Juno Award for Country Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada. A number of previous award categories have been combined under this name, including "Best Country Male Artist", "Best Country Female Artist" and "Country Group or Duo of the Year".^{[citation needed]}

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2010	Johnny Reid	Dance with Me	Terri Clark, The Long Way Home Doc Walker, Go Emerson Drive, Believe The Road Hammers, The Road Hammers II
2011	Johnny Reid	A Place Called Love	Gord Bamford, Day Job Dean Brody, Trail in Life Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Love Rules Deric Ruttan, Sunshine
2012	Terri Clark	Roots and Wings	Doc Walker, 16 & 1 High Valley, High Valley Jason McCoy, Everything Jimmy Rankin, Forget About the World
2013	Johnny Reid	Fire It Up	Dean Brody, Dirt Chad Brownlee, Love Me or Leave Me Emerson Drive, Roll Dallas Smith, Jumped Right In	^[1]
2014	Dean Brody	Crop Circles	Gord Bamford, Country Junkie Tim Hicks, Throw Down Brett Kissel, Started with a Song Small Town Pistols, Small Town Pistols	^[2]
2015	Dallas Smith	Lifted	Kira Isabella, Caffeine & Big Dreams Jess Moskaluke, Light Up the Night MacKenzie Porter, MacKenzie Porter The Road Hammers, Wheels
2016	Dean Brody	Gypsy Road	Autumn Hill, Anchor Paul Brandt, Frontier High Valley, County Line Brett Kissel, Pick Me Up
2017	Jess Moskaluke	Kiss Me Quiet	Gord Bamford, Tin Roof Chad Brownlee, Hearts on Fire Aaron Pritchett, The Score Dallas Smith, Side Effects
2018	James Barker Band	Game On	Dean Brody, Beautiful Freakshow Tim Hicks, Shake These Walls High Valley, Dear Life Jess Moskaluke, Past the Past	^[3]
2019	Brett Kissel	We Were That Song	Tim Hicks, New Tattoo Jess Moskaluke, A Small Town Christmas Meghan Patrick, Country Music Made Me Do It The Reklaws, Feels Like That	^[4]
2020	Meghan Patrick	Wild As Me	Dean Brody, Black Sheep Aaron Goodvin, V Hunter Brothers, State of Mind Dallas Smith, The Fall	^[5]
2021	Tenille Townes	The Lemonade Stand	Jade Eagleson, Jade Eagleson Lindsay Ell, Heart Theory Mackenzie Porter, Drinkin' Songs: The Collection Dallas Smith, Timeless	^[6]
2022	Brett Kissel	What Is Life?	Tenille Arts, Girl to Girl Dean Brody, Boys Tim Hicks, Campfire Troubadour The Reklaws, Sophomore Slump	^[7]
2023	Tenille Townes	Masquerades	Jade Eagleson, Honkytonk Revival High Valley, Way Back Orville Peck, Bronco The Reklaws, Good Ol' Days	^[8]
2024	James Barker Band	Ahead of Our Time	Dean Brody, Right Round Here Jade Eagleson, Do It Anyway Brett Kissel, The Compass Project - South Album Tyler Joe Miller, Spillin' My Truth	^[9]
2025	Josh Ross	Complicated	Brett Kissel, The Compass Project: West Album Tyler Joe Miller, Going Home Mackenzie Porter, Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart Dallas Smith, Dallas Smith	^[10]
2026	Cameron Whitcomb	The Hard Way	James Barker Band, One of Us Brett Kissel, Let Your Horses Run Meghan Patrick, Golden Child Josh Ross, Later Tonight	^[11]

Juno Award for Country Album of the Year

Winners

Best Country Male Artist (1970 - 1974)

Best Country Female Artist (1970 - 1974)

Best Country Group or Duo (1970 - 1974)

Country Male Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)

Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)

Country Group or Duo of the Year (1975 - 1998)

Best Country Male Vocalist (1999 - 1999)

Best Country Female Vocalist (1999 - 1999)

Best Country Group or Duo (1999 - 2001)

Best Country Male Artist (2000 - 2001)

Best Country Female Artist (2000 - 2001)

Best Country Artist/Group (2002)

Best New Country Artist/Group (2002)

Country Recording of the Year (2003 - 2009)

Country Album of the Year (2010 - present)

References

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