Sabrina Carpenter is nominated for album of the year at the upcoming 68th Grammy Awards for Man’s Best Friend, just as she was at the 2025 ceremony for Short n’ Sweet. That puts her in an elite club.

Since the 1970 Grammy ceremony, just 13 acts have been nominated for album of the year at back-to-back ceremonies. (Before 1970, artists often released an album, or even multiple albums, every year, so it was much more common to be nominated in back-to-back years.)

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A special shoutout to two artists who were nominated in back-to-back years two times. Both also were nominated in four out of five consecutive years. (The technical term for that is “being on a roll.”) Billy Joel was up for album of the year at the 1980 and 1981 ceremonies,

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