Il Grammy Award al miglior album country contemporaneo (Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Country Album) è un premio dei Grammy Award conferito dalla National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences per la qualità del miglior album discografico di genere country.
Il premio è stato conferito per la prima volta nel 1965 come Miglior album country & western, poi dal 1995 al 2025 la categoria ha preso il nome di Miglior album country. A partire dalla 68ª edizione del premio, la categoria è stata rinominata in Miglior album country contemporaneo.
Vincitori e candidati
Anni 1960
1965 Dang Me/Chug-a-Lug - Roger Miller Guitar Country - Chet Atkins Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian - Johnny Cash The Best of Buck Owens - Buck Owens The Best of Jimmy Reeves - Jim Reeves Hank Williams Jr. Sings Songs of Hank Williams - Hank Williams Jr. 1966 The Return of Roger Miller - Roger Miller My World - Eddy Arnold More of that Guitar Country - Chet Atkins The Jimmy Reeves Story - Jim Reeves Father and Son: Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr. - Hank Williams e Hank Williams Jr.
Anni 1990
1995 Stones in the Road - Mary Chapin Carpenter Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys - Asleep at the Wheel When Love Finds You - Vince Gill Read My Mind - Reba McEntire The Song Remembers When - Trisha Yearwood 1996 The Woman in Me - Shania Twain Junior High - Junior Brown Music for All Occasions - The Mavericks John Michael Montgomery - John Michael Montgomery Thinkin' About You - Trisha Yearwood Dwight Live - Dwight Yoakam 1997 The Road to Ensenada - Lyle Lovett Borderline - Brooks & Dunn High Lonesome Sound - Vince Gill The Trouble with the Truth - Patty Loveless Everybody Knows - Trisha Yearwood Gone - Dwight Yoakam 1998 Unchained - Johnny Cash Everything I Love - Alan Jackson Long Stretch of Lonesome - Patty Loveless Carrying Your Love with Me - George Strait Under the Covers - Dwight Yoakam 1999 Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks Sevens - Garth Brooks Faith - Faith Hill Come on Over - Shania Twain Where Your Road Leads - Trisha Yearwood
Anni 2000
2000 Fly - Dixie Chicks Ride with Bob: A Tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys - Asleep at the Wheel Trio II - Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt e Dolly Parton Cold Hard Truth - George Jones Forget About It - Alison Krauss 2001 Breathe - Faith Hill Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye - Vince Gill Under the Influence - Alan Jackson I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack Real Live Woman - Trisha Yearwood 2002 Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute - AA.VV. One More Day - Diamond Rio Set This Circus Down - Tim McGraw Rainbow Connection - Willie Nelson Inside Out - Trisha Yearwood 2003 Home - Dixie Chicks Drive - Alan Jackson The Great Divide - Willie Nelson Man with a Memory - Joe Nichols Halos & Horns - Dolly Parton 2004 Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers - AA.VV. Cry - Faith Hill My Baby Don't Tolerate - Lyle Lovett Run That by Me One More Time - Willie Nelson e Ray Price Live and Kickin' - Willie Nelson Up! - Shania Twain 2005 Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw Tambourine - Tiff Merritt Be Here - Keith Urban Here for the Party - Gretchen Wilson 2006 Lonely Runs Both Ways - Alison Krauss e Union Station Fireflies - Faith Hill Time Well Wasted - Brad Paisley All Jacked Up - Gretchen Wilson Jasper County - Trisha Yearwood 2007 Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks Like Red on a Rose - Alan Jackson The Road to Here - Little Big Town You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker - Willie Nelson Your Man - Josh Turner 2008 These Days - Vince Gill Long Trip Alone - Dierks Bentley Let It Go - Tim McGraw 5th Gear - Brad Paisley It Just Comes Natural - George Strait 2009 Troubadour - George Strait That Lonesome Song - Jamey Johnson Sleepless Nights - Patty Loveless Around the Bend - Randy Travis Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love - Trisha Yearwood
Anni 2010
2010 Fearless - Taylor Swift The Foundation - Zac Brown Band Twain - George Strait Defying Gravity - Keith Urban Call Me Crazy - Lee Ann Womack 2011 Need You Now - Lady Antebellum Up on the Ridge - Dierks Bentley You Get What You Give - Zac Brown Band The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson Revolution - Miranda Lambert 2012 Own the Night - Lady Antebellum My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean Chief - Eric Church Red River Blue - Blake Shelton Here for a Good Time - George Strait Speak Now - Taylor Swift 2013 Uncaged - Zac Brown Band Hunter Hayes - Hunter Hayes Living for a Song: a Tribute to Hank Cochran - Jamey Johnson Four the Record - Miranda Lambert The Time Jumpers - The Time Jumpers 2014 Same Trailer Different Park - Kacey Musgraves Night Train - Jason Aldean Two Lanes of Freedom - Tim McGraw Based on a True Story... - Blake Shelton Red - Taylor Swift 2015 Platinum - Miranda Lambert Riser - Dierks Bentley The Outsiders - Eric Church 12 Stories - Brandy Clark The Way I'm Livin - Lee Ann Womack 2016 Traveller - Chris Stapleton Montevallo - Sam Hunt Pain Killer - Little Big Town The Blade - Ashley Monroe Pageant Material - Kacey Musgraves 2017 A Sailor's Guide to Earth - Sturgill Simpson Big Day in a Small Town - Brandy Clark Full Circle - Loretta Lynn Hero - Maren Morris Ripcord - Keith Urban 2018 From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton Cosmic Hallelujah - Kenny Chesney Heart Break - Lady Antebellum The Breaker - Little Big Town Life Changes - Thomas Rhett 2019Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves Unapologetically - Kelsea Ballerini Port Saint Joe - Brothers Osborne Girl Going Nowhere - Ashley McBryde From A Room: Volume 2 - Chris Stapleton
Anni 2020
2020While I'm Livin' - Tanya Tucker Desperate Man - Eric Church Stronger Than the Truth - Reba McEntire Interstate Gospel - Pistol Annies Center Point Road - Thomas Rhett 2021Wildcard - Miranda Lambert Lady Like - Ingrid Andress Your Life Is a Record - Brandy Clark Nightfall - Little Big Town Never Will - Ashley McBryde 2022Starting Over - Chris Stapleton Skeletons - Brothers Osborne Remember Her Name - Mickey Guyton The Marfa Tapes - Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall & Jack Ingram The Ballad of Dood and Juanita - Sturgill Simpson 2023A Beautiful Time - Willie NelsonGrowin' Up - Luke Combs Palomino - Miranda Lambert Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville - Ashley McBryde Humble Quest - Maren Morris 2024 Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson Rolling Up the Welcome Mat – Kelsea Ballerini Brothers Osborne – Brothers Osborne Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan Rustin' in the Rain – Tyler Childers
2025 Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé F-1 Trillion – Post Malone Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves Higher – Chris Stapleton Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson 2026 Beautifully Broken''' – Jelly Roll Patterns – Kelsea Ballerini Snipe Hunter – Tyler Childers Evangeline vs. the Machine – Eric Church Postcards from Texas'' – Miranda Lambert
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