| Year | Winner | Artist | Nominees |
| 2019 | Girl | Maren Morris |
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| 2018 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | ' - Chris Stapleton Graffiti U - Keith Urban Life Changes - Thomas Rhett The Mountain - Dierks Bentley |
| 2017 | | Chris Stapleton | The Breaker – Little Big Town Heart Break – Lady Antebellum The Nashville Sound – Jason Isbell The Weight of These Wings – Miranda Lambert |
| 2016 | Mr. Misunderstood | Eric Church | Black – Dierks Bentley Hero – Maren Morris Ripcord – Keith Urban Storyteller – Carrie Underwood |
| 2015 | Traveller | Chris Stapleton | Old Boots, New Dirt – Jason Aldean The Big Revival – Kenny Chesney Pageant Material – Kacey Musgraves Pain Killer – Little Big Town |
| 2014 | Platinum | Miranda Lambert | Crash My Party – Luke Bryan Fuse – Keith Urban The Outsiders – Eric Church Riser – Dierks Bentley |
| 2013 | Based on a True Story... | Blake Shelton | Tornado – Little Big Town Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves Red – Taylor Swift Blown Away – Carrie Underwood |
| 2012 | Chief | Eric Church | Home – Dierks Bentley Tailgates & Tanlines – Luke Bryan Own the Night – Lady Antebellum Four the Record – Miranda Lambert |
| 2011 | My Kinda Party | Jason Aldean | This Is Country Music – Brad Paisley All About Tonight – Blake Shelton Speak Now – Taylor Swift You Get What You Give – Zac Brown Band |
| 2010 | Revolution | Miranda Lambert | Up on the Ridge – Dierks Bentley Need You Now – Lady Antebellum Twang – George Strait Play On – Carrie Underwood |
| 2009 | Fearless | Taylor Swift | American Saturday Night – Brad Paisley That Lonesome Song – Jamey Johnson Love on the Inside – Sugarland Defying Gravity – Keith Urban |
| 2008 | Troubadour | George Strait | Cowboy Town – Brooks & Dunn ' – Kenny Chesney Good Time – Alan Jackson Carnival Ride – Carrie Underwood |
| 2007 | It Just Comes Natural | George Strait | Long Trip Alone – Dierks Bentley These Days – Vince Gill 5th Gear – Brad Paisley Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing – Keith Urban |
| 2006 | Time Well Wasted | Brad Paisley | Hillbilly Deluxe – Brooks & Dunn The Road and the Radio – Kenny Chesney Precious Memories – Alan Jackson Me and My Gang – Rascal Flatts |
| 2005 | There's More Where That Came From | Lee Ann Womack | Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw Feels Like Today – Rascal Flatts Somewhere Down in Texas – George Strait Be Here – Keith Urban |
| 2004 | When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney | Red Dirt Road – Brooks & Dunn Shock'n Y'all – Toby Keith Mud on the Tires – Brad Paisley Here for the Party – Gretchen Wilson |
| 2003 | | Johnny Cash | Home - Dixie Chicks Man with a Memory - Joe Nichols Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors - Tim McGraw Unleashed - Toby Keith |
| 2002 | Drive | Alan Jackson | New Favorite - Alison Krauss and Union Station No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems - Kenny Chesney Pull My Chain - Toby Keith The Great Divide - Willie Nelson The Road Less Traveled - George Strait |
| 2001 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Various Artists | Born to Fly - Sara Evans Set This Circus Down - Tim McGraw Steers & Stripes - Brooks & Dunn When Somebody Loves You - Alan Jackson |
| 2000 | Fly | Dixie Chicks | Breathe - Faith Hill I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack Under the Influence - Alan Jackson Who Needs Pictures- Brad Paisley |
| 1999 | A Place in the Sun | Tim McGraw | Always Never the Same - George Strait The Key - Vince Gill Two Teardrops - Steve Wariner Where Your Road Leads - Trisha Yearwood |
| 1998 | Everywhere | Tim McGraw | Come on Over - Shania Twain Long Stretch of Lonesome - Patty Loveless One Step at a Time - George Strait Sevens - Garth Brooks |
| 1997 | Carrying Your Love with Me | George Strait | Blue - LeAnn Rimes Did I Shave My Legs for This? - Deana Carter Everybody Knows - Trisha Yearwood Everything I Love - Alan Jackson |
| 1996 | Blue Clear Sky | George Strait | Borderline - Brooks & Dunn High Lonesome Sound - Vince Gill The Trouble with the Truth - Patty Loveless Wild Angels - Martina McBride |
| 1995 | When Fallen Angels Fly | Patty Loveless | John Michael Montgomery - John Michael Montgomery Lead On - George Strait When Love Finds You - Vince Gill Who I Am - Alan Jackson |
| 1994 | | Various Artists | Tribute to The Music of Bob Willis & his Texas Playboys - Asleep at the Wheel Easy Come Easy Go - George Strait Rhythm, Country and Blues - Various Artists Who I Am - Alan Jackson |
| 1993 | I Still Believe in You | Vince Gill | A Lot About Livin' - Alan Jackson Come On, Come On - Mary Chapin Carpenter Hard Workin' Man - Brooks & Dunn The Chase - Garth Brooks |
| 1992 | Ropin' the Wind | Garth Brooks | Brand New Man - Brooks & Dunn For My Broken Heart - Reba McEntire What Do I Do with Me - Tanya Tucker Wynonna - Wynonna Judd |
| 1991 | No Fences | Garth Brooks | Don't Rock the Jukebox - Alan Jackson Pocket Full of Gold - Vince Gill Put Yourself in My Shoes - Clint Black Rumor Has It - Reba McEntire |
| 1990 | Pickin' on Nashville | Kentucky Headhunters | Here in the Real World - Alan Jackson I Wonder Do You Think of Me - Keith Whitley Livin' It Up - George Strait RVS III - Ricky Van Shelton |
| 1989 | | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Beyond the Blue Neon - George Strait Loving Proof - Ricky Van Shelton Old 8×10 - Randy Travis Willow in the Wind - Kathy Mattea |
| 1988 | Born to Boogie | Hank Williams Jr. | Chiseled in Stone - Vern Gosdin Diamonds and Dirt - Rodney Crowell If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' - George Strait Untasted Honey - Kathy Mattea |
| 1987 | Always And Forever | Randy Travis | Trio – Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton Wine Colored Roses – George Jones What Am I Gonna Do About You – Reba McEntire Ocean Front Property – George Strait |
| 1986 | Lost in the Fifties Tonight | Ronnie Milsap | 7 - George Strait Rockin' with the Rhythm - The Judds Storms of Life - Randy Travis Whoever's in New England - Reba McEntire |
| 1985 | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind | George Strait | 40-Hour Week - Alabama Country Boy - Ricky Skaggs My Kind of Country - Reba McEntire Why Not Me - The Judds |
| 1984 | A Little Good News | Anne Murray | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown - Ricky Skaggs Right or Wrong - George Strait Roll On - Alabama That's the Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard |
| 1983 | The Closer You Get | Alabama | Highways & Heartaches - Ricky Skaggs It Ain't Easy - Janie Fricke Pancho & Lefty - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard Wild and Blue - John Anderson |
| 1982 | Always on My Mind | Willie Nelson | Big City – Merle Haggard Bobbie Sue – Oak Ridge Boys Mountain Music – Alabama Still the Same Ole Me – George Jones |
| 1981 | I Believe in You | Don Williams | 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs - Dolly Parton Feels So Right - Alabama I Am What I Am - George Jones Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing - Ronnie Milsap |
| 1980 | Coal Miner's Daughter | Sissy Spacek Beverly D'Angelo
Levon Helm |
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| 1979 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers | Armed and Crazy - Johnny Paycheck One for the Road - Willie Nelson and Leon Russell Rose Colored Glasses - John Conlee The Originals - The Statler Brothers |
| 1978 | It Was Almost Like a Song | Ronnie Milsap | Country Boy - Don Williams Heaven's Just a Sin Away - The Kendalls Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton Waylon and Willie - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson |
| 1977 | Ronnie Milsap Live | Ronnie Milsap | I Don't Want to Have to Marry You - Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius I Remember Patsy - Loretta Lynn Kenny Rogers - Kenny Rogers Ol' Waylon - Waylon Jennings |
| 1976 | Wanted! The Outlaws | Jessi Colter Tompall Glaser
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson |
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| 1975 | A Legend in My Time | Ronnie Milsap | An Evening with John Denver - John Denver Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddie Fender Feelins' - Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell The Ramblin' Man - Waylon Jennings |
| 1974 | A Very Special Love Song | Charlie Rich | Country Bumpkin - Cal Smith If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard If You Love Me, Let Me Know - Olivia Newton-John You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty |
| 1973 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich | Entertainer of the Year - Loretta Lynn Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man - Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett The Storyteller - Tom T. Hall |
| 1972 | Let Me Tell You About a Song | Merle Haggard | Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs - Charley Pride Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton Lead Me On - Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo |
| 1971 | I Won't Mention It Again | Ray Price | A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World - Merle Haggard Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson When You're Hot, You're Hot - Jerry Reed |
| 1970 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard | The Fightin' Side of Me - Merle Haggard Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty Hello, I'm Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash Just Plain Charley - Charley Pride |
| 1969 | Johnny Cash At San Quentin | Johnny Cash | Charley Pride Live and in Person - Charley Pride Same Train, a Different Time - Merle Haggard Stand by Your Man - Tammy Wynette Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell |
| 1968 | Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash | By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell Gentle on My Mind – Glen Campbell The Best of Merle Haggard – Merle Haggard D-I-V-O-R-C-E – Tammy Wynette |
| 1967 | There Goes My Everything | Jack Greene | The Best of Eddy Arnold – Eddy Arnold I'm a Lonesome Fugitive – Merle Haggard The Best of Sonny James – Sonny James Danny Boy – Ray Price |
