Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Awarded for	quality of male vocal performance in country music.
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1965
Last awarded	2011
Official website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance was awarded between 1965 and 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:

• From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
• In 1968 it was awarded as Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male
• From 1969 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
• From 1995 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Male Country Vocal Performance

The award was discontinued after the 2011 awards season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, all solo performances (male, female and instrumental) in the country category will be shifted to the newly formed Best Country Solo Performance category.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Category facts

• Most Wins in Category

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Vince Gill	Ronnie Milsap	Johnny Cash and Keith Urban[1]
Total Wins	8 wins	5 wins	4 wins[1]

1960s

• Grammy Awards of 1969
  • Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues"
• Grammy Awards of 1968
  • Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
• Grammy Awards of 1967
  • David Houston for "Almost Persuaded"
• Grammy Awards of 1966
  • Roger Miller for "King of the Road"
• Grammy Awards of 1965
  • Roger Miller for "Dang Me"

1970s

• Grammy Awards of 1979
  • Willie Nelson for "Georgia on My Mind"
• Grammy Awards of 1978
  • Kenny Rogers for "Lucille"
• Grammy Awards of 1977
  • Ronnie Milsap for "(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man"
• Grammy Awards of 1976
  • Willie Nelson for "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
• Grammy Awards of 1975
  • Ronnie Milsap for "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"
• Grammy Awards of 1974
  • Charlie Rich for "Behind Closed Doors"
• Grammy Awards of 1973
  • Charley Pride for Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs
• Grammy Awards of 1972
  • Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
• Grammy Awards of 1971
  • Ray Price, "For the Good Times"
• Grammy Awards of 1970
  • Johnny Cash for "A Boy Named Sue"

1980s

• Grammy Awards of 1989
  • Randy Travis for Old 8x10

Rodney Crowell - Diamonds & Dirt

Lyle Lovett - "Pontiac"

Dan Seals - "Addicted"

Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room

• Grammy Awards of 1988
  • Randy Travis for Always & Forever

George Strait - "All My Ex's Live in Texas"

Hank Williams Jr. - "Born to Boogie "

Steve Earle - "Exit 0 "

Dwight Yoakam - "Hillbilly Deluxe"

• Grammy Awards of 1987
  • Ronnie Milsap for "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"

Steve Earle - "Guitar Town"

Randy Travis - "Diggin' Up Bones"

Hank Williams Jr. - "Ain't Misbehavin''

Dwight Yoakam - "Guitars, Cadillacs"

• Grammy Awards of 1986
  • Ronnie Milsap for "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)"

Lee Greenwood - "I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)"

Mel McDaniel - "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On"

Willie Nelson - "Forgiving You Was Easy"

Ricky Skaggs - "You Make Me Feel Like a Man"

• Grammy Awards of 1985
  • Merle Haggard for "That's the Way Love Goes"

Lee Greenwood - "God Bless the USA".

Willie Nelson - "City of New Orleans"

Ricky Skaggs - "Country Boy"

Hank Williams Jr. - "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"

• Grammy Awards of 1984
  • Lee Greenwood for "I.O.U."

Ray Charles - "Born to Love Me"

Earl Thomas Conley - "Holding Her and Loving You"

Vern Gosdin - "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)"

Ronnie Milsap - "Stranger in My House"

Kenny Rogers - "All My Life"

• Grammy Awards of 1983
  • Willie Nelson for "Always on My Mind"

Ronnie Milsap - "He Got You"

Jerry Reed - "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)"

Kenny Rogers - "Love Will Turn You Around"

Ricky Skaggs - "Heartbroke"

• Grammy Awards of 1982
  • Ronnie Milsap for "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"

John Anderson - "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)"

George Jones - "Still Doin' Time"

Willie Nelson - "Somewhere over the Rainbow"

Eddie Rabbitt - "Step by Step"

• Grammy Awards of 1981
  • George Jones for "He Stopped Loving Her Today"

George Burns - "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"

Johnny Lee - "Lookin' for Love"

Willie Nelson - "On the Road Again"

Eddie Rabbitt - "Drivin' My Life Away"

• Grammy Awards of 1980
  • Kenny Rogers for "The Gambler"

Willie Nelson - "Whiskey River"

Charley Pride - "Burgers and Fries/When I Stop Leavin' (I'll Be Gone)"

Eddie Rabbitt - "Every Which Way but Loose"

Hank Williams Jr. - "Family Tradition"

1990s

Year	Winner	Nominations
1990	"Lyle Lovett and His Large Band" – Lyle Lovett	"Killin' Time" – Clint Black "After All This Time" – Rodney Crowell "It's Just a Matter of Time" – Randy Travis "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" – Keith Whitley
1991	"When I Call Your Name" – Vince Gill	"Friends In Low Places" – Garth Brooks "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)" – Doug Stone "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" – Randy Travis "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" – Dwight Yoakam
1992	"Ropin' the Wind" – Garth Brooks	"Somewhere in My Broken Heart" – Billy Dean "Pocket Full Of Gold" – Vince Gill "Don't Rock the Jukebox" – Alan Jackson "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" – Travis Tritt
1993	"I Still Believe in You" – Vince Gill	The Chase – Garth Brooks "Achy Breaky Heart" – Billy Ray Cyrus "Better Class Of Losers" – Randy Travis "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" – Travis Tritt
*1994	"Ain't That Lonely Yet" – Dwight Yoakam	"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" – Garth Brooks "Chattahoochee" – Alan Jackson "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" – George Jones "The Grand Tour" – Aaron Neville
1995	"When Love Finds You" – Vince Gill	"Thinkin' Problem" – David Ball "Your Love Amazes Me" – John Berry "I Swear" – John Michael Montgomery "Pocket of a Clown" – Dwight Yoakam
1996	"Go Rest High on That Mountain" – Vince Gill	"Standing on the Edge of Goodbye" – John Berry "Gone Country" – Alan Jackson "I Can Love You Like That" – John Michael Montgomery "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" – Dwight Yoakam
1997	"Worlds Apart" – Vince Gill	"Like the Rain" – Clint Black "My Wife Thinks You're Dead" – Junior Brown "Private Conversation" – Lyle Lovett "Nothing" – Dwight Yoakam
1998	"Pretty Little Adriana" – Vince Gill	"Something That We Do" – Clint Black "Rusty Cage" – Johnny Cash "Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia" – Willie Nelson "Carrying Your Love with Me" – George Strait
1999	"If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" – Vince Gill	"Nothin' but the Taillights" – Clint Black "To Make You Feel My Love" – Garth Brooks "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" – Steve Wariner

2000s

Year	Winner	Nominations
2000	"Choices" – George Jones	"Don't Come Cryin' to Me" – Vince Gill "That's Right (You're Not from Texas)" – Lyle Lovett "Please Remember Me" – Tim McGraw "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" – Dwight Yoakam
2001	"Solitary Man" – Johnny Cash	"Feels Like Love" – Vince Gill "One Voice" – Billy Gilman "My Best Friend" – Tim McGraw "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" – Dwight Yoakam
2002	"O Death" – Ralph Stanley	"Lovesick Blues" – Ryan Adams "I Dreamed About Mama Last Night" – Johnny Cash "San Antonio Girl" – Lyle Lovett "Grown Men Don't Cry" – Tim McGraw "Marie" – Willie Nelson
2003	"Give My Love to Rose" – Johnny Cash	"Three Days" – Pat Green "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" – Alan Jackson "The Impossible" – Joe Nichols "I'm Gonna Miss Her" – Brad Paisley
2004	"Next Big Thing" – Vince Gill	"Annabelle" – Ray Benson "My Baby Don't Tolerate" – Lyle Lovett "She's My Kind of Rain" – Tim McGraw "Brokenheartsville" – Joe Nichols "Three Wooden Crosses" – Randy Travis
2005	"Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw	"Engine One-Forty-Three" – Johnny Cash "In My Own Mind" – Lyle Lovett "You Are My Flower" – Willie Nelson "You'll Think of Me" – Keith Urban
2006	"You'll Think of Me" – Keith Urban[1]	"Funny How Time Slips Away" – George Jones "As Good as I Once Was" – Toby Keith "Midnight Communion" – Delbert McClinton "Good Ol' Boys" – Willie Nelson "Alcohol" – Brad Paisley
2007	"The Reason Why" – Vince Gill	"Every Mile a Memory" – Dierks Bentley "The Seashores of Old Mexico" – George Strait "Would You Go with Me" performed by Josh Turner "Once in a Lifetime" – Keith Urban
2008	"Stupid Boy" – Keith Urban[1]	"Long Trip Alone" – Dierks Bentley "A Woman's Love" – Alan Jackson "If You're Reading This" – Tim McGraw "Give It Away" – George Strait
2009	"Letter to Me" – Brad Paisley	"You're Gonna Miss This" – Trace Adkins "In Color" – Jamey Johnson "Just Got Started Lovin' You" – James Otto "Troubadour" – George Strait

2010s

Year	Winner	Nominations
2010	"Sweet Thing" – Keith Urban[1]	"All I Ask For Anymore" – Trace Adkins "People Are Crazy" – Billy Currington "High Cost of Living" – Jamey Johnson "Living for the Night" – George Strait
2011	"'Til Summer Comes Around" – Keith Urban[2][1]	"Macon" – Jamey Johnson "Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)" – Toby Keith "Turning Home" – David Nail "Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)" – Chris Young

References

1. Kristobak, Ryan (2014-01-26). "Keith Urban Grammys Performance: Country Star Sings 'Cop Car' With Gary Clark Jr.". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
2. Tucker, Ken (13 February 2011). "Lady Antebellum Tops Grammys". Country Weekly. Retrieved 14 February 2011.