Grammy Award for Best Americana Album

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Grammy Award for Best Americana Album
Country United States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded 2010
Last awarded present
Currently held by Sarah Jarosz, World on the Ground (2021)
Official website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Americana Album is an honor presented to recording artists for quality albums in the Americana music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

In 2009, the Academy announced that the award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album would be split into two separate categories: Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Americana Album.[3][4] The distinction between the two award categories is based on the use of acoustic versus electric instruments; acoustic instruments predominate in "contemporary folk" and electric instruments are characteristic of Americana.[4] Jed Hilly, executive director of the Americana Music Association, called the new category's inclusion "a huge acknowledgment" of the music genre.[5] Hilly admitted to working hard at convincing the Academy to include Americana as its own category.[6][7] The music industry had been using the term "Americana music" for about 15 years before the new award was created.[4] Following is the award's purpose, according to the category description guide from the 2018 Grammy Awards:

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Americana is contemporary music that incorporates elements of various American roots music and vocal styles, including country, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass, R&B and blues, resulting in a distinctive roots-oriented sound that lives in a world apart from the pure forms of the genres upon which it may draw. While acoustic instruments are often present and vital, Americana also often uses a full electric band.[8]

The award was first presented in 2010 to Levon Helm at the 52nd Grammy Awards for the album Electric Dirt.[9] Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams have been nominated most times (three).

Recipients

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2010 and 2012 award recipient Levon Helm performing in 2004
Mavis Staples received the award in 2011
2013 recipient Bonnie Raitt
2015 honoree Rosanne Cash
Keb' Mo' received the award in 2020
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2010 Levon Helm Electric Dirt [6]
2011 Mavis Staples You Are Not Alone [10]
2012 Levon Helm Ramble at the Ryman [11]
2013 Bonnie Raitt Slipstream [12]
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2014 Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell Old Yellow Moon [14]
2015 Rosanne Cash The River & the Thread [15]
2016 Jason Isbell Something More Than Free [16]
2017 William Bell This Is Where I Live [17]
2018 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit The Nashville Sound [18]
2019 Brandi Carlile By the Way, I Forgive You [19]

2020s

Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2020
 Keb' Mo' Oklahoma
[20]
2021
 Sarah Jarosz World on the Ground [21]

Artists with multiple wins

2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

References

General
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Specific

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  12. ↑ List of 2013 nominees Archived 2012-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Diversity And Talent Fill The American Roots Nominations
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  15. ↑ List of Nominees 2015
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  17. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017
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  19. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list
  20. ↑ 2020 Grammy Awards nominations list
  21. ↑ 2021 Nominations List
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