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Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album

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Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
Awarded forQuality works in the bluegrass music genre
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1989
Currently held byMolly Tuttle & Golden Highway – City of Gold (2024)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the bluegrass music genre. 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".[2]

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording (Vocal or Instrumental),[3] the award was first presented in 1989. In 1990 and 1991, the category was renamed Best Bluegrass Recording, and in 1990, the award was reserved for singles rather than albums. Since 1992, the award has been presented under the category Best Bluegrass Album. Beginning in 1993, award recipients often included the producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists.[4] In 1995 and 1997, producers of compilation albums were the only award recipients.

The inaugural recipient of the award was Bill Monroe, widely considered to be the founder of the genre. Alison Krauss has the most wins in the category, with six, including five with her band Union Station who are tied with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder for second most wins. Jim Lauderdale, Nashville Bluegrass Band, and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are the only other acts to have won more than once, with two awards each. Del McCoury holds the record for most nominations, with ten, while Doyle Lawson, Noam Pickelny, Peter Rowan, and The Seldom Scene have the most nominations without a win, with four. In 2018, the first tie in the history of the category occurred, with the award being presented to both Rhonda Vincent and The Infamous Stringdusters. The current recipient of the award is Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, who won at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

Recipients

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A woman wearing a pink dress and playing a fiddle.
Six-time award winner Alison Krauss, performing in 2007
A man wearing a black shirt and playing a stringed instrument with his fingers. His eyes are closed, and he is standing behind microphone stands.
Five-time award winner Ricky Skaggs (along with Kentucky Thunder), performing in 2007
A woman with blond hair wearing large hoop earrings and red lipstick.
2001 award winner Dolly Parton
A man wearing a blue dress shirt, standing behind a microphone stand and holding a guitar.
Two-time award winner Jim Lauderdale
An older man wearing a white cowboy hat and a black dress shirt, standing behind a microphone stand and holding a banjo.
2003 award winner Ralph Stanley
A man in a purple suit and a hat playing the dobro.
Four-time recipient Jerry Douglas has won as a member of both Union Station and The Earls of Leicester
A man wearing a blue dress shirt, standing behind a microphone stand and holding a guitar backed by his band.
Two-time winners The Del McCoury Band
A man wearing a suit and playing a banjo.
2010 award winner Steve Martin
A blonde woman in a green dress singing and playing the mandolin.
Rhonda Vincent received the award in 2018 following five previous nominations
A man playing guitar.
2021 recipient Billy Strings.
A man sat down playing banjo.
Béla Fleck won in 2022 following two prior nominations.
A bluegrass band.
Two-time winners Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1989 Bill Monroe Southern Flavor [3]
1990 Bruce Hornsby and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "The Valley Road"
[5]
1991 Alison Krauss "I've Got That Old Feeling"
[6]
1992 Carl Jackson and John Starling Spring Training
[7]
1993 Alison Krauss and Union Station Every Time You Say Goodbye
[8]
1994 Nashville Bluegrass Band Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go
[9]
1995 Various artists[II] The Great Dobro Sessions
[10]
1996 Nashville Bluegrass Band Unleashed
[11]
1997 Various artists[III] True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
[12]
1998 Alison Krauss and Union Station So Long So Wrong
  • Richard Greene and The Grass Is Greener – Sales Tax Toddle
  • Claire Lynch – Silver and Gold
  • Kate MacKenzie – Age of Innocence
  • Ralph Stanley – Short Life of Trouble
 [13]
1999 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Bluegrass Rules!
[14]
2000 Ancient Tones
[15]
2001 Dolly Parton The Grass Is Blue
[16]
2002 Alison Krauss and Union Station New Favorite
[17]
2003 Clinch Mountain Boys, Jim Lauderdale, and Ralph Stanley Lost in the Lonesome Pines
  • Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver – The Hard Game of Love
  • Ralph Stanley – Ralph Stanley
  • Ralph Stanley II – Stanley Blues
  • Roland White Band – Jelly on My Tofu
 [18]
2004 Alison Krauss and Union Station Live
[19]
2005 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Brand New Strings
[20]
2006 Del McCoury Band The Company We Keep
[21]
2007 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Instrumentals
[22]
2008 Jim Lauderdale The Bluegrass Diaries
[23]
2009 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947
[24]
2010 Steve Martin The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo
[25]
2011 Patty Loveless Mountain Soul II
[26]
2012 Alison Krauss and Union Station Paper Airplane
2013 Steep Canyon Rangers Nobody Knows You
[27]
2014 Del McCoury Band The Streets of Baltimore
2015 The Earls of Leicester The Earls of Leicester
[28]
2016 The SteelDrivers The Muscle Shoals Recordings
2017 O'Connor Band with Mark O'Connor Coming Home
[29]
2018 Rhonda Vincent and the Rage All the Rage
[30]
The Infamous Stringdusters Laws of Gravity
2019 The Travelin' McCourys The Travelin' McCourys
[31]
2020 Michael Cleveland Tall Fiddler
  • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Live in Prague, Czech Republic
  • The Po'Ramblin' Boys - Toil, Tears & Trouble
  • Missy Raines - Royal Traveller
  • Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen - If You Can't Stand the Heat
2021 Billy Strings Home
[32]
2022 Béla Fleck My Bluegrass Heart
[33]
2023 Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway Crooked Tree
[34]
2024 City of Gold
[35]
2025 Winner TBA on 2 February 2025 [36]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
^[II] Awards were presented to Jerry Douglas and Tut Taylor as the producers of the album.
^[III] An award was presented to Todd Phillips as the producer of the album.

Artists with multiple wins

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6 wins
5 wins
2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

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10 nominations
9 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

Notes

  1. ^ Including nine as a member of Del McCoury Band
  2. ^ Including six as a member of Union Station
  3. ^ Including three as a member of Union Station, and one as a member of Earls of Leicester
  4. ^ Including one as a member of Mighty Poplar
  5. ^ Including two as a member of Osborne Brothers
  6. ^ Including two as a member of Jim & Jesse

See also

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References

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