The Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, it is designed for solo (vocal or instrumental) country recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only.
The award combines the previous categories for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Instrumental Performance (if it is an instrumental solo performance). The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate the distinctions between male and female performances.
Recipients
2010s Year Artist Work 2012 Taylor Swift "Mean" Jason Aldean "Dirt Road Anthem" Martina McBride "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" Blake Shelton "Honey Bee" Carrie Underwood "Mama's Song" 2013 Carrie Underwood "Blown Away" Dierks Bentley "Home" Eric Church "Springsteen" Ronnie Dunn "Cost of Livin'" Hunter Hayes "Wanted" Blake Shelton "Over" 2014 Darius Rucker "Wagon Wheel" Lee Brice "I Drive Your Truck" Hunter Hayes "I Want Crazy" Miranda Lambert "Mama's Broken Heart" Blake Shelton "Mine Would Be You" 2015 Carrie Underwood "Something in the Water" Eric Church "Give Me Back My Hometown" Hunter Hayes "Invisible" Miranda Lambert "Automatic" Keith Urban "Cop Car" 2016 Chris Stapleton "Traveller" Cam "Burning House" Carrie Underwood "Little Toy Guns" Keith Urban "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" Lee Ann Womack "Chances Are" 2017 Maren Morris "My Church" Brandy Clark "Love Can Go to Hell" Carrie Underwood "Church Bells" Keith Urban "Blue Ain't Your Color" Miranda Lambert "Vice" 2018 Chris Stapleton "Either Way" Sam Hunt "Body Like a Back Road" Alison Krauss "Losing You" Miranda Lambert "Tin Man" Maren Morris "I Could Use a Love Song" 2019 Kacey Musgraves "Butterflies" Loretta Lynn "Wouldn't It Be Great?" Maren Morris "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" Chris Stapleton "Millionaire" Keith Urban "Parallel Line"
2020s Year Artist Work 2020 Willie Nelson "Ride Me Back Home" Ashley McBryde "Girl Goin' Nowhere" Tyler Childers "All Your'n" Blake Shelton "God's Country" Tanya Tucker "Bring My Flowers Now" 2021 Vince Gill "When My Amy Prays" Eric Church "Stick That in Your Country Song" Brandy Clark "Who You Thought I Was" Miranda Lambert "Bluebird" Mickey Guyton "Black Like Me" 2022 Chris Stapleton "You Should Probably Leave" Luke Combs "Forever After All" Mickey Guyton "Remember Her Name" Jason Isbell "All I Do Is Drive" Kacey Musgraves "Camera Roll" 2023 Willie Nelson "Live Forever" Kelsea Ballerini "Heartfirst" Zach Bryan "Something in the Orange" Miranda Lambert "In His Arms" Maren Morris "Circles Around This Town" 2024 Chris Stapleton "White Horse" Tyler Childers "In Your Love" Brandy Clark "Buried" Luke Combs "Fast Car" Dolly Parton "The Last Thing on My Mind" 2025 Chris Stapleton "It Takes a Woman" Beyoncé "16 Carriages" Jelly Roll "I Am Not Okay" Kacey Musgraves "The Architect" Shaboozey "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" 2026 Chris Stapleton "Bad as I Used to Be" Tyler Childers "Nose on the Grindstone" Shaboozey "Good News" Zach Top "I Never Lie" Lainey Wilson "Somewhere Over Laredo"
Artists with multiple wins
6 wins Chris Stapleton
2 wins Carrie Underwood Willie Nelson
Artists with multiple nominations
7 nominations Chris Stapleton
6 nominations Miranda Lambert
5 nominations Carrie Underwood
4 nominations Maren Morris Blake Shelton Keith Urban
3 nominations Brandy Clark Tyler Childers Eric Church Hunter Hayes Kacey Musgraves
2 nominations Luke Combs Mickey Guyton Willie Nelson Shaboozey
See also Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance Grammy Award for Best Country Song Grammy Award for Best Country Album
References
External links Official Site of the Grammy Awards