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Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album

Honor presented to recording artists for quality bluegrass albums

Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
Summary

Honor presented to recording artists for quality bluegrass albums

FieldValue
nameGrammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
awarded_forQuality works in the bluegrass music genre
presenterNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
countryUnited States
year1989
holderBilly Strings – Live Vol. 1 (2025)
websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the bluegrass music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording (Vocal or Instrumental), the award was first presented in 1989. In 1990 and 1991, the category was renamed Best Bluegrass Recording, and in 1990, the award was reserved for singles rather than albums. In 1992 the category was renamed Best Bluegrass Album.

In 1995 and 1997, producers of compilation albums were the only award recipients.

The inaugural recipient of the award was Bill Monroe, widely considered to be the founder of the genre. Alison Krauss has the most wins in the category, with six, including five with her band Union Station who are tied with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder for second most wins. Jim Lauderdale, Nashville Bluegrass Band, and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are the only other acts to have won more than once, with two awards each. Del McCoury holds the record for most nominations, with ten, while Doyle Lawson, Noam Pickelny, Peter Rowan, and The Seldom Scene have the most nominations without a win, with four. In 2018, the first tie in the history of the category occurred, with the award being presented to both Rhonda Vincent and The Infamous Stringdusters. The current recipient of the award is Billy Strings, who won at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.

Recipients

A woman wearing a pink dress and playing a fiddle.
Six-time award winner [[Alison Krauss]], performing in 2007
A man wearing a black shirt and playing a stringed instrument with his fingers. His eyes are closed, and he is standing behind microphone stands.
Five-time award winner [[Ricky Skaggs]] (along with [[Kentucky Thunder]]), performing in 2007
A woman with blond hair wearing large hoop earrings and red lipstick.
2001]] award winner [[Dolly Parton
A man wearing a blue dress shirt, standing behind a microphone stand and holding a guitar.
Two-time award winner [[Jim Lauderdale
An older man wearing a white cowboy hat and a black dress shirt, standing behind a microphone stand and holding a banjo.
2003]] award winner [[Ralph Stanley
A man in a purple suit and a hat playing the dobro.
The Earls of Leicester
A man wearing a blue dress shirt, standing behind a microphone stand and holding a guitar backed by his band.
Two-time winners The [[Del McCoury Band
A man wearing a suit and playing a banjo.
2010]] award winner [[Steve Martin
A blonde woman in a green dress singing and playing the mandolin.
2018]] following five previous nominations
A man playing guitar.
2021 and 2025 recipient [[Billy Strings]].
A man sat down playing banjo.
[[Béla Fleck]] won in 2022 following two prior nominations.
A bluegrass band.
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway]].
YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.19891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
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Alison Krauss and Union StationPaper Airplane{{smalldiv
Steep Canyon RangersNobody Knows You{{smalldiv
Del McCoury BandThe Streets of Baltimore{{smalldiv
The Earls of LeicesterThe Earls of Leicester{{smalldiv
The SteelDriversThe Muscle Shoals Recordings{{smalldiv
O'Connor Band with Mark O'ConnorComing Home{{smalldiv
Rhonda Vincent and the RageAll the Rage{{smalldiv
The Infamous StringdustersLaws of Gravity
The Travelin' McCourysThe Travelin' McCourys{{smalldiv
Michael ClevelandTall Fiddler{{smalldiv
Billy StringsHome{{smalldiv
Béla FleckMy Bluegrass Heart{{smalldiv
Molly Tuttle & Golden HighwayCrooked Tree{{smalldiv
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Billy StringsLive Vol. 1

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Awards were presented to Jerry Douglas and Tut Taylor as the producers of the album.

An award was presented to Todd Phillips as the producer of the album.

Artists with multiple wins

;6 wins

  • Alison Krauss

;5 wins

  • Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
  • Union Station

;2 wins

  • Jim Lauderdale
  • Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
  • Nashville Bluegrass Band
  • Billy Strings

Artists with multiple nominations

;10 nominations

  • Del McCoury
  • Del McCoury Band

;9 nominations

  • Ralph Stanley
  • Ricky Skaggs

;8 nominations ;* Dan Tyminski ;7 nominations

  • Alison Krauss
  • Kentucky Thunder
  • Nashville Bluegrass Band
  • Rhonda Vincent

;6 nominations

  • Jim Lauderdale
  • Union Station

;5 nominations

  • Jerry Douglas

;4 nominations

  • Doyle Lawson
  • Noam Pikelny
  • Peter Rowan
  • The Seldom Scene
  • Billy Strings

;3 nominations

  • Béla Fleck
  • Bobby Osborne
  • Cherryholmes
  • Claire Lynch
  • David Grisman
  • Jesse McReynolds
  • Michael Cleveland
  • Sam Bush
  • Steep Canyon Rangers
  • The Grascals
  • The Infamous Stringdusters

;2 nominations

  • Alison Brown
  • Bill Monroe
  • Blue Highway
  • Bryan Sutton
  • Clinch Mountain Boys
  • Dailey & Vincent
  • Dolly Parton
  • Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen
  • J. D. Crowe and the New South
  • Jim & Jesse
  • Johnson Mountain Boys
  • Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time
  • Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
  • Osborne Brothers
  • Patty Loveless
  • Steve Martin
  • The Special Consensus
  • The SteelDrivers
  • Tony Trischka

Notes

References

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