Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year

The following list shows the recipients for the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year.[1] The award is based on the musical performance of the group on solo country single or album release, as well as their overall contribution to country music during the eligibility period. For the purposes of the award, a group is defined as "as an act composed of three or more people, both of whom normally perform together and none of whom are known primarily as individual performing artists", though this was not always the case.[2] In 1970, a separate category was established for vocal duos.

Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented byCountry Music Association
First awarded1967
Currently held byOld Dominion (2024)

The inaugural recipients were The Stoneman Family in 1967. The Statler Brothers hold the record for most wins in the category, with nine, while three-time recipients Alabama hold the record for most nominations, with twenty one. To date, The Judds and the Dixie Chicks are the only all-female groups to win the award. Zac Brown Band holds the record for most nominations without a win, with twelve. The current holders of the award are Old Dominion, who won at the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2022.

Recipients

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Quartet Little Big Town have six wins in this category.
 
Three-time recipients Lady Antebellum/Lady A.
 
Rascal Flatts have won the award six times.
 
Four-time winners Dixie Chicks.
 
Three-time honorees The Judds were the first all-female winners.
 
Alabama are three-time recipients of the award.
 
1978 recipients The Oak Ridge Boys.
Year Winner Nominees
2024   Old Dominion
2023   Old Dominion
2022[3]   Old Dominion
2021   Old Dominion
2020[4]   Old Dominion
2019[5]   Old Dominion
2018[6]   Old Dominion
2017   Little Big Town
2016   Little Big Town
2015   Little Big Town
2014   Little Big Town
2013   Little Big Town
2012   Little Big Town
2011   Lady Antebellum
2010   Lady Antebellum
2009   Lady Antebellum
2008   Rascal Flatts
2007   Rascal Flatts
2006   Rascal Flatts
2005   Rascal Flatts
2004   Rascal Flatts
2003   Rascal Flatts
2002   Dixie Chicks
2001   Lonestar
2000   Dixie Chicks
1999   Dixie Chicks
1998   Dixie Chicks
1997   Diamond Rio
1996   The Mavericks
1995   The Mavericks
1994   Diamond Rio
1993   Diamond Rio
1992   Diamond Rio
1991   Kentucky Headhunters
1990   Kentucky Headhunters
1989   Highway 101
1988   Highway 101
1987   The Judds
1986   The Judds
1985   The Judds
1984   The Statler Brothers
1983   Alabama
1982   Alabama
1981   Alabama
1980   The Statler Brothers
1979   The Statler Brothers
1978   The Oak Ridge Boys
1977   The Statler Brothers
1976   The Statler Brothers
1975   The Statler Brothers
1974   The Statler Brothers
1973   The Statler Brothers
1972   The Statler Brothers
1971   The Osborne Brothers
1970   Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
1969   Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
1968   Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
1967   The Stoneman Family

Artists with multiple wins

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Groups that received multiple awards
Awards Artist
9 The Statler Brothers
7 Old Dominion
6 Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts
4 Diamond Rio
Dixie Chicks
3 Alabama
Lady Antebellum
The Judds
2 Highway 101
Kentucky Headhunters
The Mavericks

Won on first nomination

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In CMA history, only six groups have won Vocal Group of the Year the very first time they were nominated. They are:

Artists with multiple nominations

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21 nominations
19 nominations
17 nominations
15 nominations
14 nominations
10 nominations
9 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

References

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  1. ^ "Past Winners And Nominees | 2019 CMA Awards | Wednesday, November 13 on ABC". cmaawards.com. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "About". CMA Awards 2021 | Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  3. ^ "First-Timer Lainey Wilson Leads Nominations for 2022 CMA Awards: Full List". Billboard.
  4. ^ "CMA Awards 2020: Here's the full list of nominees".
  5. ^ Jon Freeman (28 August 2019). "2019 CMA Awards Nominees: See the List". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  6. ^ McCarthy, Kelly (August 28, 2018). "2018 CMA Awards nominations: See the full list". ABC News. Retrieved August 28, 2018.