Which album became the first Grammy winner for Album of the Year by a live recording?

Judy at Carnegie Hall by Judy Garland became the first live recording to win the Grammy for Album of the Year, at the 1962 ceremony.

The album documents Garland’s celebrated 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. The performance became one of the landmark live vocal recordings of the 20th century, combining standards, theatrical numbers, and Garland’s highly dramatic stage presence.

Its Grammy victory showed that a concert document could compete directly with studio albums for the recording industry’s top album honor. Live albums later became recurring Grammy contenders across pop, rock, jazz, country, and other fields.

The award is sometimes confused with the first Grammy given to a live album in any category. The more specific claim here concerns Album of the Year, the ceremony’s broadest album-level prize.