# Grammy Award for Best Country Album

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 Taylor Swift and Chris Stapleton who has three wins. Two-time award winners include Roger Miller, Lady A, 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 Beyonce, the first black artist, who won at the 67th Grammy Awards with her eighth studio album Cowboy Carter.

## Recipients

| Year | Recipient(s) | Work | Nominees |
| 1965 | Roger Miller | Dang Me/Chug-a-Lug | Chet Atkins – Guitar Country Johnny Cash – Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Buck Owens – The Best of Buck Owens Jim Reeves – The Best of Jim Reeves Hank Williams Jr. – Hank Williams Jr. Sings Songs of Hank Williams |
| 1966 | Roger Miller | The Return of Roger Miller | Eddy Arnold – My World Chet Atkins – More of That Guitar Country Jim Reeves – The Jim Reeves Way Hank Williams & Hank Williams Jr. – Father and Son: Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr. |
| 1995 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Stones in the Road | Asleep at the Wheel – Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys Vince Gill – When Love Finds You Reba McEntire – Read My Mind Trisha Yearwood – The Song Remembers When |
| 1996 | Shania Twain | The Woman in Me | Junior Brown – Junior High The Mavericks – Music for All Occasions John Michael Montgomery – John Michael Montgomery Trisha Yearwood – Thinkin' About You Dwight Yoakam – Dwight Live |
| 1997 | Lyle Lovett | The Road to Ensenada | Brooks & Dunn – Borderline Vince Gill – High Lonesome Sound Patty Loveless – The Trouble with the Truth Trisha Yearwood – Everybody Knows Dwight Yoakam – Gone |
| 1998 | Johnny Cash | Unchained | Alan Jackson – Everything I Love Patty Loveless – Long Stretch of Lonesome George Strait – Carrying Your Love with Me Dwight Yoakam – Under the Covers |
| 1999 | Dixie Chicks | Wide Open Spaces | Garth Brooks – Sevens Faith Hill – Faith Shania Twain – Come On Over Trisha Yearwood – Where Your Road Leads |
| 2000 | Dixie Chicks | Fly | Asleep at the Wheel – Ride with Bob: A Tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton – Trio II George Jones – Cold Hard Truth Alison Krauss – Forget About It |
| 2001 | Faith Hill | Breathe | Vince Gill – Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye Alan Jackson – Under the Influence Lee Ann Womack – I Hope You Dance Trisha Yearwood – Real Live Woman |
| 2002 | Various artists · Bonnie Garner, Luke Lewis and Mary Martin, producers | Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute | Diamond Rio – One More Day Tim McGraw – Set This Circus Down Willie Nelson – Rainbow Connection Trisha Yearwood – Inside Out |
| 2003 | Dixie Chicks | Home | Alan Jackson – Drive Willie Nelson – The Great Divide Joe Nichols – Man with a Memory Dolly Parton – Halos & Horns |
| 2004 | Various artists · Carl Jackson, producer | Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers | Faith Hill – Cry Lyle Lovett – My Baby Don't Tolerate Willie Nelson & Ray Price – Run That by Me One More Time Willie Nelson – Live and Kickin' Shania Twain – Up! |
| 2005 | Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose | Tim McGraw – Live Like You Were Dying Tiff Merritt – Tambourine Keith Urban – Be Here Gretchen Wilson – Here for the Party |
| 2006 | Alison Krauss & Union Station | Lonely Runs Both Ways | Faith Hill – Fireflies Brad Paisley – Time Well Wasted Gretchen Wilson – All Jacked Up Trisha Yearwood – Jasper County |
| 2007 | Dixie Chicks | Taking the Long Way | Alan Jackson – Like Red on a Rose Little Big Town – The Road to Here Willie Nelson – You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Josh Turner – Your Man |
| 2008 | Vince Gill | These Days | Dierks Bentley – Long Trip Alone Tim McGraw – Let It Go Brad Paisley – 5th Gear George Strait – It Just Comes Natural |
| 2009 | George Strait | Troubadour | Jamey Johnson – That Lonesome Song Patty Loveless – Sleepless Nights Randy Travis – Around the Bend Trisha Yearwood – Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love |
| 2010 | Taylor Swift | Fearless | Zac Brown Band – The Foundation George Strait – Twang Keith Urban – Defying Gravity Lee Ann Womack – Call Me Crazy |
| 2011 | Lady Antebellum | Need You Now | Dierks Bentley – Up on the Ridge Zac Brown Band – You Get What You Give Jamey Johnson – The Guitar Song Miranda Lambert – Revolution |
| 2012 | Lady Antebellum | Own the Night | Jason Aldean – My Kinda Party Eric Church – Chief Blake Shelton – Red River Blue George Strait – Here for a Good Time Taylor Swift – Speak Now |
| 2013 | Zac Brown Band | Uncaged | Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes Jamey Johnson – Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran Miranda Lambert – Four the Record The Time Jumpers – The Time Jumpers |
| 2014 | Kacey Musgraves | Same Trailer Different Park | Jason Aldean – Night Train Tim McGraw – Two Lanes of Freedom Blake Shelton – Based on a True Story... Taylor Swift – Red |
| 2015 | Miranda Lambert | Platinum | Dierks Bentley – Riser Eric Church – The Outsiders Brandy Clark – 12 Stories Lee Ann Womack – The Way I'm Livin' |
| 2016 | Chris Stapleton | Traveller | Sam Hunt – Montevallo Little Big Town – Pain Killer Ashley Monroe – The Blade Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material |
| 2017 | Sturgill Simpson | A Sailor's Guide to Earth | Brandy Clark – Big Day in a Small Town Loretta Lynn – Full Circle Maren Morris – Hero Keith Urban – Ripcord |
| 2018 | Chris Stapleton | From A Room: Volume 1 | Kenny Chesney – Cosmic Hallelujah Lady Antebellum – Heart Break Little Big Town – The Breaker Thomas Rhett – Life Changes |
| 2019 | Kacey Musgraves | Golden Hour | Kelsea Ballerini – Unapologetically Brothers Osborne – Port Saint Joe Ashley McBryde – Girl Going Nowhere Chris Stapleton – From A Room: Volume 2 |
| 2020 | Tanya Tucker | While I'm Livin' | Eric Church – Desperate Man Reba McEntire – Stronger Than the Truth Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel Thomas Rhett – Center Point Road |
| 2021 | Miranda Lambert | Wildcard | Ingrid Andress – Lady Like Brandy Clark – Your Life Is a Record Little Big Town – Nightfall Ashley McBryde – Never Will |
| 2022 | Chris Stapleton | Starting Over | Brothers Osborne – Skeletons Mickey Guyton – Remember Her Name Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall & Jack Ingram – The Marfa Tapes Sturgill Simpson – The Ballad of Dood and Juanita |
| 2023 | Willie Nelson | A Beautiful Time | Luke Combs – Growin' Up Miranda Lambert – Palomino Ashley McBryde – Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville Maren Morris – Humble Quest |
| 2024 | Lainey Wilson | Bell Bottom Country | Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up the Welcome Mat Brothers Osborne – Brothers Osborne Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan Tyler Childers – Rustin' in the Rain |
| 2025 | Beyoncé | Cowboy Carter | Post Malone – F-1 Trillion Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well Chris Stapleton – Higher Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind |
Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.