Grammy Award for Best Country Album (Grammy Awards)

Grammy Awards

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.

Check all the winners of Grammy Award for Best Country Album presented under Grammy Awards since 1964 .

News

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Kacey Musgraves

Honored for : Same Trailer Different Park

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jason Aldean	Night Train
Tim McGraw	Two Lanes of Freedom
Kacey Musgraves	Same Trailer Different Park
Blake Shelton	Based on a True Story...
Taylor Swift	Red

Zac Brown Band, John Kelton, Keith Stegall

Honored for : Uncaged

(Zac Brown Band, artist. John Kelton, engineer/mixer. Keith Stegall, producer.)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Zac Brown Band	Uncaged
Keith Stegall	Uncaged
John Kelton	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

Lady Antebellum

Honored for : Own the Night

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
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

Lady Antebellum

Honored for : Need You Now

(Producers, Artist, Engineer/mixer)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lady Antebellum	Need You Now 2011 Best Country Album
Dierks Bentley	Up on the Ridge
Zac Brown Band	You Get What You Give
Jamey Johnson	The Guitar Song
Miranda Lambert	Revolution

Taylor Swift, Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman, Justin Niebank

Honored for : Fearless

(Producers, Artist, Engineers/Mixers)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Zac Brown Band	The Foundation
George Strait	Twang
Taylor Swift	Fearless
Keith Urban	Defying Gravity
Lee Ann Womack	Call Me Crazy

George Strait, Chuck Ainlay, Tony Brown

Honored for : Troubadour

(Engineer, Artist/Producer, Producer)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Patty Loveless	Sleepless Nights
Jamey Johnson	That Lonesome Song
George Strait	Troubadour
Trisha Yearwood	Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love
Randy Travis	Around the Bend

John Hobbs, Justin Niebank, Vince Gill

Honored for : These Days

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dierks Bentley	Long Trip Alone
Tim McGraw	Let It Go
Brad Paisley	5th Gear
George Strait	It Just Comes Natural
Vince Gill	These Days
Justin Niebank	These Days
John Hobbs	These Days

Richard Dodd, Rick Rubin, Chris Testa, Dixie Chicks, Jim Scott

Honored for : Taking the Long Way

(Artist, Producer, Engineers/mixers)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alan Jackson	Like Red on a Rose
Willie Nelson	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
Little Big Town	The Road to Here
Josh Turner	Your Man
Richard Dodd	Taking the Long Way
Dixie Chicks	Taking the Long Way
Rick Rubin	Taking the Long Way
Chris Testa	Taking the Long Way
Jim Scott	Taking the Long Way

Alison Krauss & Union Station, Gary Paczosa

Honored for : Lonely Runs Both Ways

(Engineer/mixer, Artist)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Brad Paisley	Time Well Wasted
Faith Hill	Fireflies
Trisha Yearwood	Jasper County
Gary Paczosa	Lonely Runs Both Ways
Alison Krauss & Union Station	Lonely Runs Both Ways
Gretchen Wilson	All Jacked Up

Eric McConnell, Loretta Lynn, Jack White, Stuart Sikes

Honored for : Van Lear Rose

(Artist, Producer, Engineers/Mixers)

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Keith Urban	Be Here
Tift Merritt	Tambourine
Tim McGraw	Live Like You Were Dying
Gretchen Wilson	Here for the Party
Loretta Lynn	Van Lear Rose

Carl Jackson, Luke Wooten

Honored for : Livin' Lovin' Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers

(engineer, producer)

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shania Twain	Up!
Willie Nelson	Run That by Me One More Time
Ray Price	Run That by Me One More Time
Lyle Lovett	My Baby Don't Tolerate
Faith Hill	Cry
Willie Nelson	Live and Kickin'
Luke Wooten	Livin' Lovin' Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers
Carl Jackson	Livin' Lovin' Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers

Dixie Chicks, Lloyd Maines, Gary Paczosa

Honored for : Home

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lloyd Maines	Home
Dixie Chicks	Home
Gary Paczosa	Home
Alan Jackson	Drive
Willie Nelson	The Great Divide
Joe Nichols	Man With a Memory
Dolly Parton	Halos & Horns

Bonnie Garner, Luke Lewis, Mary Martin

Honored for : Timeless

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Willie Nelson	Rainbow Connection
Tim McGraw	Set This Circus Down
Trisha Yearwood	Inside Out
Diamond Rio	One More Day
Mary Martin	Timeless
Bonnie Garner	Timeless
Luke Lewis	Timeless

Faith Hill, Byron Gallimore, Mike Shipley, Julian King

Honored for : Breathe

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lee Ann Womack	I Hope You Dance
Alan Jackson	Under The Influence
Trisha Yearwood	Real Live Woman
Vince Gill	Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye
Mike Shipley	Breathe
Faith Hill	Breathe
Byron Gallimore	Breathe
Julian King	Breathe

Dixie Chicks, Paul Worley, John Guess, Blake Chancey

Honored for : Fly

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Emmylou Harris	Trio II
Dolly Parton	Trio II
Linda Ronstadt	Trio II
George Jones	Cold Hard Truth
Asleep at the Wheel	Ride With Bob
Alison Krauss	Forget About It
John Guess	Fly
Blake Chancey	Fly
Dixie Chicks	Fly
Paul Worley	Fly

Eric Legg, Dixie Chicks, John Guess, Paul Worley, Blake Chancey

Honored for : Wide Open Spaces

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Trisha Yearwood	Where Your Road Leads
Faith Hill	Faith
Dixie Chicks	Wide Open Spaces
Eric Legg	Wide Open Spaces
Paul Worley	Wide Open Spaces
John Guess	Wide Open Spaces
Blake Chancey	Wide Open Spaces
Shania Twain	Come on Over
Garth Brooks	Sevens

Johnny Cash, Rick Rubin

Honored for : Unchained

(Artist, Producer)

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Patty Loveless	Long Stretch of Lonesome
Dwight Yoakam	Under the Covers
Alan Jackson	Everything I Love
George Strait	Carrying Your Love With Me
Johnny Cash	Unchained
Rick Rubin	Unchained

Lyle Lovett, Billy Williams

Honored for : The Road to Ensenada

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dwight Yoakam	Gone
Brooks & Dunn	Borderline
Patty Loveless	The Trouble With the Truth
Vince Gill	High Lonesome Sound
Trisha Yearwood	Everybody Knows
Lyle Lovett	The Road to Ensenada
Billy Williams	The Road to Ensenada

Shania Twain, Robert Lange

Honored for : The Woman in Me

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shania Twain	The Woman in Me
Robert Lange	The Woman in Me
Trisha Yearwood	Thinkin' About You
John Michael Montgomery	John Michael Montgomery
Junior Brown	Junior High
Dwight Yoakam	Dwight Live
The Mavericks	Music for All Occasions

Mary Chapin Carpenter

Honored for : Stones in the Road

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Reba McEntire	Read My Mind
Vince Gill	When Love Finds You
Asleep at the Wheel	Tribute to the music of Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
Trisha Yearwood	The Song Remembers When
Mary Chapin Carpenter	Stones in the Road

Roger Miller

Honored for : The Return of Roger Miller

(Artist)

Nominations 1965 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Roger Miller	The Return of Roger Miller