Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance

Annual music award

Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance

"It Takes a Woman" by Chris Stapleton is the most recent recipient

Awarded for| Quality solo vocal or instrumental country recordings
Country| United States
Presented by| National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award| 2012
Currently held by| Chris Stapleton, "It Takes a Woman" (2025)
Website| grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo (vocal or instrumental) country recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only.[2]

The award combines the previous categories for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Instrumental Performance (if it is an instrumental solo performance). The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate the distinctions between male and female performances.[3]

## Recipients

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The first winner of the award was Taylor Swift for her song "Mean" in 2012. Two-time winner Carrie Underwood Chris Stapleton has the most wins with four in total. 2020 and 2023 winner Willie Nelson Year[I] | Recipients  | Work  | Nominees  | Ref.

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2012 | Taylor Swift | "Mean"  |

* Jason Aldean – "Dirt Road Anthem"
* Martina McBride – "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"
* Blake Shelton – "Honey Bee"
* Carrie Underwood – "Mama's Song"

| [4]
2013 | Carrie Underwood | "Blown Away"  |

* Dierks Bentley – "Home"
* Eric Church – "Springsteen"
* Ronnie Dunn – "Cost of Livin'"
* Hunter Hayes – "Wanted"
* Blake Shelton – "Over"

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2014 | Darius Rucker | "Wagon Wheel"  |

* Lee Brice – "I Drive Your Truck"
* Hunter Hayes – "I Want Crazy"
* Miranda Lambert – "Mama's Broken Heart"
* Blake Shelton – "Mine Would Be You"

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2015 | Carrie Underwood | "Something in the Water"  |

* Eric Church – "Give Me Back My Hometown"
* Hunter Hayes – "Invisible"
* Miranda Lambert – "Automatic"
* Keith Urban – "Cop Car"

| [7]
2016 | Chris Stapleton | "Traveller"  |

* Cam – "Burning House"
* Carrie Underwood – "Little Toy Guns"
* Keith Urban – "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
* Lee Ann Womack – "Chances Are"

| [7]
2017 | Maren Morris | "My Church"  |

* Brandy Clark – "Love Can Go to Hell"
* Carrie Underwood – "Church Bells"
* Keith Urban – "Blue Ain't Your Color"
* Miranda Lambert – "Vice"

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2018 | Chris Stapleton | "Either Way"  |

* Sam Hunt – "Body Like a Back Road"
* Alison Krauss – "Losing You"
* Miranda Lambert – "Tin Man"
* Maren Morris – "I Could Use a Love Song"

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2019 | Kacey Musgraves | "Butterflies"  |

* Loretta Lynn – "Wouldn't It Be Great?"
* Maren Morris – "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
* Chris Stapleton – "Millionaire"
* Keith Urban – "Parallel Line"

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2020 | Willie Nelson | "Ride Me Back Home"  |

* Ashley McBryde – "Girl Goin' Nowhere"
* Tyler Childers – "All Your'n"
* Blake Shelton – "God's Country"
* Tanya Tucker – "Bring My Flowers Now"

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2021 | Vince Gill | "When My Amy Prays"  |

* Eric Church – "Stick That in Your Country Song"
* Brandy Clark – "Who You Thought I Was"
* Miranda Lambert – "Bluebird"
* Mickey Guyton – "Black Like Me"

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2022 | Chris Stapleton | "You Should Probably Leave"  |

* Luke Combs – "Forever After All"
* Mickey Guyton – "Remember Her Name"
* Jason Isbell – "All I Do Is Drive"
* Kacey Musgraves – "Camera Roll"

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2023 | Willie Nelson | "Live Forever"  |

* Kelsea Ballerini – "Heartfirst"
* Zach Bryan – "Something in the Orange"
* Miranda Lambert – "In His Arms"
* Maren Morris – "Circles Around This Town"

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2024 | Chris Stapleton | "White Horse"  |

* Tyler Childers – "In Your Love"
* Brandy Clark – "Buried"
* Luke Combs – "Fast Car"
* Dolly Parton – "The Last Thing On My Mind"

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2025 | Chris Stapleton | "It Takes a Woman"  |

* Beyoncé – "16 Carriages"
* Jelly Roll – "I Am Not Okay"
* Kacey Musgraves – "The Architect"
* Shaboozey – "A Bar Song (Tipsy)"

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## Artists with multiple wins

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5 wins

* Chris Stapleton

2 wins

* Carrie Underwood
* Willie Nelson

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## Artists with multiple nominations

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6 nominations

* Miranda Lambert
* Chris Stapleton

5 nominations

* Carrie Underwood

4 nominations

* Maren Morris
* Blake Shelton
* Keith Urban

3 nominations

* Brandy Clark
* Eric Church
* Hunter Hayes
* Kacey Musgraves

2 nominations

* Tyler Childers
* Luke Combs
* Mickey Guyton
* Willie Nelson

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## See also

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* Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance
* Grammy Award for Best Country Song
* Grammy Award for Best Country Album

## References

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1. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
2. ^ "Category Mapper". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
3. ^ "Grammy Awards restructuring". Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
4. ^ "2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Country Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
5. ^ "2012 – 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Country Field". The Recording Academy. December 5, 2011.
6. ^ "2015 Nominees" (PDF). Grammy.com. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
7. ^ a b "2014 Nominees" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
8. ^ "Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. December 6, 2016.
9. ^ "Grammy Awards Winners List: Updating Live". Variety. January 28, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
10. ^ "61st Annual GRAMMY Awards". Archived from the original on December 7, 2018.
11. ^ "2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Nominees List". Archived from the original on November 20, 2019.
12. ^ "2021 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List". Archived from the original on November 24, 2020.
13. ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Nominations List". Grammy.com.
14. ^ "2023 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. November 16, 2022.
15. ^ "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
16. ^ Monroe, Jazz (November 8, 2024). "Grammy Nominations 2025: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 8, 2024.

## External links

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* Official Site of the Grammy Awards

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* "Mean" – Taylor Swift (2012)
* "Blown Away" – Carrie Underwood (2013)
* "Wagon Wheel" – Darius Rucker (2014)
* "Something in the Water" – Carrie Underwood (2015)
* "Traveller" – Chris Stapleton (2016)
* "My Church" – Maren Morris (2017)
* "Either Way" – Chris Stapleton (2018)
* "Butterflies" – Kacey Musgraves (2019)

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* "When My Amy Prays" – Vince Gill (2021)
* "You Should Probably Leave" – Chris Stapleton (2022)
* "Live Forever" – Willie Nelson (2023)
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