performing artist(s)	Nominees Performers are in parentheses	Ref.
1959	Frank Sinatra	Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely	Frank Sinatra	Ray Heindorf and Ray Rennahan – For Whom the Bell Tolls David Rose – Ira Ironstrings Plays Music for People with $3.98 (Ira Ironstrings) Marvin Schwartz – Come Fly with Me (Frank Sinatra) Charles Ward – Julie (Julie London)	[2]
1959	Robert M. Jones	Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5	Howard Mitchell (conducting the National Symphony Orchestra)	Saul Bass – Anatomy of a Murder (Duke Ellington) Acy Lehman – Porgy and Bess (Lena Horne and Harry Belafonte) Colonel Tom Parker – For LP Fans Only (Elvis Presley) Robert Yorke and Acy Lehman – The South Shall Rise Again (Phil Harris)	[3]
1961	Marvin Schwartz	Latin ala Lee!	Peggy Lee	Marvin Israel – Bean Bags (Milt Jackson and Coleman Hawkins) Robert M. Jones – Carlos Montoya (Carlos Montoya) Robert M. Jones – Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony) Robert M. Jones – Stravinsky: Petruchka (Pierre Monteux conducting the Boston Symphony) Robert M. Jones – Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Excerpts (Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony) Robert M. Jones – Wild Percussion and Horns A'Plenty (Dick Schory) Sheldon Marks – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (Ella Fitzgerald) Irving Werbin – Now! (Fred Astaire)	[4]
1962
	Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical				[5]
	Jim Silke	Judy at Carnegie Hall	Judy Garland	Bob Cato – A Touch of Elegance (André Previn) Ken Deardoff – New Orleans: The Living Legend (Peter Bocage) Robert M. Jones – Breakfast at Tiffany's (Henry Mancini) Reid Miles – Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean)
	Best Album Cover – Classical
	Marvin Schwartz	Puccini: Madame Butterfly	Gabriele Santini	Robert M. Jones – Albéniz: Iberia/Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole (Jean Paul Morel) Robert M. Jones – Gould Ballet Music: Fall River Legend/Interplay/Latin American Symphonette (Morton Gould) Meyer Miller – Golden Age of English Lute Music (Julian Bream) Marvin Schwartz – Beethoven: 9 Symphonies (Otto Klemperer)
1963
	Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical				[6]
	Robert M. Jones	Lena... Lovely and Alive	Lena Horne	Loring Eutemey – The Comedy (Modern Jazz Quartet) Loring Eutemey – Lonely Woman (Modern Jazz Quartet) Ken Kim – My Son, the Folk Singer (Allan Sherman) Bill Longcore – The First Family (Vaughn Meader) John Murello – Jazz Samba (Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd) Jim Silke – The Great Years (Frank Sinatra) Ed Thrasher – Potpourri par Piaf (Édith Piaf)
	Best Album Cover – Classical
	Marvin Schwartz	The Intimate Bach	Laurindo Almeida, Virginia Majewski & Vincent DeRosa	Marvin Schwartz – Beethoven: Fidelio (Otto Klemperer) Marvin Schwartz – Fauré: Requiem (Roger Wagner) Marvin Schwartz – Otto Klemperer Conducts (Otto Klemperer) Marvin Schwartz – Wagner: Prelude and Love Death/R. Strauss: Death and Transfiguration (Erich Leinsdorf) Jim Silke – Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin/Shostakovich: The Age of Gold (Robert Irving)
1964
	Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical				[7]
	John Berg	The Barbra Streisand Album	Barbra Streisand	Robert M. Jones – Aloha from Norman Luboff (The Norman Luboff Choir) Robert M. Jones – Honey in the Horn (Al Hirt) Jim Ladwig – Bach's Greatest Hits (The Swingle Singers) John Murello – Night Train (Oscar Peterson) Jim Silke – Hollywood My Way (Nancy Wilson) Edward L. Thrasher – Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival (Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks)
	Best Album Cover – Classical
	Robert M. Jones	Puccini: Madama Butterfly	Erich Leinsdorf	John Berg – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (Leonard Bernstein) Vladmir Bobri – Granada (Albéniz: Granada/Granados: Spanish Dance in E Minor/Ponce, Tansman, Aguado: 8 Lessons for Guitar/Sor: 4 Studies) (Andres Segovia) Bob Cato – R. Strauss: Don Quixote (Eugene Ormandy) Robert M. Jones – Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 ("Pastorale") (Fritz Reiner) Dorle Soria – An Evening of Elizabethian Music (Julian Bream Consort) Dorle Soria – Puccini: Tosca (Herbert von Karajan)
1965
	Best Album Cover – Other Than Classical				[8]
	Robert Cato and Don Bronstein	People	Barbra Streisand	Robert Cato and Milton Glaser – The Sound of Harlem (Various Artists) John Murello and Olga Albizu – Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz and João Gilberto) George Osak and George Jerman – Guitar From Ipanema (Laurindo Almeida) Ed Thrasher – Poitier Meets Plato (Sidney Poitier)
	Best Album Cover – Classical
	Robert M. Jones and Jan Balet	Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra	Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops	John Berg and Henrietta Condak – R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathurstra (Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra) Robert Cato – Mexico (Legacy Collection) (Carlos Chávez) Bill Harvey and Lionel Kalish – Court and Ceremonial Music of the 16th Century (the Roger Blanchard Ensemble with the Poulteau Consort) Robert M. Jones and David Hect – Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor (Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony) Marvin Schwartz – Verdi: Requiem Mass (Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra)
1966
	Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts				[9]
	George Estes and James Alexander	Bartók: Concerto No. 2 for Violin/Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin	Joseph Silverstein & Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra	John Berg – Horowitz at Carnegie Hall (Vladimir Horowitz) John Berg – William Tell and Other Favorite Overtures (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) Georges Estes and Charles White – Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra/Copland: Dance Symphony (Morton Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony) Jerry Smokler and Paul Davis – Solo Monk (Thelonious Monk) Ed Thrasher and Patrick Blackwell – Concert in the Virgin Islands (Duke Ellington)
	Best Album Cover, Photography
	Robert M. Jones and Ken Whitmore	Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts	Paul Horn	John Berg and Dan Kramer – Bringing It All Back Home (Bob Dylan) Robert Cat and Sheldon Streisand – My Name Is Barbra (Barbra Streisand) Ed Thrasher and Sherman Weisburd – The Aznavour Story (Charles Aznavour) Acy Lehman and Rudolph Regname – Guitar Forms (Kenny Burrell and the Gil Evans Orchestra) Jerry Smokler and W. Eugene Smith – Monk (Thelonious Monk) Peter Whorf – Whipped Cream & Other Delights (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass)
1967
	Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts				[10]
	Klaus Voormann	Revolver	The Beatles	Elinor Bunin, Bob Cato, and John Berg – Color Me Barbra (Barbra Streisand) Rod Dyer and George Osaki – Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra (Stan Kenton and the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra) Gordon Kibbee and William S. Harvey – Baroque Fanfares and Sonatas for Brass (Joshua Rifkin directing the London Brass Players) Mozelle Thompson and Georges Estes – Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor (Morton Gould conducting the Chicago Symphony) Allen Weinberg, Bob Cato and John Berg – Christmas Carols for Solo Guitar (Charlie Byrd) Peter Whorf and Woody Woodward – Talk That Talk performed by The Jazz Crusaders
	Best Album Cover, Photography
	Robert M. Jones and Les Leverette	Confessions of a Broken Man	Porter Wagoner	Bob Cato, John Berg, and Gerald Schatsberg – Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan) Bob Cato, John Berg, and Guy Webster – Turn! Turn! Turn! (The Byrds) Robert M. Jones and Tom Zimmerman – The Time Machine (Gary Burton) Ed Thrasher and Tom Tucker – Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (Sammy Davis, Jr. and Laurindo Almeida) Peter Whorf – Guantanamera (The Sandpipers) Peter Whorf and George Jerman – What Now My Love (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass)
1968
	Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts				[11]
	Peter Blake and Jann Haworth	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles	John Berg, Bob Cato, and Henrietta Condak – Haydn: Symphony No. 84 in E Flat Major/Symphony No. 85 in B Flat Major ("La Reine") (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) John Berg, Bob Cato, and Lasio Kubinyi – Straight No Chaser (Thelonious Monk) Robert M. Jones and Jack Davis – Nashville Cats (Homer and Jethro) Ed Thrasher and Charles White – The Gold Standard Collection (Hank Thompson) Woody Woodward and Wayne Kimball – Up, Up and Away (The 5th Dimension)
	Best Album Cover, Photography
	John Berg, Bob Cato, and Rowland Scherman	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits	Bob Dylan	Bill Harvey, Guy Webster, and Joel Brodsky – The Doors (The Doors) Robert M. Jones and Jimmy Moore – Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse (John Loudermilk) Robert M. Jones and New World Photography – Earthwords & Music (John Hartford) Robert M. Jones and Howard Cooper – From Mexico with Laughs (Don Bowman) Ken Kim – Bravo, Bravo, Aznavour (Charles Aznavour) Ken Kim – That Man, Robert Mitchum Sings (Robert Mitchum)
1969	John Berg, Richard Mantel, and Horn/Griner Studio	Underground	Thelonious Monk	Sam Antupit and Pete Turner – Road Song (Wes Montgomery) John Berg, Bob Cato, Ron Coro, and Don Huntstein – Ives: Holiday Symphony (Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic) Bob Cato – Wow (Moby Grape) William S. Harvey and Gene Szafran – Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros)	[12]
1970	Evelyn J. Kelbish and David Stahlberg	America the Beautiful	Gary McFarland	Gary Burden and Henry Diltz – Richard Pryor (Richard Pryor) David Juniper – Led Zeppelin II (Led Zeppelin) Tom Lazarus, Gene Brownell, and Bill Gordon – Pidgeon (Pidgeon) Bob Seidman – Blind Faith (Blind Faith)	[13]
1971	Robert Lockhart and Ivan Nagy	Indianola Mississippi Seeds	B. B. King	John Berg and Nick Fasciano – Chicago (Chicago) John Berg, Philip Hays, Lloyd Ziff – The World's Greatest Blues Singer (Bessie Smith) Ed Thrasher and Dave Bhang – Hand Made (Mason Williams) Desmond Strobel and John Craig – The Naked Carmen (Various Artists) Peter Whorf, Martin Donald, and Christopher Whorf – Mason Proffit (Mason Proffit) Peter Whorf, Christopher Whorf, and Fred Poore – Schubert: "Unfinished" Symphony/ Beethoven: Fifth Symphony (Artur Rodziński conducting the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London) Woody Woodward, William E. McEuen, and Dean O. Torrence – Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)	[14]
1972	Gene Brownell and Dean O. Torrence	Pollution	Pollution	John Berg, Robert Lockhart, and Norman Seeff – Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Vincent J. Biondi and Susan Obrant – The Music of Erik Satie: Through a Looking Glass (Camarata Contemporary Chamber Orchestra) Acy Lehman and Nick Sangiamo – Bark (Jefferson Airplane) Norman Seeff and John Van Hamersveld – Black Pearl (Jimmy McGriff) Ed Thrasher and John Van Hamersveld – Hot Platters (Various Artists) Ed Thrasher and Terry Paul – Sharepickers (Mason Williams) Craig Braun and Andy Warhol – Sticky Fingers (The Rolling Stones)	[15]
1973	Acy Lehman and Harvey Dinnerstein	The Siegel-Schwall Band	The Siegel-Schwall Band	Hipgnosis and Poe – Flash (Flash) Ron Levine and Pacific Eye & Ear – Five Dollar Shoes (Five Dollar Shoes) Bill Levy and Fred Marcellino – Virgin (The Mission) Aaron Schumaker and Tumbleweed Graphics – Chief (Dewey Terry) Norman Seeff – Historical Figures and Ancient Heads (Canned Heat) Ed Thrasher, Chris Wolf, Dave Willardson, and John & Barbara Casado – Sunset Ride (Zephyr) Wilkes & Braun, Sound Packing Corp., and Robert Otter – School's Out (Alice Cooper)	[16]
1974	Wilkes & Braun	Tommy	London Symphony Orchestra and Chambre Choir	John Berg – Chicago VI (Chicago) Hipgnosis – Houses of the Holy (Led Zeppelin) Jim Ladwig and AGI – Ooh La La (Faces) Ode Visuals – Los Cochinos (Cheech & Chong) Pacific Eye & Ear – Billion Dollar Babies (Alice Cooper) Mike Salisbury – Live! The World of Ike & Tina (Ike & Tina Turner) Al Steckler – Chubby Checker's Greatest Hits (Chubby Checker)	[17]
1975	Ed Thrasher and Christopher Whorf	Come & Gone	Mason Proffit	John Berg – Santana's Greatest Hits (Santana) Eddie Briscoe – Ride 'Em Cowboy (Paul B. Davis) Ron Coro – On Stage (Loggins and Messina) Bob Defrin and Basil Pao – Is It In (Eddie Harris) Herb Greene – That's a Plenty (The Pointer Sisters) Ode Visuals – Cheech and Chong's Wedding Album (Cheech & Chong) Ethan A. Russell – Quadrophenia (The Who)	[18]
1976	Jim Ladwig	Honey	Ohio Players	AGI – Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin) Gary Burden – One of These Nights (Eagles) Gene Christensen – Playing Possum (Carly Simon) Bob Defrin – Solo Piano (Phineas Newborn Jr.) Mick Haggerty – Steppin' (The Pointer Sisters) Hipgnosis – Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) Kosh – Atlantic Crossing (Rod Stewart) William E. McEuen – Dream (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)	[19]
1977	John Berg	Chicago X	Chicago	Ron Coro and Nancy Donald – Silk Degrees (Boz Scaggs) Hipgnosis and Hardie – Presence (Led Zeppelin) Acy Lehman – Coney Island Baby (Lou Reed) J. Stelmach – Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B Flat, Op. 38/Manfred: Overture, Op. 115 (Charles Münch conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra) Roland Young – Bellavia (Chuck Mangione) Roland Young – The End of the Beginning (Richie Havens) Roland Young – Mirrors (Peggy Lee)	[20]
1978	John Berg	Love Notes	Ramsey Lewis	Glen Christensen – Hejira (Joni Mitchell) Kosh – Simple Dreams (Linda Ronstadt) Kosh – Singin' (Melissa Manchester) MPL and Hipgnosis – Wings over America (Paul McCartney and Wings) Paula Scher – Ginseng Woman (Eric Gale) Paula Scher – Yardbirds Favorites (The Yardbirds) Abie Sussman and Bob Defrin – Color As A Way of Life (Lou Donaldson)	[21]
1979	Johnny Lee and Tony Lane	Boys in the Trees	Carly Simon	John Berg and Paula Scher – Heads (Bob James) Ron Coro – The Cars (The Cars) Ron Coro and Johnny Lee – Out of the Woods (Oregon) Gribitt and Tim Bryant – Last Kiss (Fandango) Tony Lane – Bruce Roberts (Bruce Roberts) Juni Osaki – Children of Sanchez (Chuck Mangione) Barbara Wojirsch – Non-Fiction (Steve Kuhn)	[22]
1980	Mike Doud and Mick Haggerty	Breakfast in America	Supertramp	John Berg – Ramsey (Ramsey Lewis) Lynne Dresse Breslin – With Sound Reason (Sonny Fortune) Ron Coro and Johnny Lee – Near Perfect/Perfect (Martin Mull) Peter Corriston – Morning Dance (Spyro Gyra) John Gillespie – Fear of Music (Talking Heads) Hipgnosis – In Through the Out Door (Led Zeppelin) Tony Lane – Chicago 13 (Chicago) Michael Ross – Look Sharp! (Joe Jackson)	[23]
1981	Roy Kohara	Against the Wind	Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band	John Berg – Chicago XIV (Chicago) Ron Coro and Johnny Lee, – Cats (The Cats) Vigon Nahas Vigon – Tusk (Fleetwood Mac) Paula Scher – One on One (Bob James and Earl Klugh)	[24]
1982	Peter Corriston	Tattoo You	The Rolling Stones	Carla Bley and Paul McDonough – Social Studies (Carla Bley) Mike Doud – Working Class Dog (Rick Springfield) Bush Hollyhead – Positive Touch (The Undertones) Kosh – Eagles Live (Eagles)	[25]
1983	Kosh and Ron Larson	Get Closer	Linda Ronstadt	Jules Bates – Nothing to Fear (Oingo Boingo) Mick Haggerty and Ginger Canzoneri – Vacation (The Go-Go's) Denise Minobe and Ron Coro – We Are One (Pieces of a Dream) George Osaki – Ongaku-Kai Live in Japan (The Crusaders)	[26]
1984	Robert Rauschenberg	Speaking in Tongues	Talking Heads	Bob Defrin and Lynn Dreese Breslin – Records (Foreigner) Bill Levy and Murray Whiteman – One Night with a Stranger (Martin Briley) Michael Ross – The Key (Joan Armatrading) Richard Seireeni – Nothing But the Truth (Mac McAnally)	[27]
1985	Janet Perr	She's So Unusual	Cyndi Lauper	Bill Johnson, Virginia Team, and Jeff Morris – Willie Nelson (Willie Nelson) Bill Levy – Every Man Has a Woman (various artists) Henry Marquez – No Brakes (John Waite) Andy Summers and Michael Ross – Bewitched (Andy Summers & Robert Fripp)	[28]
1986	Kosh and Ron Larson	Lush Life	Linda Ronstadt	Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff and Jeri McManus – Hunting High and Low (a-ha) Renee Hardaway and Johnny Lee – In Square Circle (Stevie Wonder) Virginia Team – Highwayman (The Highwaymen) Murray Whiteman, Bill Levy, and Stan Watts – Dangerous Moments (Martin Briley)	[29]
1987	Eiko Ishioka	Tutu	Miles Davis	Buddy Jackson – Songs Unspoken (Asleep at the Wheel) Andrew Ellis and Colin Chambers – Stereotomy (The Alan Parsons Project) Michael Hodgson and Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – True Stories (Talking Heads) John Berg – The Voice: The Columbia Years 1943–1952 (Frank Sinatra)	[30]
1988	Bill Johnson	King's Record Shop	Rosanne Cash	Peter Barratett – Shaka Zulu (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) Bruce Licher – Echelons (For Against) Ron Scarselli – Document (R.E.M.) Joe Stelmach – The Blanton-Webster Band (Duke Ellington)	[31]
1989	Bill Johnson	Tired of the Runnin'	The O'Kanes	Andrew Reid – Bête Noire (Bryan Ferry) Jeri Heiden – Brian Wilson (Brian Wilson) Bruce Licher – Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (Camper Van Beethoven) Henry Marquez – Picture This (The Valentine Brothers)	[32]
1990	Roger Gorman	Sound + Vision	David Bowie	Bill Burks and Tommy Steele – Foreign Affair (Tina Turner) Tom Recchion – Batman (Prince) Tommy Steele – Monster (Fetchin Bones) Jimmy Watchel – World in Motion (Jackson Browne)	[33]
1991	Len Peltier, Jeff Gold, and Suzanne Vega	Days of Open Hand	Suzanne Vega	Carol Bobolts, Anita Baker, and Jim Ladwig – Compositions (Anita Baker) Jeri Heiden – Behind the Mask (Fleetwood Mac) Vaughan Oliver – Bossanova (Pixies) Tom Recchion – Songs for Drella (Lou Reed and John Cale)	[34][35]
1992	Vartan	The Complete Decca Recordings	Billie Holiday	Geoff Gans – Beat the Boots (Frank Zappa) Jeff Gold and Kim Champagne – Recycler (ZZ Top) Gabrielle Raumberger – Just for the Record (Barbra Streisand) Dirk Walter – Mighty Like a Rose (Elvis Costello)	[36]
1993	Melanie Nissen	Spellbound	Paula Abdul	Geoff Gans – Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings (Aretha Franklin) Tommy Steele, Stephen Walker – Too Legit to Quit (MC Hammer) Ria Lewerke and Norman Moore – The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters (Elvis Presley) Len Peltier – 99.9F° (Suzanne Vega)	[37]
1994	David Lau	The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959	Billie Holiday	David Coleman – Live & Loud (Ozzy Osbourne) Storm Thorgerson and Stylorouge – Shine On (Pink Floyd) Tom Recchion, Michael Stipe, Jeff Gold, and Jim Ladwig – Automatic For The People (R.E.M.) Kim Champagne and Jeff Gold – 14 Songs (Paul Westerberg)	[38]
1995	Buddy Jackson	Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys	Asleep at the Wheel	Deborah Norcross – Boingo (Oingo Boingo) Mary Maurer – Jar of Flies (Alice in Chains) Michael Colson – Secret World Live (Peter Gabriel) Mark Farrow, the Pet Shop Boys, and David Wieo – Very Relentless (Pet Shop Boys)	[39]
1996	Robbie Cavolina and Joni Mitchell	Turbulent Indigo	Joni Mitchell	Gary Burden – Mirror Ball (Neil Young) Stefan Sagmeister – Mountains of Madness (H.P. Zinker) Tim Stedman – This Is Fort Apache (Various Artists) Joel Zimmerman – Vitalogy (Pearl Jam)	[40]
1997	Andy Engel and Tommy Steele	Ultra-Lounge (Leopard Skin Sampler)	Various Artists	Stefan Sagmeister – Set the Twilight Reeling (Lou Reed) Stefan Sagmeister – Miracle of Science (Marshall Crenshaw) Chika Azuma and Patricia Lie – East of the Sun: The West Coast Sessions (Stan Getz) Adam Jones and Kevin Willis – Ænima (Tool)	[41]
1998	Hugh Brown, Al Q, and Jeff Smith	Titanic: Music As Heard on the Fateful Voyage	Various Artists	Stefan Sagmeister – Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon (Skeleton Key) Peter Grant and Stephanie Hughes – Free Mars (Lusk) Johann Zambryski – Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! (Enigma) Julian Peploe – The Planet Sleeps (Various Artists)	[42]
1999	Kevin Reagan	Ray of Light	Madonna	Brad Benedict and Andy Engel – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy) Gina R. Binkley and Susan Eaddy – Los Super Seven (Los Super Seven) Chika Azuma – Readings by Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation (Jack Kerouac) Ames Bros and Pearl Jam – Yield (Pearl Jam)	[43]
2000	Ray Benson, Sally Carns, and Buddy Jackson	Ride With Bob	Asleep at the Wheel	Carla Leighton – Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 1960s (Various Artists) Tammy Dotson, Michael Hodgson, and Clive Piercy – Late Night Sessions (Caravana Cubana) Brad Benedict, Andy Engel, Johnny Lee, and Tommy Steele – Ultra-Lounge: Tiki Sampler (Various Artists) Joseph Arthur and Zachary Larner – Vacancy (Joseph Arthur)	[44]
2001	Kevin Reagan	Music	Madonna	Dan Ibarra, Kevin Wade (Planet Propaganda)[45] – The Concert For Garcia Lorca (Ben Sidran) Billy Corgan, Gregory Sylvester, Thomas Wolfe, and Yelena Yemchuk – Machina/The Machines of God (The Smashing Pumpkins) Hugh Brown and John Seabury – The Shaming of the True (Kevin Gilbert) Rachel Gutek and Jonathan Lea – Zenith (The Jigsaw Seen)	[46]
2002	Stanley Donwood and Tchocky	Amnesiac (Special Limited Edition)	Radiohead	Lane Wurster and Chris Eselgroth – Bedlam Ballroom (Squirrel Nut Zippers)[47] Megan Barra – Levee Town (Sonny Landreth) Stephen Doyle – Look into the Eyeball (David Byrne) Chris Bilheimer and Michael Stipe – Reveal (R.E.M.)	[48]
2003	Kevin Reagan	Home	Dixie Chicks	Simon Earith – Dirty Vegas (Dirty Vegas) Rick Patrick – The Great Divide (Willie Nelson) Greg Foley – Release (Pet Shop Boys) Mick Haggerty – Worship and Tribute (Glassjaw)	[49]
2004	Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert	Evolve	Ani DiFranco	Jim McAnally – In Bright Mansions (the Fisk Jubilee Singers) Jami Anderson – Plow to the End of the Row (Adrienne Young) Bill Dolan and Cathy Richardson – The Road to Bliss (the Cathy Richardson Band) Orri Páll Dýrason, Georg Hólm, Jón Þór Birgisson, Kjartan Sveinsson, and Alex Torrance – ( ) (Sigur Rós)	[50]
2005	Peter Buchanan-Smith and Dan Nadel	A Ghost Is Born	Wilco	Jesse LeDoux – Chutes Too Narrow (The Shins) Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert – Educated Guess (Ani DiFranco) Nathaniel Hörnblowér and Dechen Wangdu – To the 5 Boroughs (Beastie Boys) Qing-Yang Xiao – The Wondering Accordion (Various Artists)	[51]
2006	Aimee Mann and Gail Marowitz	The Forgotten Arm	Aimee Mann	Stuart Hyatt – The Clouds (Stuart Hyatt and Community) Neal Ashby – The Cosmic Game (Thievery Corporation) Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert for Knuckle Down (Ani DiFranco) Ryan Clark – O God, the Aftermath (Norma Jean)	[52]
2007	Adam Jones	10,000 Days	Tool	Ryan Clark – The Best Worst-Case Scenario (Fair) Randall Martin – Personal File (Johnny Cash) Ani DiFranco and Brian Grunert – Reprieve (Ani DiFranco) Neal Ashby and Matthew Curry – Versions (Thievery Corporation)	[53]
2008	Zachary Nipper	Cassadaga	Bright Eyes	Masaki Koike – Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (Black Sabbath) Craig Thompson – Friend and Foe (Menomena) Don Clark – Secrets Keep You Sick (The Fold) Qing-Yang Xiao – White Horse (GT)	[54]
2009	Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner	Death Magnetic	Metallica	Don Clark – Hawk Nelson Is My Friend (Hawk Nelson) No Age and Brian Roettinger – Nouns (No Age) Neal Ashby, Matthew Curry, and Patrick Donohue – Radio Retaliation (Thievery Corporation) Amanda Barrett, Abby DeWald, Renee Jablow, and Rick Whitmore – Summer Rains (The Ditty Bops)	[55]
2010	Stefan Sagmeister	Everything That Happens Will Happen Today	David Byrne & Brian Eno	Brian Porizek – Back from the Dead (Spinal Tap) Neko Case and Kathleen Judge – Middle Cyclone (Neko Case) Jeff Harrison – Splitting Adam (Splitting Adam) Szu Wei Cheng and Hui Chen Huang – Tathagata (Various Artists)	[56]
2011	Michael Carney	Brothers	The Black Keys	Malene Mathiasson, Malthe Fischer, Kristoffer Rom, Nis Svoldgård, and Aske Zidore – Eggs (Oh No Ono) Brian Grunert, Anaïs Mitchell, and Peter Nevins – Hadestown (Anaïs Mitchell) Devendra Banhart and Jon Beasley – What Will We Be (Devendra Banhart) Andrew Taray – Yonkers NY (Chip Taylor)	[57]
2012	Caroline Robert	The Suburbs (Deluxe)[58]	Arcade Fire	Todd Gallopo – Chickenfoot III (Chickenfoot) Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds – Good Luck & True Love (Reckless Kelly) Jonathan Dagan and Steven Acres – Rivers and Homes (J.Viewz) Vincent Morisset – The Suburbs (Deluxe) (Arcade Fire) (Note: the Nominees list credited this nomination to Vincent Morisset, but for reasons unknown the award was given to Caroline Robert) Virgil Abloh – Watch The Throne (Jay-Z and Kanye West)	[59]
2013	Michael Amzalag & Mathias Augustyniak	Biophilia	Björk	Brett Kilroe – Boys & Girls (Alabama Shakes) Gail Marowitz – Charmer (Aimee Mann) Noah Wall – Love This Giant (David Byrne & St. Vincent) David Longstreth – Swing Lo Magellan (Dirty Projectors)	[60]
2014	Sarah Dodds and Shauna Dodds	Long Night Moon	Reckless Kelly	Mike Brown, Zac Decamp, Brian Grunert & Annie Stoll – Automatic Music Can Be Fun (Geneseo) Brian Roettinger – Magna Carta...Holy Grail (Jay Z) Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat & David Turner – Metallica Through the Never (Metallica) Jonathan Barnbrook – The Next Day (David Bowie)	[61]
2015	Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix, and Jerome Turner	Lightning Bolt	Pearl Jam	David Chen & Andrew Wong – Formosa Medicine Show (The Muddy Basin Ramblers) Vaughan Oliver – Indie Cindy (Pixies) Jesse Kanda – LP1 (FKA twigs) Sarah Larnach – Whispers (Passenger)	[62]
2016	Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves	Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Asleep at the Wheel	Alex Trochut – Alagoas (Alagoas) Anita Marisa Boriboon & Phi Hollinger – Bush (Snoop Dogg) Brian Roettinger – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Deluxe Edition) (Florence + The Machine) Nathanio Strimpopulos – My Happiness (Elvis Presley)	[63]
2017	Jonathan Barnbrook	Blackstar	David Bowie	Roy Nachum, Ciarra Pardo & Rihanna – Anti (Deluxe Edition) (Rihanna) Andrew Savage – Human Performance (Parquet Courts) Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds – Sunset Motel (Reckless Kelly) Eric Timothy Carlson – 22, A Million (Bon Iver)	[64]
2018	Carlos Dussan, Juliana Jaramillo, Juan Martinez & Claudio Roncoli	El Orisha De La Rosa	Magín Díaz	Alex Crossan & Matt De Jong – Mura Masa (Mura Masa) Elyanna Blaser-Gould, Luke Hayman & Andrea Trabucco-Campos – Sleep Well Beast (The National) Gail Marowitz – Solid State (Jonathan Coulton)	[65]
	Sasha Barr, Ed Steed & Josh Tillman	Pure Comedy (Deluxe Edition)	Father John Misty
2019	Willo Perron	Masseduction	St. Vincent	Mary Banas – Be the Cowboy (Mitski) HuskyFox – Love Yourself: Tear (BTS) Qing-Yang Xiao – The Offering (The Chairman) Adam Moore – Well Kept Thing (Foxhole)	[66]
2020	Barry Ament, Jeff Ament, & Joe Spix	Chris Cornell	Chris Cornell	Luisa María Arango, Carlos Dussan, Manuel García-Orozco & Juliana Jaramillo-Buenaventura – Anónimas & Resilientes (The Voces del Bullerengue) Andrew Wong & Fongming Yang – Hold That Tiger (The Muddy Basin Ramblers) Aaron Anderson & Eric Timothy Carlson – I,I (Bon Iver) Irwan Awalludin – Intellexual (Intellexual)	[67]
2021	Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto	Vols. 11 & 12	The Desert Sessions	Pilar Zeta – Everyday Life (Coldplay) Kyle Goen – Funeral (Lil Wayne) Julian Gross & Hannah Hooper – Healer (GROUPLOVE) Jordan Butcher – On Circles (Caspian)	[68]
2022	Li Jheng Han & Yu Wei	Pakelang	2nd Generation Falangao Singing Group & The Chairman Crossover Big Band	Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds – American Jackpot/American Girls (Reckless Kelly) Nick Cave & Tom Hingston – Carnage (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis) Dale Doyle – Serpentine Prison (Matt Berninger) Xiao Qing Yang – Zeta (Soul of Ears)	[69]
2023	Chun-Tien Hsiao & Qing-Yang Xiao	Beginningless Beginning	Tamsu-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra	William Stichter – Divers (Soporus) Mark Farrow & Jason Pierce – Everything Was Beautiful (Spiritualized) Ming Liu – Telos (Fann) Joel Cook, Brandon Rike & Nate Utesch – Voyeurist (Underoath)	[70]
2024	Rottingdean Bazaar (Luke Brooks & James Theseus Buck) and Annie Collinge	Stumpwork	Dry Cleaning	Caroline Rose - The Art of Forgetting (Caroline Rose) Hsing-Hui Cheng - Cadenza 21' (Ensemble Cadenza 21') Perry Shall - Electrophonic Chronic (The Arcs) iam8bit - Gravity Falls (Brad Breeck) Yu Wei - Migration (Leaf Yeh)	[71]
2025	Charlotte Aitchison, Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss	Brat	Charli XCX	Jonny Black & Giorgia Sage – The Avett Brothers (The Avett Brothers) Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds – Baker Hotel (William Clark Green) Archie Lee Coates IV, Austin Post, Bobby Greenleaf, Jeffrey Franklin, Blossom Liu, Kylie McMahon & Ana Cecilia Thompson Motta – F-1 Trillion (Post Malone) Kate Bush & Albert McIntosh – Hounds of Love - The Baskerville Edition (Kate Bush) Andrew Wong & Julie Yeh – Jug Band Millionaire (The Muddy Basin Ramblers) Lee Pei-Tzu – Pregnancy, Breakdown and Disease (WhoiWhoo)	[72][73]

Multiple wins

The following individuals received two or more awards for Best Recording Package (or any previous iteration of the award):

Wins	Art director
6	Robert M. Jones
5	John Berg
3	Kevin Reagan
	Marvin Schwartz
2	Bill Johnson
	Buddy Jackson
	Jeff Ament
	Joe Spix
	Kosh
	Ron Larson
	Sarah Dodds
	Shauna Dodds