Grammy Flashback Album of the Year

Album of the Year is the most prestigious of all the Grammy Awards Artists are rewarded for assembling a work that receives critical and industry acclaim while also having broad commercial appeal These albums can come to define an era like The Beatles Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Michael Jackson s Thriller or the Bee Gee s soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever Sometimes they re an acknowledgement of a career of excellence such as when Ray Charles was posthumously honored for his final album Genius Loves Company We remember some of the great artists who have won a Grammy for Album of the Year

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