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2012 • 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2010 and Aug 30, 2011
2012 Winner is Kanye West with "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Nominees 2012
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Watch The Throne
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Tha Carter IV
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Lasers
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Pink Friday
Winners
| Year | Winner | Nomination | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kendrick Lamar | GNX | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Doechii | Alligator Bites Never Heal | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Killer Mike | MICHAEL | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Tyler, The Creator | Call Me If You Get Lost | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Nas | King’s Disease | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Tyler, The Creator | Igor | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Cardi B | Invasion Of Privacy | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Chancelor Bennett | Coloring Book | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp A Butterfly | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP2 | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Ben Haggerty, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Ryan Lewis | The Heist | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Drake | Take Care | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Eminem | Recovery | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Eminem | Relapse | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Kanye West | Graduation | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Ludacris | Release Therapy | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Kanye West | Late Registration | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Kanye West | The College Dropout | All Nominees |
| 2004 | OutKast | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Eminem | The Eminem Show | All Nominees |
| 2002 | OutKast | Stankonia | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Eminem | The Slim Shady LP | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Jay Z | Vol. 2...Hard Knock Life | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Puff Daddy & The Family | No Way Out | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Fugees | The Score | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Naughty By Nature | Poverty's Paradise | All Nominees |
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