Grammy Award for Best Country Song

The Grammy Award for Best Country Song (sometimes known as the Country Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the writer(s) of the song, not to the artist, except if the artist is also the songwriter.

There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:

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

2010s

Year Songwriter(s) Title Artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)
Ref.
2016 Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose "Girl Crush" Little Big Town [1]
2015 Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" Glen Campbell [2]
2014 Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne "Merry Go 'Round" Kacey Musgraves [3]
2013 Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins "Blown Away" Carrie Underwood
2012 Taylor Swift "Mean" Taylor Swift
2011 Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott "Need You Now" Lady Antebellum
2010 Liz Rose & Taylor Swift "White Horse" Taylor Swift

2000s

Year Songwriter(s) Title Artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)
Ref.
2009 Jennifer Nettles "Stay" Sugarland
2008 Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear "Before He Cheats" Carrie Underwood
2007 Hillary Lindsey, Brett James & Gordie Sampson "Jesus, Take the Wheel" Carrie Underwood
2006 Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon "Bless the Broken Road" Rascal Flatts
2005 Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman "Live Like You Were Dying" Tim McGraw
2004 Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
2003 Alan Jackson "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" Alan Jackson
2002 Robert Lee Castleman "The Lucky One" Alison Krauss & Union Station
2001 Mark D. Sanders & Tia Sillers "I Hope You Dance" Lee Ann Womack
2000 Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Shania Twain "Come On Over" Shania Twain

1990s

Year Songwriter(s) Title Artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)
Ref.
1999 Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain "You're Still the One" Shania Twain
1998 Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas "Butterfly Kisses" Bob Carlisle / Jeff Carson / the Raybon Brothers
1997 Bill Mack "Blue" LeAnn Rimes
1996 Vince Gill "Go Rest High on That Mountain" Vince Gill

"How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" (Burton Banks Collins & Karen Taylor Good) Patty Loveless

"Independence Day" (Gretchen Peters) Martina McBride

"Shut Up and Kiss Me" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Mary Chapin Carpenter

"When Love Finds You" (Vince Gill & Michael Omartian) Vince Gill

"Ain't That Lonely Yet" (Kostas & James House) Dwight Yoakam

"Chattahoochee" (Alan Jackson & Jim McBride) Alan Jackson

"Does He Love You" (Sandy Knox & Billy Stretch) Reba McEntire & Linda Davis

"The Hard Way" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Mary Chapin Carpenter

"I Feel Lucky" (Mary Chapin Carpenter & Don Schlitz) Mary Chapin Carpenter

"Achy Breaky Heart" (Don Von Tress) Billy Ray Cyrus

"She Is His Only Need" (Dave Loggins) Wynonna Judd

"The Greatest Man I Never Knew" (Richard Leigh & Layng Martine, Jr.) Reba McEntire

"Don't Rock The Jukebox" (Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah & Keith Stegall) Alan Jackson

"Down at the Twist and Shout" (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) Mary Chapin Carpenter

"Eagle When She Flies" (Dolly Parton) Dolly Parton

"Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" (Travis Tritt) Travis Tritt

"Come Next Monday" (K.T. Oslin, Rory Michael Bourke & Charlie Black) K.T. Oslin

"The Dance" (Tony Arata) Garth Brooks

"Friends In Low Places" (DeWayne Blackwell & Earl Bud Lee) Garth Brooks

"When I Call Your Name" (Vince Gill & Tim DuBois) Vince Gill

"A Better Man" (Clint Black & Hayden Nicholas) Clint Black

"Luck in My Eyes" (k.d. lang & Ben Mink) k.d. lang

"She Don't Love Nobody" (John Hiatt) The Desert Rose Band

"There's a Tear in My Beer" (Hank Williams, Sr.) Hank Williams, Sr. & Hank Williams, Jr.

1980s

"Chiseled in Stone" (Vern Gosdin & Max Barnes)

"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" (Rodney Crowell)

"She's No Lady" (Lyle Lovett)

"Streets of Bakersfield" (Homer Joy) Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens

"All My Ex's Live In Texas" (Sanger D. Shafer & Lyndia J. Shafer) George Strait

"80's Ladies" (K.T. Oslin)

"I'll Still Be Loving You" (Todd Cerney, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch & Pam Rose) Restless Heart

"Telling Me Lies" (Linda Thompson & Betsy Cook)

"Daddy's Hands" (Holly Dunn)

"Guitar Town" (Steve Earle)

"Guitars, Cadillacs" (Dwight Yoakam)

"Whoever's in New England" (Quentin Powers & Kendall Franceschi) Reba McEntire

"Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" (Bob McDill)

"Desperados Waiting for a Train" (Guy Clark)

"40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" (Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver & Don Schlitz)

"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell) Rosanne Cash

"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" (Mike Reid, Troy Seal & Fred Parris) Ronnie Milsap

"Love Is Alive" (Kent M. Robbins)

"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" (Hank Williams, Jr.)

"Faithless Love" (John David Souther)

"God Bless The USA" (Lee Greenwood)

"Mama He's Crazy" (Kenny O'Dell) The Judds

"Baby I Lied" (Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke & Rafe Van Hoy) Deborah Allen

"I.O.U." (Kerry Chater & Austin Roberts) Lee Greenwood

"Lady Down on Love" (Randy Owen)

"A Little Good News" (Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black & Rory Bourke) Anne Murray

"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" (D. Blackwell)

"Nobody" (Kye Flemming & Dennis Morgan) Sylvia

"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" (Don Goodman, Pam Rose & Mary Ann Kennedy) Lee Greenwood

"She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)(Tim DuBois)

"Elvira" (Dallas Frazier) Oak Ridge Boys

"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan) Barbara Mandrell

"Somebody's Knockin'" (Ed Penney & Jerry Gillespie) Terri Gibbs

"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" (Larry Collins & Sandy Pinkard) David Frizzell & Shelly West

"Drivin' My Life Away" (Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens & David Malloy) Eddie Rabbitt

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" (Bobby Braddock & Curly Putman) George Jones

"I Believe in You" (Roger Cook & Sam Hogin) Don Williams

"Lookin' For Love" (Bob Morrison, Wanda Mallette & Patti Ryan) Johnny Lee

1970s

Year Winner Nominations
1979 Don Schlitz for "The Gambler" performed by Kenny Rogers
1978 Richard Leigh for "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" performed by Crystal Gayle
1977 Larry Gatlin for "Broken Lady" performed by Larry Gatlin
1976 Chips Moman, Larry Butler for "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" performed by B. J. Thomas
1975 Norro Wilson, Billy Sherrill for "A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich
1974 Kenny O'Dell for "Behind Closed Doors" performed by Charlie Rich
1973 Ben Peters for "Kiss An Angel Good Morning" performed by Charley Pride
1972 Kris Kristofferson for "Help Me Make It Through the Night" performed by Sammi Smith
1971 Marty Robbins for "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" performed by Marty Robbins
1970 Shel Silverstein for "A Boy Named Sue" performed by Johnny Cash

1960s

Year Winner Nominations
1969 Bobby Russell for "Little Green Apples", performed by Roger Miller
1968 John Hartford for "Gentle On My Mind" performed by Glen Campbell
1967 Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton for "Almost Persuaded" performed by David Houston
1966 Roger Miller for "King of the Road" performed by Miller
1965 Roger Miller for "Dang Me" performed by Roger Miller

References

  1. List of Nominees 2015
  2. List of Nominees 2015
  3. 2014 Nominees
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