Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

Ethel Merman and Gwen Verdon became the first female recipients the in 1960 when they tied for Gypsy and Redhead.

To date, two-time recipient Phillipa Soo is the only woman to win more than one award (for Hamilton and Into the Woods).

Among shows, cast recordings from Gypsy, West Side Story, Into the Woods, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street have been nominated four times each respectively, while Gypsy, West Side Story, Into the Woods, and Les Misérables are the only shows to win twice.

Anything Goes, Hello, Dolly!, The King and I, and My Fair Lady hold the record for most nominations without a win, with three.

Over the years, the qualifications for the individual nominees has fluctuated with principal artists, composers, and producers at one point being the sole eligible nominee, to the current (as of the 66th Grammy Awards) standard which is as follows: "For albums containing greater than 51% playing time of new recordings.

Inaugural recipient Meredith Willson .
1968 winner and four-time nominee John Kander .
Stephen Sondheim holds the record for most wins in this category, with six.
Three-time winner Charles Strouse .
Two-time winner Andrew Lloyd Webber received awards in 1981 and 1984 for his hit shows Evita and Cats , respectively.
Quincy Jones won the award in 1982.
2001 recipient Elton John .
2012 winner Andrew Rannells .
Two-time winner Lin-Manuel Miranda .
Alex Lacamoire has received the award three times.
Two-time nominee Jonathan Groff won in 2016 as part of the cast of Hamilton .
Cyndi Lauper won in 2014, and was nominated again in 2017, for her show Kinky Boots .
Sara Bareilles was nominated as a lyricist in 2017 for Waitress , and won in 2023 as a principal vocalist in Into the Woods .
Jennifer Hudson received an award in 2017 as a vocalist in The Color Purple .
2018 recipient Ben Platt won for his leading role in Dear Evan Hansen .
Anaïs Mitchell won in 2020 for her musical Hadestown .