Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals


The Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to quality country music collaborations for artists who do not normally perform together. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
Originally called the Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet, the award was first presented to Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap at the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988 for the single "Make No Mistake, She's Mine". The next year, the category's name was changed to Best Country Vocal Collaboration, a name it held until 1996 when it was awarded as the Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. In 2011, the category was merged with the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance, forming the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance in order to "tighten the number of categories" at the Grammy Awards.
Alison Krauss holds the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of five. She is followed by seven others, who have all won the award twice. Among the most nominated are Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson, both nine-time nominees. Krauss was nominated eight times, while Dolly Parton was a seven-time hopeful. Nominated bands include 1996 winners Shenandoah, a five-man country music band, three-time nominees the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, as well as one of the award's final recipients, the Zac Brown Band.

Recipients

YearPerforming artistsWorkNomineesRef.
1987 and Kenny Rogers
1988 and Roy Orbison
1989 and Hank Williams, Sr.
1990 and Mark Knopfler
1991, Ricky Skaggs, and Steve Wariner
1992 and Travis Tritt
1993 and Reba McEntire
1994 and Trisha Yearwood
1995 and Shenandoah
1996 and Alison Krauss & Union Station
1997 and Trisha Yearwood
1998, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, and Dwight Yoakam
1999, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt
2000 and Tim McGraw
2001, Pat Enright, and Dan Tyminski
2002 and Lee Ann Womack
2003 and James Taylor
2004 and Jack White
2005 and Tim McGraw
2006 and Jennifer Nettles
2007 and Ray Price
2008 and Robert Plant
2009 and Carrie Underwood
2010 and the Zac Brown Band

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.