Every Grammys Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal winner

12 ceremonies, 2000–2011. 7 different winners. The longest run was Lady Antebellum, 2 years straight (2010–2011).

It was awarded for the last time in 2011.

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

Dixie Chicks ×4Alison Krauss & Union Station ×2Lady Antebellum ×2

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details.

Dixie Chicks'00

Asleep at the Wheel'01

Alison Krauss & Union Station'02

Dixie Chicks'03

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder'04

Dixie Chicks'05

Alison Krauss & Union Station'06

Dixie Chicks'07

Eagles'08

Sugarland'09

Lady Antebellum'10–'11×2

Wins by label

Sony325%
Universal325%
Independent217%
A&M18%
Okeh18%
Skaggs Family18%
Other18%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2011.

Most nominated, never won

Brooks & Dunn8 noms
Diamond Rio4 noms
Lonestar4 noms
Rascal Flatts4 noms
Big & Rich2 noms
Little Big Town2 noms

Most losses

Brooks & Dunn8L · 0W
Diamond Rio4L · 0W
Lonestar4L · 0W
Rascal Flatts4L · 0W
Asleep at the Wheel2L · 1W
Big & Rich2L · 0W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2011	Lady Antebellum (Need You Now)repeat beat 4 others Dailey & Vincent (Elizabeth) Little Big Town (Little White Church) The SteelDrivers (Where Rainbows Never Die) Zac Brown Band (Free)	Capitol Nashville
2010	Lady Antebellum (I Run to You) beat 4 others Brooks & Dunn (Cowgirls Don't Cry) Rascal Flatts (Here Comes Goodbye) Sugarland (It Happens) Zac Brown Band (Chicken Fried)	Capitol Nashville/Parlophone
2009	Sugarland (Stay) beat 4 others Brooks & Dunn (God Must Be Busy) Lady Antebellum (Love Don't Live Here) Rascal Flatts (Every Day) The SteelDrivers (Blue Side of the Mountain)	Mercury Nashville
2008	Eagles (How Long) beat 4 others Brooks & Dunn (Proud of the House We Built) Emerson Drive (Moments) Montgomery Gentry (Lucky Man) The Time Jumpers (Sweet Memories)	Asylum
2007	Dixie Chicks (Not Ready to Make Nice) beat 4 others The Duhks (Heaven's My Home) Little Big Town (Boondocks) Rascal Flatts (What Hurts the Most) The Wreckers (Leave the Pieces)	Columbia Nashville
2006	Alison Krauss & Union Station (Restless) beat 4 others Big & Rich (Comin' to Your City) Brooks & Dunn (Play Something Country) Dixie Chicks (I Hope) Rascal Flatts (Bless the Broken Road)	Rounder
2005	Dixie Chicks (Top of the World (Live)) beat 4 others Asleep at the Wheel (New San Antonio Rose) Big & Rich (Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)) Brooks & Dunn (You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl) Notorious Cherry Bombs (It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long)	A&M
2004	Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder (A Simple Life) beat 4 others Brooks & Dunn (Red Dirt Road) Diamond Rio (I Believe) Lonestar (My Front Porch Looking In) The Oak Ridge Boys (Colors)	Skaggs Family
2003	Dixie Chicks (Long Time Gone) beat 4 others Diamond Rio (Beautiful Mess) Lonestar (Not a Day Goes By) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Roll the Stone Away) Trick Pony (Just What I Do)	Columbia Nashville
2002	Alison Krauss & Union Station (The Lucky One) beat 4 others Asleep at the Wheel (Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens) Brooks & Dunn (Ain't Nothing 'Bout You) Diamond Rio (One More Day) Lonestar (I'm Already There)	Rounder
2001	Asleep at the Wheel (Cherokee Maiden) beat 4 others Alabama (Twentieth Century) Brooks & Dunn (You'll Always Be Loved By Me) Riders in the Sky (Woody's Roundup) The Wilkinsons (Jimmy's Got a Girlfriend)	Okeh
2000	Dixie Chicks (Ready to Run) beat 4 others BR5-49 (Honky Tonk Song) Diamond Rio (Unbelievable) Lonestar (Amazed) SHeDAISY (Little Good-Byes)	Monument

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