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A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined Country Collaboration.

24 ceremonies, 1988–2011. 24 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson in 2011 for As She's Walking Away.
  1. As She's Walking AwayZac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson
  2. I Told You SoCarrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis
  3. Killing the BluesRobert Plant and Alison Krauss
  4. Lost HighwayWillie Nelson and Ray Price
  5. Who Says You Can't Go HomeBon Jovi with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland
  6. Like We Never Loved at AllFaith Hill featuring Tim McGraw
Years explored
1988–2011
Different winners
24
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals was first awarded in 1988, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

It was awarded for the last time in 2011.

From 2012 the Grammys awarded Best Country Duo/Group Performance instead.

2000–2011

12 ceremonies

19882011

01 / The reigns

12 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2011 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.
Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton'00
Faith Hill with Tim McGraw'01
I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow'02
Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack'03
James Taylor and Alison Krauss'04
Loretta Lynn with Jack White'05
Faith Hill featuring Tim McGraw'06
Bon Jovi with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland'07
Willie Nelson and Ray Price'08
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss'09
Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis'10
Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson'11

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Universal leads the recorded label credits with 6 wins, 2000–2011. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Universal6 wins
Warner4 wins
Independent1 win
Sony1 win
Wins by label
  1. Universal650%
  2. Warner433%
  3. Independent18%
  4. Sony18%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2011.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood
    2 noms
  2. 02
    Willie Nelson with Norah Jones
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood
    2L · 0W
  2. 02
    Willie Nelson with Norah Jones
    2L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2011. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerLabel
2011Zac Brown Band featuring Alan Jackson (As She's Walking Away)
beat 4 others
  • Dierks Bentley featuring Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson and (Bad Angel)
  • Dierks Bentley with the Punch Brothers featuring Del McCoury (Pride (In the Name of Love))
  • Blake Shelton featuring Trace Adkins (Hillbilly Bone)
  • Marty Stuart with Connie Smith (I Run To You)
Atlantic Bigger Picture Southern Ground
2010Carrie Underwood featuring Randy Travis (I Told You So)
beat 4 others
  • Dierks Bentley featuring Patty Griffin (Beautiful World)
  • Kenny Chesney with Mac McAnally (Down the Road)
  • Brad Paisley with Keith Urban (Start a Band)
  • Lee Ann Womack with George Strait (Everything But Quits)
Arista Nashville/19
2009Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Killing the Blues)
beat 4 others
  • Kenny Chesney with George Strait (Shiftwork)
  • George Strait with Patty Loveless (House Of Cash)
  • Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen (Life in a Northern Town (Live))
  • Trisha Yearwood with Keith Urban (Let the Wind Chase You)
Rounder/Zoë
2008Willie Nelson and Ray Price (Lost Highway)
beat 4 others
  • Steve Earle with Allison Moorer (Days Aren't Long Enough)
  • Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson (Because of You)
  • Tim McGraw with Faith Hill (I Need You)
  • Brad Paisley featuring Carrie Underwood (Oh Love)
Lost Highway
2007Bon Jovi with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland (Who Says You Can't Go Home)
beat 4 others
  • Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood (Love Will Always Win)
  • Solomon Burke with Dolly Parton (Tomorrow Is Forever)
  • Kenny Rogers featuring Don Henley (Calling Me)
  • Rhonda Vincent with Bobby Osborne (Midnight Angel)
Island/Mercury
2006Faith Hill featuring Tim McGraw (Like We Never Loved at All)
beat 4 others
  • Brooks & Dunn featuring Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill (Building Bridges)
  • Rodney Crowell with Emmylou Harris (Shelter from the Storm)
  • Willie Nelson with Norah Jones (Dreams Come True)
  • Gretchen Wilson featutring Merle Haggard (Politically Uncorrect)
Warner Bros. Nashville
2005Loretta Lynn with Jack White (Portland Oregon)
beat 4 others
  • Jimmy Buffett with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait (Hey Good Lookin')
  • Norah Jones featuring Dolly Parton (Creepin' In)
  • Willie Nelson with Merle Haggard and Toby Keith (Pancho and Lefty (Live))
  • Shania Twain with Alison Krauss & Union Station (Coat of Many Colors)
Interscope
2004James Taylor and Alison Krauss (How's the World Treating You)
beat 4 others
  • June Carter Cash with Johnny Cash (Temptation)
  • Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett (It's Five O'Clock Somewhere)
  • Toby Keith with Willie Nelson (Beer for My Horses)
  • Willie Nelson with Norah Jones (Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You) (Live))
Universal South
2003Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack (Mendocino County Line)
beat 4 others
  • Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood (Squeeze Me In)
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris (Flesh and Blood)
  • Johnny Cash with Fiona Apple (Bridge over Troubled Water)
  • The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Taj Mahal, Alison Krauss and Doc Watson (Will the Circle Be Unbroken/Glory, Glory)
Lost Highway
2002Dan Tyminski, Pat Enright and Harley Allen (The Soggy Bottom Boys) (I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow)
beat 4 others
  • Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch (Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby)
  • George Jones with Garth Brooks (Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?))
  • Jo Dee Messina with Tim McGraw (Bring on the Rain)
  • Trisha Yearwood with Don Henley (Inside Out)
Lost Highway/Mercury
2001Faith Hill with Tim McGraw (Let's Make Love)
beat 4 others
  • Sheryl Crow featuring Dixie Chicks (Strong Enough (Live))
  • The Dixie Chicks and Ricky Skaggs (Walk Softly)
  • Vince Gill with Amy Grant (When I Look Into Your Heart)
  • George Strait with Alan Jackson (Murder on Music Row)
Warner Bros. Nashville
2000Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton (After the Gold Rush)
beat 4 others
  • Alabama featuring 'N Sync (God Must Have Spent A Little More Time on You)
  • Asleep at the Wheel featuring the Dixie Chicks (Roly Poly)
  • Asleep at the Wheel featuring The Manhattan Transfer and Willie Nelson (Going Away Party)
  • Clint Black with Lisa Hartman Black (When I Said I Do)
Reprise