:Grammy Award for Best Country Album

{{Short description|Annual award}}

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{{Infobox award

| name = Grammy Award for Best Country Album

| awarded_for = quality albums in the country music genre

| image = Beyoncé - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - 1st June 2023 (25 of 118) (52946287590) (center cropped).jpg

| imagesize = 100px

| alt = A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table

| caption = Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé is the most recent recipient.

| presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

| country = United States

| year = 1965

| year2 =

| holder = Beyoncé,
Cowboy Carter (2025)

| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]

| image_upright =

}}

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,{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 24, 2010}} 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".{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/|title=Overview|access-date=April 24, 2010|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103173212/http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/|archive-date=January 3, 2011|df=mdy-all}}

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 66th Grammy Awards (2024), the award is presented to vocal or instrumental country albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings, and the Grammy is awarded to the artist and producer, and to the engineer/mixer of greater than 50% playing time of the album.{{Cite web |date=12 November 2024 |title=66th Grammy Rules and Guidelines Book |url=https://naras.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/66_Rulebook_9.20 |access-date= |website=www.grammy.com |archive-date=November 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112221428/https://naras.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/66_Rulebook_9.20 |url-status=dead }} (The list of nominees only mentions Artists).

The Dixie Chicks are the most awarded performers in this category with four wins, followed by Chris Stapleton who has three wins. Two-time award winners include Roger Miller, Lady A, Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert. 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. The current holder of the award is Beyonce, the first black artist, who won at the 67th Grammy Awards with her eighth studio album Cowboy Carter.

Recipients

File:ShaniaTwain3.jpg is the first and so far only non-American winner.]]

File:DixieChicksMSG062003.jpg the most awarded performers with four wins.]]

File:Vince_Gill.png received the award in 2008 as has eight additional nominations in this category. He is, to date, the most awarded male country artist at the Grammys.]]

File:George Strait on stage.jpg]]

File:Taylor Swift Sydney.jpg received three nominations in this category. Her album, Fearless, won this award and Album of the Year in 2010. She is also the only act to win the Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Country Album.]]

File:Lady A - Charlotte 12-27-12-39.jpg, three-time nominees and 2011 and 2012 winners]]

File:Kacey Musgraves - Palace Theatre St. Paul (46248441824) (cropped).jpg]]

File:Miranda Lambert.jpg]]

File:Stapleton ACL 20161002005.jpg]]

File:Beyoncé - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - 1st June 2023 (10 of 118) (52946364598) (best crop).jpg is the first black artist to win the award. Her album, Cowboy Carter also won Album of the Year in 2025. She is also the only act to win the Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best Urban Contemporary Album, and Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Country Album.]]

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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1965

| rowspan="2" | Roger Miller

| Dang Me/Chug-a-Lug

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0150548.html|title=1964 Grammy Awards|access-date=December 9, 2011}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1966

| The Return of Roger Miller

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0150551.html|title=1965 Grammy Awards|access-date=December 9, 2011}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1995

| Mary Chapin Carpenter

| Stones in the Road

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-06-ca-17089-story.html|title=The 37th Grammy Nominations|date=January 6, 1995|access-date=July 12, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|page=2}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1996

| Shania Twain

| The Woman in Me

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| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html|title=List of Grammy nominees|date=January 4, 1996|access-date=July 12, 2010|publisher=CNN}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1997

| Lyle Lovett

| The Road to Ensenada

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|title=Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards|date=January 8, 1997|access-date=July 12, 2010|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|first=Mary|last=Campbell|archive-date=July 12, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712192922/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ci4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|url-status=dead}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1998

| Johnny Cash

| Unchained

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalhit.com/grammy/40/nominees.shtml |title=40th Annual Grammy Award Nominations |access-date=December 9, 2011 |publisher=Digital Hit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807061111/http://www.digitalhit.com/grammy/40/nominees.shtml |archive-date=August 7, 2011 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1999

| rowspan="2" | Dixie Chicks

| Wide Open Spaces

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772 |title=1999 Grammy Nominees |date=November 27, 1998 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011030229/http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772 |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2000

| Fly

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html |title=42nd Annual Grammy Awards nominations |publisher=CNN |access-date=July 12, 2010 |date=January 4, 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722190443/http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2001

| Faith Hill

| Breathe

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ |title=43rd Grammy Awards |access-date=July 12, 2010 |publisher=CNN |date=February 21, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106040823/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ |archive-date=November 6, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2002

| Various artists
{{dot}} Bonnie Garner, Luke Lewis and Mary Martin, producers

| Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/complete-list-of-grammy-nominees/|title=Complete List Of Grammy Nominees|date=January 4, 2002|access-date=July 12, 2010|publisher=CBS News}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2003

| Dixie Chicks

| Home

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.mlscmusic.com/Content/Charts%20Awards/45Grammy%20Nom%20List.pdf |title=45 Grammy Nom List |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426041954/http://www.mlscmusic.com/Content/Charts%20Awards/45Grammy%20Nom%20List.pdf |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2004

| Various artists
{{dot}} Carl Jackson, producer

| Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/movies/they-re-all-contenders.html|title=They're All Contenders|date=December 5, 2003|access-date=July 12, 2010|work=The New York Times}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2005

| Loretta Lynn

| Van Lear Rose

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm|title=Grammy Award nominees in top categories|date=February 7, 2005|access-date=July 12, 2010|publisher=Gannett Company|work=USA Today}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2006

| Alison Krauss & Union Station

| Lonely Runs Both Ways

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/09gram-list.html|title=The Complete List of Grammy Nominations|access-date=July 12, 2010|date=December 8, 2005|page=1|work=The New York Times}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2007

| Dixie Chicks

| Taking the Long Way

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_show/list.aspx#05 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061220160454/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2006 |title=49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=July 12, 2010 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2008

| Vince Gill

| These Days

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581272/20080210/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216120238/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581272/20080210/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2008|title=Grammy 2008 Winners List|date=February 10, 2008|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 12, 2010}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2009

| George Strait

| Troubadour

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604545/20090208/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215063113/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604545/20090208/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2009|title=Grammy 2009 Winners List|date=February 8, 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=July 12, 2010}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2010

| Taylor Swift

| Fearless

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_awards/52nd_show/list.aspx#04 |title=The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=July 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618185140/http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/52nd_show/list.aspx |archive-date=June 18, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2011

| rowspan="2" | Lady Antebellum

| Need You Now

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/breaking/newsletter/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,4822287.htmlstory|title=53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list|access-date=December 2, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2012

| Own the Night

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2011&genre=8|title=2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Country Field|publisher=The Recording Academy|date=November 30, 2011}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2013

| Zac Brown Band

| Uncaged

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=8|title=2012 – 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Country Field|publisher=The Recording Academy|date=December 5, 2011}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2014

| Kacey Musgraves

| Same Trailer Different Park

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.grammy.com/files/57thpresslist12042014-without_aoy.pdf 2015 Nominees]

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2015

| Miranda Lambert

| Platinum

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf |title=2014 Nominees |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216085917/http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf |url-status=dead }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2016

| Chris Stapleton

| Traveller

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf |title=2014 Nominees |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216085917/http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf |url-status=dead }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2017

| Sturgill Simpson

| A Sailor's Guide to Earth

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html |title=Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees |date=February 12, 2017 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 30, 2017 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2018

| Chris Stapleton

| From A Room: Volume 1

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/2018-grammys-winners-list-music-awards-1202676802/ |title=Grammy Awards Winners List: Updating Live |date=January 28, 2018 |work=Variety |access-date=January 28, 2018}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2019

| Kacey Musgraves

| Golden Hour

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards Grammy.com, 7 December 2018]

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2020

| Tanya Tucker

| While I'm Livin'

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-nominations-complete-winners-list|title=2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List|date=November 20, 2019|website=GRAMMY.com}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2021

| Miranda Lambert

| Wildcard

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2021-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-list|title=2021 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners List|date=November 24, 2020|website=GRAMMY.com}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2022

| Chris Stapleton

| Starting Over

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|title=2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List|date=November 23, 2021|website=GRAMMY.com}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2023

| Willie Nelson

| A Beautiful Time

|{{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2022 |title=2023 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}

2024

| Lainey Wilson

| Bell Bottom Country

|{{smalldiv|

|{{Cite web |title=2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=www.grammy.com}}

2025

| Beyoncé

|Cowboy Carter

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|{{Cite web |title=2025 GRAMMYs: See The OFFICIAL Full Nominations List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nominations |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=grammy.com}}

{{note|1|[I]}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

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Artists with multiple nominations

See also

References

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  • {{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 4, 2011}} Note: User must select the "Country" category as the genre under the search feature.
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/countryalbum.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best Country Album|publisher=Rock on the Net|access-date=July 12, 2010}}

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