Five albums are nominated for best album cover at the 68th Grammy Awards. Previously included in the best album package category, it's the first time covers have their own category in over 50 years.

The 2026 ceremony will be the first time in 53 years that the award for best album cover will be presented. Previously, the ...

Jay-Z, Ye, Lil Kim, Nicki Minaj and more. An artist’s album cover is arguably the most critical piece when rolling out a new project. Whether it’s a debut album or a performer’s swan song or anywhere ...

Music is an experience, an intentional work of storytelling, and a means of expression that uses sound, lyricism and imagery to convey direct or underlying themes. The curated illustrations and ...

Ice Spice hasn’t taken a lot of losses, but if you let the internet tell it, the album cover for her debut LP, Y2K!, is one of them. Since its reveal in early June, the artwork has been subjected to a ...

For artists and fans alike, album covers serve as more than just packaging; they are gateways to stories filled with creativity, controversy, and the madness of rock ‘n’ roll. The Beatles’ legendary ...

The album cover of Deafheaven’s second album, 2013’s Sunbather, accrued a weighty, polarizing significance that its creators never anticipated it would bear. It garnered derision from metal purists, ...

They say don’t judge an album by its cover, but for artists and fans alike, sometimes it’s just impossible not to obsess over the packaging. Whether it’s an intimate portrait, abstract illustration, ...

Music videos in the 1980s were to music what the album cover art of the 1970s was to musicians. You bought hook, line, and sinker into these albums based on their cover art, not the snippets you might ...