Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Awarded for	quality vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative country recordings
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Official website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.^[1] It was first awarded in 2012, after a major overhaul of Grammy Award categories. The award combines the previous categories for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Country Collaboration with Vocals and Best Country Instrumental Performance (if the instrumental recording is performed by a duo or group). The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards.^[2]

According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for duo/group or collaborative (vocal or instrumental) country recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only.^[3]

Recipients

Year	Winner	Song	Nominees	Ref.
2012	The Civil Wars	"Barton Hollow"	Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson — "Don't You Wanna Stay" Kenny Chesney & Grace Potter — "You and Tequila" Thompson Square — "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not"	[4]
2013	Little Big Town	"Pontoon"	Eli Young Band — "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars — "Safe & Sound" The Time Jumpers — "On The Outskirts Of Town" Don Williams & Alison Krauss — "I Just Come Here for the Music"	[5]
2014	The Civil Wars	"From This Valley"	Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban — "Highway Don't Care" Kelly Clarkson & Vince Gill — "Don't Rush" Little Big Town — "Your Side of the Bed" Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton — "You Can't Make Old Friends"	[6]
2015	The Band Perry	"Gentle on My Mind"	Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood - "Somethin' Bad" Little Big Town - "Day Drinking" Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" Keith Urban ft. Eric Church - "Raise 'Em Up"	[7]
2016	Little Big Town	Girl Crush	Brothers Osborne - "Stay A Little Longer" Joey + Rory - "If I Needed You" Charles Kelley, Dierks Bentley & Eric Paslay - "The Driver" Blake Shelton ft. Ashley Monroe - "Lonely Tonight"

[*] Indicates the song also won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song.

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

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance
• Grammy Award for Best Country Song
• Grammy Award for Best Country Album

References

1. "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). Retrieved April 24, 2010.
2. Grammy Awards restructuring
3. "Category Mapper". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
4. "2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Country Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
5. "2012 – 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Country Field". The Recording Academy. December 5, 2012.
6. "The Civil Wars Win Another GRAMMY, John Paul White Breaks Twitter Silence". radio.com. January 27, 2014.
7. List of Nominees 2015

External links

• Official Site of the Grammy Awards