Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Awarded for	Quality vocal country music duo or group performance
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award	1970
Final award	2011
Most wins	Dixie Chicks and The Judds (5 each)
Most nominations	Alabama and Brooks & Dunn (12 each)
Website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded from 1970 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:

In 1970 the award was known as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
From 1971 to 1981 it was awarded as Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
From 1982 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Awarded forQuality vocal country music duo or group performance

CountryUnited States

Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

First award1970

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Photo of Dixie Chicks in concert in Madison Square Garden (20th June 2003) — Dixie Chicks in concert in Madison Square Garden (20 June 2003)

The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy Awards in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. Since 2012, all duo or group performances in the country category were shifted to the newly formed Best Country Duo/Group Performance category.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Year	Artist	Work
1970 ^[1]	Waylon Jennings and the Kimberlys	"MacArthur Park"
Tompall & the Glaser Brothers	"California Girl"
Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton	"Just Someone I Used to Know"
Dottie West and Don Gibson	"Ring of Gold"
Jack Greene and Jeannie Seely	"Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You"
1971 ^[2]	Johnny Cash and June Carter	"If I Were a Carpenter"
The Statler Brothers	"Bed of Rose's"
Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton	"Daddy Was an Old-Time Preacher Man"
Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter	"Suspicious Minds"
Jack Blanchard and Misty Morgan	"Tennessee Bird Walk"
1972 ^[3]	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn	"After the Fire Is Gone"
Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton	"Better Move It on Home"
Roy Acuff with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	"I Saw the Light"
Johnny Cash and June Carter	"No Need to Worry"
Tompall & the Glaser Brothers	"Rings"
1973 ^[4]	The Statler Brothers	"The Class of '57"
Johnny Cash and June Carter	"If I Had a Hammer"
Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn	Lead Me On
George Jones and Tammy Wynette	"Take Me"
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will the Circle Be Unbroken
1974 ^[5]	Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge	"From the Bottle to the Bottom"
The Statler Brothers	Carry Me Back
Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner	"If Teardrops Were Pennies"
Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn	"Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"
Tammy Wynette and George Jones	"We're Gonna Hold On"
1975 ^[6]	The Pointer Sisters	"Fairytale"
Willie Nelson and Tracy Nelson	"After the Fire Is Gone"
Bobby Bare and Bobby Bare Jr.	"Daddy What If"
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge	"Loving Arms"
The Statler Brothers	"Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott"
1976 ^[7]	Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge	"Lover Please"
Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn	"Feelins'"
The Statler Brothers	"I'll Go to My Grave Loving You"
The Pointer Sisters	"Live Your Life Before You Die"
Asleep at the Wheel	Texas Gold
1977 ^[8]	Amazing Rhythm Aces	"The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"
George Jones and Tammy Wynette	"Golden Ring"
Asleep at the Wheel	"Route 66"
Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty	"The Letter"
The Statler Brothers	"Your Picture in the Paper"
1978 ^[9]	The Kendalls	"Heaven's Just a Sin Away"
Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty	Dynamic Duo
George Jones and Tammy Wynette	"Near You"
Asleep at the Wheel	The Wheel
The Oak Ridge Boys	"Y'all Come Back Saloon"
1979 ^[10]	Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson	"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
Kenny Rogers and Dottie West	"Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight"
The Oak Ridge Boys	"Cryin' Again"
The Statler Brothers	"Do You Know You Are My Sunshine"
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius	"If the World Ran Out of Love Tonight"
Charlie Rich and Janie Fricke	"On My Knees"

Year	Artist	Work
1980	Charlie Daniels Band	"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
The Bellamy Brothers	"If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me"
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band	"All the Gold in California"
Willie Nelson and Leon Russell	"Heartbreak Hotel"
Kenny Rogers and Dottie West	"All I Ever Need Is You"
1981	Emmylou Harris and Roy Orbison	"That Lovin' You Feelin Again"
Charlie Daniels Band	"In America"
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band	"Take Me to Your Lovin' Place"
The Oak Ridge Boys	"Heart of Mine"
Tanya Tucker and Glen Campbell	"Dream Lover"
1982	The Oak Ridge Boys	"Elvira"
Alabama	Feels So Right
David Frizzell and Shelly West	"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma"
Emmylou Harris and Don Williams	"If I Needed You"
Dottie West and Kenny Rogers	"What Are We Doin' in Love"
1983	Alabama	Mountain Music
Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson	"(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay"
The Oak Ridge Boys	Bobbie Sue
Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris	"Love Hurts"
The Whites	You Put the Blue in Me
1984	Alabama	The Closer You Get...
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band	"Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)"
Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson	"Pancho and Lefty"
Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings	Take It to the Limit
The Oak Ridge Boys	American Made
1985	The Judds	"Mama He's Crazy"
Alabama	"If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)"
Barbara Mandrell and Lee Greenwood	"To Me"
Anne Murray and Dave Loggins	"Nobody Loves Me Like You Do"
Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias	"As Time Goes By"
1986	The Judds	Why Not Me
Alabama	"Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
Forester Sisters	The Forester Sisters
Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson	"Highwayman"
Marie Osmond and Dan Seals	"Meet Me in Montana"
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers	"Real Love"
1987	The Judds	"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)"
Alabama	"She and I"
The Everly Brothers	Born Yesterday
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band	"She Used to Be Somebody's Baby"
Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison	Class of '55
1988	Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt	Trio
The Desert Rose Band	The Desert Rose Band
The Judds	Heartland
O'Kanes	"Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You"
Restless Heart	"I'll Still Be Loving You"
1989	The Judds	"Give a Little Love"
Forester Sisters	Sincerely
Highway 101	101²
The Oak Ridge Boys	"Gonna Take a Lot of River"
Restless Heart	Big Dreams in a Small Town

Year	Artist	Work
1990	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two
The Desert Rose Band	"She Don't Love Nobody"
Highway 101	"Honky Tonk Heart"
The Judds	"Young Love (Strong Love)"
Restless Heart	"Big Dreams in a Small Town"
1991	The Kentucky Headhunters	Pickin' on Nashville
Alabama	"Jukebox in My Mind"
The Judds	Love Can Build a Bridge
Restless Heart	"Fast Movin' Train"
Shenandoah	"Ghost in This House"
1992	The Judds	"Love Can Build a Bridge"
Alabama	"Forever's as Far as I'll Go"
Diamond Rio	"Meet in the Middle"
Forester Sisters	"Men"
The Kentucky Headhunters	Electric Barnyard
Texas Tornados	Zone of Our Own
1993	Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers	At the Ryman
Alabama	American Pride
Brooks & Dunn	"Boot Scootin' Boogie"
The Kentucky Headhunters	"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"
Restless Heart	"When She Cries"
1994	Brooks & Dunn	"Hard Workin' Man"
Confederate Railroad	"Trashy Women"
Diamond Rio	"In a Week or Two"
Little Texas	"God Blessed Texas"
Sawyer Brown	"All These Years"
1995	Asleep at the Wheel and Lyle Lovett	"Blues for Dixie"
Diamond Rio	"Love a Little Stronger"
Alison Krauss & Union Station	"When You Say Nothing at All"
The Mavericks	"What a Crying Shame"
The Tractors	"Baby Likes to Rock It"
1996	The Mavericks	"Here Comes the Rain"
Brooks & Dunn	"You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"
Little Texas	"Amy's Back in Austin"
Shenandoah	"Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)"
The Tractors	"Tryin' to Get to New Orleans"
1997	Brooks & Dunn	"My Maria"
BR5-49	"Cherokee Boogie"
Diamond Rio	"That's What I Get for Lovin' You"
The Mavericks	"All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down"
Texas Tornados	"Little Bit Is Better Than Nada"
1998	Alison Krauss & Union Station	"Looking in the Eyes of Love"
Alabama	"Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard"
Diamond Rio	"How Your Love Makes Me Feel"
The Kinleys	"Please"
The Mavericks	"I Don't Care (If You Love Me Anymore)"
1999	Dixie Chicks	"There's Your Trouble"
Alabama	"How Do You Fall In Love"
BR5-49	"Wild One"
The Mavericks	"Dance the Night Away"
The Wilkinsons	"26 Cents"

Year	Artist	Work
2000	Dixie Chicks	"Ready to Run"
BR5-49	"Honky Tonk Song"
Diamond Rio	"Unbelievable"
Lonestar	"Amazed"
SHeDAISY	"Little Good-Byes"
2001	Asleep at the Wheel	"Cherokee Maiden"
Alabama	"Twentieth Century"
Brooks & Dunn	"You'll Always Be Loved By Me"
Riders in the Sky	"Woody's Roundup"
The Wilkinsons	"Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend"
2002	Alison Krauss & Union Station	"The Lucky One"
Asleep at the Wheel	"Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens"
Brooks & Dunn	"Ain't Nothing 'Bout You"
Diamond Rio	"One More Day"
Lonestar	"I'm Already There"
2003	Dixie Chicks	"Long Time Gone"
Diamond Rio	"Beautiful Mess"
Lonestar	"Not a Day Goes By"
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	"Roll the Stone Away"
Trick Pony	"Just What I Do"
2004	Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder	"A Simple Life"
Brooks & Dunn	"Red Dirt Road"
Diamond Rio	"I Believe"
Lonestar	"My Front Porch Looking In"
The Oak Ridge Boys	"Colors"
2005	Dixie Chicks	"Top of the World" (Live)
Asleep at the Wheel	"New San Antonio Rose"
Big & Rich	"Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"
Brooks & Dunn	"You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl"
Notorious Cherry Bombs	"It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long"
2006	Alison Krauss & Union Station	"Restless"
Big & Rich	"Comin' to Your City"
Brooks & Dunn	"Play Something Country"
Dixie Chicks	"I Hope"
Rascal Flatts	"Bless the Broken Road"
2007	Dixie Chicks	"Not Ready to Make Nice"
The Duhks	"Heaven's My Home"
Little Big Town	"Boondocks"
Rascal Flatts	"What Hurts the Most"
The Wreckers	"Leave the Pieces"
2008 ^[11]	Eagles	"How Long"
Brooks & Dunn	"Proud of the House We Built"
Emerson Drive	"Moments"
Montgomery Gentry	"Lucky Man"
The Time Jumpers	"Sweet Memories"
2009 ^[12]	Sugarland	"Stay"
Brooks & Dunn	"God Must Be Busy"
Lady Antebellum	"Love Don't Live Here"
Rascal Flatts	"Every Day"
The SteelDrivers	"Blue Side of the Mountain"

Year	Artist	Work
2010 ^[13]	Lady Antebellum	"I Run to You"
Brooks & Dunn	"Cowgirls Don't Cry"
Rascal Flatts	"Here Comes Goodbye"
Sugarland	"It Happens"
Zac Brown Band	"Chicken Fried"
2011 ^[14]	Lady Antebellum	"Need You Now"
Dailey & Vincent	"Elizabeth"
Little Big Town	"Little White Church"
The SteelDrivers	"Where Rainbows Never Die"
Zac Brown Band	"Free"

Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

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