Grammy Awards

This is a list of Grammy Awards and nominations that Jim Henson and the Muppets have received. They are given out by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. See also Academy Awards and Emmy Awards.

1970

The Sesame Street Book & Record
Won:

• Best Recording for Children

Susan Sings Songs from Sesame Street
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

Rubber Duckie (song)
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

1972

The Muppet Alphabet Album
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children
  • Lost to The Electric Company album

The Official Sesame Street 2 Book and Record Album
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children
  • Lost to The Electric Company album

1973

Sesame Street LIVE!
Won:

• Best Recording for Children

1975

Merry Christmas from Sesame Street
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children
  • Lost to The Little Prince

The Sesame Street Monsters!
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children
  • Lost to The Little Prince

Bert and Ernie Sing-Along
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children
  • Lost to The Little Prince

1977

Aren't You Glad You're You?
Won:

• Best Recording for Children

The Sesame Street Fairy Tale Album
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

1978

The Muppet Show (album)
Won:

• Best Recording for Children

Sesame Street Fever
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

1979

The Muppet Movie (soundtrack)
Won:

• Best Recording for Children

Nominations:

• Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
  • Lost to Superman

Sesame Disco
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

1980

In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record
Won:

• Best Recording for Children

Big Bird's Birdtime Stories
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (album)
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

Love
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

The People in Your Neighborhood (album)
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

1981

Sesame Country
Won:

• Best Recording for Children

Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children

1983

Born to Add (album)
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children
  • Lost to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Born to Add (song)
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children
  • Lost to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Rocky Mountain Holiday
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children
  • Lost to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

1984

Jim Henson's Muppets Present Fraggle Rock
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children
  • Lost to Where the Sidewalk Ends

The Muppets Take Manhattan (soundtrack)
Nominations:

• Best Recording for Children
  • Lost to Where the Sidewalk Ends

1985

Follow That Bird (soundtrack)
Won:

• Best Recording for Children

1986

The Alphabet
Won:

• Best Recording for Children

1993

The Muppet Christmas Carol (soundtrack)
Nominations:

• Best Musical Album for Children
  • Lost to Aladdin - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Muppet Christmas Carol Story Album
Nominations:

• Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • Lost to Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales

1998

Elmopalooza! (soundtrack)
Won:

• Best Musical Album for Children

Elmo's New Laugh
Nominations:

• Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • Lost to The Children's Shakespeare

1999

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (soundtrack)
Won:

• Best Musical Album for Children

Let's Eat!
Nominations:

• Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • Lost to Listen to the Storyteller

2001

Elmo and the Orchestra
Won:

• Best Musical Album for Children

2005

Thanks & Giving All Year Long
Won:

• Best Spoken Word Album for Children