The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album is a category in the annual
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
, that was first presented at the
2023 show on February 5, 2023.
According to the
Recording Academy
The Recording Academy (formally the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; abbreviated NARAS) is an American learned academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals. It is famous for its Grammy Aw ...
, this new category "recognizes excellence in spoken word albums specific to the performance of poetry with or without music."
Up to and including the
64th Grammy Awards
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from September 1, 2020, to September 30, ...
, 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
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2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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J. Ivy
, ''The Poet who sat by the Door''
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Ethelbert Miller – ''Black Men Are Precious''
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Amanda Gorman
Amanda S. C. Gorman (born March 7, 1998) is an American poet and Civil rights activist, activist. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, Race and ethnicity in the United States, race, and Social exclusion, marginalization, as well a ...
– ''
Call Us What We Carry: Poems''
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born August 18, 1970) is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role as Theodore Huxtable on the NBC sitcom ''The Cosby Show'', which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series a ...
– ''Hiding in Plain View''
* Amir Sulaiman – ''You Will Be Someone's Ancestor. Act Accordingly.''
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References
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2023 establishments in the United States