Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,<ref name=Grammy>Template:Cite news</ref> to quality country music collaborations for artists who do not normally perform together.<ref name=Grammy1995 /> 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".<ref name=Overview>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Originally called the Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet, the award was first presented to Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap at the 30th Grammy Awards in 1988 for the single "Make No Mistake, She's Mine". The next year, the category's name was changed to Best Country Vocal Collaboration, a name it held until 1996 when it was awarded as the Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. In 2011, the category was merged with the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance, forming the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance in order to "tighten the number of categories" at the Grammy Awards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Alison Krauss holds the record for having the most wins in this category, with a total of five. She is followed by seven others, who have all won the award twice. Among the most nominated are Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson, both nine-time nominees. Krauss was nominated eight times, while Dolly Parton was a seven-time hopeful. Nominated bands include 1996 winners Shenandoah, a five-man country music band, three-time nominees the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, as well as one of the award's final recipients, the Zac Brown Band.

Recipients

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Five-time award winner Alison Krauss

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1999 and 2000 award winner Emmylou Harris

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2003 and 2008 award winner Willie Nelson

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k.d. lang, one of two winners born outside of the United States

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2009 award winner Carrie Underwood collaborated with Randy Travis

Year{{#if:[I]|[I]|[1]}}	Performing artists	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1988	Template:Sort name with Kenny Rogers	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1988>Template:Cite news</ref>
1989	Template:Sort name and k.d. lang	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1989>Template:Cite news</ref>
1990	Template:Sort name with Hank Williams, Sr.	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1990>Template:Cite news</ref>
1991	Template:Sort name and Mark Knopfler	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1991>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992	Template:Sort name with Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs and Steve Wariner	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1992>Template:Cite news</ref>
1993	Template:Sort name featuring Marty Stuart	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1993>Template:Cite news</ref>
1994	Template:Sort name with Linda Davis	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1994>Template:Cite news</ref>
1995	Template:Sort name and Trisha Yearwood	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1995>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Shenandoah with Alison Krauss	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1996>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997	Template:Sort name featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1997>Template:Cite news</ref>
1998	Template:Sort name with Garth Brooks	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1998>Template:Cite news</ref>
1999	Template:Sort name, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1999>Template:Cite news</ref>
2000	Template:Sort name, Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2000>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2001	Template:Sort name with Tim McGraw	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2001>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002	Template:Sort name, Pat Enright and Harley Allen (The Soggy Bottom Boys)	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2002>Template:Cite news</ref>
2003	Template:Sort name with Lee Ann Womack	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2003>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004	Template:Sort name and Alison Krauss	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2004>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005	Template:Sort name with Jack White	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2005>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006	Template:Sort name featuring Tim McGraw	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2006>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Template:Sort name with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2007>Template:Cite news</ref>
2008	Template:Sort name and Ray Price	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2008>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009	Template:Sort name and Alison Krauss	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2009>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010	Template:Sort name featuring Randy Travis	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2010>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2011>Template:Cite news</ref>

^{^[I]{{#if:| }}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance
• Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance
• Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance
• Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

References

General

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Specific

External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards Template:Webarchive

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