Grammy award for Best Pop Vocal Album - wikipedia Grammy award for Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album Awarded for Quality pop music albums Country United States Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences First awarded 1968 Currently held by Ed Sheeran, ÷ ( 2018 ) Website grammy.com The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality pop music albums. Awards in several categories are distributed annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to `` honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position. '' The honor was first presented in 1968 at the 10th Grammy Awards as Best Contemporary Album to The Beatles for Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The category was then discontinued until 1995 where it emerged with the new name Best Pop Album. In 2001, the category became known as Best Pop Vocal Album. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to artists that perform `` albums containing at least 51 % playing time of newly recorded pop vocal tracks. '' Kelly Clarkson and Adele are the only two - time winners of this award, Clarkson was the first to win twice. Kelly Clarkson has been nominated four times, more than any other artist. Contents 1 Recipients 2 Artists with multiple wins 3 Artists with multiple nominations 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Recipients The Beatles won Best Contemporary Album in 1968 for Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which also won Album of the Year. Celine Dion 's Falling into You, the 1997 winner, also won Album of the Year. Norah Jones 's Come Away with Me, the 2003 winner, also won Album of the Year. Justin Timberlake has been nominated five times, more than any other artist. His album Justified won in 2004. Ray Charles 's final album, Genius Loves Company, won this award and Album of the Year in 2005. Kelly Clarkson was the first artist to win this award twice. Breakaway won in 2006 ; Stronger won in 2013. Adele has won this award twice : for 21 in 2012, and for 25 in 2017. Both albums also won Album of the Year. Taylor Swift 's 1989, the 2016 winner, also won Album of the Year. Year Performing artist ( s ) Work Nominees Ref. 1968 The Beatles ! The Beatles Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band ! Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Association -- Insight Out Vikki Carr -- It Must Be Him The 5th Dimension -- Up, Up and Away Bobbie Gentry -- Ode to Billie Joe 1995 Raitt, Bonnie Bonnie Raitt Longing in Their Hearts ! Longing in Their Hearts Ace of Base -- The Sign José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti with Zubin Mehta -- The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 Lyle Lovett -- I Love Everybody Seal -- Seal Mitchell, Joni Joni Mitchell Turbulent Indigo ! Turbulent Indigo Mariah Carey -- Daydream Eagles -- Hell Freezes Over Annie Lennox -- Medusa Madonna -- Bedtime Stories 1997 Dion, Celine Celine Dion Falling into You ! Falling into You Toni Braxton -- Secrets Tracy Chapman -- New Beginning Shawn Colvin -- A Few Small Repairs Sting -- Mercury Falling 1998 Taylor, James James Taylor Hourglass ! Hourglass Paula Cole -- This Fire Fleetwood Mac -- The Dance Jamiroquai -- Travelling Without Moving Sarah McLachlan -- Surfacing 1999 Madonna ! Madonna Ray of Light ! Ray of Light Eric Clapton -- Pilgrim Celine Dion -- Let 's Talk About Love Natalie Imbruglia -- Left of the Middle Brian Setzer Orchestra -- The Dirty Boogie 2000 Sting ! Sting Brand New Day ! Brand New Day Backstreet Boys -- Millennium Cher -- Believe Ricky Martin -- Ricky Martin Sarah McLachlan -- Mirrorball 2001 Steely Dan Two Against Nature ! Two Against Nature Don Henley -- Inside Job Madonna -- Music NSYNC -- No Strings Attached Britney Spears -- Oops !... I Did It Again 2002 Sade Lovers Rock ! Lovers Rock Nelly Furtado -- Whoa, Nelly ! Janet Jackson -- All for You Elton John -- Songs from the West Coast NSYNC -- Celebrity 2003 Jones, Norah Norah Jones Come Away with Me ! Come Away with Me Avril Lavigne -- Let Go No Doubt -- Rock Steady Pink -- Missundaztood Britney Spears -- Britney Timberlake, Justin Justin Timberlake Justified ! Justified Christina Aguilera -- Stripped George Harrison -- Brainwashed Annie Lennox -- Bare Michael McDonald -- Motown 2005 Charles, Ray Ray Charles Genius Loves Company ! Genius Loves Company Norah Jones -- Feels like Home Sarah McLachlan -- Afterglow Joss Stone -- Mind Body & Soul Brian Wilson -- Brian Wilson Presents Smile 2006 Clarkson, Kelly Kelly Clarkson Breakaway ! Breakaway Fiona Apple -- Extraordinary Machine Sheryl Crow -- Wildflower Paul McCartney -- Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Gwen Stefani -- Love. Angel. Music. Baby. 2007 Mayer, John John Mayer Continuum ! Continuum Christina Aguilera -- Back to Basics James Blunt -- Back to Bedlam Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint -- The River in Reverse Justin Timberlake -- FutureSex / LoveSounds 2008 Winehouse, Amy Amy Winehouse Back to Black ! Back to Black Bon Jovi -- Lost Highway Feist -- The Reminder Maroon 5 -- It Wo n't Be Soon Before Long Paul McCartney -- Memory Almost Full 2009 Duffy Rockferry ! Rockferry Sheryl Crow -- Detours Eagles -- Long Road out of Eden Leona Lewis -- Spirit James Taylor -- Covers The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. ! The E.N.D. Colbie Caillat -- Breakthrough Kelly Clarkson -- All I Ever Wanted The Fray -- The Fray Pink -- Funhouse 2011 Lady Gaga The Fame Monster ! The Fame Monster Justin Bieber -- My World 2.0 Susan Boyle -- I Dreamed a Dream John Mayer -- Battle Studies Katy Perry -- Teenage Dream 2012 Adele 21 CeeLo Green -- The Lady Killer Lady Gaga -- Born This Way Bruno Mars -- Doo - Wops & Hooligans Rihanna -- Loud 2013 Kelly Clarkson Stronger Florence and the Machine -- Ceremonials Fun -- Some Nights Maroon 5 -- Overexposed Pink -- The Truth About Love 2014 Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox Lana Del Rey -- Paradise Lorde -- Pure Heroine Robin Thicke -- Blurred Lines Justin Timberlake -- The 20 / 20 Experience -- The Complete Experience 2015 Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Coldplay -- Ghost Stories Miley Cyrus -- Bangerz Ariana Grande -- My Everything Katy Perry -- Prism Ed Sheeran -- x 2016 Taylor Swift 1989 Kelly Clarkson -- Piece by Piece Florence and the Machine -- How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Mark Ronson -- Uptown Special James Taylor -- Before This World 2017 Adele 25 Justin Bieber -- Purpose Ariana Grande -- Dangerous Woman Demi Lovato -- Confident Sia -- This Is Acting 2018 Ed Sheeran ÷ Coldplay -- Kaleidoscope EP Lana Del Rey -- Lust for Life Imagine Dragons -- Evolve Kesha -- Rainbow Lady Gaga -- Joanne Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. Artists with multiple wins 2 wins Adele Kelly Clarkson Artists with multiple nominations 4 nominations Kelly Clarkson 3 nominations Don Henley Lady Gaga Madonna Sarah McLachlan Pink James Taylor Justin Timberlake 2 nominations Adele Christina Aguilera Justin Bieber Coldplay Sheryl Crow Lana Del Rey Celine Dion Eagles Florence and the Machine Ariana Grande Norah Jones Annie Lennox Maroon 5 Bruno Mars John Mayer Paul McCartney NSYNC Katy Perry Ed Sheeran Britney Spears Gwen Stefani Sting See also Billboard 200 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album References General `` Past Winners Search ''. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 29, 2011. Specific Jump up ^ `` Grammy Awards at a Glance ''. Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Overview ''. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 16, 2011. Jump up ^ `` 52nd OEP Category Description Guide '' ( PDF ). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. p. 1. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on October 27, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` Winners Album Of The Year ''. Grammy.com. The Recording Academy. Retrieved December 28, 2017. Jump up ^ `` 1967 Grammy Awards Finalists ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 80 ( 7 ) : 10. February 17, 1968. Retrieved February 19, 2011. Jump up ^ `` The 37th Grammy Nominations ''. Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. January 6, 1995. p. 2. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` List of Grammy nominees ''. CNN. January 4, 1996. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ Kot, Greg ( January 8, 1997 ). `` Pumpkins A Smash With 7 Grammy Nominations ''. Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. p. 4. Retrieved April 26, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Complete list of Grammy nominations ''. USA Today. Gannett Company. March 5, 1999. Archived from the original on February 10, 1999. Retrieved April 26, 2011. Jump up ^ Sullivan, James ( January 6, 1999 ). `` Women Dominate Grammys / Lauryn Hill leads with 10 nominations ''. San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. p. 3. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2011. Jump up ^ `` 42nd Annual Grammy Awards nominations ''. CNN. January 4, 2000. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` 43rd Grammy Awards ''. CNN. February 21, 2001. Archived from the original on November 6, 2008. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Complete List Of Grammy Nominees ''. CBS News. January 4, 2002. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Complete list of Grammy nominees ; ceremony set for Feb. 23 ''. San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. January 8, 2003. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` They 're All Contenders ''. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. December 5, 2003. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Grammy Award nominees in top categories ''. USA Today. Gannett Company. February 7, 2005. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` The Complete List of Grammy Nominations ''. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. December 8, 2005. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` 49th Annual Grammy Grammy Nominees ''. CBS News. December 7, 2006. Retrieved March 16, 2011. Jump up ^ `` 50th annual Grammy Awards nominations ''. Variety. Reed Business Information. December 6, 2007. Retrieved February 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Grammy Awards : List of Winners ''. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. January 31, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Nominees And Winners ''. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 19, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Grammy Awards 2011 : Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards ''. Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved September 11, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Grammy Awards 2012 : full list of winners ''. The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved March 6, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Maroon 5, fun. among early Grammy nominees ''. Associated Press. Google News. December 5, 2012. Jump up ^ `` 57th Grammy Nominees ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 5, 2014. Jump up ^ `` 58th Grammy Nominees ''. Grammys. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2015. Jump up ^ `` 59th Grammy Nominees ''. Grammys. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2016. Jump up ^ `` 60th Grammy Nominees ''. Grammy.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017. 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Question: who won best pop vocal album grammys 2018
Answer: Ed Sheeran