American Music Award for Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group

The American Music Award for Favorite Duo or Group – Country has been awarded since 1974. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on November of the same year). The all-time winner in this category is Alabama with 17 wins.

American Music Awards for Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First awarded	1974
Last awarded	2022
Currently held by	Dan + Shay
Most awards	Alabama (17)
Most nominations	Alabama (18)
Website	theamas.com

Winners and nominees

1970s

Year	Artist	Ref
1974 (1st)
	Carter Family	[citation needed]
	The Osborne Brothers
	The Statler Brothers
1975 (2nd)
	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn	[citation needed]
	George Jones and Tammy Wynette
	The Statler Brothers
1976 (3rd)
	Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond	[citation needed]
	The Statler Brothers
	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
1977 (4th)
	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn	[citation needed]
	George Jones and Tammy Wynette
	The Statler Brothers
1978 (5th)
	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn	[citation needed]
	George Jones and Tammy Wynette
	The Statler Brothers
1979 (6th)
	The Statler Brothers	[citation needed]
	Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
	The Oak Ridge Boys

1980s

Year	Artist	Ref
1980 (7th)
	The Statler Brothers	[citation needed]
	The Oak Ridge Boys
	Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
1981 (8th)
	The Statler Brothers	[citation needed]
	Charlie Daniels Band
	The Oak Ridge Boys
1982 (9th)
	The Oak Ridge Boys	[citation needed]
	Alabama
	Willie Nelson and Ray Price
	The Statler Brothers
1983 (10th)
	Alabama	[citation needed]
	The Oak Ridge Boys
	The Statler Brothers
1984 (11th)
	Alabama	[citation needed]
	The Oak Ridge Boys
	Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
	The Statler Brothers
1985 (12th)
	Alabama	[citation needed]
	The Oak Ridge Boys
	The Statler Brothers
1986 (13th)
	Alabama	[citation needed]
	The Judds
	The Oak Ridge Boys
1987 (14th)
	Alabama	[citation needed]
	The Forester Sisters
	The Judds
	Marie Osmond and Paul Davis
1988 (15th)
	Alabama	[citation needed]
	The Judds
	Restless Heart
1989 (16th)
	Alabama	[citation needed]
	The Judds
	The Oak Ridge Boys

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990 (17th)
	Alabama	[1]
	Highway 101
	The Judds
1991 (18th)
	Alabama	[2]
	The Judds
	Shenandoah
1992 (19th)
	Alabama	[citation needed]
	The Judds
	The Kentucky Headhunters
1993 (20th)
	Alabama	[3]
	Brooks & Dunn
	Sawyer Brown
1994 (21st)
	Alabama	[citation needed]
	Brooks & Dunn
	Little Texas
1995 (22nd)
	Alabama	[4]
	Brooks & Dunn
	Little Texas
1996 (23rd)
	Alabama	[5]
	BlackHawk
	Brooks & Dunn
1997 (24th)
	Brooks & Dunn	[6]
	BlackHawk
	The Mavericks
1998 (25th)
	Alabama	[7]
	Brooks & Dunn
	Sawyer Brown
1999 (26th)
	Alabama	[citation needed]
	Brooks & Dunn
	Dixie Chicks

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000 (27th)
	Brooks & Dunn	[8]
	Diamond Rio
	Dixie Chicks
2001 (28th)
	Dixie Chicks	[citation needed]
	Brooks & Dunn
	Lonestar
2002 (29th)
	Brooks & Dunn	[citation needed]
	Lonestar
	SheDaisy
2003 (30th)
	Dixie Chicks	[9]
	Brooks & Dunn
	Lonestar
2003 (31st)
	Alabama	[10]
	Brooks & Dunn
	Dixie Chicks
2004 (32nd)
	Brooks & Dunn	[11]
	Lonestar
	Rascal Flatts
2005 (33rd)
	Brooks & Dunn	[12]
	Big & Rich
	Rascal Flatts
2006 (34th)
	Rascal Flatts	[13]
	Brooks & Dunn
	Montgomery Gentry
2007 (35th)
	Rascal Flatts	[14]
	Big & Rich
	Brooks & Dunn
2008 (36th)
	Rascal Flatts	[15]
	Brooks & Dunn
	Sugarland
2009 (37th)
	Rascal Flatts	[16]
	Sugarland
	Zac Brown Band

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010 (38th)
	Lady Antebellum	[17]
	Rascal Flatts
	Zac Brown Band
2011 (39th)
	Lady Antebellum	[18]
	The Band Perry
	Zac Brown Band
2012 (40th)
	Lady Antebellum	[19]
	Rascal Flatts
	Zac Brown Band
2013 (41st)
	Lady Antebellum	[20]
	The Band Perry
	Florida Georgia Line
2014 (42nd)
	Florida Georgia Line	[21]
	Eli Young Band
	Lady Antebellum
2015 (43rd)
	Florida Georgia Line	[22]
	Little Big Town
	Zac Brown Band
2016 (44th)
	Florida Georgia Line	[23]
	Old Dominion
	Zac Brown Band
2017 (45th)
	Little Big Town	[24]
	Florida Georgia Line
	Old Dominion
2018 (46th)
	Florida Georgia Line	[25]
	Dan + Shay
	Lanco
2019 (47th)
	Dan + Shay	[26]
	Florida Georgia Line
	Old Dominion

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020 (48th)
	Dan + Shay	[27]
	Florida Georgia Line
	Old Dominion
2021 (49th)
	Dan + Shay	[28]
	Florida Georgia Line
	Lady A
	Old Dominion
	Zac Brown Band
2022 (50th)	Dan + Shay	[29]
	Lady A
	Old Dominion
	Parmalee
	Zac Brown Band

Category facts

Multiple wins

17 wins Alabama 5 wins Brooks & Dunn 4 wins Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Lady Antebellum Rascal Flatts

3 wins The Statler Brothers Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn 2 wins Dixie Chicks

Multiple nominations

18 nominations Alabama 17 nominations Brooks & Dunn 12 nominations The Statler Brothers 9 nominations Florida Georgia Line The Oak Ridge Boys 8 nominations Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band 7 nominations The Judds Lady Antebellum 6 nominations Old Dominion 5 nominations Dan + Shay Dixie Chicks

4 nominations Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Lonestar 3 nominations George Jones and Tammy Wynette 2 nominations The Band Perry Big & Rich BlackHawk Little Big Town Little Texas Willie Nelson (1 w/ Waylon Jennings and 1 w/ Ray Price) Marie Osmond (1 w/ Donny Osmond and 1 w/ Paul Davis) Kenny Rogers (1 w/ Dolly Parton and 1 w/ Dottie West) Sawyer Brown Sugarland

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