Grammy Award for Best Country Album

Grammy Award for Best Country Album
Awarded for	quality albums in the country music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1965
Last awarded	2015
Official website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Country Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the country music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".

The award was first presented under the name of Best Country & Western Album in 1966 to Roger Miller for Dang Me/Chug-A-Lug and was discontinued the following year. In 1995 the category was revived and received its current denomination of Best Country Album. According to the category description guide for the 54th Grammy Awards, the award is presented to vocal or instrumental country albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.

The Dixie Chicks are the most awarded performers in this category with four wins. Two-time award winners include Roger Miller and Lady Antebellum. Canadian singer Shania Twain is the only non-American winner in this category, to date. Trisha Yearwood holds the record for most nominations, with eight. Yearwood also holds the record for most nominations without a win.

Recipients

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Two-time award winner Roger Miller.

1996 winner Shania Twain the first and so far only non-American winner.

Dixie Chicks the most awarded performers with four wins.

2001 winner Faith Hill

2009 winner George Strait

Taylor Swift, 2010 winner, also won the award for Album of the Year

Lady Antebellum, 2011 and 2012 winners

Year	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1965	Roger Miller	Dang Me/Chug-a-Lug
1966	Roger Miller	The Return of Roger Miller
1995	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Stones in the Road	Asleep at the Wheel — Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboy Vince Gill — When Love Finds You Reba McEntire — Read My Mind Trisha Yearwood — The Song Remembers When
1996	Shania Twain	The Woman in Me	Junior Brown — Junior High The Mavericks — Music for All Occasions John Michael Montgomery — John Michael Montgomery Trisha Yearwood — Thinkin' About You Dwight Yoakam — Dwight Live
1997	Lyle Lovett	The Road to Ensenada	Brooks & Dunn — Borderline Vince Gill — High Lonesome Sound Patty Loveless — The Trouble with the Truth Trisha Yearwood — Everybody Knows Dwight Yoakam — Gone
1998	Johnny Cash	Unchained	Alan Jackson — Everything I Love Patty Loveless — Long Stretch of Lonesome George Strait — Carrying Your Love With Me Dwight Yoakam — Under The Covers
1999	Dixie Chicks	Wide Open Spaces	Garth Brooks — Sevens Faith Hill — Faith Shania Twain — Come On Over Trisha Yearwood — Where Your Road Leads
2000	Dixie Chicks	Fly	Asleep at the Wheel — Ride with Bob Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton — Trio II George Jones — Cold Hard Truth Alison Krauss — Forget About It
2001	Faith Hill	Breathe	Vince Gill — Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye Alan Jackson — Under the Influence Lee Ann Womack — I Hope You Dance Trisha Yearwood — Real Live Woman
2002	Various artists	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute	Diamond Rio — One More Day Tim McGraw — Set This Circus Down Willie Nelson — Rainbow Connection Trisha Yearwood — Inside Out
2003	Dixie Chicks	Home	Alan Jackson — Drive Willie Nelson — The Great Divide Joe Nichols — Man with a Memory Dolly Parton — Halos & Horns
2004	Various artists	Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers	Faith Hill — Cry Lyle Lovett — My Baby Don't Tolerate Willie Nelson & Ray Price — Run That By Me One More Time Willie Nelson — Live and Kickin' Shania Twain — Up!
2005	Loretta Lynn	Van Lear Rose	Tim McGraw — Live Like You Were Dying Tiff Merritt — Tambourine Keith Urban — Be Here Gretchen Wilson — Here for the Party
2006	Alison Krauss and Union Station	Lonely Runs Both Ways	Faith Hill — Fireflies Brad Paisley — Time Well Wasted Gretchen Wilson — All Jacked Up Trisha Yearwood — Jasper County
2007	Dixie Chicks	Taking the Long Way	Alan Jackson — Like Red on a Rose Little Big Town — The Road to Here Willie Nelson — You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Josh Turner — Your Man
2008	Vince Gill	These Days	Dierks Bentley — Long Trip Alone Tim McGraw — Let It Go Brad Paisley — 5th Gear George Strait — It Just Comes Natural
2009	George Strait	Troubadour	Jamey Johnson — That Lonesome Song Patty Loveless — Sleepless Nights Randy Travis — Around the Bend Trisha Yearwood — Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love
2010	Taylor Swift	Fearless	Zac Brown Band — The Foundation George Strait — Twang Keith Urban — Defying Gravity Lee Ann Womack — Call Me Crazy
2011	Lady Antebellum	Need You Now	Dierks Bentley — Up on the Ridge Zac Brown Band — You Get What You Give Jamey Johnson — The Guitar Song Miranda Lambert — Revolution
2012	Lady Antebellum	Own the Night	Jason Aldean — My Kinda Party Eric Church — Chief Blake Shelton — Red River Blue George Strait — Here for a Good Time Taylor Swift — Speak Now
2013	Zac Brown Band	Uncaged	Hunter Hayes — Hunter Hayes Jamey Johnson — Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran Miranda Lambert — Four the Record The Time Jumpers — The Time Jumpers
2014	Kacey Musgraves	Same Trailer Different Park	Jason Aldean — Night Train Tim McGraw — Two Lanes of Freedom Blake Shelton — Based on a True Story... Taylor Swift — Red
2015	Miranda Lambert	Platinum	Dierks Bentley – Riser Eric Church – The Outsiders Brandy Clark – 12 Stories Lee Ann Womack – The Way I'm Livin'
2016			Sam Hunt – Montevallo Little Big Town – Pain Killer Ashley Monroe – The Blade Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material Chris Stapleton – Traveller

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
^{^[II]} Awards were presented to Bonnie Garner, Luke Lewis and Mary Martin as the producers of the album.
^{^[III]} An award was presented to Carl Jackson as the producer of the album.

See also

• Grammy Award for Album of the Year

References

General

• Note: User must select the "Country" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

External links

Official Site of the Grammy Awards