# Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year

The following list shows the recipients for the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year. The award is based on the musical performance of the group on solo country single or album release, as well as their overall contribution to country music during the eligibility period. For the purposes of the award, a group is defined as "as an act composed of three or more people, both of whom normally perform together and none of whom are known primarily as individual performing artists", though this was not always the case. In 1970, a separate category was established for vocal duos.
The inaugural recipients were The Stoneman Family in 1967. The Statler Brothers hold the record for most wins in the category, with nine, while three-time recipients Alabama hold the record for most nominations, with twenty one. To date, The Judds and the Dixie Chicks are the only all-female groups to win the award. Zac Brown Band holds the record for most nominations without a win, with twelve. The current holders of the award are Old Dominion, who won at the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2022.

## Recipients

| Year | Winner | Nominees |
| 2024 | Old Dominion | Lady A Little Big Town The Red Clay Strays Zac Brown Band |
| 2023 | Old Dominion | Lady A Little Big Town Midland Zac Brown Band |
| 2022 | Old Dominion | Lady A Little Big Town Midland Zac Brown Band |
| 2021 | Old Dominion | Lady A Little Big Town Midland Zac Brown Band |
| 2020 | Old Dominion | Lady A Little Big Town Midland Rascal Flatts |
| 2019 | Old Dominion | Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Midland Zac Brown Band |
| 2018 | Old Dominion | Lady Antebellum LANCO Little Big Town Midland |
| 2017 | Little Big Town | Old Dominion Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band Lady Antebellum |
| 2016 | Little Big Town | Old Dominion Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band Lady Antebellum |
| 2015 | Little Big Town | Rascal Flatts The Band Perry Lady Antebellum Zac Brown Band |
| 2014 | Little Big Town | Eli Young Band Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Zac Brown Band |
| 2013 | Little Big Town | Eli Young Band Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Zac Brown Band |
| 2012 | Little Big Town | Eli Young Band Lady Antebellum The Band Perry Zac Brown Band |
| 2011 | Lady Antebellum | Little Big Town Rascal Flatts The Band Perry Zac Brown Band |
| 2010 | Lady Antebellum | Little Big Town Rascal Flatts The Band Perry Zac Brown Band |
| 2009 | Lady Antebellum | Eagles Little Big Town Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band |
| 2008 | Rascal Flatts | Eagles Emerson Drive Lady Antebellum Little Big Town |
| 2007 | Rascal Flatts | Alison Krauss and Union Station Dixie Chicks Emerson Drive Little Big Town |
| 2006 | Rascal Flatts | Alison Krauss and Union Station Little Big Town Lonestar Sugarland |
| 2005 | Rascal Flatts | Alison Krauss and Union Station Diamond Rio Lonestar Sugarland |
| 2004 | Rascal Flatts | Alabama Diamond Rio Lonestar Trick Pony |
| 2003 | Rascal Flatts | Alabama Diamond Rio Dixie Chicks Lonestar |
| 2002 | Dixie Chicks | Diamond Rio Lonestar Nickel Creek Rascal Flatts |
| 2001 | Lonestar | Alabama Diamond Rio Dixie Chicks Nickel Creek |
| 2000 | Dixie Chicks | Alabama Asleep at the Wheel Diamond Rio Lonestar |
| 1999 | Dixie Chicks | Alabama Diamond Rio Lonestar The Wilkinsons |
| 1998 | Dixie Chicks | Alabama Diamond Rio The Mavericks Sawyer Brown |
| 1997 | Diamond Rio | Alabama The Mavericks Ricochet Sawyer Brown |
| 1996 | The Mavericks | Alabama Blackhawk Diamond Rio Sawyer Brown |
| 1995 | The Mavericks | Blackhawk (band) Diamond Rio Sawyer Brown Shenandoah |
| 1994 | Diamond Rio | Alabama Little Texas Sawyer Brown Confederate Railroad |
| 1993 | Diamond Rio | Alabama Confederate Railroad Restless Heart Sawyer Brown |
| 1992 | Diamond Rio | Alabama McBride & the Ride Sawyer Brown Shenandoah |
| 1991 | Kentucky Headhunters | Alabama Diamond Rio Restless Heart Shenandoah |
| 1990 | Kentucky Headhunters | Desert Rose Band Highway 101 Restless Heart Shenandoah |
| 1989 | Highway 101 | Alabama Desert Rose Band Restless Heart Shenandoah |
| 1988 | Highway 101 | Alabama The Forester Sisters Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Restless Heart |
| 1987 | The Judds | Alabama Asleep at the Wheel Exile Restless Heart |
| 1986 | The Judds | Exile The Forester Sisters Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1985 | The Judds | Alabama Exile The Oak Ridge Boys The Whites |
| 1984 | The Statler Brothers | Alabama Exile The Judds The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1983 | Alabama | The Bellamy Brothers The Oak Ridge Boys The Statler Brothers The Whites |
| 1982 | Alabama | Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers The Oak Ridge Boys The Statler Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers |
| 1981 | Alabama | The Bellamy Brothers Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers The Oak Ridge Boys The Statler Brothers |
| 1980 | The Statler Brothers | Alabama Charlie Daniels Band Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1979 | The Statler Brothers | Charlie Daniels Band Dave & Sugar The Kendalls The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1978 | The Oak Ridge Boys | Dave & Sugar The Kendalls Texas Playboys The Statler Brothers |
| 1977 | The Statler Brothers | Asleep at the Wheel Dave & Sugar Eagles The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1976 | The Statler Brothers | Amazing Rhythm Aces Asleep at the Wheel Dave & Sugar Eagles |
| 1975 | The Statler Brothers | Asleep at the Wheel Four Guys The Osborne Brothers The Pointer Sisters |
| 1974 | The Statler Brothers | Brush Arbor Band The Buckaroos The Jordanaires The Osborne Brothers |
| 1973 | The Statler Brothers | The Carter Family The Jordanaires The Osborne Brothers Tompall and the Glaser Brothers |
| 1972 | The Statler Brothers | The Carter Family The Osborne Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers The Wilburn Brothers |
| 1971 | The Osborne Brothers | The Carter Family The Hager Brothers The Statler Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers |
| 1970 | Tompall & the Glaser Brothers | The Carter Family The Osborne Brothers Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan |
| 1969 | Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash | Tompall & the Glaser Brothers Don Gibson and Dottie West Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner |
| 1968 | Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner | The Stoneman Family Archie Campbell and Lorene Mann Bill Anderson and Jan Howard Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash |
| 1967 | The Stoneman Family | The Anita Kerr Singers The Browns The Statler Brothers Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash Tammy Wynette and David Houston |

## Artists with multiple wins

Groups that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Artist |
| 9 | The Statler Brothers |
| 7 | Old Dominion |
| 6 | Little Big Town |
| 6 | Rascal Flatts |
| 4 | Diamond Rio |
| 4 | Dixie Chicks |
| 3 | Alabama |
| 3 | Lady Antebellum |
| 3 | The Judds |
| 2 | Highway 101 |
| 2 | Kentucky Headhunters |
| 2 | The Mavericks |

### Won on first nomination

In CMA history, only six groups have won Vocal Group of the Year the very first time they were nominated. They are:
* The Stoneman Family (1967)
* Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner (1968)
* Highway 101 (1988)
* Kentucky Headhunters (1990)
* The Mavericks (1995)
* Dixie Chicks (1998)

## Artists with multiple nominations
### 21 nominations

* Alabama

### 19 nominations

* Little Big Town

### 17 nominations

* Lady Antebellum

### 15 nominations

* The Statler Brothers
* Diamond Rio

### 14 nominations

* Rascal Flatts
* Zac Brown Band

### 10 nominations

* Oak Ridge Boys

### 9 nominations

* Old Dominion

### 8 nominations

* Lonestar

### 7 nominations

* Dixie Chicks
* Sawyer Brown

### 6 nominations

* Midland
* Osborne Brothers
* Restless Heart
* The Band Perry
* Tompall and the Glaser Brothers

### 5 nominations

* Asleep at the Wheel
* Shenandoah

### 4 nominations

* Dave & Sugar
* Eagles
* Exile
* The Carter Family
* The Judds
* The Mavericks

### 3 nominations

* Alison Krauss & Union Station
* Eli Young Band
* Highway 101
* Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
* Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

### 2 nominations

* Blackhawk
* Charlie Daniels Band
* Confederate Railroad
* Desert Rose Band
* Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
* Emerson Drive
* Kentucky Headhunters
* Nickel Creek
* Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
* Sugarland
* The Bellamy Brothers
* The Forester Sisters
* The Jordanaires
* The Kendalls
* The Stoneman Family
* The Whites