Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year

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Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented by Country Music Association
First awarded1967
Currently held by Old Dominion (2022)

The following list shows the recipients for the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year. [1] The award is based on the musical performance of the group 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 group is defined as "as an act composed of three or more people, both of whom normally perform together and none of whom are known primarily as individual performing artists", though this was not always the case. [2] In 1970, a separate category was established for vocal duos.

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The inaugural recipients were The Stoneman Family in 1967. The Statler Brothers hold the record for most wins in the category, with nine, while three-time recipients Alabama hold the record for most nominations, with twenty one. To date, The Judds and the Dixie Chicks are the only all-female groups to win the award. Zac Brown Band holds the record for most nominations without a win, with twelve. The current holders of the award are Old Dominion, who won at the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2022.

Recipients

Quartet Little Big Town have six wins in this category. Little Big Town, Nashville, 2024.jpg
Quartet Little Big Town have six wins in this category.
Three-time recipients Lady Antebellum/Lady A. Lady A - Charlotte 12-27-12-39.jpg
Three-time recipients Lady Antebellum/Lady A.
Rascal Flatts have won the award six times. Rascal Flatts 2013.jpg
Rascal Flatts have won the award six times.
Four-time winners Dixie Chicks. DixieChicksMSG062003.jpg
Four-time winners Dixie Chicks.
Three-time honorees The Judds were the first all-female winners. The Judds, Grand Ole Opry, 2008.jpg
Three-time honorees The Judds were the first all-female winners.
Alabama are three-time recipients of the award. Alabama at Bayfest 2014.jpg
Alabama are three-time recipients of the award.
1978 recipients The Oak Ridge Boys. The Oak Ridge Boys by Gage Skidmore.jpg
1978 recipients The Oak Ridge Boys.
YearWinnerNominees
2023 Blueribbon icon.png Old Dominion
2022 [3] Blueribbon icon.png Old Dominion
2021 Blueribbon icon.png Old Dominion
2020 [4] Blueribbon icon.png Old Dominion
2019 [5] Blueribbon icon.png Old Dominion
2018 [6] Blueribbon icon.png Old Dominion
2017 Blueribbon icon.png Little Big Town
2016 Blueribbon icon.png Little Big Town
2015 Blueribbon icon.png Little Big Town
2014 Blueribbon icon.png Little Big Town
2013 Blueribbon icon.png Little Big Town
2012 Blueribbon icon.png Little Big Town
2011 Blueribbon icon.png Lady Antebellum
2010 Blueribbon icon.png Lady Antebellum
2009 Blueribbon icon.png Lady Antebellum
2008 Blueribbon icon.png Rascal Flatts
2007 Blueribbon icon.png Rascal Flatts
2006 Blueribbon icon.png Rascal Flatts
2005 Blueribbon icon.png Rascal Flatts
2004 Blueribbon icon.png Rascal Flatts
2003 Blueribbon icon.png Rascal Flatts
2002 Blueribbon icon.png Dixie Chicks
2001 Blueribbon icon.png Lonestar
2000 Blueribbon icon.png Dixie Chicks
1999 Blueribbon icon.png Dixie Chicks
1998 Blueribbon icon.png Dixie Chicks
1997 Blueribbon icon.png Diamond Rio
1996 Blueribbon icon.png The Mavericks
1995 Blueribbon icon.png The Mavericks
1994 Blueribbon icon.png Diamond Rio
1993 Blueribbon icon.png Diamond Rio
1992 Blueribbon icon.png Diamond Rio
1991 Blueribbon icon.png Kentucky Headhunters
1990 Blueribbon icon.png Kentucky Headhunters
1989 Blueribbon icon.png Highway 101
1988 Blueribbon icon.png Highway 101
1987 Blueribbon icon.png The Judds
1986 Blueribbon icon.png The Judds
1985 Blueribbon icon.png The Judds
1984 Blueribbon icon.png The Statler Brothers
1983 Blueribbon icon.png Alabama
1982 Blueribbon icon.png Alabama
1981 Blueribbon icon.png Alabama
1980 Blueribbon icon.png The Statler Brothers
1979 Blueribbon icon.png The Statler Brothers
1978 Blueribbon icon.png The Oak Ridge Boys
1977 Blueribbon icon.png The Statler Brothers
1976 Blueribbon icon.png The Statler Brothers
1975 Blueribbon icon.png The Statler Brothers
1974 Blueribbon icon.png The Statler Brothers
1973 Blueribbon icon.png The Statler Brothers
1972 Blueribbon icon.png The Statler Brothers
1971 Blueribbon icon.png The Osborne Brothers
1970 Blueribbon icon.png Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
1969 Blueribbon icon.png Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
1968 Blueribbon icon.png Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
1967 Blueribbon icon.png The Stoneman Family

Artists with multiple wins

Groups that received multiple awards
AwardsArtist
9 The Statler Brothers
6 Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
Old Dominion
4 Diamond Rio
Dixie Chicks
3 Alabama
Lady Antebellum
The Judds
2 Highway 101
Kentucky Headhunters
The Mavericks

Won on first nomination

In CMA history, only six groups have won Vocal Group of the Year the very first time they were nominated. They are:

Artists with multiple nominations

21 nominations
18 nominations
16 nominations
15 nominations
14 nominations
10 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

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