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American Music Award for Favorite Country Album
American Music Award
Summary
American Music Award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | American Music Awards for Favorite Country Album |
| presenter | American Music Awards |
| year | 1974 |
| holder | Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter |
| most_wins | Carrie Underwood (6) |
| most_nominations | Garth Brooks (10) |
| country | United States |
| website | theamas.com |
| image | Beyoncé - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - 1st June 2023 (10 of 118) (52946364598) (best crop).jpg |
| image_caption | Cowboy Carter by Beyoncé is the most recent recipient. |
The American Music Award for Favorite Album – 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 Carrie Underwood with 6 wins; Underwood is also the only artist in the show's history to have all six consecutive albums win. Garth Brooks is the most nominated artist with 10 nominations.
Winners and nominees
1970s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref | 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1st) | 1975 | ||||||||
| (2nd) | 1976 | ||||||||
| (3rd) | 1977 | ||||||||
| (4th) | 1978 | ||||||||
| (5th) | 1979 | ||||||||
| (6th) | |||||||||
| Charley Pride | *A Sunshiny Day with Charley Pride* | ||||||||
| Charlie Rich | Behind Closed Doors | ||||||||
| Tammy Wynette | First Songs of the First Lady | ||||||||
| Olivia Newton-John | *Let Me Be There* | ||||||||
| Charlie Rich | A Very Special Love Song | ||||||||
| Behind Closed Doors | |||||||||
| John Denver | *Back Home Again* | ||||||||
| Freddy Fender | Before the Next Teardrop Falls | ||||||||
| Olivia Newton-John | Have You Never Been Mellow | ||||||||
| Glen Campbell | *Rhinestone Cowboy* | ||||||||
| Ronnie Milsap | 20/20 Vision | ||||||||
| Willie Nelson | Red Headed Stranger | ||||||||
| Dolly Parton | *New Harvest – First Gathering* | ||||||||
| Waylon Jennings | Are You Ready for the Country | ||||||||
| Ol' Waylon | |||||||||
| Kenny Rogers | *Ten Years of Gold* | ||||||||
| Dolly Parton | Here You Come Again | ||||||||
| Linda Ronstadt | Simple Dreams |
1980s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref | 1980 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (7th) | 1981 | ||||||||||||
| (8th) | 1982 | ||||||||||||
| (9th) | 1983 | ||||||||||||
| (10th) | 1984 | ||||||||||||
| (11th) | 1985 | ||||||||||||
| (12th) | 1986 | ||||||||||||
| (13th) | 1987 | ||||||||||||
| (14th) | 1988 | ||||||||||||
| (15th) | 1989 | ||||||||||||
| (16th) | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Rogers | *The Gambler* | ||||||||||||
| Crystal Gayle | Miss the Mississippi | ||||||||||||
| Waylon Jennings | Greatest Hits | ||||||||||||
| Kenny Rogers | *The Gambler* | ||||||||||||
| Waylon Jennings | Music Man | ||||||||||||
| Kenny Rogers | Ten Years of Gold | ||||||||||||
| Kenny Rogers | *Greatest Hits* | ||||||||||||
| Alabama | Feels So Right | ||||||||||||
| Waylon Jennings | Greatest Hits | ||||||||||||
| Anne Murray | Anne Murray's Greatest Hits | ||||||||||||
| Willie Nelson | *Always on My Mind* | ||||||||||||
| Alabama | Mountain Music | ||||||||||||
| The Oak Ridge Boys | Fancy Free | ||||||||||||
| Alabama | *The Closer You Get...* | ||||||||||||
| Lee Greenwood | Somebody's Gonna Love You | ||||||||||||
| Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson | Pancho & Lefty | ||||||||||||
| Ricky Skaggs | Highways & Heartaches | ||||||||||||
| Kenny Rogers | *Eyes That See in the Dark* | ||||||||||||
| Alabama | Roll On | ||||||||||||
| Ricky Skaggs | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown | ||||||||||||
| Alabama | *40-Hour Week* | ||||||||||||
| Willie Nelson | City of New Orleans | ||||||||||||
| Ricky Skaggs | Country Boy | ||||||||||||
| Alabama | *Greatest Hits* | ||||||||||||
| The Judds | Rockin' with the Rhythm | ||||||||||||
| Reba McEntire | Whoever's in New England | ||||||||||||
| George Strait | Something Special | ||||||||||||
| Randy Travis | *Always & Forever* | ||||||||||||
| The Judds | Heartland | ||||||||||||
| George Strait | Ocean Front Property | ||||||||||||
| Randy Travis | *Always & Forever* | ||||||||||||
| George Strait | If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' | ||||||||||||
| Ricky Van Shelton | Wild-Eyed Dream |
1990s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref | 1990 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (17th) | 1991 | ||||||||||||
| (18th) | 1992 | ||||||||||||
| (19th) | 1993 | ||||||||||||
| (20th) | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| (21st) | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| (22nd) | 1996 | ||||||||||||
| (23rd) | 1997 | ||||||||||||
| (24th) | 1998 | ||||||||||||
| (25th) | 1999 | ||||||||||||
| (26th) | |||||||||||||
| Randy Travis | *Old 8×10* | ||||||||||||
| George Strait | Beyond the Blue Neon | ||||||||||||
| Hank Williams Jr. | Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 | ||||||||||||
| Reba McEntire | *Reba Live* | ||||||||||||
| Clint Black | Killin' Time | ||||||||||||
| George Strait | Livin' It Up | ||||||||||||
| Garth Brooks | *No Fences* | ||||||||||||
| Clint Black | Put Yourself in My Shoes | ||||||||||||
| Garth Brooks | Ropin' the Wind | ||||||||||||
| Alan Jackson | Don't Rock the Jukebox | ||||||||||||
| Travis Tritt | It's All About to Change | ||||||||||||
| Reba McEntire | *For My Broken Heart* | ||||||||||||
| Garth Brooks | The Chase | ||||||||||||
| Billy Ray Cyrus | Some Gave All | ||||||||||||
| Alan Jackson | *A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)* | ||||||||||||
| Brooks & Dunn | Hard Workin' Man | ||||||||||||
| Garth Brooks | In Pieces | ||||||||||||
| Reba McEntire | It's Your Call | ||||||||||||
| Reba McEntire | *Read My Mind* | ||||||||||||
| Alan Jackson | Who I Am | ||||||||||||
| Various Artists | Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles | ||||||||||||
| Garth Brooks | *The Hits* | ||||||||||||
| Brooks & Dunn | Waitin' on Sundown | ||||||||||||
| Shania Twain | The Woman in Me | ||||||||||||
| George Strait | *Blue Clear Sky* | ||||||||||||
| Garth Brooks | Fresh Horses | ||||||||||||
| Shania Twain | The Woman in Me | ||||||||||||
| George Strait | *Carrying Your Love with Me* | ||||||||||||
| Tim McGraw | Everywhere | ||||||||||||
| LeAnn Rimes | Unchained Melody: The Early Years | ||||||||||||
| Trisha Yearwood | (Songbook) A Collection of Hits | ||||||||||||
| Garth Brooks | *Sevens* | ||||||||||||
| George Strait | One Step at a Time | ||||||||||||
| Shania Twain | Come On Over |
2000s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref | 2000 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (27th) | 2001 | |||||||||||||
| (28th) | 2002 | |||||||||||||
| (29th) | 2003 | |||||||||||||
| (30th) | 2003 | |||||||||||||
| (31st) | 2004 | |||||||||||||
| (32nd) | 2005 | |||||||||||||
| (33rd) | 2006 | |||||||||||||
| (34th) | 2007 | |||||||||||||
| (35th) | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| (36th) | 2009 | |||||||||||||
| (37th) | ||||||||||||||
| Garth Brooks | *Double Live* | |||||||||||||
| Dixie Chicks | Fly | |||||||||||||
| George Strait | Always Never the Same | |||||||||||||
| Faith Hill | *Breathe* | |||||||||||||
| Alan Jackson | Under the Influence | |||||||||||||
| Toby Keith | How Do You Like Me Now?! | |||||||||||||
| Tim McGraw | *Set This Circus Down* | |||||||||||||
| Brooks & Dunn | Steers & Stripes | |||||||||||||
| Lonestar | I'm Already There | |||||||||||||
| Dixie Chicks | *Home* | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Chesney | No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems | |||||||||||||
| Alan Jackson | Drive | |||||||||||||
| Toby Keith | Unleashed | |||||||||||||
| Toby Keith | *Unleashed* | |||||||||||||
| Tim McGraw | Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors | |||||||||||||
| Rascal Flatts | Melt | |||||||||||||
| Shania Twain | Up! | |||||||||||||
| Toby Keith | *Shock'n Y'all* | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Chesney | When the Sun Goes Down | |||||||||||||
| Martina McBride | Martina | |||||||||||||
| Tim McGraw | *Live Like You Were Dying* | |||||||||||||
| Toby Keith | Honkytonk University | |||||||||||||
| Gretchen Wilson | Here for the Party | |||||||||||||
| Tim McGraw | *Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2* | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Cash | The Legend of Johnny Cash | |||||||||||||
| Rascal Flatts | Me and My Gang | |||||||||||||
| Carrie Underwood | *Some Hearts* | |||||||||||||
| Rascal Flatts | Me and My Gang | |||||||||||||
| Tim McGraw | Let It Go | |||||||||||||
| Carrie Underwood | *Carnival Ride* | |||||||||||||
| Garth Brooks | The Ultimate Hits | |||||||||||||
| Rascal Flatts | Still Feels Good | |||||||||||||
| Taylor Swift | *Fearless* | |||||||||||||
| Rascal Flatts | Unstoppable | |||||||||||||
| Zac Brown Band | The Foundation |
2010s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref | 2010 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (38th) | 2011 | ||||||||||||
| (39th) | 2012 | ||||||||||||
| (40th) | 2013 | ||||||||||||
| (41st) | 2014 | ||||||||||||
| (42nd) | 2015 | ||||||||||||
| (43rd) | 2016 | ||||||||||||
| (44th) | 2017 | ||||||||||||
| (45th) | 2018 | ||||||||||||
| (46th) | 2019 | ||||||||||||
| (47th) | |||||||||||||
| Carrie Underwood | *Play On* | ||||||||||||
| Jason Aldean | Wide Open | ||||||||||||
| Lady Antebellum | Need You Now | ||||||||||||
| Taylor Swift | *Speak Now* | ||||||||||||
| Jason Aldean | My Kinda Party | ||||||||||||
| The Band Perry | The Band Perry | ||||||||||||
| Carrie Underwood | *Blown Away* | ||||||||||||
| Luke Bryan | Tailgates & Tanlines | ||||||||||||
| Lionel Richie | Tuskegee | ||||||||||||
| Taylor Swift | *Red* | ||||||||||||
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | ||||||||||||
| Florida Georgia Line | Here's to the Good Times | ||||||||||||
| Brantley Gilbert | *Just as I Am* | ||||||||||||
| Garth Brooks | Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences | ||||||||||||
| Eric Church | The Outsiders | ||||||||||||
| Florida Georgia Line | *Anything Goes* | ||||||||||||
| Jason Aldean | Old Boots, New Dirt | ||||||||||||
| Sam Hunt | Montevallo | ||||||||||||
| Carrie Underwood | *Storyteller* | ||||||||||||
| Luke Bryan | Kill the Lights | ||||||||||||
| Chris Stapleton | Traveller | ||||||||||||
| Keith Urban | *Ripcord* | ||||||||||||
| Jason Aldean | They Don't Know | ||||||||||||
| Chris Stapleton | From A Room: Volume 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kane Brown | *Kane Brown* | ||||||||||||
| Luke Combs | This One's for You | ||||||||||||
| Thomas Rhett | Life Changes | ||||||||||||
| Carrie Underwood | *Cry Pretty* | ||||||||||||
| Dan + Shay | Dan + Shay | ||||||||||||
| Kane Brown | Experiment |
2020s
| Year | Artist | Album | Ref | 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (48th) | 2021 | ||||||
| (49th) | 2022 | ||||||
| (50th) | 2025 | ||||||
| (51st) | |||||||
| Blake Shelton | *Fully Loaded: God's Country* | ||||||
| Luke Combs | What You See Is What You Get | ||||||
| Morgan Wallen | If I Know Me | ||||||
| Gabby Barrett | *Goldmine* | ||||||
| Lee Brice | Hey World | ||||||
| Luke Bryan | Born Here Live Here Die Here | ||||||
| Chris Stapleton | Starting Over | ||||||
| Morgan Wallen | Dangerous: The Double Album | ||||||
| Taylor Swift | *Red (Taylor's Version)* | ||||||
| Luke Combs | Growin' Up | ||||||
| Walker Hayes | Country Stuff: The Album | ||||||
| Cody Johnson | Human: The Double Album | ||||||
| Carrie Underwood | Denim & Rhinestones | ||||||
| Beyoncé | *Cowboy Carter* | ||||||
| Jelly Roll | Beautifully Broken | ||||||
| Megan Moroney | Am I Okay? | ||||||
| Post Malone | F-1 Trillion | ||||||
| Shaboozey | Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going |
Category facts
Multiple wins
; 6 wins
- Carrie Underwood ; 5 wins
- Kenny Rogers ; 4 wins
- Garth Brooks
- Taylor Swift
; 3 wins
- Alabama
- Reba McEntire
- Tim McGraw
- Randy Travis ; 2 wins
- Toby Keith
- George Strait
Multiple nominations
; 10 nominations
- Garth Brooks
; 9 nominations
- George Strait
; 7 nominations
- Carrie Underwood
; 6 nominations
- Alabama
- Tim McGraw
- Kenny Rogers
; 5 nominations
- Alan Jackson
- Waylon Jennings
- Toby Keith
- Reba McEntire
- Rascal Flatts
; 4 nominations
- Jason Aldean
- Willie Nelson
- Shania Twain ; 3 nominations
- Brooks & Dunn
- Luke Bryan
- Charlie Rich
- Ricky Skaggs
- Taylor Swift
- Randy Travis
; 2 nominations
- Clint Black
- Kenny Chesney
- Dixie Chicks
- Florida Georgia Line
- The Judds
- Olivia Newton-John
- Dolly Parton
- Chris Stapleton
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