List of awards and nominations received by Emmylou Harris
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|name = Emmylou Harris
|image = Emmylou Harris Honorary Doctorate From Berklee Presentation Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.jpg
|caption = Harris receiving an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music in 2009.
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|award1 = Academy of Country Music
|award1W = 2
|award1N = 10
|award2 = Country Music Association
|award2W = 3
|award2N = 19
|award3 = Grammy Awards
|award3W = 14
|award3N = 34
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American singer, songwriter and musician Emmylou Harris has been awarded on numerous occasions for her work. She received 14 accolades from the Grammy Awards, beginning in 1977 for her album Elite Hotel. She also won awards from the Grammy's for her work with other artists, including one with Roy Orbison and another for the Trio album with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt. She has been nominated by the Grammy Awards a total of 34 times. Harris also received multiple awards and nominations from the Country Music Association. In 1980, she won the Female Vocalist of the Year award. This was followed in 1988 for the Vocal Event of the Year award for her work with Parton and Ronstadt. Along with various artists, Harris won the Album of the Year award in 2000 for her contributions to the soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
Harris has also been nominated ten times by the Academy of Country Music. Her first accolade from the ACM's came with the 1987 Trio album. In 2011, she won the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. She was also nominated multiple times for Top Female Vocalist and Vocal Event of the Year. Harris also received four awards from the Americana Music Honors & Awards. This included two wins for Duo/Group of the Year for her work with Rodney Crowell. Music magazines Cashbox and Record World gave Harris nominations for Top Female Vocalist. Other honors include receiving an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music, being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the Billboard Century Award.
American Academy of Achievement
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| 2004
| Emmylou Harris
| Golden Plate Award
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| align="center"| {{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=www.achievement.org|publisher=American Academy of Achievement|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|access-date=December 26, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/|url-status=live}}{{cite news | date=2004 | title=2004 Summit Highlights Photo | url=https://achievement.org/summit/2004/ | quote=Awards Council member, financier, and philanthropist Warren Hellman introduces 2004 honoree musician and philanthropist Emmylou Harris to Academy delegates and members at the Art Institute of Chicago’s Trading Room. | access-date=December 26, 2020 | archive-date=September 17, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235315/https://achievement.org/summit/2004/ | url-status=live }}
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American Academy of Arts and Science
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| 2009
| Emmylou Harris
| American Academy of Arts and Science
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Emmylou Harris |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/emmylou-harris |website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |access-date=9 August 2023}}
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Academy of Country Music Awards
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| 1975
| rowspan="3"| Emmylou Harris
| Most Promising Female Vocalist
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="12"| {{cite web |title=Search winners: Emmylou Harris |url=https://www.acmcountry.com/winners?awardTitle=emmylou+harris&awardCategory=&awardYear=&actionButton=Submit |website=Academy of Country Music |access-date=2 August 2023}}
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| 1976
| rowspan="2"| Top Female Vocalist of the Year
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| 1977
| {{nom}}
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| 1979
| Album of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| 1980
| Emmylou Harris
| Top Female Vocalist
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1981
| Don Williams and Emmylou Harris
| Top Vocal Duet
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| Emmylou Harris
| rowspan="2"| Top Female Vocalist
| {{nom}}
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| 1984
| {{nom}}
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| 1987
| Trio {{small|(with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)}}
| Album of the Year
| {{won}}
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| 1998
| "Same Old Train" {{small|(with various artists)}}
| Vocal Event of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| 2003
| "Young Man's Town" {{small|(with Vince Gill)}}
| Vocal Event of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| 2011
| Emmylou Harris
| Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award
| {{won}}
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Alabama Music Hall of Fame
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| 2003
| Emmylou Harris
| Alabama Music Hall of Fame
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Emmylou Harris Biography |url=https://www.alamhof.org/emmylou |website=Alabama Music Hall of Fame |access-date=2 August 2023}}
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Americana Music Honors & Awards
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| 2002
| Emmylou Harris
| Lifetime Achievement for Performance
| {{won}}
| align="center"| {{cite web |title=2002 Awards |url=https://americanamusic.org/awards/2002 |website=Americana Music Honors & Awards |access-date=3 August 2023}}
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| rowspan="3"| 2013
| Old Yellow Moon {{small|(with Rodney Crowell)}}
| Album of the Year
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| {{cite web |title=Awards: 2013 |url=https://americanamusic.org/awards/2013 |website=Americana Music Honors & Awards |access-date=3 August 2023}}
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| Emmylou Harris
| Artist of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
| rowspan="2"| Duo/Group of the Year
| {{won}}
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| 2016
| {{won}}
| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Awards: 2016 |url=https://americanamusic.org/awards/2016 |website=Americana Music Honors & Awards |access-date=3 August 2023}}
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American Music Awards
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| 1982
| rowspan="2"| Emmylou Harris
| rowspan="2"| Favorite Female Country Artist
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| {{cite web |title=American Music Awards: Favorite Female Country Artist |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/amas/fc.htm |website=Rock on the Net.com |access-date=2 August 2023}}
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| 1983
| {{nom}}
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Berklee College of Music
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| 2009
| Emmylou Harris
| Honorary Doctorate of Music
| {{won}}
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Billboard Music Awards
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| 1999
| Emmylou Harris
| {{won}}
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Cashbox Awards
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| 1976
| rowspan="2"| Emmylou Harris
| Top Female Vocalist – Singles
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| {{cite magazine |title=Cash Box Country Singles Awards |magazine=Cashbox |date=December 25, 1976 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-12-25-OCR-Page-0088.pdf#search=%22billie%20jo%20spears%20top%20female%20vocalist%22 |access-date=4 March 2023}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1980
| Top Female Vocalist – Singles
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| {{cite magazine |title=Country Singles Awards |magazine=Cashbox |date=December 27, 1980 |page=56 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/80s/1980/CB-1980-12-27-OCR-Page-0056.pdf#search=%22emmylou%20harris%20top%20female%20vocalist%20singles%22 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
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| Emmylou Harris and Roy Orbison
| Top New Duo
| {{nom}}
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| 1981
| Emmylou Harris
| Top Female Vocalist – Singles
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| {{cite magazine |title=Country Singles Awards |magazine=Cashbox |date=1981 |page=24 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/80s/1981/CB-1981-Directory-OCR-Page-0024.pdf#search=%22emmylou%20harris%20top%20female%20vocalist%20singles%22 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
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| 1982
| Emmylou Harris and Don Williams
| Top New Country Duo
| {{won}}
| align="center"| {{cite magazine |title=Year-End Polls |magazine=Cashbox |date=December 25, 1982 |page=60 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/80s/1982/CB-1982-12-25-OCR-Page-0060.pdf#search=%22emmylou%20harris%20top%20female%20vocalist%20singles%22 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
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| 1989
| Emmylou Harris
| Female Vocalist of the Year
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| {{cite magazine |title=Cashbox Nashville Music Awards Show |magazine=Cashbox |date=November 11, 1989 |page=28 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/80s/1989/CB-1989-11-11-OCR-Page-0028.pdf#search=%22emmylou%20harris%20top%20female%20vocalist%20singles%22 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
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Country Music Association Awards
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| 1976
| rowspan="4"| Emmylou Harris
| rowspan="4"| Female Vocalist of the Year
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="22"| {{cite web |title=CMA Past Winners & Nominees: Emmylou Harris |url=https://cmaawards.com/past-winners-and-nominees/?appSession=9E43C0Z9PRJ3QY9K9CPG6KFS9Z820QS0E8SNNK8H9K54G1594W705RJ6UY334U99C93XSHW11N8X55Z5HEZ0TY00HWQJ3QL0213H17LYMC3PU37K59A0235B2O3R80U0 |website=Country Music Association |access-date=2 August 2023}}
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| 1977
| {{nom}}
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| 1978
| {{nom}}
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| 1979
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1980
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="4"| Emmylou Harris
| rowspan="4"| Female Vocalist of the Year
| {{won}}
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| 1981
| {{nom}}
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| 1982
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1983
| {{nom}}
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| Emmylou Harris and Don Williams
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1984
| Emmylou Harris
| Female Vocalist of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| Emmylou Harris and Don Williams
| Vocal Duo of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| 1985
| rowspan="2"| Emmylou Harris
| rowspan="2"| Female Vocalist of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| 1986
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1987
| Trio {{small|(with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)}}
| Album of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| Emmylou Harris
| Female Vocalist of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1988
| Trio {{small|(with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)}}
| {{won}}
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| Emmylou Harris and Earl Thomas Conley
| Vocal Event of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| 1990
| Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson
| Vocal Event of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| 1999
| "Same Old Train" {{small|(with various artists)}}
| Vocal Event of the Year
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 2001
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? {{small|(with various artists)}}
| Album of the Year
| {{won}}
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| "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" {{small|(with Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch)}}
| Vocal Event of the Year
| {{nom}}
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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| 2008
| Emmylou Harris
| Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Emmylou Harris |url=https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/emmylou-harris |website=Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=3 August 2023}}
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Grammy Awards
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| 1976
| "If I Could Only Win Your Love"
| rowspan="2"| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="47"| {{cite web |title=Emmylou Harris: Artist |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/emmylou-harris/13460 |website=Grammy Awards |access-date=6 August 2023}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1977
| {{won}}
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| "Here, There and Everywhere"
| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
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| 1978
| "Making Believe"
| rowspan="3"| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
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| 1979
| Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
| {{nom}}
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| 1980
| {{won}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1981
| "That Lovin' You Feeling Again" {{small|(with Roy Orbison)}}
| Best Country Performance by a Duo of Group with Vocal
| {{won}}
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| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
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| 1982
| "If I Needed You" {{small|(with Don Williams)}}
| Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1983
| Cimarron
| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
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| "Love Hurts" {{small|(with Gram Parsons)}}
| Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
| {{nom}}
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| 1984
| rowspan="4"| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
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| 1985
| "In My Dreams"
| {{won}}
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| 1986
| {{nom}}
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| 1987
| "Today I Started Loving You Again"
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="4"| 1988
| rowspan="2"| Trio {{small|(with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)}}
| {{nom}}
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| Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
| {{won}}
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| "You Are" {{small|(with Glen Campbell)}}
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1989
| "Back in Baby's Arms"
| {{nom}}
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| "We Believe in Happy Endings" {{small|(with Earl Thomas Conley)}}
| rowspan="2"| Best Country Vocal Collaboration
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1990
| "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" {{small|(with various artists)}}
| {{nom}}
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| Bluebird
| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1993
| At the Ryman {{small|(with The Nash Ramblers)}}
| Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
| {{won}}
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| "Scotland"
| Best Country Instrumental Performance
| {{nom}}
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| 1994
| "High Powered Love"
| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
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| 1996
| Best Contemporary Folk Album
| {{won}}
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| rowspan="3"| 1999
| "Same Old Train" {{small|(with various artists)}}
| Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
| {{won}}
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| Spyboy
| Best Contemporary Folk Album
| {{nom}}
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| "Love Still Remains"
| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="4"| 2000
| "After the Gold Rush" {{small|(with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)}}
| Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
| {{won}}
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| Trio II {{small|(with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)}}
| {{nom}}
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| Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions {{small|(with Linda Ronstadt)}}
| Best Contemporary Folk Album
| {{nom}}
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| "Ordinary Heart"
| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{nom}}
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| 2001
| Best Contemporary Folk Album
| {{won}}
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| rowspan="2"| 2002
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? {{small|(with various artists)}}
| Album of the Year
| {{won}}
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| "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby"
| rowspan="2"| Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
| {{nom}}
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| 2003
| "Flesh and Blood" {{small|(with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Sheryl Crow)}}
| {{nom}}
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| 2004
| Best Contemporary Folk Album
| {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"| 2006
| "Shelter from the Storm" {{small|(with Rodney Crowell)}}
| Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
| {{nom}}
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| "The Connection"
| Best Female Country Vocal Performance
| {{won}}
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| 2007
| All the Roadrunning {{small|(with Mark Knopfler)}}
| rowspan="2"| Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
| {{nom}}
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| 2009
| {{nom}}
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| 2012
| rowspan="3"| Best Americana Album
| {{nom}}
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| 2014
| Old Yellow Moon {{small|(with Rodney Crowell)}}
| {{won}}
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| rowspan="2"| 2016
| The Traveling Kind {{small|(with Rodney Crowell)}}
| {{nom}}
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| "The Traveling Kind" {{small|(with Rodney Crowell)}}
| {{nom}}
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| 2018
| Emmylou Harris
| Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
| {{won}}
| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/tina-turner-queen-2018-recording-academy-special-merit-awards |title=Tina Turner To Queen: 2018 Recording Academy Special Merit Awards |first=Renée |last=Fabian |website=The Recording Academy |date=January 9, 2018}}
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Grand Ole Opry
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| 1992
| Emmylou Harris
| Inducted as a Member
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| {{cite web | title = EmmyLou Harris | url = http://www.opry.com/artists/h/Harris_Emmylou.html | publisher = Grand Ole Opry | access-date = June 29, 2012 | archive-date = May 14, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170514083526/http://www.opry.com/artists/h/Harris_Emmylou.html | url-status = dead }}{{cite web
|title=Opry Members List
|url=http://www.opry.com/img/Opry%20Members%20List.pdf
|date=April 23, 2012 |access-date=June 29, 2012 |url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607030858/http://www.opry.com/img/Opry%20Members%20List.pdf
|archive-date=June 7, 2012 }}
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Hollywood Walk of Fame
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| 2019
| Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt
| Hollywood Walk of Fame
| {{won|Inducted}}
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International Bluegrass Music Association Awards
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| 2001
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? {{small|(with various artists)}}
| rowspan="2"| Album of the Year
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| {{cite web |title=Emmylou Harris: IBMA |url=https://ibma.org/award-recipients/emmylou-harris/ |website=International Bluegrass Music Association |access-date=6 August 2023}}
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| 2002
| Down from the Mountain {{small|(with various artists)}}
| {{won}}
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| 2003
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III {{small|(with various artists)}}
| rowspan="2"| Collaborative Recording of the Year
| {{won}}
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| 2004
| Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers {{small|(with various artists)}}
| {{won}}
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Polar Music Prize
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| 2015
| Emmylou Harris
| Polar Music Prize
| {{won}}
| align="center"| {{cite web |title=Emmylou Harris |url=https://www.polarmusicprize.org/laureates/emmylou-harris/ |website=Polar Music Prize |access-date=3 August 2023}}
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Record World Country Awards
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| 1975
| rowspan="4"| Emmylou Harris
| Top New Female Vocalist – Singles
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| {{cite magazine |title=Country Singles Awards |magazine=Record World |date=October 18, 1975 |page=31 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/75/Record-World-1975-10-18-OCR-Page-0031.pdf#search=%22emmylou%20harris%20top%20female%20vocalist%20singles%22 |access-date=9 August 2023}}
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| 1979
| rowspan="3"| Top Female Vocalist – Singles
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| {{cite magazine |title=Country Singles Awards |magazine=Record World |date=October 13, 1979 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/79/Record-World-1979-10-13-OCR-Page-0042.pdf#search=%22billie%20jo%20spears%20top%20female%20vocalist%22 |access-date=4 March 2023}}
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| 1980
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| {{cite magazine |title=Record World 1980 Country Music Awards |magazine=Record World |date=October 18, 1980 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/80s/80/RW-1980-10-18-OCR-Page-0034.pdf#search=%22billie%20jo%20spears%20top%20female%20vocalist%22 |access-date=4 March 2023}}
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| 1981
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| {{cite magazine |title=RecordWorld 1981 Country Music Singles Awards |magazine=Record World |date=October 17, 1981 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/80s/81/RW-1981-10-17-OCR-Page-0034.pdf#search=%22billie%20jo%20spears%20top%20female%20vocalist%22 |access-date=4 March 2023}}
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Satellite Awards
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| 2012
| "Fire in the Blood/Snake Song" {{small|(with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis)}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/satellite-awards-nominates-10-films-396865/|title=Satellite Awards Nominates 10 Films for Best Motion Picture|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Gregg|last=Kilday|date=December 3, 2012|accessdate=October 27, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/silver-linings-playbook-wins-satellite-403098/|title='Silver Linings Playbook' Wins Five Satellite Awards, Including Best Picture|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Gregg|last=Kilday|date=December 16, 2012|accessdate=October 27, 2021}}
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