Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Willie Nelson has received the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance three times (1976, 1979 and 1983)

The Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance , in German "Grammy award for the best male country vocal performance", is a music prize that was awarded from 1965 to 2011 by the American Recording Academy in the field of country music.

History and background

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

One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. The prize was awarded from 1965 to 2011 and went to Roger Miller for his song Dang Me in the first year . The category had several minor name changes:

• From 1965 to 1967 the award was called the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
• In 1968 she was in Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male renamed
• From 1969 to 1994 it was called the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• From 1995 to 2011 the name was then the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance .

The award was discontinued in a major overhaul of the Grammy categories following the 2011 awards ceremony. Starting in 2012, all solo performances (male, female and instrumental) in the field of country music will be recognized in the newly formed Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance category.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1965	Roger Miller	United States	Dang Me	Bobby Bare - Four Strong Winds Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line George Hamilton IV - Fort Worth, Dallas or Houston Sonny James - You're the Only World I Know Hank Locklin - Hank Locklin Sings Hank Williams Buck Owens - My Heart Skips a Beat
1966	Roger Miller	United States	King of the Road	Eddy Arnold - Make the World Go Away Bobby Bare - Talk Me Some Sense Carl Belew - Crystal Chandelier Jim Reeves - Is It Really Over?
1967	David Houston	United States	Almost persuaded	Ben Colder - Almost Persuaded No. 2 Jack Greene - There Goes My Everything Charley Pride - Just Between You and Me Jim Reeves - Distant Drums
1968	Glen Campbell	United States	Gentle on My Mind	Jim Ed Brown - Pop a Top Jack Greene - All the Time Charley Pride - Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger Porter Wagoner - The Cold Hard Facts of Life
1969	Johnny Cash	United States	Folsom Prison Blues	Glen Campbell - I Wanna Live Henson Cargill - Skip a Rope Roger Miller - Little Green Apples Porter Wagoner - The Carroll County Accident
1970	Johnny Cash	United States	A boy named Sue	Clay Hart - Spring Bobby Lewis - From Heaven to Heartache Charley Pride - All I Have to Offer You (Is Me) Jerry Reed - Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)
1971	Ray Price	United States	For the Good Times	Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee Charley Pride - Charley Pride's 10th album Jerry Reed - Amos Moses
1972	Jerry Reed	United States	When you're hot, you're hot	Freddie Hart - Easy Loving Johnny Paycheck - She's All I Got Ray Price - I Won't Mention It Again Charley Pride - Kiss an Angel Good Mornin '
1973	Charley Pride	United States	Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs	Merle Haggard - It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) Waylon Jennings - Good Hearted Woman Jerry Lee Lewis - Chantilly Lace Charlie Rich - I Take It on Home
1974	Charlie Rich	United States	Behind closed doors	Tom T. Hall - (Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine Kris Kristofferson - Why Me Charley Pride - Amazing Love Johnny Russell - Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer
1975	Ronnie Milsap	United States	Please don't tell me how the story ends	Glen Campbell - Bonaparte's Retreat Roy Clark - The Entertainer Waylon Jennings - I'm a Ramblin 'Man Charley Pride - Country Feelin '
1976	Willie Nelson	United States	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Glen Campbell - Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in LA) John Denver - Thank God I'm a Country Boy Freddy Fender - Before the Next Teardrop Falls Waylon Jennings - Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way Ray Stevens - Misty
1977	Ronnie Milsap	United States	(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man	Mac Davis - Forever Lovers Larry Gatlin - Broken Lady Waylon Jennings - Are You Ready for the Country Willie Nelson - I'd Have to Be Crazy
1978	Kenny Rogers	United States	Lucille	Larry Gatlin - I Don't Wanna Cry Waylon Jennings - Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) Ronnie Milsap - It Was Almost Like a Song Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles
1979	Willie Nelson	United States	Georgia on My Mind	Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy Ronnie Milsap - Let's Take the Long Way Around the World Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It Elvis Presley - Softly, as I Leave You Kenny Rogers - Love or Something Like It
1980	Kenny Rogers	United States	The Gambler	Willie Nelson - Whiskey River Charley Pride - Burgers and Fries / When I Stop Leavin '(I'll Be Gone) Eddie Rabbitt - Every Which Way but Loose Hank Williams Jr. - Family Tradition
1981	George Jones	United States	He Stopped Loving Her Today	George Burns - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again Johnny Lee - Lookin 'for Love Willie Nelson - On the Road Again Eddie Rabbitt - Drivin 'My Life Away
1982	Ronnie Milsap	United States	(There's) no gettin 'over me	John Anderson - I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday) Willie Nelson - Somewhere over the Rainbow Eddie Rabbitt - Step by Step George Jones - Still Doin 'Time
1983	Willie Nelson	United States	Always on My Mind	Ronnie Milsap - He Got You Jerry Reed - She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) Kenny Rogers - Love Will Turn You Around Ricky Skaggs - Heartbroke
1984	Lee Greenwood	United States	IOU	Ray Charles - Born to Love Me Earl Thomas Conley - Holding Her and Loving You Vern Gosdin - If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right) Ronnie Milsap - Stranger in My House Kenny Rogers - All My Life
1985	Merle Haggard	United States	That's the way love goes	Lee Greenwood - God Bless the USA Willie Nelson - City of New Orleans Ricky Skaggs - Country Boy Hank Williams Jr.- All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight
1986	Ronnie Milsap	United States	Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)	Lee Greenwood - I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) Mel McDaniel - Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On Willie Nelson - Forgiving You Was Easy Ricky Skaggs - You Make Me Feel Like a Man
1987	Ronnie Milsap	United States	Lost in the Fifties Tonight	Steve Earle - Guitar Town Randy Travis - Diggin 'Up Bones Hank Williams Jr.- Ain't Misbehavin ' Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs'
1988	Randy Travis	United States	Always & Forever	Steve Earle - Exit 0 George Strait - All My Ex's Live in Texas Hank Williams Jr.- Born to Boogie Dwight Yoakam - Hillbilly Deluxe
1989	Randy Travis	United States	Old 8x10	Rodney Crowell - Diamonds & Dirt Lyle Lovett - Pontiac Dan Seals - Addicted Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
1990	Lyle Lovett	United States	Lyle Lovett and His Large Band	Clint Black - Killin 'Time Rodney Crowell - After All This Time Randy Travis - It's Just a Matter of Time Keith Whitley - I'm No Stranger to the Rain
1991	Vince Gill	United States	When I Call Your Name	Garth Brooks - Friends In Low Places Doug Stone - I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box) Randy Travis - Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart Dwight Yoakam - Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
1992	Garth Brooks	United States	Ropin 'the wind	Billy Dean - Somewhere in My Broken Heart Vince Gill - Pocket Full Of Gold Alan Jackson - Don't Rock the Jukebox Travis Tritt - Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
1993	Vince Gill	United States	I still believe in you	Garth Brooks - The Chase Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart Randy Travis - Better Class of Losers Travis Tritt - Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man
1994	Dwight Yoakam	United States	Ain't That Lonely Yet	Garth Brooks - Ain't Goin 'Down (' Til the Sun Comes Up) Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee George Jones - I Don't Need Your Rockin 'Chair Aaron Neville - The Grand Tour
1995	Vince Gill	United States	When Love Finds You	David Ball - Thinkin 'Problem John Berry - Your Love Amazes Me John Michael Montgomery - I Swear Dwight Yoakam - Pocket of a Clown
1996	Vince Gill	United States	Go Rest High on That Mountain	John Berry - Standing on the Edge of Goodbye Alan Jackson - Gone Country John Michael Montgomery - I Can Love You Like That Dwight Yoakam - A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
1997	Vince Gill	United States	Worlds Apart	Clint Black - Like the Rain Junior Brown - My Wife Thinks You're Dead Lyle Lovett - Private Conversation Dwight Yoakam - Nothing
1998	Vince Gill	United States	Pretty Little Adriana	Clint Black - Something That We Do Johnny Cash - Rusty Cage Willie Nelson - Peach Pickin 'Time Down In Georgia George Strait - Carrying Your Love with Me
1999	Vince Gill	United States	If You Ever Have Forever in Mind	Clint Black - Nothin 'but the Taillights Garth Brooks - To Make You Feel My Love Steve Wariner - Holes in the Floor of Heaven
2000	George Jones	United States	Choices	Vince Gill - Don't Come Cryin 'to Me Lyle Lovett - That's Right (You're Not From Texas) Tim McGraw - Please Remember Me Dwight Yoakam - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2001	Johnny Cash	United States	Solitary Man	Vince Gill - Feels Like Love Billy Gilman - One Voice Tim McGraw - My Best Friend Dwight Yoakam - A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
2002	Ralph Stanley	United States	O Death	Ryan Adams - Lovesick Blues Johnny Cash - I Dreamed About Mama Last Night Lyle Lovett - San Antonio Girl Tim McGraw - Grown Men Don't Cry Willie Nelson - Marie
2003	Johnny Cash	United States	Give My Love to Rose	Pat Green - Three Days Alan Jackson - Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) Joe Nichols - The Impossible Brad Paisley - I'm Gonna Miss Her
2004	Vince Gill	United States	Next big thing	Ray Benson - Annabelle Lyle Lovett - My Baby Don't Tolerate Tim McGraw - She's My Kind of Rain Joe Nichols - Brokenheartsville Randy Travis - Three Wooden Crosses
2005	Tim McGraw	United States	Live Like You Were Dying	Johnny Cash - Engine One-Forty-Three Lyle Lovett - In My Own Mind Willie Nelson - You Are My Flower Keith Urban - You'll Think of Me
2006	Keith Urban	Australia	You'll think of me	George Jones - Funny How Time Slips Away Toby Keith - As Good as I Once Was Delbert McClinton - Midnight Communion Willie Nelson - Good Ol 'Boys Brad Paisley - Alcohol
2007	Vince Gill	United States	The Reason Why	Dierks Bentley - Every Mile a Memory George Strait - The Seashores of Old Mexico Josh Turner - Would You Go with Me Keith Urban - Once in a Lifetime
2008	Keith Urban	Australia	Stupid boy	Dierks Bentley - Long Trip Alone Alan Jackson - A Woman's Love Tim McGraw - If You're Reading This George Strait - Give It Away
2009	Brad Paisley	United States	Letter to me	Trace Adkins - You're Gonna Miss This Jamey Johnson - In Color James Otto - Just Got Started Lovin 'You George Strait - Troubadour
2010	Keith Urban	Australia	Sweet thing	Trace Adkins - All I Ask for Anymore Billy Currington - People Are Crazy Jamey Johnson - High Cost of Living George Strait - Living for the Night
2011	Keith Urban	Australia	'Til Summer Comes Around	Jamey Johnson - Macon Toby Keith - Cryin 'for Me (Wayman's Song) David Nail - Turning Home Chris Young - Gettin 'You Home (The Black Dress Song)

Facts about the category

Most of the profits

space	1	2	3
Artist	Vince Gill	Ronnie Milsap	Johnny Cash and Keith Urban
Number of wins	9	5	4th

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved June 30, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved June 30, 2019 . 
3. ^ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .