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The Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album has been awarded since 1959. The award has had several minor name changes:

• In 1959 the award was known as Best Original Cast Album (Broadway or TV)
• In 1960 it was awarded as Best Broadway Show Album
• In 1961 it was awarded as Best Show Album (Original Cast)
• From 1962 to 1963 it was awarded as Best Original Cast Show Album
• From 1964 to 1973 it was awarded as Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
• From 1974 to 1975 it was awarded as Best Score From the Original Cast Show Album
• From 1976 to 1986 it was awarded as Best Cast Show Album
• From 1987 to 1991 it was awarded as Best Musical Cast Show Album
• Since 1992 it has been awarded as Best Musical Show Album

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.

• Grammy Awards of 2007
  • Bob Gaudio, producer (Bob Gaudio, composer; Bob Crewe, lyricist) Jersey Boys performed by Original Broadway Cast Including Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, John Lloyd Young & Others)
• Grammy Awards of 2006
  • John Du Prez & Eric Idle (producers & composers), Eric Idle (lyricist) for Monty Python's Spamalot performed by Original Broadway Cast Including David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria & Sara Ramirez
• Grammy Awards of 2005
  • Stephen Schwartz (producer & composer/lyricist) for Wicked performed by the original Broadway cast with Kristin Chenoweth & Idina Menzel
• Grammy Awards of 2004
  • Todd Whitelock, Tom Lazarus (engineers), Ken Hahn (engineer/mixer) & Jay David Saks (engineer/mixer & producer) for Gypsy performed by the New Broadway cast with Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, John Dossett & others
• Grammy Awards of 2003
  • Peter Karam (engineer/mixer), Marc Shaiman (producer, composer & lyricist) & Scott Wittman (lyricist) & the original Broadway cast including Marissa Jaret Winokur & Harvey Fierstein, for Hairspray
• Grammy Awards of 2002
  • Cynthia Daniels (engineer), Hugh Fordin (producer), Mel Brooks (composer/lyricist) & the original Broadway cast with Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick for The Producers
• Grammy Awards of 2001
  • Frank Filipetti (engineer/mixer & producer), Guy Babylon & Paul Bogaev, Chris Montan (producers), Elton John (composer), Tim Rice (lyricist) & the original Broadway cast with Heather Headley, Adam Pascal, and Sherie Rene Scott for Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
• Grammy Awards of 2000
  • John McDaniel, Stephen Ferrera (producers) & the new Broadway cast with Bernadette Peters & Tom Wopat for Annie Get Your Gun

• Grammy Awards of 1999
  • Mark Mancina (producer) & the original Broadway cast for The Lion King
• Grammy Awards of 1998
  • Jay David Saks (producer) for Chicago the Musical performed by various artists featuring Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton & Joel Grey
• Grammy Awards of 1997
  • Bill Whelan (composer, lyricist & producer) & various artists for Riverdance
• Grammy Awards of 1996
  • Arif Mardin, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (producers) & the original Broadway cast for Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber & Stoller
• Grammy Awards of 1995
  • Phil Ramone (producer), Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist) & the original cast for Passion
• Grammy Awards of 1994
  • George Martin (producer), Pete Townshend (composer & lyricist) & the original cast for The Who's Tommy
• Grammy Awards of 1993
  • Jay David Saks (producer) & the new Broadway cast for Guys and Dolls - The New Broadway Cast Recording
• Grammy Awards of 1992
• Best Musical Show Album
  • Cy Coleman (producer and composer), Mike Berniker (producer), Adolph Green, Betty Comden (lyricists) & the original Broadway cast for The Will Rogers Follies
• Grammy Awards of 1991
  • David Caddick (producer) & cast members with Gary Morris for Les Misérables - The Complete Symphonic Recording
• Grammy Awards of 1990
  • Jay David Saks (producer) & the original cast with Jason Alexander & Debbie Shapiro & Robert La Fasse for Jerome Robbins' Broadway

• Grammy Awards of 1989
  • Jay David Saks (producer), Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist) & various artists for Into the Woods
• Grammy Awards of 1988
  • Claude-Michel Schönberg (composer & producer), Herbert Kretzmer (lyricist), Alain Boublil (producers), & the original Broadway cast for Les Miserables
• Grammy Awards of 1987
  • Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original 1986 cast for Follies in Concert
• Grammy Awards of 1986
  • John McClure (producer), José Carreras & Kiri Te Kanawa for West Side Story
• Grammy Awards of 1985
  • Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast for Sunday in the Park with George
• Grammy Awards of 1984
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber (producer) & the original Broadway cast for Cats (Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Grammy Awards of 1983
  • Henry Krieger (composer), Tom Eyen (lyricist), David Foster (producer) & various artists for Dreamgirls
• Grammy Awards of 1982
  • Quincy Jones (producer) & Lena Horne for Lena Horne - The Lady and Her Music, Live on Broadway
• Grammy Awards of 1981
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber (producer and composer), Tim Rice (producer and lyricist) & the original cast with Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin for Evita - Premier American Recording
• Grammy Awards of 1980
  • Stephen Sondheim (composer & lyricist), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast with Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou for Sweeney Todd

• Grammy Awards of 1979
  • Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & various artists for Ain't Misbehavin'
• Grammy Awards of 1978
  • Martin Charnin (composer), Charles Strouse (composer & producer), Larry Morton (producer) & the original cast with Andrea McArdle & Dorothy Loudon for Annie
• Grammy Awards of 1977
  • Luigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti (producers) & various artists for Bubbling Brown Sugar
• Grammy Awards of 1976
  • Charlie Smalls (composer), Jerry Wexler (producer) & the original cast with Stephanie Mills & Dee Dee Bridgewater for The Wiz
• Grammy Awards of 1975
  • Robert Brittan, Judd Woldin (composers), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast with Virginia Capers, Joe Morton, Ernestine Jackson, Robert Jackson, Deborah Allen & Helen Martin for Raisin
• Grammy Awards of 1974
  • Stephen Sondheim (composer), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast with Glynis Johns, Len Cariou, Hermione Gingold, Victoria Mallory, Patricia Elliott & Teri Ralston for A Little Night Music
• Grammy Awards of 1973
  • Micki Grant (composer), Jerry Ragavoy (producer) & the original cast with Alex Bradford, Hope Clarke & Bobby Hill for Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
• Grammy Awards of 1972
  • Stephen Schwartz (composer & producer) & the original cast for Godspell
• Grammy Awards of 1971
  • Stephen Sondheim (composer), Thomas Z. Shepard (producer) & the original cast with Dean Jones, Barbara Barrie, George Coe, Teri Ralston, John Cunningham & Beth Howland for Company
• Grammy Awards of 1970
  • Burt Bacharach, Hal David (composers), Henry Jerome, Phil Ramone (producers) & the original cast with Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara, Edward Winter, Donna McKechnie, A .L. Hines, Marian Mercer & Paul Reed for Promises, Promises

• Grammy Awards of 1969
  • Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (composers), Andy Wiswell (producer) the original cast with Ronnie Dyson, Gerome Ragni, Steve Curry, Lamont Washington, Diane Keaton, Melba Moore & James Rado for Hair
• Grammy Awards of 1968
  • Fred Ebb, John Kander (composers), Goddard Lieberson (producer) & the original cast with Joel Grey, Jill Haworth, Lotte Lenya, Jack Gilford & Bert Convy for Cabaret
• Grammy Awards of 1967
  • Jerry Herman (composer) & the original cast with Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Jane Connell, Charles Braswell, Jerry Lanning & Frankie Michaels for Mame
• Grammy Awards of 1966
  • Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane (composers), & the original cast with Barbara Harris, John Cullum, Tito Vandis, Byron Webster & William Daniels for On a Clear Day
• Grammy Awards of 1965
  • Jule Styne & Robert Merrill (composers) & the original cast with Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Danny Meehan, Kay Medford, Jean Stapleton & John Lankston for Funny Girl
• Grammy Awards of 1964
  • Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick (composers) & the original cast with Barbara Cook, Jack Cassidy, Barbara Baxley, Daniel Massey, Nathaniel Frey, Ralph Williams & Jo Wilder for She Loves Me
• Grammy Awards of 1963
  • Richard Rodgers (composer) & the original cast with Richard Kiley, Diahann Carroll, Bernice Mass, Noelle Adam, Don Chastain, Mitchell Gregg & Noelle Adam for No Strings
• Grammy Awards of 1962
  • Frank Loesser (composer) & the original cast with Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bonnie Scott, Claudette Southerland & Sammy Smith for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
• Grammy Awards of 1961
  • Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers (composers), Mary Martin & the original cast for The Sound of Music
• Grammy Awards of 1960
  • Ethel Merman & the original cast for Gypsy
  • The original cast with Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley, Leonard Stone, Doris Rich, Cynthia Latham, Joy Nichols, Bob Dixon & Pat Ferrier for Redhead

• Grammy Awards of 1959
  • Meredith Willson (composer) & the original cast with Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, David Burns, Eddie Hodges, Pert Kelton & Helen Raymond for The Music Man