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Country and Bluegrass Grammy Winners

Here are the winners in the Country and Bluegrass categories. Actual winners are posted in GREEN. Fan-voted winners are posted in BLUE. When actual winners and fan-voted winners are the same, they are posted in PURPLE.

Album of the Year | Song of the Year | Female Vocalist
Male Vocalist | Group/Duo w/vocal
Vocal Collaboration | Instrumental | Country Song
Country Album | Bluegrass Album
Best Contemporary Folk Album
Best Short Form Music Video

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Category 2 - Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

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  • Home Dixie Chicks
    Dixie Chicks & Lloyd Maines, producers; Gary Paczosa, engineer/mixer; Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, mastering engineers
    [Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records]

  • The Eminem Show Eminem
    Jeff Bass, Dr. Dre, Eminem & Denaun Porter, producers; Steve Baughman, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri & Steve King, engineers/mixers; Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, mastering engineer
    [Aftermath/Interscope Records]

  • Come Away With Me Norah Jones
    Norah Jones, Arif Mardin, Jay Newland & Craig Street, producers; Husky Huskolds, Arif Mardin & Jay Newland, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
    [Blue Note Records]

  • Nellyville Nelly
    Jason "Jay E" Epperson, Just Blaze, The Neptunes, The Trackboyz & Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam, producers; Steve Eigner, Brian Garten, Russ Giraud, Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton, Greg Morgenstein, Matt Still & Rich Travali, engineers/mixers; Herb Powers, mastering engineer
    [Universal Records]

  • The Rising Bruce Springsteen
    Brendan O'Brien, producer; Nick Didia & Brendan O'Brien, engineers/mixers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer
    [Columbia Records Group]

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    Category 3 - Song Of The Year
    A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

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  • Complicated Avril Lavigne & The Matrix, songwriters (Avril Lavigne)
    Track from: Let Go
    [Arista Records; Publisher: Avril Lavigne Publishing]

  • Don't Know Why Jesse Harris, songwriter (Norah Jones)
    Track from: Come Away With Me
    [Blue Note Records; Publishers: Beanly Songs, Sony/ATV Music Pub.]

  • The Rising Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
    Track from: The Rising
    [Columbia Records Group; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen]

  • A Thousand Miles Vanessa Carlton, songwriter (Vanessa Carlton)
    Track from: Be Not Nobody
    [A&M Records; Publishers: Rosasharn Publishing, Universal Music]

  • Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) Alan Jackson, songwriter (Alan Jackson)
    Track from: Drive
    [Arista Records Nashville; Publishers: EMI April Music, Tri-Angels Music]

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    Category 36 - Best Female Country Vocal Performance
    For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

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  • Cry
    Faith Hill
    [Warner Brothers Records]
  • Blessed Martina McBride
    Track from: Greatest Hits
    [RCA Label Group-Nashville]

  • Dagger Through The Heart Dolly Parton
    Track from: Halos & Horns
    [Sugar Hill Records, Inc.]

  • Lately Lucinda Williams
    Track from: Going Driftless (Various Artists)
    [Red House Records]

  • Something Worth Leaving Behind Lee Ann Womack
    Track from: Something Worth Leaving Behind
    [MCA Nashville]

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    Category 37 - Best Male Country Vocal Performance
    For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

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  • Give My Love To Rose Johnny Cash
    Track from: American IV: The Man Comes Around
    [American Recordings/Lost Highway Records]

  • Three Days Pat Green
    Track from: Three Days
    [Republic Records/Universal Records]

  • Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) Alan Jackson
    Track from: Drive
    [Arista Nashville]

  • The Impossible Joe Nichols
    Track from: Man With A Memory
    [Universal South Records]

  • I'm Gonna Miss Her Brad Paisley
    Track from: Part II
    [Arista Nashville]

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    Category 38 - Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
    For established Duos or Groups. Singles or Tracks only.

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  • Beautiful Mess Diamond Rio
    Track from: Completely
    [Arista Nashville]

  • Long Time Gone Dixie Chicks
    Track from: Home
    [Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records]

  • Not A Day Goes By Lonestar
    Track from: I'm Already There
    [BNA Records]

  • Roll The Stone Away Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
    Track from: Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III
    [Capitol Records]

  • Just What I Do Trick Pony
    Track from: Trick Pony
    [H2E Records/Warner Brothers Records]

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    Category 39 - Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
    For a collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.

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  • Squeeze Me In Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood
    Track from: Scarecrow (Garth Brooks)
    [Capitol Records]

  • Flesh And Blood Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow & Emmylou Harris
    Track from: Kindred Spirits - A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash (Various Artists)
    [Lucky Dog Records]

  • Bridge Over Troubled Water Johnny Cash & Fiona Apple
    Track from: American IV: The Man Comes Around (Johnny Cash)
    [American Recordings/Lost Highway Records]

  • Mendocino County Line Willie Nelson With Lee Ann Womack
    Track from: The Great Divide (Willie Nelson)
    [Lost Highway Records]

  • Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Glory, Glory) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Taj Mahal, Alison Krauss & Doc Watson
    Track from: Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III
    [Capitol Records]

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    Category 40 - Best Country Instrumental Performance
    For instrumental recordings, with or without vocal coloring, by an Orchestra, Group or Soloist. Singles or Tracks only.

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  • Bearing Straight Bering Strait
    [Universal South]

  • Sally Goodin The Chieftains & Earl Scruggs
    Track from: Down The Old Plank Road
    [RCA Victor]

  • Lil' Jack Slade Dixie Chicks
    Track from: Home
    [Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records]

  • Bear Mountain Hop Béla Fleck
    Track from: The Country Bears (Various Artists)
    [Walt Disney Records]

  • Smoothie Song Nickel Creek
    Track from: This Side
    [Sugar Hill Records, Inc.]

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    Category 41 - Best Country Song
    A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.)
    Singles or Tracks only.

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  • The Impossible Kelley Lovelace & Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters (Joe Nichols)
    Track from: Man With A Memory
    [Universal South Records; Publishers: EMI April Music, Didn't Have To Be Music, Mosaic Music]

  • Long Time Gone Darrell Scott, songwriter (Dixie Chicks)
    Track from: Home
    [Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records; Publishers: Famous Music Corp., Chuck Wagon Gourmet Music]

  • Mendocino County Line Matt Serletic & Bernie Taupin, songwriters (Willie Nelson With Lee Ann Womack)
    Track from: The Great Divide (Willie Nelson)
    [Lost Highway Records; Publishers: Little Mole Music, Melusic Inc.]

  • Three Days Radney Foster & Pat Green, songwriters (Pat Green)
    Track from: Three Days
    [Republic Records/Universal Records; Publishers: Greenhorse Music, Spunker Songs, Universal-Polygram Int'l Pub.]

  • Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) Alan Jackson, songwriter (Alan Jackson)
    Track from: Drive
    [Arista Nashville; Publishers: EMI April Music, Tri-Angels Music]

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    Category 42 - Best Country Album
    For solo artists, Duos or Groups, vocal or instrumental. Compilation albums by various artists are not eligible. Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s) of 51% or more playing time of album.

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  • Home Dixie Chicks
    [Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records]

  • Drive Alan Jackson
    [Arista Nashville]

  • The Great Divide Willie Nelson
    [Lost Highway Records]

  • Man With A Memory Joe Nichols
    [Universal South]

  • Halos & Horns Dolly Parton
    [Sugar Hill Records, Inc.]

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    Category 43 - Best Bluegrass Album
    For solos, duos or groups, vocal or instrumental.

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  • Lost In The Lonesome Pines Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
    [Dualtone]

  • The Hard Game Of Love Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
    [Sugar Hill Records]

  • Stanley Blues Ralph Stanley II
    [Rebel Records]

  • Ralph Stanley Ralph Stanley
    [Columbia/DMZ]

  • Jelly On My Tofu The Roland White Band
    [Copper Creek Records]

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