Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal explained

Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Awarded For:	Quality vocal country music duo or group performance
Presenter:	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country:	United States
Year:	1970
Year2:	2011
Holder:	Lady Antebellum – "Need You Now" (2011)
Website:	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded from 1970 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:

In 1970 the award was known as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group
From 1971 to 1981 it was awarded as Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
From 1982 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy Awards in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. Since 2012, all duo or group performances in the country category were shifted to the newly formed Best Country Duo/Group Performance category.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Multiple winners

Both Dixie Chicks and The Judds won five awards in the category. Other multiple winners include Alison Krauss and Union Station, and Emmylou Harris who won three apiece, and Asleep at the Wheel, Brooks and Dunn, Alabama, Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson and Lady Antebellum each of which won two.

Recipients

Year	Winner(s)	Title	Ref.
1970	Waylon Jennings, The Kimberlys	"MacArthur Park"	^[1]
1971	Johnny Cash, June Carter	"If I Were a Carpenter"	^[2]
1972	Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn	"After the Fire Is Gone"	^[3]
1973	The Statler Brothers	"The Class of '57"	^[4]
1974	Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge	"From the Bottle to the Bottom"	^[5]
1975	The Pointer Sisters	"Fairytale"	^[6]
1976	Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge	"Lover Please"	^[7]
1977	Amazing Rhythm Aces	"The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)"	^[8]
1978	The Kendalls	"Heaven's Just a Sin Away"	^[9]
1979	Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson	"Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"	^[10]
1980	Charlie Daniels Band	"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
1981	Emmylou Harris & Roy Orbison	"That Lovin' You Feelin Again"
1982	The Oak Ridge Boys	"Elvira"
1983	Alabama	Mountain Music
1984	Alabama	The Closer You Get...
1985	The Judds	"Mama He's Crazy"
1986	The Judds	Why Not Me
1987	The Judds	"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)"
1988	Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt	Trio
1989	The Judds	"Give a Little Love"
1990	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1991	The Kentucky Headhunters	Pickin' on Nashville
1992	The Judds	"Love Can Build a Bridge"
1993	Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers	At the Ryman
1994	Brooks & Dunn	"Hard Workin' Man"
1995	Asleep at the Wheel & Lyle Lovett	"Blues for Dixie"
1996	The Mavericks	"Here Comes the Rain"
1997	Brooks & Dunn	"My Maria"
1998	Alison Krauss & Union Station	"Looking in the Eyes of Love"
1999	Dixie Chicks	"There's Your Trouble"
2000	Dixie Chicks	"Ready to Run"
2001	Asleep at the Wheel	"Cherokee Maiden"
2002	Alison Krauss & Union Station	"The Lucky One"
2003	Dixie Chicks	"Long Time Gone"
2004	Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder	"A Simple Life"
2005	Dixie Chicks	"Top of the World" (Live)
2006	Alison Krauss & Union Station	"Restless"
2007	Dixie Chicks	"Not Ready to Make Nice"
2008	Eagles	"How Long"
2009	Sugarland	"Stay"
2010	Lady Antebellum	"I Run to You"
2011	Lady Antebellum	"Need You Now"