The Grammy Award for Best Album Cover was awarded from 1959 to 1961 and 1969 to 1973. Between these years two awards were presented; either for Classical and Other Than Classical (1962 - 1965) or for Graphic Arts and Photography (1966 - 1968). Since 1974 a similar award has been presented for Best Recording Package.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

1970s

• Grammy Awards of 1973
  • Acy R. Lehman (art director) & Harvey Dinnerstein (graphic artist) for The Siegel-Schwall Band performed by the Siegel-Schwall Band
• Grammy Awards of 1972
  • Dean O. Torrence (art director) & Gene Brownell (photographer) for Pollution performed by Pollution
• Grammy Awards of 1971
  • Robert Lockart (graphic artist) & Ivan Nagy (photographer) for Indianola Mississippi Seeds performed by B.B. King
• Grammy Awards of 1970
  • David Stahlberg & Evelyn J. Kelbish (graphic artists) for America the Beautiful performed by Gary McFarland

1960s

• Grammy Awards of 1969
  • John Berg , Richard Mantel (art directors), Horn Grinner Studios (photographer) for Underground performed by Thelonius Monk
• Grammy Awards of 1961
  • Marvin Schwartz (art director) for Latin a la Lee performed by Peggy Lee
• Grammy Awards of 1960
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 conducted by Howard Mitchell

1950s

• Grammy Awards of 1959
  • Frank Sinatra for Only the Lonely