| ARIA Award for Best Country Album | |
|---|---|
| 2025 winner Kasey Chambers | |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |
| First award | 1987 |
| Currently held by | Kasey Chambers, Backbone (2025) |
| Most wins | Kasey Chambers (9) |
| Most nominations | Troy Cassar-Daley (14) |
| Website | ariaawards |
The ARIA Music Award for Best Country Album, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", [1] since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." [2]
Kasey Chambers holds the record for the most wins in this category, having won all nine of her nominations as a solo artist in addition to winning as a member of the Dead Ringer Band in 1996. Troy Cassar-Daley has the most nominations with 14 (15 counting the various artists album Not So Dusty ), while Adam Brand and Catherine Britt are tied for the most nominations without a win with seven each. Three artists have won in two consecutive years; John Williamson in 1989 and 1990, Lee Kernaghan in 1993 and 1994, and Chambers in 2013 (for Wreck & Ruin , a collaboration with Shane Nicholson) and 2014 and again in 2017 and 2018.
In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. [3] [4] [5] [6] Full nominees for 1988 are not available in published sources. [3]