Best Country Solo Performance was created in 2012 when the Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Female Country Vocal Performance awards were merged. Now, there is only one country award for solo artists.
Chris Stapleton has totally dominated the category, winning 6 times among 7 nominations, losing only once to Kacey Musgraves. He even won in 2026 as a major underdog, when most observers thought that Lainey Wilson or Tyler Childers would take the trophy.
Taylor Swift won the first award in this category in 2012 for “Mean,” but she was never nominated again, after she switched to pop music.
Carrie Underwood (twice) and Darius Rucker split the next few awards, before Stapleton took over his dominance of the category in 2016.
Miranda Lambert holds the record for most nominations in the category without a win, at six.
Most career Best Country Solo Performance nominations:
Chris Stapleton 7
Miranda Lambert 6
Carrie Underwood 5
Maren Morris 4
Blake Shelton 4
Keith Urban 4
Most career Best Country Solo Performance wins:
Chris Stapleton 6
Carrie Underwood 2
Willie Nelson 2
Best Country Solo Performance Winners and Nominees
Winners in bold; other nominees listed beneath.
2026: Bad as I Used to Be, Chris Stapleton
Nose on the Grindstone, Tyler Childers
Good News, Shaboozey
I Never Lie, Zach Top
Somewhere Over Laredo, Lainey Wilson
2025: It Takes a Woman, Chris Stapleton
16 Carriages, Beyonce
I Am Not Okay, Jelly Roll
The Architect, Kacey Musgraves
A Bar Song (Tipsy), Shaboozey
2024: White Horse, Chris Stapleton
In Your Love, Tyler Childers
Buried, Brandy Clark
Fast Car, Luke Combs
The Last Thing On My Mind, Dolly Parton
2023: Live Forever, Willie Nelson
Heartfirst, Kelsea Ballerini
Something in the Orange, Zach Bryan
In His Arms, Miranda Lambert
Circles Around This Town, Maren Morris
2022: You Should Probably Leave, Chris Stapleton
Forever After All, Luke Combs
Remember Her Name, Mickey Guyton
All I Do is Drive, Jason Isbell
Camera Roll, Kacey Musgraves
2021: When My Amy Prays, Vince Gill
Stick That in Your Country Song, Eric Church
Who You Thought I Was, Brandy Clark
Bluebird, Miranda Lambert
Black Like Me, Mickey Guyton
2020: Ride Me Back Home, Willie Nelson
Girl Goin’ Nowhere, Ashley McBryde
All Your’N, Tyler Childers
God’s Country, Blake Shelton
Bring My Flowers Now, Tanya Tucker
2019: Butterflies, Kacey Musgraves
Wouldn’t It Be Great, Loretta Lynn
Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters, Maren Morris
Millionaire, Chris Stapleton
Parallel Line, Keith Urban
2018: Either Way, Chris Stapleton
Body Like a Back Road, Sam Hunt
Losing You, Alison Krauss
Tin Man, Miranda Lambert
I Could Use a Love Song, Maren Morris
2017: My Church, Maren Morris
Love Can Go to Hell, Brandy Clark
Vice, Miranda Lambert
Church Bells, Carrie Underwood
Blue Ain’t Your Color, Keith Urban
2016: Traveller, Chris Stapleton
Burning House, Cam
Little Toy Guns, Carrie Underwood
John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16, Keith Urban
Chances Are, Lee Ann Womack
2015: Something in the Water, Carrie Underwood
Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church
Invisible, Hunter Hayes
Automatic, Miranda Lambert
Cop Car, Keith Urban
2014: Wagon Wheel, Darius Rucker
I Drive Your Truck, Lee Brice
I Want Crazy, Hunter Hayes
Mama’s Broken Heart, Miranda Lambert
Mine Would Be You, Blake Shelton
2013: Blown Away, Carrie Underwood
Home, Dierks Bentley
Springsteen, Eric Church
Cost of Livin’, Ronnie Dunn
Wanted, Hunter Hayes
Over, Blake Shelton
2012: Mean, Taylor Swift
Dirt Road Anthem, Jason Aldean
I’m Gonna Love You Through It, Martina McBride
Honey Bee, Blake Shelton
Mama’s Song, Carrie Underwood
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Last Updated on February 19, 2026