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 Chris Stapleton who has three wins. Two-time award winners include Roger Miller, Lady Antebellum, 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 Lainey Wilson, who won at the 66th Grammy Awards with her sophomore studio album Bell Bottom Country.

Recipients


undefined Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Artists with multiple wins

 * 4 wins
 * The Chicks


 * 3 wins
 * Chris Stapleton


 * 2 wins
 * Lady Antebellum
 * Miranda Lambert
 * Kacey Musgraves
 * Roger Miller

Artists with multiple nominations

 * 8 nominations
 * Trisha Yearwood


 * 7 nominations
 * Miranda Lambert (1 with Pistol Annies)


 * 6 nominations
 * Willie Nelson


 * 5 nominations
 * George Strait


 * 4 nominations
 * The Chicks
 * Little Big Town
 * Vince Gill
 * Faith Hill
 * Alan Jackson
 * Tim McGraw
 * Chris Stapleton


 * 3 nominations
 * Dierks Bentley
 * Zac Brown Band
 * Eric Church
 * Brandy Clark
 * Jamey Johnson
 * Lady Antebellum
 * Patty Loveless
 * Ashley McBryde
 * Kacey Musgraves
 * Taylor Swift
 * Shania Twain
 * Keith Urban
 * Lee Ann Womack
 * Dwight Yoakam


 * 2 nominations
 * Jason Aldean
 * Asleep at the Wheel
 * Chet Atkins
 * Brothers Osborne
 * Johnny Cash
 * Alison Krauss
 * Lyle Lovett
 * Loretta Lynn
 * Reba McEntire
 * Roger Miller
 * Maren Morris
 * Brad Paisley
 * Dolly Parton
 * Jim Reeves
 * Thomas Rhett
 * Blake Shelton
 * Sturgill Simpson
 * Hank Williams Jr.
 * Gretchen Wilson
 * Ashley Monroe (1 with Pistol Annies)