Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

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Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Awarded forQuality vocal country music duo or group performance
CountryUnited States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1970
Last awarded2011
Currently held by Lady Antebellum – "Need You Now" (2011)
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Website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded from 1970 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:

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The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy Awards in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. Since 2012, all duo or group performances in the country category were shifted to the newly formed Best Country Duo/Group Performance category.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Multiple winners

Both Dixie Chicks and The Judds won five awards in the category. Other multiple winners include Alison Krauss and Union Station, and Emmylou Harris who won three apiece, and Asleep at the Wheel, Brooks and Dunn, Alabama, Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson and Lady Antebellum each of which won two.

Recipients

YearWinner(s)TitleNomineesRef.
1970 Waylon Jennings, The Kimberlys"MacArthur Park"
 [1]
1971 Johnny Cash, June Carter "If I Were a Carpenter"
 [2]
1972 Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn "After the Fire Is Gone"
 [3]
1973 The Statler Brothers "The Class of '57"
 [4]
1974 Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge "From the Bottle to the Bottom"
 [5]
1975 The Pointer Sisters "Fairytale"
 [6]
1976 Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge "Lover Please"
 [7]
1977 Amazing Rhythm Aces "The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"
 [8]
1978 The Kendalls "Heaven's Just a Sin Away"
 [9]
1979 Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
 [10]
1980 Charlie Daniels Band "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
1981 Emmylou Harris & Roy Orbison "That Lovin' You Feelin Again"
1982 The Oak Ridge Boys "Elvira"
1983 Alabama Mountain Music
1984 Alabama The Closer You Get...
1985 The Judds "Mama He's Crazy"
1986 The Judds Why Not Me
1987 The Judds "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)"
1988 Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt Trio
1989 The Judds "Give a Little Love"
1990 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two
1991 The Kentucky Headhunters Pickin' on Nashville
1992 The Judds "Love Can Build a Bridge"
1993 Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers At the Ryman
1994 Brooks & Dunn "Hard Workin' Man"
1995 Asleep at the Wheel & Lyle Lovett "Blues for Dixie"
1996 The Mavericks "Here Comes the Rain"
1997 Brooks & Dunn "My Maria"
1998 Alison Krauss & Union Station "Looking in the Eyes of Love"
1999 Dixie Chicks "There's Your Trouble"
2000 Dixie Chicks "Ready to Run"
2001 Asleep at the Wheel "Cherokee Maiden"
2002 Alison Krauss & Union Station "The Lucky One"
2003 Dixie Chicks "Long Time Gone"
2004 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder "A Simple Life"
2005 Dixie Chicks "Top of the World" (Live)
2006 Alison Krauss & Union Station "Restless"
2007 Dixie Chicks "Not Ready to Make Nice"
2008 Eagles "How Long"
2009 Sugarland "Stay"
2010 Lady Antebellum "I Run to You"
2011 Lady Antebellum "Need You Now"

Artists with multiple wins

Artists with multiple nominations

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References

  1. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1970". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1971". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1972". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1973". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1974". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1975". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1976". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1977". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1978". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Grammy Awards 1979". AwardsandShows. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
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