Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.^[1] According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo (vocal or instrumental) country recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only.^[2]

Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance
"White Horse" by Chris Stapleton is the most recent recipient
Awarded for	Quality solo vocal or instrumental country recordings
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	2012
Currently held by	Chris Stapleton, "White Horse" (2024)
Website	grammy.com

The award combines the previous categories for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Instrumental Performance (if it is an instrumental solo performance). The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate the distinctions between male and female performances.^[3]

Recipients

The first winner of the award was Taylor Swift for her song "Mean" in 2012.

Two-time winner Carrie Underwood

Chris Stapleton has the most wins with four in total.

2020 and 2023 winner Willie Nelson

Year[I]	Recipients	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2012	Taylor Swift	"Mean"	Jason Aldean – "Dirt Road Anthem" Martina McBride – "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" Blake Shelton – "Honey Bee" Carrie Underwood – "Mama's Song"	[4]
2013	Carrie Underwood	"Blown Away"	Dierks Bentley – "Home" Eric Church – "Springsteen" Ronnie Dunn – "Cost of Livin'" Hunter Hayes – "Wanted" Blake Shelton – "Over"	[5]
2014	Darius Rucker	"Wagon Wheel"	Lee Brice – "I Drive Your Truck" Hunter Hayes – "I Want Crazy" Miranda Lambert – "Mama's Broken Heart" Blake Shelton – "Mine Would Be You"	[6]
2015	Carrie Underwood	"Something in the Water"	Eric Church – "Give Me Back My Hometown" Hunter Hayes – "Invisible" Miranda Lambert – "Automatic" Keith Urban – "Cop Car"	[7]
2016	Chris Stapleton	"Traveller"	Cam – "Burning House" Carrie Underwood – "Little Toy Guns" Keith Urban – "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" Lee Ann Womack – "Chances Are"	[7]
2017	Maren Morris	"My Church"	Brandy Clark – "Love Can Go to Hell" Carrie Underwood – "Church Bells" Keith Urban – "Blue Ain't Your Color" Miranda Lambert – "Vice"	[8]
2018	Chris Stapleton	"Either Way"	Sam Hunt – "Body Like a Back Road" Alison Krauss – "Losing You" Miranda Lambert – "Tin Man" Maren Morris – "I Could Use a Love Song"	[9]
2019	Kacey Musgraves	"Butterflies"	Loretta Lynn – "Wouldn't It Be Great?" Maren Morris – "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" Chris Stapleton – "Millionaire" Keith Urban – "Parallel Line"	[10]
2020	Willie Nelson	"Ride Me Back Home"	Ashley McBryde – "Girl Goin' Nowhere" Tyler Childers – "All Your'n" Blake Shelton – "God's Country" Tanya Tucker – "Bring My Flowers Now"	[11]
2021	Vince Gill	"When My Amy Prays"	Eric Church – "Stick That in Your Country Song" Brandy Clark – "Who You Thought I Was" Miranda Lambert – "Bluebird" Mickey Guyton – "Black Like Me"	[12]
2022	Chris Stapleton	"You Should Probably Leave"	Luke Combs – "Forever After All" Mickey Guyton – "Remember Her Name" Jason Isbell – "All I Do Is Drive" Kacey Musgraves – "Camera Roll"	[13]
2023	Willie Nelson	"Live Forever"	Kelsea Ballerini – "Heartfirst" Zach Bryan – "Something in the Orange" Miranda Lambert – "In His Arms" Maren Morris – "Circles Around This Town"	[14]
2024	Chris Stapleton	"White Horse"	Tyler Childers – "In Your Love" Brandy Clark – "Buried" Luke Combs – "Fast Car" Dolly Parton – "The Last Thing On My Mind"	[15]
2025	TBA	TBA	Beyoncé – "16 Carriages" Jelly Roll – "I Am Not Okay" Kacey Musgraves – "The Architect" Shaboozey – "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" Chris Stapleton – "It Takes a Woman"	[16]

Artists with multiple wins

4 wins Chris Stapleton

2 wins Carrie Underwood Willie Nelson

Artists with multiple nominations

6 nominations Miranda Lambert Chris Stapleton 5 nominations Carrie Underwood 4 nominations Maren Morris Blake Shelton Keith Urban

3 nominations Brandy Clark Eric Church Hunter Hayes Kacey Musgraves 2 nominations Tyler Childers Luke Combs Mickey Guyton Willie Nelson

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance
• Grammy Award for Best Country Song
• Grammy Award for Best Country Album

References

1. "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
2. "Category Mapper". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
3. "Grammy Awards restructuring". Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
4. "2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Country Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
5. "2012 – 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Country Field". The Recording Academy. December 5, 2011.
6. "2015 Nominees" (PDF). Grammy.com. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
7. "2014 Nominees" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
8. "Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. December 6, 2016.
9. "Grammy Awards Winners List: Updating Live". Variety. January 28, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
10. "61st Annual GRAMMY Awards". Archived from the original on December 7, 2018.
11. "2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Nominees List". Archived from the original on November 20, 2019.
12. "2021 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List". Archived from the original on November 24, 2020.
13. "2022 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Nominations List". Grammy.com.
14. "2023 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. November 16, 2022.
15. "2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Full Nominees List | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
16. Monroe, Jazz (November 8, 2024). "Grammy Nominations 2025: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 8, 2024.

External links

• Official Site of the Grammy Awards