Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

mini|Willie Nelson hat den Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance drei Mal (1976, 1979 und 1983) erhalten Der Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, auf Deutsch „Grammy-Auszeichnung für die beste männliche Country-Gesangsdarbietung“, ist ein Musikpreis, der von 1965 bis 2011 von der amerikanischen Recording Academy im Bereich der Country-Musik verliehen wurde.

Geschichte und Hintergrund Die seit 1959 verliehenen Grammy Awards werden jährlich in zahlreichen Kategorien von der Recording Academy in den Vereinigten Staaten vergeben, um künstlerische Leistung, technische Kompetenz und hervorragende Gesamtleistung ohne Rücksicht auf die Album-Verkäufe oder Chart-Position zu würdigen.

Eine dieser Kategorien war der Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. Der Preis wurde von 1965 bis 2011 vergeben und ging im ersten Jahr an Roger Miller für sein Lied Dang Me. Die Kategorie hatte mehrere geringfügige Namensänderungen:

Von 1965 bis 1967 hieß die Auszeichnung Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male 1968 wurde sie in Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male umbenannt Von 1969 bis 1994 nannte sie sich Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male Von 1995 bis 2011 war die Bezeichnung dann Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.

Die Auszeichnung wurde nach der Preisverleihung des Jahres 2011 in einer umfassenden Überarbeitung der Grammy-Kategorien eingestellt. Ab 2012 werden alle Soloauftritte (männlich, weiblich und instrumental) im Bereich der Country-Musik in der neu gebildeten Kategorie Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance ausgezeichnet.

Gewinner und Nominierte Jahr Gewinner Nationalität Werk Nominierte Bild des/der Gewinner(s)1965Roger MillerDang 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 Beat1966Roger MillerKing 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?1967David HoustonAlmost Persuaded Ben Colder – Almost Persuaded No. 2 Jack Greene – There Goes My Everything Charley Pride – Just Between You and Me Jim Reeves – Distant Drums1968Glen CampbellGentle 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 Life165x165px1969Johnny CashFolsom Prison Blues Glen Campbell – I Wanna Live Henson Cargill – Skip a Rope Roger Miller – Little Green Apples Porter Wagoner – The Carroll County Accident165x165px1970Johnny CashA 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)165x165px1971Ray PriceFor the Good Times Johnny Cash – Sunday Morning Coming Down Merle Haggard – Okie from Muskogee Charley Pride – Charley Pride’s 10th Album Jerry Reed – Amos Moses254x254px1972Jerry ReedWhen 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’1973Charley PrideCharley 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 Home1974Charlie RichBehind 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 Beer1975Ronnie MilsapPlease 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’1976Willie NelsonBlue Eyes Crying in the Rain Glen Campbell – Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.) 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 – Misty198x198px1977Ronnie Milsap(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 Crazy1978Kenny RogersLucille 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. Bojangles228x228px1979Willie NelsonGeorgia 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 It198x198px1980Kenny RogersThe 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 Tradition228x228px1981George JonesHe 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 Away241x241px1982Ronnie Milsap(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’ Time1983Willie NelsonAlways 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 – Heartbroke198x198px1984Lee GreenwoodI.O.U. 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 Life217x217px1985Merle HaggardThat’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 Tonight220x220px1986Ronnie MilsapLost 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 Man1987Ronnie MilsapLost in the Fifties Tonight Steve Earle – Guitar Town Randy Travis – Diggin’ Up Bones Hank Williams Jr. – Ain’t Misbehavin’ Dwight Yoakam – Guitars, Cadillacs’1988Randy TravisAlways & Forever Steve Earle – Exit 0 George Strait – All My Ex’s Live in Texas Hank Williams Jr. – Born to Boogie Dwight Yoakam – Hillbilly Deluxe247x247px1989Randy TravisOld 8x10 Rodney Crowell – Diamonds & Dirt Lyle Lovett – Pontiac Dan Seals – Addicted Dwight Yoakam – Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room247x247px1990Lyle LovettLyle 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 Rain248x248px1991Vince GillWhen 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 Loose248x248px1992Garth BrooksRopin’ 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)283x283px1993Vince GillI 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 Man248x248px1994Dwight YoakamAin’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 Tour210x210px1995Vince GillWhen Love Finds You David Ball – Thinkin’ Problem John Berry – Your Love Amazes Me John Michael Montgomery – I Swear Dwight Yoakam – Pocket of a Clown248x248px1996Vince GillGo 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 Nowhere248x248px1997Vince GillWorlds Apart Clint Black – Like the Rain Junior Brown – My Wife Thinks You’re Dead Lyle Lovett – Private Conversation Dwight Yoakam – Nothing248x248px1998Vince GillPretty 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 Me248x248px1999Vince GillIf 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 Heaven248x248px2000George JonesChoices 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 Love241x241px2001Johnny CashSolitary Man Vince Gill – Feels Like Love Billy Gilman – One Voice Tim McGraw – My Best Friend Dwight Yoakam – A Thousand Miles from Nowhere165x165px2002Ralph StanleyO 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 – Marie176x176px2003Johnny CashGive 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 Her165x165px2004Vince GillNext 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 Crosses248x248px2005Tim McGrawLive 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 Me221x221px2006Keith UrbanYou’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 – Alcohol220x220px2007Vince GillThe 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 Lifetime248x248px2008Keith UrbanStupid Boy Dierks Bentley – Long Trip Alone Alan Jackson – A Woman’s Love Tim McGraw – If You’re Reading This George Strait – Give It Away220x220px2009Brad PaisleyLetter to Me Trace Adkins – You’re Gonna Miss This Jamey Johnson – In Color James Otto – Just Got Started Lovin’ You George Strait – Troubadour196x196px2010Keith UrbanSweet Thing Trace Adkins – All I Ask for Anymore Billy Currington – People Are Crazy Jamey Johnson – High Cost of Living George Strait – Living for the Night220x220px2011Keith Urban’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)220x220px

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