Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year

The following list shows the recipients for the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year. The award is based on the musical performance of the duo 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 duo is defined as "as an act composed of two people, both of whom normally perform together and neither of whom is known primarily as an individual performing artist", though this was not always the case.

The award was originally presented in 1970 as a spin-off of the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year. The inaugural recipients were Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner. Brooks & Dunn hold the record for most wins in the category, with fourteen, and have a record-setting twenty four nominations. The Judds were the first all-female duo in 1988 and are, to date, the only female duo to win. The Bellamy Brothers holds the record for most nominations without a win, with fifteen. Nine artists (Barbara Mandrell, Bill Anderson, Crystal Gayle, Dottie West, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Merle Haggard, Parton and Willie Nelson) have received nominations as part of more than one duo. The current holder of the award are Brothers Osborne, who won at the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2022.

Won on First nomination
In CMA history, fifteen duos have won Duo of the Year the very first time they were nominated. They are:


 * Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner (1970)
 * Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (1975)
 * Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius (1977)
 * Kenny Rogers and Dottie West (1978)
 * Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley (1980)
 * David Frizzell and Shelly West (1981)
 * Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard (1983)
 * Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias (1984)
 * Anne Murray and Dave Loggins (1985)
 * Dan Seals and Marie Osmond (1986)
 * Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White (1987)
 * The Judds (1988)
 * Brooks & Dunn (1992)
 * Sugarland (2007)
 * Florida Georgia Line (2013)

Artists with multiple nominations

 * 24 nominations
 * Brooks & Dunn


 * 15 nominations
 * The Bellamy Brothers


 * 13 nominations
 * Montgomery Gentry


 * 12 nominations
 * Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
 * Montgomery Gentry


 * 11 nominations
 * George Jones


 * 10 nominations
 * Dan + Shay


 * 9 nominations


 * Big & Rich
 * Brothers Osborne
 * Dolly Parton
 * Florida Georgia Line
 * Maddie & Tae
 * Sweethearts of the Rodeo
 * Tammy Wynette
 * Willie Nelson


 * 7 nominations
 * Sugarland
 * The Warren Brothers
 * Waylon Jennings


 * 6 nominations
 * Porter Wagoner


 * 5 nominations
 * Kenny Rogers
 * The Judds
 * Thompson Square


 * 4 nominations


 * Baillie & the Boys
 * Barbara Mandrell
 * Foster & Lloyd
 * Jack Greene and Jeannie Seely
 * Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
 * Merle Haggard
 * Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley
 * The Kinleys


 * 3 nominations


 * Bill Anderson
 * Crystal Gayle
 * David Frizzell and Shelly West
 * Don Williams and Emmylou Harris
 * Dottie West
 * Janie Fricke and Johnny Duncan
 * Joey + Rory
 * John & Audrey Wiggins
 * Love and Theft
 * The Civil Wars
 * The Wreckers


 * 2 nominations


 * Brother Phelps
 * Dan Seals and Marie Osmond
 * David Houston
 * Gary Morris
 * Lee Greenwood
 * LoCash
 * Mary Lou Turner
 * Mel Tillis and Sherry Bryce
 * Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
 * Sons of the Desert
 * Steel Magnolia
 * The Lynns
 * Thrasher Shiver
 * Van Zant