Grammy Award for Best Country Album
| Grammy Award for Best Country Album | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | quality albums in the country music genre |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 1965 |
| Currently held by |
Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2017) |
| Official website | grammy.com |
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 54th Grammy Awards, the award is presented to vocal or instrumental country albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.
The Dixie Chicks are the most awarded performers in this category with four wins. Two-time award winners include Roger Miller and Lady Antebellum. 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.
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
^[II] Awards were presented to Bonnie Garner, Luke Lewis and Mary Martin as the producers of the album.
^[III] An award was presented to Carl Jackson as the producer of the album.
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