Country Music Association Award for Musical Event of the Year

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Country Music Association Award for Musical Event of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented by Country Music Association
First awarded1988
Currently held by Hardy and Lainey Wilson (2023)

The Country Music Association Awards is a major awards show in country music. Originally presented in 1988 as the Vocal Event of the Year Award, the Musical Event of the Year honor received its current name in 2004. The award recognizes a collaboration of two or more people, either or all of whom are known primarily as country artists, who don't regularly work together as part of a duo or group. [1]

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The inaugural recipients of the award were Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris in 1988 for their collaborative Trio album. Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw and Vince Gill hold the record for most wins in the category, with four each, while Chesney has a leading thirteen nominations. Johnny Cash and Maren Morris hold the record for most nominations without a win, with six. The current holders of the award are Hardy and Lainey Wilson, who won for their duet "Wait in the Truck" at the 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2023.

Recipients

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2020 recipient Lee Brice and two-time winner Carly Pearce.
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2015 winners Dierks Bentley and Elle King.
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Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, who won for their song "Don't You Wanna Stay", have three and two additional nominations in this category respectively.
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Four-time winners Brad Paisley and Keith Urban won together in 2009 for their hit "Start a Band".
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One of three wins by Alison Krauss was in 2008 with British singer Robert Plant.
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Husband and wife duo Tim McGraw and Faith Hill hold the record for most collaborations, having been nominated together for this award six times, winning once in 1997.
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1992 winners Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart were also nominated together two additional times.
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Inaugural recipients Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris won for their iconic Trio album. Parton also has two additional wins in the category.
YearWinnerWorkNominees
2023 Blueribbon icon.png Hardy
Blueribbon icon.png Lainey Wilson
"Wait in the Truck"
2022 [2] Blueribbon icon.png Carly Pearce
Blueribbon icon.png Ashley McBryde
"Never Wanted to Be That Girl"
2021 Blueribbon icon.png Kelsea Ballerini
Blueribbon icon.png Kenny Chesney
"Half of My Hometown"
2020 Blueribbon icon.png Carly Pearce
Blueribbon icon.png Lee Brice
"I Hope You're Happy Now"
2019 Blueribbon icon.png Lil Nas X
Blueribbon icon.png Billy Ray Cyrus
"Old Town Road"
2018 [3] Blueribbon icon.png David Lee Murphy
Blueribbon icon.png Kenny Chesney
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
2017 [4] Blueribbon icon.png Glen Campbell
Blueribbon icon.png Willie Nelson
"Funny How Time Slips Away"
2016 [5] Blueribbon icon.png Dierks Bentley
Blueribbon icon.png Elle King
"Different for Girls"
2015 [6] Blueribbon icon.png Keith Urban
Blueribbon icon.png Eric Church
"Raise 'Em Up"
2014 [7] Blueribbon icon.png Keith Urban
Blueribbon icon.png Miranda Lambert
"We Were Us"
2013 [8] Blueribbon icon.png Tim McGraw
Blueribbon icon.png Taylor Swift
Blueribbon icon.png Keith Urban
"Highway Don't Care"
2012 [9] Blueribbon icon.png Kenny Chesney
Blueribbon icon.png Tim McGraw
"Feel Like a Rock Star"
2011 [10] Blueribbon icon.png Jason Aldean
Blueribbon icon.png Kelly Clarkson
"Don't You Wanna Stay"
2010 [11] Blueribbon icon.png Blake Shelton
Blueribbon icon.png Trace Adkins
"Hillbilly Bone"
2009 Blueribbon icon.png Brad Paisley
Blueribbon icon.png Keith Urban
"Start a Band"
2008 Blueribbon icon.png Alison Krauss
Blueribbon icon.png Robert Plant
"Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)"
2007 Blueribbon icon.png Tracy Lawrence
Blueribbon icon.png Tim McGraw
Blueribbon icon.png Kenny Chesney
"Find Out Who Your Friends Are"
2006 Blueribbon icon.png Brad Paisley
Blueribbon icon.png Dolly Parton
"When I Get Where I'm Going"
2005 Blueribbon icon.png George Strait
Blueribbon icon.png Lee Ann Womack
"Good News, Bad News"
2004 Blueribbon icon.png Brad Paisley
Blueribbon icon.png Alison Krauss
"Whiskey Lullaby"
2003 Blueribbon icon.png Alan Jackson
Blueribbon icon.png Jimmy Buffett
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
2002 Blueribbon icon.png Willie Nelson
Blueribbon icon.png Lee Ann Womack
"Mendocino County Line"
2001 Blueribbon icon.png Brad Paisley
Blueribbon icon.png Buck Owens
Blueribbon icon.png Bill Anderson
Blueribbon icon.png George Jones
"Too Country"
2000 Blueribbon icon.png Alan Jackson
Blueribbon icon.png George Strait
"Murder on Music Row"
1999 Blueribbon icon.png Vince Gill
Blueribbon icon.png Patty Loveless
"My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man"
1998 Blueribbon icon.png Patty Loveless
Blueribbon icon.png George Jones
"You Don't Seem to Miss Me"
1997 Blueribbon icon.png Tim McGraw
Blueribbon icon.png Faith Hill
"It's Your Love"
1996 Blueribbon icon.png Dolly Parton
Blueribbon icon.png Vince Gill
"I Will Always Love You"
1995 Blueribbon icon.png Alison Krauss
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"Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart"
1994 Blueribbon icon.png Reba McEntire
Blueribbon icon.png Linda Davis
"Does He Love You"
1993 Blueribbon icon.png George Jones
Blueribbon icon.png Vince Gill
Blueribbon icon.png Mark Chesnutt
Blueribbon icon.png Garth Brooks
Blueribbon icon.png Travis Tritt
Blueribbon icon.png Joe Diffie
Blueribbon icon.png Alan Jackson
Blueribbon icon.png Pam Tillis
Blueribbon icon.png T. Graham Brown
Blueribbon icon.png Patty Loveless
Blueribbon icon.png Clint Black
"I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"
1992 Blueribbon icon.png Marty Stuart
Blueribbon icon.png Travis Tritt
"This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)"
1991 Blueribbon icon.png Mark O'Connor
Blueribbon icon.png Vince Gill
Blueribbon icon.png Ricky Skaggs
Blueribbon icon.png Steve Wariner
"Restless"
1990 Blueribbon icon.png Keith Whitley
Blueribbon icon.png Lorrie Morgan
"'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose"
1989 Blueribbon icon.png Hank Williams
Blueribbon icon.png Hank Williams Jr.
"There's a Tear in My Beer"
1988 Blueribbon icon.png Dolly Parton
Blueribbon icon.png Linda Ronstadt
Blueribbon icon.png Emmylou Harris
"Trio"

Artists with multiple wins

Artists that received multiple awards
AwardsArtist
4 Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Kenny Chesney
Tim McGraw
Vince Gill
3 Alan Jackson
Alison Krauss
Dolly Parton
George Jones
Patty Loveless
2 Carly Pearce
George Strait
Lee Ann Womack
Travis Tritt
Willie Nelson

Artists with multiple nominations

13 nominations
12 nominations
11 nominations
10 nominations
9 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Notes

  1. Including one as a member of Pistol Annies.
  2. Including two as a member of The Highwaymen.
  3. Including two as a member of The Highwaymen.
  4. Including one as a member of Pistol Annies.
  5. Including two as a member of Little Big Town.
  6. Including two as a member of The Highwaymen.
  7. Including two as a member of The Highwaymen.
  8. Including two as a member of Zac Brown Band.
  9. Including one as a member of Sugarland.

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