# ARIA Award for Best Country Album

The ARIA Music Award for Best Country Album, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry."

## Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. Kasey Chambers has most wins with 9 awards from 9 nominations, more than any other artist or band in this category. Full nominees for 1988 are not available in published sources.
| Year | Winner(s) | Album Title |
| 1987 (1st) |
| 1987 (1st) | John Williamson | Mallee Boy |
| 1987 (1st) | Jean Stafford | Burning Bright |
| 1987 (1st) | Johnny Chester | There's a Shadow on the Moon Tonight |
| 1987 (1st) | Slim Dusty | Stories I Wanted to Tell |
| 1987 (1st) | The Three Chord Wonders | Try Change |
| 1988 (2nd) | Flying Emus | This Town |
| 1989 (3rd) |
| 1989 (3rd) | John Williamson | Boomerang Café |
| 1989 (3rd) | Flying Emus | "I Just Want to Dance With You" |
| 1989 (3rd) | Slim Dusty | G'day, G'day! |
| 1989 (3rd) | Smoky Dawson & Trevor Knight | High Country |
| 1989 (3rd) | Jenine Vaughan | "Gypsy Man" |
| 1990 (4th) |
| 1990 (4th) | John Williamson | Warragul |
| 1990 (4th) | Slim Dusty & Anne Kirkpatrick | Two Singers, One Song |
| 1990 (4th) | Ted Egan | This Land Australia |
| 1990 (4th) | The Flying Emus | Postcards From Paradise |
| 1990 (4th) | The Happening Thang | The Happening Thang |
| 1991 (5th) |
| 1991 (5th) | James Blundell | Hand It Down |
| 1991 (5th) | Luhrs & Crawford | Midnight In Paradise |
| 1991 (5th) | Norma Murphy | Closer Now |
| 1991 (5th) | Slim Dusty | Coming Home |
| 1991 (5th) | Various Artists | Breaking Ground - New Directions in Country Music |
| 1992 (6th) |
| 1992 (6th) | Anne Kirkpatrick | Out of the Blue |
| 1992 (6th) | James Blundell | "Time on His Hands" |
| 1992 (6th) | Graeme Connors | Tropicali |
| 1992 (6th) | Keith Urban | "Only You" |
| 1992 (6th) | John Williamson | Waratah St |
| 1993 (7th) |
| 1993 (7th) | Lee Kernaghan | The Outback Club |
| 1993 (7th) | James Blundell | This Road |
| 1993 (7th) | Colin Buchanan | Hard Times |
| 1993 (7th) | Keith Urban and Slim Dusty | "Lights on the Hill" |
| 1993 (7th) | Brent Parlane | Brent Parlane |
| 1994 (8th) |
| 1994 (8th) | Lee Kernaghan | Three Chain Road |
| 1994 (8th) | Graeme Connors | The Return |
| 1994 (8th) | Slim Dusty | Ringer from the Top End |
| 1994 (8th) | Anne Kirkpatrick | Game of Love |
| 1994 (8th) | John Williamson | Love Is a Good Woman |
| 1995 (9th) |
| 1995 (9th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | Beyond the Dancing |
| 1995 (9th) | Slim Dusty | Natural High |
| 1995 (9th) | Gina Jeffreys | The Flame |
| 1995 (9th) | Lee Kernaghan | Country Crowd |
| 1995 (9th) | Jane Saunders | Strangers to Your Heart |
| 1996 (10th) |
| 1996 (10th) | The Dead Ringer Band | Home Fires |
| 1996 (10th) | Graeme Connors | The Here and Now |
| 1996 (10th) | Lee Kernaghan | 1959 |
| 1996 (10th) | Tania Kernaghan | December Moon |
| 1996 (10th) | The Wheel | The Wheel |
| 1997 (11th) |
| 1997 (11th) | Graeme Connors | The Road Less Travelled |
| 1997 (11th) | The Dead Ringer Band | Living in the Circle |
| 1997 (11th) | The Ranch | The Ranch |
| 1997 (11th) | Tina Martyn | Lying in My Bed |
| 1997 (11th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | "True Believers" |
| 1998 (12th) |
| 1998 (12th) | Shanley Del | My Own Sweet Time |
| 1998 (12th) | Colin Buchanan | Edge of the Kimberley |
| 1998 (12th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | True Believer |
| 1998 (12th) | Gina Jeffreys | Someboy's Daughter |
| 1998 (12th) | The Wheel | Good Noise |
| 1999 (13th) |
| 1999 (13th) | Kasey Chambers | The Captain |
| 1999 (13th) | Adam Brand | Adam Brand |
| 1999 (13th) | Tania Kernaghan | Dancing on Water |
| 1999 (13th) | Kedron Taylor | Every Place I Go |
| 1999 (13th) | Various | Not So Dusty |
| 2000 (14th) |
| 2000 (14th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | Big River |
| 2000 (14th) | Adam Brand | Good Friends |
| 2000 (14th) | Lee Kernaghan | Rules of the Road |
| 2000 (14th) | Keith Urban | Keith Urban |
| 2000 (14th) | John Williamson | The Way It Is |
| 2001 (15th) |
| 2001 (15th) | Slim Dusty | Looking Forward Looking Back |
| 2001 (15th) | Audrey Auld | The Fallen |
| 2001 (15th) | Beccy Cole | Wild at Heart |
| 2001 (15th) | Gina Jeffreys | Angel |
| 2001 (15th) | Sara Storer | Chasing Buffalo |
| 2002 (16th) |
| 2002 (16th) | Kasey Chambers | Barricades & Brickwalls |
| 2002 (16th) | Adam Harvey | Workin' Overtime |
| 2002 (16th) | Catherine Britt | Dusty Smiles and Heartbreak Cures |
| 2002 (16th) | Lee Kernaghan | Electric Rodeo |
| 2002 (16th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | Long Way Home |
| 2003 (17th) |
| 2003 (17th) | Keith Urban | Golden Road |
| 2003 (17th) | Adam Harvey | Cowboy Dreams |
| 2003 (17th) | Beccy Cole | Little Victories |
| 2003 (17th) | Bill Chambers | Sleeping with the Blues |
| 2003 (17th) | Sara Storer | Beautiful Circle |
| 2004 (18th) |
| 2004 (18th) | Kasey Chambers | Wayward Angel |
| 2004 (18th) | Adam Brand | Get Loud |
| 2004 (18th) | Melinda Schneider | Family Tree |
| 2004 (18th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | Borrowed & Blue |
| 2004 (18th) | Slim Dusty | Columbia Lane - the Last Sessions |
| 2005 (19th) |
| 2005 (19th) | Keith Urban | Be Here |
| 2005 (19th) | Adam Harvey | Can't Settle For Less |
| 2005 (19th) | Audrey Auld Mezera | Texas |
| 2005 (19th) | Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys | Foggy Highway |
| 2005 (19th) | Sara Storer | Firefly |
| 2006 (20th) |
| 2006 (20th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | Brighter Day |
| 2006 (20th) | Adam Brand | What a Life |
| 2006 (20th) | Anne Kirkpatrick | Showman's Daughter |
| 2006 (20th) | Catherine Britt | Too Far Gone |
| 2006 (20th) | Lee Kernaghan | The New Bush |
| 2007 (21st) |
| 2007 (21st) | Keith Urban | Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing |
| 2007 (21st) | Gina Jeffreys | Walks of Life |
| 2007 (21st) | James Blundell | Ring Around the Moon |
| 2007 (21st) | Lou Bradley | Love Someone |
| 2007 (21st) | The Greencards | Veridian |
| 2008 (22nd) |
| 2008 (22nd) | Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson | Rattlin' Bones |
| 2008 (22nd) | Catherine Britt | Little WildFlower |
| 2008 (22nd) | Melinda Schneider | Be Yourself |
| 2008 (22nd) | Sara Storer | Silver Skies |
| 2008 (22nd) | The McClymonts | Chaos and Bright Lights |
| 2009 (23rd) |
| 2009 (23rd) | Troy Cassar-Daley | I Love This Place |
| 2009 (23rd) | Felicity Urquhart | Landing Lights |
| 2009 (23rd) | Jasmine Rae | Look It Up |
| 2009 (23rd) | Keith Urban | Defying Gravity |
| 2009 (23rd) | Shane Nicholson | Familiar Ghosts |
| 2010 (24th) |
| 2010 (24th) | The McClymonts | Wrapped Up Good |
| 2010 (24th) | Adam Harvey | Both Sides Now |
| 2010 (24th) | Catherine Britt | Catherine Britt |
| 2010 (24th) | Jason Walker | Ceiling Sun Letters |
| 2010 (24th) | Lee Kernaghan | Planet Country |
| 2011 (25th) |
| 2011 (25th) | Kasey Chambers | Little Bird |
| 2011 (25th) | Jasmine Rae | Listen Here |
| 2011 (25th) | Keith Urban | Get Closer |
| 2011 (25th) | Shane Nicholson | Bad Machines |
| 2011 (25th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | Troy Cassar-Daley Live |
| 2012 (26th) |
| 2012 (26th) | The McClymonts | Two Worlds Collide |
| 2012 (26th) | Beccy Cole | Songs & Pictures |
| 2012 (26th) | Catherine Britt | Always Never Enough |
| 2012 (26th) | McAlister Kemp | Country Proud |
| 2012 (26th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | Home |
| 2013 (27th) |
| 2013 (27th) | Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson | Wreck & Ruin |
| 2013 (27th) | Jasmine Rae | If I Want To |
| 2013 (27th) | Lee Kernaghan | Beautiful Noise |
| 2013 (27th) | Sara Storer | Lovegrass |
| 2013 (27th) | Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey | The Great Country Songbook |
| 2014 (28th) |
| 2014 (28th) | Kasey Chambers | Bittersweet |
| 2014 (28th) | Adam Brand | My Side of the Street |
| 2014 (28th) | Emma Swift | Emma Swift |
| 2014 (28th) | Keith Urban | Fuse |
| 2014 (28th) | The McClymonts | Here's to You & I |
| 2015 (29th) |
| 2015 (29th) | Shane Nicholson | Hell Breaks Loose |
| 2015 (29th) | Catherine Britt | Boneshaker |
| 2015 (29th) | Lee Kernaghan | Spirit of the Anzacs |
| 2015 (29th) | Mustered Courage | White Lies and Melodies |
| 2015 (29th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | Freedom Ride |
| 2016 (30th) |
| 2016 (30th) | Sara Storer | Silos |
| 2016 (30th) | Adam Brand and the Outlaws | Adam Brand and the Outlaws |
| 2016 (30th) | Bill Chambers | Cold Trail |
| 2016 (30th) | Fanny Lumsden | Small Town Big Shot |
| 2016 (30th) | The Wolfe Brothers | This Crazy Life |
| 2017 (31st) |
| 2017 (31st) | Kasey Chambers | Dragonfly |
| 2017 (31st) | Lee Kernaghan | The 25th Anniversary Album |
| 2017 (31st) | O'Shea | 61-615 |
| 2017 (31st) | Shane Nicholson | Love and Blood |
| 2017 (31st) | The McClymonts | Endless |
| 2018 (32nd) |
| 2018 (32nd) | Kasey Chambers & the Fireside Disciples | Campfire |
| 2018 (32nd) | Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont | Adam & Brooke |
| 2018 (32nd) | Fanny Lumsden | Real Class Act |
| 2018 (32nd) | The Wolfe Brothers | Country Heart |
| 2018 (32nd) | Travis Collins | Brave & the Broken |
| 2019 (33rd) |
| 2019 (33rd) | Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To |
| 2019 (33rd) | Charlie Collins | Snowpine |
| 2019 (33rd) | Felicity Urquhart | Frozen Rabbit |
| 2019 (33rd) | Lee Kernaghan | Backroad Nation |
| 2019 (33rd) | Sara Storer | Raindance |
| 2020 (34th) |
| 2020 (34th) | Fanny Lumsden | Fallow |
| 2020 (34th) | Casey Barnes | Town of a Million Dreams |
| 2020 (34th) | Jasmine Rae | Lion Side |
| 2020 (34th) | The McClymonts | Mayhem to Madness |
| 2020 (34th) | Travis Collins | Wreck Me |
| 2021 (35th) |
| 2021 (35th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | The World Today |
| 2021 (35th) | Brad Cox | My Mind's Projection |
| 2021 (35th) | Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham | The Song Club |
| 2021 (35th) | Shane Nicholson | Living in Colour |
| 2021 (35th) | The Wolfe Brothers | Kids on Cassette |
| 2022 (36th) |
| 2022 (36th) | Casey Barnes | Light It Up |
| 2022 (36th) | Adam Brand | All or Nothing |
| 2022 (36th) | Amber Lawrence | Living for the Highlights |
| 2022 (36th) | Andy Golledge | Strength of a Queen |
| 2022 (36th) | Georgia State Line | In Colour |
| 2023 (37th) |
| 2023 (37th) | Fanny Lumsden | Hey Dawn |
| 2023 (37th) | Brad Cox | Acres |
| 2023 (37th) | Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley | Up, Down & Sideways |
| 2023 (37th) | Henry Wagons | South Of Everywhere |
| 2023 (37th) | The Wolfe Brothers | Livin' The Dream |
| 2024 (38th) |
| 2024 (38th) | Troy Cassar-Daley | Between the Fires |
| 2024 (38th) | Casey Barnes | Mayday |
| 2024 (38th) | Henry Wagons | The Four Seasons |
| 2024 (38th) | James Johnston | Raised Like That |
| 2024 (38th) | Tori Forsyth | All We Have Is Who We Are |