Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West. The award has had several minor name changes:

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

The award will be discontinued from 2012 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.

Contents 1 Category facts 2 2010s 3 2000s 4 1990s 5 1980s 6 1970s 7 1960s

Category facts

• Most Wins:

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Mary Chapin Carpenter Emmylou Harris	Anne Murray Dolly Parton Carrie Underwood	Faith Hill K. T. Oslin Shania Twain Tammy Wynette
Total Wins	4 wins	3 wins	2 wins

• Most Nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Artist	Emmylou Harris Dolly Parton	Trisha Yearwood	Martina McBride Tammy Wynette	Crystal Gayle	Reba McEntire Dottie West	LeAnn Rimes Mary Chapin Carpenter Tanya Tucker
Total Wins	18 nominations	10 nominations	9 nominations	8 nominations	7 nominations	6 nominations

Most Nominations Without Winning

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Artist	Martina McBride	Tanya Tucker	Barbara Mandrell Connie Smith Lee Ann Womack	Skeeter Davis Patty Loveless Loretta Lynn	Janie Fricke Wynonna Judd Pam Tillis
Total Nominations	9 Nominations	6 Nominations	5 Nominations	4 Nominations	3 Nominations

(Note: Lynn, Mandrell, and Judd have won Grammys in other categories.)

Most Consecutive Wins

• Mary Chapin Carpenter - 4 (1992–1995)
• Carrie Underwood - 3 (2007–2009)

Youngest Winners

• 1. LeAnn Rimes - age 14, 1997
• 2. Taylor Swift - age 20, 2010
• 3. Jeannie C. Riley - age 23, 1969
• 3. Lynn Anderson - age 23, 1971
• 4. Jody Miller - age 24, 1966
• 4. Carrie Underwood - age 24, 2007
• 5. Tammy Wynette, age 25, 1968
• 5. Carrie Underwood - age 25, 2008
• 5. Olivia Newton-John - age 25, 1974

Oldest Winners

• 1. June Carter Cash - age 73, 2004 (awarded posthumously)
• 2. Emmylou Harris - age 58, 2006
• 3. Dolly Parton - age 56, 2002
• 4. K. T. Oslin - age 46, 1989
• 5. K. T. Oslin - age 45, 1988

2010s

Year	Winner	Nominations
2011	Miranda Lambert for "The House That Built Me"	Jewel – "Satisfied" LeAnn Rimes – "Swingin'" Carrie Underwood – "Temporary Home" Gretchen Wilson – "I'd Love To Be Your Last"
2010	Taylor Swift for "White Horse"	Miranda Lambert – "Dead Flowers" Martina McBride – "I Just Call You Mine" Carrie Underwood – "Just a Dream" Lee Ann Womack – "Solitary Thinkin'"

2000s

Year	Winner	Nominations
2009	Carrie Underwood for "Last Name"	Martina McBride – "For These Times" LeAnn Rimes – "What I Cannot Change" Lee Ann Womack – "Last Call" Trisha Yearwood – "This Is Me You're Talking To"
2008	Carrie Underwood for "Before He Cheats"	Alison Krauss – "Simple Love" Miranda Lambert – "Famous in a Small Town" LeAnn Rimes – "Nothin' Better to Do" Trisha Yearwood – "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love"
2007	Carrie Underwood for "Jesus, Take the Wheel"	Miranda Lambert – "Kerosene" Martina McBride – "I Still Miss Someone" LeAnn Rimes – "Something's Gotta Give" Gretchen Wilson – "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today"
2006	Emmylou Harris for "The Connection"	Faith Hill – "Mississippi Girl" Gretchen Wilson – "All Jacked Up" Lee Ann Womack – "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" Trisha Yearwood – "Georgia Rain"
2005	Gretchen Wilson for "Redneck Woman"	Alison Krauss – "You Will Be My Ain True Love" Loretta Lynn – "Miss Being Mrs." Martina McBride – "In My Daughter's Eyes" Shania Twain – "She's Not Just a Pretty Face"
2004	June Carter Cash for "Keep on the Sunny Side"	Patty Loveless – "On Your Way Home" Martina McBride – "This One's For The Girls" Dolly Parton – "I'm Gone" Shania Twain – "Forever And For Always"
2003	Faith Hill for "Cry"	Martina McBride – "Blessed" Dolly Parton – "Dagger Through The Heart" Lucinda Williams – "Lately" Lee Ann Womack – "Something Worth Leaving Behind"
2002	Dolly Parton for "Shine"	Sheryl Crow – "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" Jamie O'Neal – "There Is No Arizona" Lucinda Williams – "Cold, Cold Heart" Trisha Yearwood – "I Would've Loved You Anyway"
2001	Faith Hill for "Breathe"	Jo Dee Messina – "That's the Way" Dolly Parton – "Travelin' Prayer" Lee Ann Womack – "I Hope You Dance" Trisha Yearwood – "Real Live Woman"
2000	Shania Twain for "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"	Emmylou Harris – "Ordinary Heart" Faith Hill – "Let Me Let Go" Alison Krauss – "Forget About It" Martina McBride – "I Love You"

1990s

Year	Winner	Nominations
1999	Shania Twain for "You're Still the One"	Emmylou Harris – "Love Still Remains" Faith Hill – "This Kiss" Lee Ann Womack – "A Little Past Little Rock" Trisha Yearwood – "There Goes My Baby"
1998	Trisha Yearwood for "How Do I Live"	Deana Carter – "Did I Shave My Legs For This?" Patty Loveless – "The Trouble with the Truth" LeAnn Rimes – "How Do I Live" Pam Tillis – "All the Good Ones Are Gone"
1997	LeAnn Rimes for "Blue"	Mary Chapin Carpenter – "Let Me into Your Heart" Deana Carter – "Strawberry Wine" Alison Krauss – "Baby Mine" Trisha Yearwood – "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)"
1996	Alison Krauss for "Baby Now That I've Found You"	Patty Loveless – "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" Martina McBride – "Safe in the Arms of Love" Pam Tillis – "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)" Shania Twain – "Any Man of Mine"
1995	Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Shut Up and Kiss Me"	Wynonna Judd – "Is It Over Yet" Patty Loveless – "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" Martina McBride – "Independence Day" Reba McEntire – "She Thinks His Name Was John"
1994	Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Passionate Kisses"	Emmylou Harris – "High Powered Love" Tanya Tucker – "Soon" Wynonna – "Only Love" Trisha Yearwood – "Walkaway Joe"
1993	Mary Chapin Carpenter for "I Feel Lucky"	Wynonna Judd – Wynonna Reba McEntire – "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" Lorrie Morgan – "Something in Red" Pam Tillis – "Maybe It Was Memphis"
1992	Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Down at the Twist and Shout"	Kathy Mattea – Time Passes By Reba McEntire – For My Broken Heart Tanya Tucker – "Down to My Last Teardrop" Trisha Yearwood – "She's in Love with the Boy"
1991	Kathy Mattea for "Where've You Been"	Mary Chapin Carpenter – "Quittin' Time" Carlene Carter – I Fell in Love Reba McEntire – "You Lie" K.T. Oslin – "Come Next Monday"
1990	k.d. lang for Absolute Torch and Twang	Rosanne Cash – "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" Emmylou Harris – Bluebird Kathy Mattea – Willow in the Wind Dolly Parton – "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That"

1980s

Year	Winner	Nominations
1989	K. T. Oslin for "Hold Me"	Emmylou Harris - "Back in Baby's Arms" k. d. lang - "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette" Reba McEntire - Reba Tanya Tucker - "Strong Enough to Bend"
1988	K. T. Oslin for "80s Ladies"	Rosanne Cash - "King's Record Shop" Emmylou Harris - "Angel Band" Reba McEntire - "The Last One to Know" Tanya Tucker - "Love Me Like You Used To"
1987	Reba McEntire for "Whoever's in New England"	Crystal Gayle - "Cry" Holly Dunn - "Daddy's Hands" Emmylou Harris - "Today I Started Loving You Again" Kathy Mattea - "Love at The Five & Dime"
1986	Rosanne Cash for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"	Janie Fricke - "She's Single Again" Emmylou Harris - "The Ballad of Sally Rose" Juice Newton - "You Make Me Want To Make You Mine" Dolly Parton - "Real Love"
1985	Emmylou Harris for "In My Dreams"	Janie Fricke - "Your Heart's Not in It" Crystal Gayle - "The Sound of Goodbye" Anne Murray - "Heart Over Mind" Dolly Parton - "Tennessee Homesick Blues"
1984	Anne Murray for "A Little Good News"	Deborah Allen - "Baby I Lied" Crystal Gayle - "Baby What About You" Emmylou Harris - "Last Date" Dolly Parton - "Burlap & Satin"
1983	Juice Newton for "Break It To Me Gently"	Rosanne Cash - "Ain't No Money" Emmylou Harris - "Cimarron" Dolly Parton - "I Will Always Love You" Sylvia - "Nobody"
1982	Dolly Parton for "9 to 5"	Rosanne Cash - "Seven Year Ache" Terri Gibbs - "Somebody's Knockin'" Barbara Mandrell - "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" Juice Newton - "Queen of Hearts"
1981	Anne Murray for "Could I Have This Dance"	Crystal Gayle - "If You Ever Change Your Mind" Emmylou Harris - "Roses in the Snow" Barbara Mandrell - "The Best of Strangers" Sissy Spacek - "Coal Miner's Daughter"
1980	Emmylou Harris for "Blue Kentucky Girl"	Crystal Gayle - "We Should Be Together" Brenda Lee - "Tell Me What It's Like" Barbara Mandrell - "Just For The Record" Billie Jo Spears - "I Will Survive"

1970s

Year	Winner	Nominations
1979	Dolly Parton for "Here You Come Again"	Crystal Gayle - "Talking in Your Sleep" Emmylou Harris - "Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town" Barbara Mandrell - "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" Anne Murray - "Walk Right Back"
1978	Crystal Gayle for "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"	Janie Fricke - "What are You Doin' Tonight" Emmylou Harris - "Making Believe" Barbara Mandrell - "After the Lovin'" Dolly Parton - "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher"
1977	Emmylou Harris for "Elite Hotel"	Crystal Gayle - "I'll Get Over You" Dolly Parton - "All I Can Do" Mary Kay Place - "Tonite at the Capri Lounge: Loretta Hagers" Tammy Wynette - "'Til I Can Make It on My Own"
1976	Linda Ronstadt for "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"	Jessi Colter - "I'm Not Lisa" Emmylou Harris - "If I Could Only Win Your Love" Loretta Lynn - "The Pill" Dolly Parton - "Jolene" (track from album "In Concert")
1975	Anne Murray for "Love Song"	Dolly Parton - "Jolene" Tanya Tucker - "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" Dottie West - "Last Time I Saw Him" Tammy Wynette - "Woman to Woman"
1974	Olivia Newton-John for "Let Me Be There"	Barbara Fairchild - "Teddy Bear Song" Marie Osmond - "Paper Roses" Dottie West - "Country Sunshine" Tammy Wynette - "Kids Say the Darnest Things"
1973	Donna Fargo for "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA"	Skeeter Davis - "One Tin Soldier" Loretta Lynn - "One's on the Way" Dolly Parton - "Touch Your Woman" Tanya Tucker - "Delta Dawn" Tammy Wynette - "My Man"
1972	Sammi Smith for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"	Lynn Anderson - "How Can I Unlove You" Jody Miller - "He's So Fine" Dolly Parton - "Joshua" Tammy Wynette - Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)"
1971	Lynn Anderson for "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"	Wanda Jackson - "A Woman Lives for Love" Dolly Parton - "Mule Skinner Blues" Jean Shepard - "Then He Touched Me" Tammy Wynette - "Run Woman Run"
1970	Tammy Wynette for "Stand By Your Man"	Lynn Anderson - "That's a No No" Jeannie C. Riley - "The Backside of Dallas" Connie Smith - "Ribbon of Darkness" Diana Trask - "I Fall to Pieces"

1960s

Year	Winner	Nominations
1969	Jeannie C. Riley for "Harper Valley P.T.A."	Lynn Anderson - "Big Girls Don't Cry" Jan Howard - "My Son" Dottie West - "Country Girl" Tammy Wynette - "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"
1968	Tammy Wynette for "I Don't Wanna Play House"	Liz Anderson - "Mama Spank" Skeeter Davis - "What Does it Take" Connie Smith - "Cincinnati, Ohio" Dottie West - "Paper Mansions"
1967	Jeannie Seely for "Don't Touch Me"	Jan Howard - "Evil on Your Mind" Loretta Lynn - "Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" Connie Smith - "Ain't Had No Lovin'" Dottie West - "Would You Hold It Against Me"
1966	Jody Miller for "Queen of the House"	Molly Bee - "Single Girl Again" Wilma Burgess - "Baby" Skeeter Davis - "Sunglasses" Dottie West - "Before the Ring on Your Finger Turns Green"
1965	Dottie West for "Here Comes My Baby"	Skeeter Davis - "He Says The Same Things To Me" Wanda Jackson - "The Two Sides of Wanda Jackson" (album) Jean Shepard - "Second Fiddle" Connie Smith - "Once a Day"