Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album

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Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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,[1] 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".[2]

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording (Vocal or Instrumental),[3] 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
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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.
Four-time recipient Jerry Douglas has won as a member of both Union Station and 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.
Rhonda Vincent received the award in 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.
Two-time winners Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.
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2012 Alison Krauss and Union Station Paper Airplane Template:Smalldiv
2013 Steep Canyon Rangers Nobody Knows You Template:Smalldiv [26]
2014 Del McCoury Band The Streets of Baltimore Template:Smalldiv
2015 The Earls of Leicester The Earls of Leicester Template:Smalldiv [27]
2016 The SteelDrivers The Muscle Shoals Recordings Template:Smalldiv
2017 O'Connor Band with Mark O'Connor Coming Home Template:Smalldiv [28]
2018 Rhonda Vincent and the Rage All the Rage Template:Smalldiv [29]
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2019 The Travelin' McCourys The Travelin' McCourys Template:Smalldiv [30]
2020 Michael Cleveland Tall Fiddler Template:Smalldiv
2021 Billy Strings Home Template:Smalldiv [31]
2022 Béla Fleck My Bluegrass Heart Template:Smalldiv [32]
2023 Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway Crooked Tree Template:Smalldiv [33]
2024 City of Gold Template:Smalldiv [34]
2025 Billy Strings Live Vol. 1 [35]
2026 TBA TBA [36]

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Artists with multiple wins

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Artists with multiple nominations

10 nominations
9 nominations
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