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Grammy Award for Best Country Album
A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a tableBell Bottom Country by Lainey Wilson is the most recent recipient
Awarded forquality albums in the country music genre
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1965
Currently held byLainey Wilson,
Bell Bottom Country (2024)
Websitegrammy.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 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. (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 Antebellum, 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 Lainey Wilson, who won at the 66th Grammy Awards with her sophomore studio album Bell Bottom Country.

Recipients

1996 winner and three-time nominee Shania Twain is the first and so far only non-American winner.
Dixie Chicks the most awarded performers with four wins.
2001 winner Faith Hill
Vince Gill 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.
2009 winner George Strait
Taylor Swift 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.
Lady Antebellum, three-time nominees and 2011 and 2012 winners
Two-time recipient Miranda Lambert
Three-time winner Chris Stapleton
Year Recipient(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
1996 Shania Twain The Woman in Me
1997 Lyle Lovett The Road to Ensenada
1998 Johnny Cash Unchained
1999 Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces
2000 Dixie Chicks Fly
2001 Faith Hill Breathe
2002 Various artists
 · Bonnie Garner, Luke Lewis and Mary Martin, producers 		Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
2003 Dixie Chicks Home
2004 Various artists
 · Carl Jackson, producer 		Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers
2005 Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose
2006 Alison Krauss & Union Station Lonely Runs Both Ways
2007 Dixie Chicks Taking the Long Way
2008 Vince Gill These Days
2009 George Strait Troubadour
2010 Taylor Swift Fearless
2011 Lady Antebellum Need You Now
2012 Lady Antebellum Own the Night
2013 Zac Brown Band Uncaged
2014 Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer Different Park
2015 Miranda Lambert Platinum
2016 Chris Stapleton Traveller
2017 Sturgill Simpson A Sailor's Guide to Earth
2018 Chris Stapleton From A Room: Volume 1
2019 Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour
2020 Tanya Tucker While I'm Livin'
2021 Miranda Lambert Wildcard
2022 Chris Stapleton Starting Over
2023 Willie Nelson A Beautiful Time
2024 Lainey Wilson Bell Bottom Country
2025 TBA TBA

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.


Artists with multiple wins

4 wins
3 wins
2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

See also

References

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