Grammy Award for Best Country Song
Grammy Award for Best Country Song | |
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Awarded for | quality Country songs |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
First awarded | 1965 |
Currently held by | The Highwomen, "Crowded Table" (2021) |
Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Country Song (sometimes known as the Country Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the songwriter(s) of the song, not to the artist, except if the artist is also the songwriter.
There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:
- From 1965 to 1968, it was known as "Best Country & Western Song"
- From 1969 to 1983, it was awarded as "Best Country Song"
- In 1984, it was awarded as "Best New Country Song "
- From 1985 to the present, it has again been awarded as "Best Country Song"
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for music released in the previous year.
2020s[]
Year | Songwriter(s) | Title | Performer(s) | Nominees (Performer(s) in parentheses) |
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2022 | Winner TBA on April 3, 2022 |
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2021 | Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna | "Crowded Table" | The Highwomen |
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2020 | Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth, & Tanya Tucker | "Bring My Flowers Now" | Tanya Tucker |
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2010s[]
Year | Songwriter(s) | Title | Performer(s) | Nominees (Performer(s) in parentheses) |
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2019 | Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, & Kacey Musgraves | "Space Cowboy" | Kacey Musgraves |
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2018 | Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton | "Broken Halos" | Chris Stapleton |
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2017 | Lori McKenna | "Humble and Kind" | Tim McGraw |
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2016 | Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose | "Girl Crush" | Little Big Town |
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2015 | Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond | "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" | Glen Campbell |
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2014 | Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, & Josh Osborne | "Merry Go 'Round" | Kacey Musgraves |
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2013 | Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins | "Blown Away" | Carrie Underwood |
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2012 | Taylor Swift | "Mean" | Taylor Swift |
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2011 | Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott | "Need You Now" | Lady Antebellum |
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2010 | Liz Rose & Taylor Swift | "White Horse" | Taylor Swift |
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2000s[]
Year | Songwriter(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Nominees (Performer(s) in parentheses) |
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2009 | Jennifer Nettles | "Stay" | Sugarland |
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2008 | Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear | "Before He Cheats" | Carrie Underwood |
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2007 | Hillary Lindsey, Brett James & Gordie Sampson | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | Carrie Underwood |
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2006 | Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna, & Marcus Hummon | "Bless the Broken Road" | Rascal Flatts |
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2005 | Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman | "Live Like You Were Dying" | Tim McGraw |
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2004 | Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins | "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" | Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett |
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2003 | Alan Jackson | "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" | Alan Jackson |
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2002 | Robert Lee Castleman | "The Lucky One" | Alison Krauss & Union Station |
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2001 | Mark D. Sanders & Tia Sillers | "I Hope You Dance" | Lee Ann Womack |
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2000 | Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain | "Come On Over" | Shania Twain |
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1990s[]
Year | Songwriter(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Nominees (Performer(s) in parentheses) |
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1999 | Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain | "You're Still the One" | Shania Twain |
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1998 | Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas | "Butterfly Kisses" | Bob Carlisle |
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1997 | Bill Mack | "Blue" | LeAnn Rimes |
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1996 | Vince Gill | "Go Rest High on That Mountain" | Vince Gill |
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1995 | Gary Baker & Frank J. Myers | "I Swear" | John Michael Montgomery |
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1994 | Lucinda Williams | "Passionate Kisses" | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
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1993 | Vince Gill & John Barlow Jarvis | "I Still Believe in You" | Vince Gill |
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1992 | John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd & Paul Overstreet | "Love Can Build a Bridge" | The Judds |
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1991 | Don Henry & Jon Vezner | "Where've You Been" | Kathy Mattea |
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1990 | Rodney Crowell | "After All This Time" | Rodney Crowell |
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1980s[]
Year | Songwriter(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Nominees (Performer(s) in parentheses) |
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1989 | K. T. Oslin | "Hold Me" | K. T. Oslin |
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1988 | Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz | "Forever and Ever, Amen" | Randy Travis |
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1987 | Jamie O'Hara | "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)" | The Judds |
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1986 | Jimmy Webb | "Highwayman" | The Highwaymen |
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1985 | Steve Goodman | "City of New Orleans" | Willie Nelson |
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1984 | Mike Reid | "Stranger in My House" | Ronnie Milsap |
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1983 | Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James | "Always on My Mind" | Willie Nelson |
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1982 | Dolly Parton | "9 to 5" | Dolly Parton |
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1981 | Willie Nelson | "On the Road Again" | Willie Nelson |
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1980 | Debbie Hupp & Bob Morrison | "You Decorated My Life" | Kenny Rogers |
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1970s[]
Year | Songwriter(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Nominees (Performer(s) in parentheses) |
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1979 | Don Schlitz | "The Gambler" | Kenny Rogers |
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1978 | Richard Leigh | "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" | Crystal Gayle |
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1977 | Larry Gatlin | "Broken Lady" | Larry Gatlin |
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1976 | Chips Moman & Larry Butler | "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" | B. J. Thomas |
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1975 | Norro Wilson & Billy Sherrill | "A Very Special Love Song" | Charlie Rich |
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1974 | Kenny O'Dell | "Behind Closed Doors" | Charlie Rich |
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1973 | Ben Peters | "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" | Charley Pride |
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1972 | Kris Kristofferson | "Help Me Make It Through the Night" | Sammi Smith |
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1971 | Marty Robbins | "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" | Marty Robbins |
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1970 | Shel Silverstein | "A Boy Named Sue" | Johnny Cash |
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1960s[]
Year | Songwriter(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Nominees (Performer(s) in parentheses) |
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1969 | Bobby Russell | "Little Green Apples" | Roger Miller |
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1968 | John Hartford | "Gentle on My Mind" | Glen Campbell |
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1967 | Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton | "Almost Persuaded" | David Houston |
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1966 | Roger Miller | "King of the Road" | Roger Miller |
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1965 | Roger Miller | "Dang Me" | Roger Miller |
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References[]
- ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ^ 2021 Nominations List
- ^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
- ^ Lynch, Joe (November 28, 2017). "Grammys 2018: See the Complete List of Nominees". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ List of Nominees 2017
- ^ a b List of Nominees 2015
- ^ 2014 Nominees
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