# Juno Award for Country Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada. A number of previous award categories have been combined under this name, including "Best Country Male Artist", "Best Country Female Artist" and "Country Group or Duo of the Year".

## Winners
### Best Country Male Artist (1970 - 1974)

* 1970 - Tommy Hunter
* 1971 - Stompin' Tom Connors
* 1972 - Stompin' Tom Connors
* 1973 - Stompin' Tom Connors
* 1974 - Stompin' Tom Connors

### Best Country Female Artist (1970 - 1974)

* 1970 - Dianne Leigh
* 1971 - Myrna Lorrie
* 1972 - Myrna Lorrie
* 1973 - Shirley Eikhard
* 1974 - Shirley Eikhard

### Best Country Group or Duo (1970 - 1974)

* 1970 - The Mercey Brothers
* 1971 - The Mercey Brothers
* 1972 - The Mercey Brothers
* 1973 - The Mercey Brothers
* 1974 - The Mercey Brothers

### Country Male Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)

* 1975 - Stompin' Tom Connors
* 1976 - Murray McLauchlan
* 1977 - Murray McLauchlan
* 1978 - Ronnie Prophet
* 1979 - Ronnie Prophet
* 1980 - Murray McLauchlan
* 1981 - Eddie Eastman
* 1982 - Ronnie Hawkins
* 1983 - Eddie Eastman
* 1984 - Murray McLauchlan
* 1985 - Murray McLauchlan
* 1986 - Murray McLauchlan
* 1987 - Ian Tyson
* 1989 - Murray McLauchlan
* 1990 - George Fox
* 1991 - George Fox
* 1992 - George Fox
* 1993 - Gary Fjellgaard
* 1994 - Charlie Major
* 1995 - Charlie Major
* 1996 - Charlie Major
* 1997 - Paul Brandt
* 1998 - Paul Brandt

### Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)

* 1975 - Anne Murray
* 1976 - Anne Murray
* 1977 - Carroll Baker
* 1978 - Carroll Baker
* 1979 - Carroll Baker
* 1980 - Anne Murray
* 1981 - Anne Murray
* 1982 - Anne Murray
* 1983 - Anne Murray
* 1984 - Anne Murray
* 1985 - Anne Murray
* 1986 - Anne Murray
* 1987 - k.d. lang
* 1989 - k.d. lang
* 1990 - k.d. lang
* 1991 - Rita MacNeil
* 1992 - Cassandra Vasik
* 1993 - Michelle Wright
* 1994 - Cassandra Vasik
* 1995 - Michelle Wright
* 1996 - Shania Twain
* 1997 - Shania Twain
* 1998 - Shania Twain

### Country Group or Duo of the Year (1975 - 1998)

* 1975 - Carlton Showband
* 1976 - The Mercey Brothers
* 1977 - The Good Brothers
* 1978 - The Good Brothers
* 1979 - The Good Brothers
* 1980 - The Good Brothers
* 1981 - The Good Brothers
* 1982 - The Good Brothers
* 1983 - The Good Brothers
* 1984 - The Good Brothers
* 1985 - The Family Brown
* 1986 - Prairie Oyster
* 1987 - Prairie Oyster
* 1989 - The Family Brown
* 1990 - The Family Brown
* 1991 - Prairie Oyster
* 1992 - Prairie Oyster
* 1993 - Tracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy
* 1994 - The Rankin Family
* 1995 - Prairie Oyster
* 1996 - Prairie Oyster
* 1997 - The Rankin Family
* 1998 - Farmer's Daughter

### Best Country Male Vocalist (1999 - 1999)

* 1999 - Paul Brandt

### Best Country Female Vocalist (1999 - 1999)

* 1999 - Shania Twain

### Best Country Group or Duo (1999 - 2001)

* 1999 - Leahy
* 2000 - The Rankins
* 2001 - The Wilkinsons

### Best Country Male Artist (2000 - 2001)

* 2000 - Paul Brandt
* 2001 - Paul Brandt

### Best Country Female Artist (2000 - 2001)

* 2000 - Shania Twain
* 2001 - Terri Clark

### Best Country Artist/Group (2002)

* 2002 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

### Best New Country Artist/Group (2002)

* 2002 - The Ennis Sisters

### Country Recording of the Year (2003 - 2009)

* 2003 - Shania Twain, "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"
* 2004 - Shania Twain, Up!
* 2005 - George Canyon, One Good Friend
* 2006 - The Road Hammers, The Road Hammers
* 2007 - George Canyon, Somebody Wrote Love
* 2008 - Paul Brandt, Risk
* 2009 - Doc Walker, Beautiful Life

### Country Album of the Year (2010 - present)

| Year | Winner | Album | Nominees |
| 2010 | Johnny Reid | Dance with Me | Terri Clark, The Long Way Home Doc Walker, Go Emerson Drive, Believe The Road Hammers, The Road Hammers II |
| 2011 | Johnny Reid | A Place Called Love | Gord Bamford, Day Job Dean Brody, Trail in Life Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Love Rules Deric Ruttan, Sunshine |
| 2012 | Terri Clark | Roots and Wings | Doc Walker, 16 & 1 High Valley, High Valley Jason McCoy, Everything Jimmy Rankin, Forget About the World |
| 2013 | Johnny Reid | Fire It Up | Dean Brody, Dirt Chad Brownlee, Love Me or Leave Me Emerson Drive, Roll Dallas Smith, Jumped Right In |
| 2014 | Dean Brody | Crop Circles | Gord Bamford, Country Junkie Tim Hicks, Throw Down Brett Kissel, Started with a Song Small Town Pistols, Small Town Pistols |
| 2015 | Dallas Smith | Lifted | Kira Isabella, Caffeine & Big Dreams Jess Moskaluke, Light Up the Night MacKenzie Porter, MacKenzie Porter The Road Hammers, Wheels |
| 2016 | Dean Brody | Gypsy Road | Autumn Hill, Anchor Paul Brandt, Frontier High Valley, County Line Brett Kissel, Pick Me Up |
| 2017 | Jess Moskaluke | Kiss Me Quiet | Gord Bamford, Tin Roof Chad Brownlee, Hearts on Fire Aaron Pritchett, The Score Dallas Smith, Side Effects |
| 2018 | James Barker Band | Game On | Dean Brody, Beautiful Freakshow Tim Hicks, Shake These Walls High Valley, Dear Life Jess Moskaluke, Past the Past |
| 2019 | Brett Kissel | We Were That Song | Tim Hicks, New Tattoo Jess Moskaluke, A Small Town Christmas Meghan Patrick, Country Music Made Me Do It The Reklaws, Feels Like That |
| 2020 | Meghan Patrick | Wild As Me | Dean Brody, Black Sheep Aaron Goodvin, V Hunter Brothers, State of Mind Dallas Smith, The Fall |
| 2021 | Tenille Townes | The Lemonade Stand | Jade Eagleson, Jade Eagleson Lindsay Ell, Heart Theory Mackenzie Porter, Drinkin' Songs: The Collection Dallas Smith, Timeless |
| 2022 | Brett Kissel | What Is Life? | Tenille Arts, Girl to Girl Dean Brody, Boys Tim Hicks, Campfire Troubadour The Reklaws, Sophomore Slump |
| 2023 | Tenille Townes | Masquerades | Jade Eagleson, Honkytonk Revival High Valley, Way Back Orville Peck, Bronco The Reklaws, Good Ol' Days |
| 2024 | James Barker Band | Ahead of Our Time | Dean Brody, Right Round Here Jade Eagleson, Do It Anyway Brett Kissel, The Compass Project - South Album Tyler Joe Miller, Spillin' My Truth |
| 2025 | TBA | TBA | Brett Kissel, The Compass Project: West Album Tyler Joe Miller, Going Home Mackenzie Porter, Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart Josh Ross, Complicated Dallas Smith, Dallas Smith |