The

Grammy Award 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 pr ...

for Best Historical Album has been presented since 1979 and recognizes achievements in

audio restoration Audio restoration is the process of removing imperfections (such as hiss, impulse noise, crackle, wow and flutter, background noise, and mains hum) from sound recordings. Audio restoration can be performed directly on the recording medium (fo ...

. Since this category's creation, the award had several minor name changes: *In 1979 the award was known as Best Historical Repackage Album *In 1980 it was awarded as Best Historical Reissue *In 1981 it was awarded as Best Historical Reissue Album *From 1982 to the present it has been awarded as Best Historical Album Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. The award is presented to individuals responsible for compiling and engineering the winning album. The roles of these individuals have changed over time: *From 1979 to 1993 the award was given to the Producer(s) *From 1994 to 1995 it was awarded to the Compilation Producer(s) *In 1996 it was awarded to the Art Director, Compilation Producer, Mastering Engineers, and/or Album Notes Writers *From 1997 to 2018 it was awarded to the Compilation Producer(s) and/or Mastering Engineer(s) *Since 2019 it has been awarded to the Compilation Producer(s), Mastering Engineer(s) and/or Restoration Engineer(s). The award does ''not'' go to the artists, unless an artist is also a compilation producer and/or mastering engineer.

Winners and nominees

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Historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...