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

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:

• In 1970 the award was known as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
• From 1971 to 1981 it was awarded as Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
• From 1982 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Awarded for	Quality vocal country music duo or group performance
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1970
Last awarded	2011
Currently held by	Lady Antebellum – "Need You Now" (2011)
Most awards	Dixie Chicks The Judds (5 each)
Most nominations	Alabama Brooks & Dunn (12 each)
Website	grammy.com

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

Year	Winner(s)	Title	Nominees	Ref.
1970	Waylon Jennings, The Kimberlys	"MacArthur Park"	Tompall & the Glaser Brothers for "California Girl" Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton for "Just Someone I Used to Know" Dottie West, Don Gibson for "Rings of Gold" Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely for "Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You"	^[1]
1971	Johnny Cash, June Carter	"If I Were a Carpenter"	The Statler Brothers for "Bed of Roses" Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton for "Daddy Was an Old-Time Preacher Man" Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter for "Suspicious Minds" Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan for "Tennessee Bird Walk"	^[2]
1972	Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn	"After the Fire Is Gone"	Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton for "Better Move It on Home" Roy Acuff with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for "I Saw the Light" Johnny Cash, June Carter for "No Need to Worry" Tompall & the Glaser Brothers for "Rings"	^[3]
1973	The Statler Brothers	"The Class of '57"	Johnny Cash, June Carter for "If I Had a Hammer" Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn for "Lead Me On" George Jones, Tammy Wynette for "Take Me" Various Artists for "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"	^[4]
1974	Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge	"From the Bottle to the Bottom"	The Statler Brothers for "Carry Me Back" Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner for "If Teardrops Were Pennies" Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn for "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" Tammy Wynette, George Jones for "We're Gonna Hold On"	^[5]
1975	The Pointer Sisters	"Fairytale"	Willie Nelson, Tracy Nelson for "After the Fire is Gone" Bobby Bare, Bobby Bare Jr. for "Daddy What If" Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge for "Loving Arms" The Statler Brothers for "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott"	^[6]
1976	Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge	"Lover Please"	Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn for "Feelins" The Statler Brothers for "I'll Go to My Grave Loving You" The Pointer Sisters for "Live Your Life Before You Die" Asleep at the Wheel for "Texas Gold"	^[7]
1977	Amazing Rhythm Aces	"The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"	George Jones, Tammy Wynette for "Golden Ring" Asleep at the Wheel for "Route 66" Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty for "The Letter" The Statler Brothers for "Your Picture in the Paper"	^[8]
1978	The Kendalls	"Heaven's Just a Sin Away"	Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty for "Dynamic Duo" George Jones, Tammy Wynette for "Near You" Asleep at the Wheel for "The Wheel" Oak Ridge Boys for "Y'all Come Back Saloon"	^[9]
1979	Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson	"Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"	Kenny Rogers, Dottie West for "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" Oak Ridge Boys for "Cryin' Again" The Statler Brothers for "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" Jim Ed Brown, Helen Cornelius for "If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight" Charlie Rich, Janie Fricke for "On My Knees"	^[10]
1980	Charlie Daniels Band	"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"	The Bellamy Brothers – "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band – "All the Gold in California" Willie Nelson & Leon Russell – "Heartbreak Hotel" Kenny Rogers & Dottie West – "All I Ever Need Is You"
1981	Emmylou Harris & Roy Orbison	"That Lovin' You Feelin Again"	Charlie Daniels Band – In America Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band – "Take Me to Your Lovin' Place" The Oak Ridge Boys – "Heart of Mine" Tanya Tucker & Glen Campbell – "Dream Lover"
1982	The Oak Ridge Boys	"Elvira"	Alabama – Feels So Right David Frizzell & Shelly West – "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" Emmylou Harris & Don Williams – "If I Needed You" Dottie West & Kenny Rogers – "What Are We Doin' in Love"
1983	Alabama	Mountain Music	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson – "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" The Oak Ridge Boys – "Bobbie Sue" Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris – "Love Hurts" The Whites – "You Put the Blue in Me"
1984	Alabama	The Closer You Get...	Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band – "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)" Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson – "Pancho and Lefty" Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings – "Take It to the Limit" The Oak Ridge Boys – "American Made"
1985	The Judds	"Mama He's Crazy"	Alabama – "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" Barbara Mandrell & Lee Greenwood – "To Me" Anne Murray & Dave Loggins – "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias – "As Time Goes By"
1986	The Judds	Why Not Me	Alabama – "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" Forester Sisters – The Forester Sisters Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson – "Highwayman" Marie Osmond & Dan Seals – "Meet Me in Montana" Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers – "Real Love"
1987	The Judds	"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)"	Alabama – "She and I" Everly Brothers – "Born Yesterday" Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band – "She Used to Be Somebody's Baby" Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison – "Class of '55"
1988	Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt	Trio	Desert Rose Band – Desert Rose Band The Judds – "Heartland" O'Kanes – "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You" Restless Heart – "I'll Still Be Loving You"
1989	The Judds	"Give a Little Love"	Forester Sisters – "Sincerely" Highway 101 – "Highway 101, Vol. 2" The Oak Ridge Boys – "Gonna Take a Lot of River" Restless Heart –Big Dreams in a Small Town
1990	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two	Desert Rose Band – "She Don't Love Nobody" Highway 101 – "Honky Tonk Heart" The Judds – "Young Love (Strong Love)" Restless Heart – "Big Dreams in a Small Town"
1991	The Kentucky Headhunters	Pickin' on Nashville	Alabama – "Jukebox in My Mind" The Judds – Love Can Build a Bridge Restless Heart – "Fast Movin' Train" Shenandoah – "Ghost in This House"
1992	The Judds	"Love Can Build a Bridge"	Alabama – "Forever's as Far as I'll Go" Diamond Rio – "Meet in the Middle" Forester Sisters – Men Kentucky Headhunters – Electric Barnyard Texas Tornados – Zone of Our Own
1993	Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers	At the Ryman	Alabama – American Pride Brooks & Dunn – "Boot Scootin' Boogie" Kentucky Headhunters – "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" Restless Heart – "When She Cries"
1994	Brooks & Dunn	"Hard Workin' Man"	Confederate Railroad – "Trashy Women" Diamond Rio – "In a Week or Two" Little Texas – "God Blessed Texas" Sawyer Brown – "All These Years"
1995	Asleep at the Wheel & Lyle Lovett	"Blues for Dixie"	Diamond Rio – "Love a Little Stronger" Alison Krauss & Union Station – "When You Say Nothing at All" The Mavericks – "What a Crying Shame" The Tractors – "Baby Likes to Rock It"
1996	The Mavericks	"Here Comes the Rain"	Brooks & Dunn – "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" Little Texas – "Amy's Back in Austin" Shenandoah – "Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)" The Tractors – "Tryin' to Get to New Orleans"
1997	Brooks & Dunn	"My Maria"	BR5-49 – "Cherokee Boogie" Diamond Rio – "That's What I Get for Lovin' You" The Mavericks – "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down" Texas Tornados – "Little Bit Is Better Than Nada"
1998	Alison Krauss & Union Station	"Looking in the Eyes of Love"	Alabama – "Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard" Diamond Rio – "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" The Kinleys – "Please" The Mavericks – "I Don't Care (If You Love Me Anymore)"
1999	Dixie Chicks	"There's Your Trouble"	Alabama – "How Do You Fall In Love" BR5-49 – "Wild One" The Mavericks – "Dance the Night Away" The Wilkinsons – "26 Cents"
2000	Dixie Chicks	"Ready to Run"	BR5-49 – "Honky Tonk Song" Diamond Rio – "Unbelievable" Lonestar – "Amazed" SHeDAISY – "Little Good-Byes"
2001	Asleep at the Wheel	"Cherokee Maiden"	Alabama – "Twentieth Century" Brooks & Dunn – "You'll Always Be Loved By Me" Riders in the Sky – "Woody's Roundup" The Wilkinsons – "Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend"
2002	Alison Krauss & Union Station	"The Lucky One"	Asleep at the Wheel – "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" Brooks & Dunn – "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" Diamond Rio – "One More Day" Lonestar – "I'm Already There"
2003	Dixie Chicks	"Long Time Gone"	Diamond Rio – "Beautiful Mess" Lonestar – "Not a Day Goes By" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – "Roll the Stone Away" Trick Pony – "Just What I Do"
2004	Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder	"A Simple Life"	Brooks & Dunn – "Red Dirt Road" Diamond Rio – "I Believe" Lonestar – "My Front Porch Looking In" Oak Ridge Boys – "Colors"
2005	Dixie Chicks	"Top of the World" (Live)	Asleep at the Wheel — "New San Antonio Rose" Big & Rich – "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" Brooks & Dunn – "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" Notorious Cherry Bombs – "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long"
2006	Alison Krauss & Union Station	"Restless"	Big & Rich – "Comin' to Your City" Brooks & Dunn – "Play Something Country" Dixie Chicks "I Hope" Rascal Flatts – "Bless the Broken Road"
2007	Dixie Chicks	"Not Ready to Make Nice"	The Duhks – "Heaven's My Home" Little Big Town – "Boondocks" Rascal Flatts – "What Hurts the Most" The Wreckers – "Leave the Pieces"
2008	Eagles	"How Long"	Brooks & Dunn – "Proud of the House We Built" Emerson Drive – "Moments" Montgomery Gentry – "Lucky Man" The Time Jumpers – "Sweet Memories"
2009	Sugarland	"Stay"	Brooks & Dunn – "God Must Be Busy" Lady Antebellum – "Love Don't Live Here" Rascal Flatts – "Every Day" The SteelDrivers – "Blue Side of the Mountain"
2010	Lady Antebellum	"I Run to You"	Brooks & Dunn – "Cowgirls Don't Cry" Rascal Flatts – "Here Comes Goodbye" Sugarland – "It Happens" Zac Brown Band – "Chicken Fried"
2011	Lady Antebellum	"Need You Now"	Dailey & Vincent – "Elizabeth" Little Big Town – "Little White Church" The SteelDrivers – "Where Rainbows Never Die" Zac Brown Band – "Free"

Artists with multiple wins

5 wins Dixie Chicks The Judds 3 wins Emmylou Harris

2 wins Alabama Alison Krauss & Union Station Brooks & Dunn Lady Antebellum Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge

Artists with multiple nominations

12 nominations Alabama Brooks & Dunn 9 nominations Diamond Rio 7 nominations The Judds 6 nominations Dixie Chicks Willie Nelson

5 nominations Emmylou Harris Waylon Jennings The Mavericks The Oak Ridge Boys Restless Heart 4 nominations Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band Lonestar Rascal Flatts 3 nominations Asleep at the Wheel Forester Sisters Kris Kristofferson Kenny Rogers

2 nominations Big & Rich BR5-49 Charlie Daniels Band Johnny Cash Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Little Texas The Kentucky Headhunters Dolly Parton Shenandoah The SteelDrivers Sugarland Texas Tornados The Tractors Dottie West Zac Brown Band

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