↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
Her first award nomination was in 1985, when the Academy of Country Music nominated her as Top New Female Vocalist. Three years later, the Country Music Association nominated her for the Horizon Award (now the Best New Artist award). In 1998, she was one of several featured vocalists on the collaborative track "Same Old Train" from the album A Tribute to Tradition, which won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. In 2011, she received a second Grammy, this time for Best Bluegrass Album for Mountain Soul II.