The GRAMMYs

2026

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Dec 1st, 2025

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Nominees for The GRAMMY Awards

2026

Previous Winner

Mileage (Ruthie Foster)

Criteria

Albums with >75% playing time of new contemporary blues recordings.

Albums with >75% playing time of new contemporary blues recordings.

Albums with >75% playing time of new contemporary blues recordings.

The nominees for The GRAMMYs Best Contemporary Blues Album 2026 are Breakthrough (Joe Bonamassa), Paper Doll (Samantha Fish), A Tribute To LJK (Eric Gales), Preacher Kids (Robert Randolph), Family (Southern Avenue).

Read on for more information about all the nominees and their contributors..

Best Contemporary Blues Album

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