Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance

Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance
"Bad as I Used to Be" (from F1 the Movie) by Chris Stapleton is the most recent recipient
Awarded forQuality solo vocal or instrumental country recordings
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award2012
Currently held byChris Stapleton, "Bad as I Used to Be" (from F1 the Movie) (2026)
Websitegrammy.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

Year Artist Work
2012
[4]
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"
2013
[5]
Carrie Underwood "Blown Away"
Dierks Bentley "Home"
Eric Church "Springsteen"
Ronnie Dunn "Cost of Livin'"
Hunter Hayes "Wanted"
Blake Shelton "Over"
2014
[6]
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"
2015
[7]
Carrie Underwood "Something in the Water"
Eric Church "Give Me Back My Hometown"
Hunter Hayes "Invisible"
Miranda Lambert "Automatic"
Keith Urban "Cop Car"
2016
[8]
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"
2017
[9]
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"
2018
[10]
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"
2019
[11]
Kacey Musgraves "Butterflies"
Loretta Lynn "Wouldn't It Be Great?"
Maren Morris "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
Chris Stapleton "Millionaire"
Keith Urban "Parallel Line"

2020s

Year Artist Work
2020
[12]
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"
2021
[13]
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"
2022
[14]
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"
2023
[15]
Willie Nelson "Live Forever"
Kelsea Ballerini "Heartfirst"
Zach Bryan "Something in the Orange"
Miranda Lambert "All I Do Is Drive"
Maren Morris "Circles Around This Town"
2024
[16]
Chris Stapleton "White Horse"
Tyler Childers "In Your Love"
Brandy Clark "Buried"
Luke Combs "Fast Car"
Dolly Parton "The Last Thing on My Mind"
2025
[17]
Chris Stapleton "It Takes a Woman"
Beyoncé "16 Carriages"
Jelly Roll "I Am Not Okay"
Kacey Musgraves "The Architect"
Shaboozey "A Bar Song (Tipsy)"
2026
[18]
Chris Stapleton "Bad as I Used to Be" (from F1 the Movie)
Tyler Childers "Nose on the Grindstone"
Shaboozey "Good News"
Zach Top "I Never Lie"
Lainey Wilson "Somewhere Over Laredo"

Artists with multiple wins

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

References

  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
  7. ^ 2014 Nominees
  8. ^ 2014 Nominees
  9. ^ "Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. February 12, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  10. ^ "Grammy Awards Winners List: Updating Live". Variety. January 28, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  11. ^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
  12. ^ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2020-grammy-awards-complete-nominees-list#8
  13. ^ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2021-grammys-complete-nominees-list
  14. ^ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list
  15. ^ "2023 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. November 16, 2022.
  16. ^ "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  17. ^ Monroe, Jazz (November 8, 2024). "Grammy Nominations 2025: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  18. ^ Willman, Chris (November 7, 2025). "Grammy Nominations 2026: Kendrick Lamar Leads With Nine as Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter and Leon Thomas Land Among Top Nominees". Variety. Retrieved November 7, 2025.