Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album

Alison Krauss has won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album six times

The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album , in German "Grammy award for the best bluegrass album", is a music prize that has been awarded by the American Recording Academy in the field of bluegrass music since 1989 .

History and background

Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in a variety of categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall excellence regardless of album sales or chart position.

One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording (Vocal or Instrumental) , the award was first given to Bill Monroe in 1989 . In 1990 and 1991 the category was renamed the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording . Since 1992 the award has been given under the name Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album . From 1993 onwards, the award winners included not only the artists but also the producers and sound engineers associated with the nominated work. In 1995 and 1997, the producers of music compilations were the only award winners.

Alison Krauss holds the record for most wins in this category, having won six times (five times with the band Union Station). Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder has received five awards to date. The two-time winners include Jim Lauderdale and the Nashville Bluegrass Band . The award has previously been given to artists or bands from the United States every year. The band The Seldom Scene has the record for most nominations without a win, with five nominations.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	album	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1989	Bill Monroe	United States	Southern Flavor	Béla Fleck - Drive David Grisman - Home Is Where the Heart Is Peter Rowan and the Nashville Bluegrass Band - New Moon Rising The Seldom Scene - 15th Anniversary Celebration
1990	Bruce Hornsby and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	United States	The Valley Road	Doug Dillard Band - Heartbreak Hotel Johnson Mountain Boys - At the Old Schoolhouse Alison Krauss and Union Station - Two Highways Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys - Live at the Opry
1991	Alison Krauss	United States	I've Got That Old Feeling	Hot Rize - Take It Home Mac Wiseman - Grassroots to Bluegrass Nashville Bluegrass Band - The Boys Are Back in Town The Dillards - Darlin 'Boys
1992	Carl Jackson and John Starling	United States	Spring training	Alison Brown - Simple Pleasures Jim & Jesse - Music Among Friends Nashville Bluegrass Band - Home of the Blues Osborne Brothers - Hillbilly Fever
1993	Alison Krauss and Union Station	United States	Every Time You Say Goodbye	Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan and Lonesome Standard Time - Larry Cordle, Glen Duncan & Lonesome Standard Time Jerry Douglas - Slide Rule David Grisman , Herb Pedersen , Red Allen, Jim Buchanan, James Kerwin and Jerry Garcia - Bluegrass Reunion The Seldom Scene - Scene 20: 20th Anniversary Concert
1994	Nashville Bluegrass Band	United States	Waitin 'for the Hard Times to Go	Stuart Duncan - Stuart Duncan Johnson Mountain Boys - Blue Diamond Tony Rice - Tony Rice Plays and Sings Bluegrass Ralph Stanley - Saturday Night & Sunday Morning
1995	Different artists (the award went to producers Jerry Douglas and Tut Taylor)	United States	The Great Dobro Sessions	JD Crowe and the New South - Flashback Del McCoury - A Deeper Shade of Blue Osborne Brothers - When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland The Seldom Scene - Like We Used to Be
1996	Nashville Bluegrass Band	United States	Unleashed	Byron Berline - Fiddle and a Song The Cox Family - Beyond the City Claire Lynch - Moonlighter Rose Maddox - $ 35 and a Dream
1997	Different artists (the award went to producer Todd Phillips )	United States	True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe	Del McCoury Band - The Cold Hard Facts Tim O'Brien - Red on Blonde Peter Rowan - Bluegrass Boy Various Artists - The Stanley Tradition: Tribute to a Bluegrass Legacy
1998	Alison Krauss and Union Station	United States	So Long So Wrong	Richard Greene and the Grass Is Greener - Sales Tax Toddle Claire Lynch - Silver and Gold Kate MacKenzie - Age of Innocence Ralph Stanley - Short Life of Trouble
1999	Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder	United States	Bluegrass Rules!	Jim & Jesse - Songs from the Homeplace Nashville Bluegrass Band - American Beauty Ralph Stanley and Friends - Clinch Mountain Country Doc and Merle Watson - Home Sweet Home
2000	Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder	United States	Ancient tones	Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band - The Mountain Béla Fleck - The Bluegrass Sessions David Grisman , Ricky Skaggs, Sam Bush , Jesse McReynolds and Frank Wakefield - Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza Jim Lauderdale , Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys - I Feel Like Singing Today
2001	Dolly Parton	United States	The grass is blue	Alison Brown - Fair Weather Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time - Murder on Music Row Nickel Creek - Nickel Creek Ricky Skaggs and Friends - Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe
2002	Alison Krauss and Union Station	United States	New Favorite	Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder - History of the Future Ralph Stanley and Friends - Clinch Mountain Sweethearts
2003	Clinch Mountain Boys , Jim Lauderdale and Ralph Stanley	United States	Lost in the Lonesome Pines	Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver - The Hard Game of Love Ralph Stanley - Ralph Stanley Ralph Stanley II - Stanley Blues Roland White Band - Jelly on My Tofu
2004	Alison Krauss and Union Station	United States	live	Del McCoury Band - It's Just the Night Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder - Live at the Charleston Music Hall Various Artists - Christmas on the Mountain: A Bluegrass Christmas Rhonda Vincent - One Step Ahead
2005	Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder	United States	Brand New Strings	Lynn Anderson - The Bluegrass Sessions Nashville Bluegrass Band - Twenty Year Blues Ralph Stanley II - Carrying On Various Artists - A Tribute to Jimmy Martin: “The King of Bluegrass”
2006	Del McCoury Band	United States	The Company We Keep	Blue Highway - Marbletown Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes Rhonda Vincent and The Rage - Ragin 'Live The Grascals - The Grascals
2007	Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder	United States	Instrumentals	Jim Lauderdale - Bluegrass Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Live at the Ryman The Grascals - Long List of Heartaches Rhonda Vincent - All American Bluegrass Girl
2008	Jim Lauderdale	United States	The Bluegrass Diaries	Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes II: Black and White JD Crowe and the New South - Lefty's Old Guitar The Seldom Scene - Scenechronized Tony Trischka - Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
2009	Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder	United States	Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947	Cherryholmes - Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe Del McCoury Band - Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Earl Scruggs with Family and Friends - The Ultimate Collection: Live at the Ryman Dan Tyminski - Wheels
2010	Steve Martin	United States	The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo	Jim Lauderdale - Could We Get Any Closer? Michael Martin Murphey - Buckaroo Blue Grass Bryan Sutton and Friends - Almost Live Rhonda Vincent - Destination Life
2011	Patty Loveless	United States	Mountain Soul II	Sam Bush - Circles Around Me Del McCoury Band - Family Circle Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band - Legacy The SteelDrivers - Reckless
2012	Alison Krauss and Union Station	United States	Paper airplane	Jim Lauderdale - Reason and Rhyme: Bluegrass Songs by Robert Hunter and Jim Lauderdale Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers - Rare Bird Alert Del McCoury Band - Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe Ralph Stanley - A Mother's Prayer Chris Thile and Michael Daves - Sleep with One Eye Open
2013	Steep Canyon Rangers	United States	Nobody Knows You	Dailey & Vincent - The Gospel Side Of ... The Grascals - Life Finds a Way Noam Pikely - Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail The Special Consensus - Scratch Gravel Road
2014	Del McCoury Band	United States	The Streets of Baltimore	The Boxcars - It's Just a Road Dailey & Vincent - Brothers of the Highway Della Mae - This World Often Can Be James King - Three Chords and the Truth
2015	The Earls of Leicester	United States	The Earls of Leicester	Noam Pikely - Noam Pikely Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen - Cold Spell Bryan Sutton - Into My Own Rhonda Vincent - Only Me
2016	The SteelDrivers	United States	The Muscle Shoals Recordings	Dale Ann Bradley - Pocket Full of Keys Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley - Before the Sun Goes Down Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver - In Session Ralph Stanley and Friends - Man of Constant Sorrow
2017	O'Connor Band with Mark O'Connor	United States	Coming home	Blue Highway - Original Traditional Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver - Burden Bearer Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands - The Hazel and Alice Sessions Claire Lynch - North by South
2018	Rhonda Vincent and the Rage	United States	All the Rage: In Concert Volume One (Live)	Michael Cleveland - Fiddler's Dream Bobby Osborne - original Noam Pikely - Universal Favorite
	The Infamous Stringdusters	United States	Laws of Gravity
2019	The Travelin 'McCourys	United States	The Travelin 'McCourys	Mike Barnett - Portraits in Fiddles Sister Sadie - II The Special Consensus - Rivers and Roads Wood & Wire - North of Despair
2020 January 26th, 2020	Michael Cleveland	United States	Tall Fiddler	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Live in Prague, Czech Republic Po 'Ramblin' Boys - Toil, Tears & Trouble Missy Raines - Royal Traveler Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen - If You Can't Stand the Heat

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Grammy Award Winner for Best Bluegrass Album at grammy.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved April 3, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved April 3, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Bluegrass Album. Retrieved April 3, 2019 .