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New doc explores history of Best Comedy Album Grammy

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A new audio documentary from SiriusXM seeks to tell the history of the comedy at the Grammys. The documentary, called Obsessive Comedy Disorder: The 60 Year History of the Comedy Grammy Award will feature commentary from Sarah Silverman, Jim Gaffigan, D.L. Hughley, Weird Al Yankovic, Fred Armisen, and Kelly Carlin. The documentary will premiere February 7 at 5:00 p.m. ET on SiriusXM Comedy Greats channel 94. Comedy producer Dan Pasternack

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Chappelle, Oswalt, Rock and more pull nominations for Comedy Grammy

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The Grammy nominations were released today and yeah, Cardi B, A Star Is Born and all of that jazz. But… MORE
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Grammy Nominations: Jim Gaffigan pre-congratulates Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle

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Grammy nominations were announced on Friday morning, including the contenders for Best Comedy Album. And there are plenty of big names up for the honor. Dave Chappelle, who won the 2018 Grammy in this category, is nominated for his album Equanimity & The Bird Revelation. He is up against the 2017 winner, Patton Oswalt, who is nominated for his album Annihilation. Oswalt jokingly tweeted Friday morning that he and his

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Patton Oswalt, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Fred Armisen vie for Grammy’s Best Comedy Album of 2018

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Three former Grammy-winning comedians are vying for another Grammy Award for the Best Comedy Album of 2018. Best Comedy Album: “Annihilation” — Patton Oswalt “Equanimity & The Bird Revelation” — Dave Chappelle “Noble Ape” — Jim Gaffigan “Standup Fo…

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Dave Chappelle wins the Grammy Award for Comedy Album of the Year

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To the surprise of perhaps nobody outside of Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for the audio double-album of his first two Netflix specials of 2017, The Age of Spin and Deep In the Heart of Texas. Chappelle hadn’t put out a comedy album in what seemed like forever, […]

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Donald Glover as Childish Gambino wins a Grammy Award and performs on the Grammys with his Lion King castmate

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In the past year, Donald Glover has won Emmy Awards for his TV show (FX’s Atlanta) and now owns a Grammy Award for his musical moniker, Childish Gambino. He won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance on Sunday night for “Redbone,” and also performed during the telecast his song, “Terrified,” with an extra vocal assist […]

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Dave Chappelle wins the Grammy for Best Comedy Album

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Dave Chappelle is now a Grammy Award winning artist. Tonight during the live telecast he took home the Grammy for… MORE

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Chappelle, Hart, Seinfeld top comedy nominations for 2017 Grammys

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This morning the Grammy nominations were announced and the list of comedy names earning noms are some of the biggest… MORE

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Donald Glover up for biggest Grammy Awards in 2018 as Childish Gambino

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All hail Donald Glover! After making perhaps the best new TV series of 2017 with Atlanta on FX, he’s now up for Best Album of the Year (Awaken, My Love!) and Best Record of the Year (Redbone) at the 2018 Grammy Awards as Childish Gambino.   Congrats!

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The funniest comedy specials of the year, vs. the best comedy, vs. the most award-worthy in 2017

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The Internet’s relentless, rigorous demand for content, combined with show business’s relentless, rigorous desire for cash money, has combined in 2017 to bestow us with a bounty of stand-up comedy hours and variety specials, as well as a rash of rankings by amateur and professional armchair critics alike. My two cents? As you may already […]

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