Juno Award for Country Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada. A number of previous award categories have been combined under this name, including "Best Country Male Artist", "Best Country Female Artist" and "Country Group or Duo of the Year".^[1]

Winners[]

Best Country Male Artist (1970 - 1974)[]

• 1970 - Tommy Hunter
• 1971 - Stompin' Tom Connors
• 1972 - Stompin' Tom Connors
• 1973 - Stompin' Tom Connors
• 1974 - Stompin' Tom Connors

Best Country Female Artist (1970 - 1974)[]

• 1970 - Dianne Leigh
• 1971 - Myrna Lorrie
• 1972 - Myrna Lorrie
• 1973 - Shirley Eikhard
• 1974 - Shirley Eikhard

Best Country Group or Duo (1970 - 1974)[]

• 1970 - The Mercey Brothers
• 1971 - The Mercey Brothers
• 1972 - The Mercey Brothers
• 1973 - The Mercey Brothers
• 1974 - The Mercey Brothers

Country Male Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)[]

• 1975 - Stompin' Tom Connors
• 1976 - Murray McLauchlan
• 1977 - Murray McLauchlan
• 1978 - Ronnie Prophet
• 1979 - Ronnie Prophet
• 1980 - Murray McLauchlan
• 1981 - Eddie Eastman
• 1982 - Ronnie Hawkins
• 1983 - Eddie Eastman
• 1984 - Murray McLauchlan
• 1985 - Murray McLauchlan
• 1986 - Murray McLauchlan
• 1987 - Ian Tyson
• 1989 - Murray McLauchlan
• 1990 - George Fox
• 1991 - George Fox
• 1992 - George Fox
• 1993 - Gary Fjellgaard
• 1994 - Charlie Major
• 1995 - Charlie Major
• 1996 - Charlie Major
• 1997 - Paul Brandt
• 1998 - Paul Brandt

Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)[]

• 1975 - Anne Murray
• 1976 - Anne Murray
• 1977 - Carroll Baker
• 1978 - Carroll Baker
• 1979 - Carroll Baker
• 1980 - Anne Murray
• 1981 - Anne Murray
• 1982 - Anne Murray
• 1983 - Anne Murray
• 1984 - Anne Murray
• 1985 - Anne Murray
• 1986 - Anne Murray
• 1987 - k.d. lang
• 1989 - k.d. lang
• 1990 - k.d. lang
• 1991 - Rita MacNeil
• 1992 - Cassandra Vasik
• 1993 - Michelle Wright
• 1994 - Cassandra Vasik
• 1995 - Michelle Wright
• 1996 - Shania Twain
• 1997 - Shania Twain
• 1998 - Shania Twain

Country Group or Duo of the Year (1975 - 1998)[]

• 1975 - Carlton Showband
• 1976 - The Mercey Brothers
• 1977 - The Good Brothers
• 1978 - The Good Brothers
• 1979 - The Good Brothers
• 1980 - The Good Brothers
• 1981 - The Good Brothers
• 1982 - The Good Brothers
• 1983 - The Good Brothers
• 1984 - The Good Brothers
• 1985 - The Family Brown
• 1986 - Prairie Oyster
• 1987 - Prairie Oyster
• 1989 - The Family Brown
• 1990 - The Family Brown
• 1991 - Prairie Oyster
• 1992 - Prairie Oyster
• 1993 - Tracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy
• 1994 - The Rankin Family
• 1995 - Prairie Oyster
• 1996 - Prairie Oyster
• 1997 - The Rankin Family
• 1998 - Farmer's Daughter

Best Country Male Vocalist (1999 - 1999)[]

• 1999 - Paul Brandt

Best Country Female Vocalist (1999 - 1999)[]

• 1999 - Shania Twain

Best Country Group or Duo (1999 - 2001)[]

• 1999 - Leahy
• 2000 - The Rankins
• 2001 - The Wilkinsons

Best Country Male Artist (2000 - 2001)[]

• 2000 - Paul Brandt
• 2001 - Paul Brandt

Best Country Female Artist (2000 - 2001)[]

• 2000 - Shania Twain
• 2001 - Terri Clark

Best Country Artist/Group (2002)[]

• 2002 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Best New Country Artist/Group (2002)[]

• 2002 - The Ennis Sisters

Country Recording of the Year (2003 - 2009)[]

• 2003 - Shania Twain, "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"
• 2004 - Shania Twain, Up!
• 2005 - George Canyon, One Good Friend
• 2006 - The Road Hammers, The Road Hammers
• 2007 - George Canyon, Somebody Wrote Love
• 2008 - Paul Brandt, Risk
• 2009 - Doc Walker, Beautiful Life

Country Album of the Year (2010 - present)[]

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2010	Johnny Reid	Dance with Me	Terri Clark, The Long Way Home Doc Walker, Go Emerson Drive, Believe The Road Hammers, The Road Hammers II
2011	Johnny Reid	A Place Called Love	Gord Bamford, Day Job Dean Brody, Trail in Life Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Love Rules Deric Ruttan, Sunshine
2012	Terri Clark	Roots and Wings	Doc Walker, 16 & 1 High Valley, High Valley Jason McCoy, Everything Jimmy Rankin, Forget About the World
2013	Johnny Reid	Fire It Up	Dean Brody, Dirt Chad Brownlee, Love Me or Leave Me Emerson Drive, Roll Dallas Smith, Jumped Right In	[2]
2014	Dean Brody	Crop Circles	Gord Bamford, Country Junkie Tim Hicks, Throw Down Brett Kissel, Started with a Song Small Town Pistols, Small Town Pistols	[3]
2015	Dallas Smith	Lifted	Kira Isabella, Caffeine & Big Dreams Jess Moskaluke, Light Up the Night MacKenzie Porter, MacKenzie Porter The Road Hammers, Wheels
2016	Dean Brody	Gypsy Road	Autumn Hill, Anchor Paul Brandt, Frontier High Valley, County Line Brett Kissel, Pick Me Up
2017	Jess Moskaluke	Kiss Me Quiet	Gord Bamford, Tin Roof Chad Brownlee, Hearts on Fire Aaron Pritchett, The Score Dallas Smith, Side Effects
2018	James Barker Band	Game On	Dean Brody, Beautiful Freakshow Tim Hicks, Shake These Walls High Valley, Dear Life Jess Moskaluke, Past the Past	[4]
2019	Brett Kissel	We Were That Song	Tim Hicks, New Tattoo Jess Moskaluke, A Small Town Christmas Meghan Patrick, Country Music Made Me Do It The Reklaws, Feels Like That	[5]
2020	Meghan Patrick	Wild As Me	Dean Brody, Black Sheep Aaron Goodvin, V Hunter Brothers, State of Mind Dallas Smith, The Fall	[6]
2021	Tenille Townes	The Lemonade Stand	Jade Eagleson, Jade Eagleson Lindsay Ell, Heart Theory Mackenzie Porter, Drinkin' Songs: The Collection Dallas Smith, Timeless	[7]

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