Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1965. The award has had several minor name changes:

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

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

2010s

Year	Winner	Nominations
2010	Sweet Thing performed by Keith Urban	All I Ask For Anymore performed by Trace Adkins People Are Crazy performed by Billy Currington High Cost of Living performed by Jamey Johnson Living for the Night performed by George Strait

2000s

Year	Winner	Nominations
2009	Letter to Me performed by Brad Paisley	You're Gonna Miss This performed by Trace Adkins In Color performed by Jamey Johnson Just Got Started Lovin' You performed by James Otto Troubadour by George Strait
2008	Stupid Boy performed by Keith Urban	Long Trip Alone performed by Dierks Bentley A Woman's Love performed by Alan Jackson If You're Reading This performed by Tim McGraw Give It Away performed by George Strait
2007	"The Reason Why" performed by Vince Gill	Every Mile a Memory performed by Dierks Bentley The Seashores of Old Mexico performed by George Strait Would You Go with Me performed by Josh Turner Once in a Lifetime performed by Keith Urban
2006	You'll Think of Me performed by Keith Urban	Funny How Time Slips Away performed by George Jones As Good as I Once Was performed by Toby Keith "Midnight Communion" performed by Delbert McClinton "Good Ol' Boys" performed by Willie Nelson Alcohol performed by Brad Paisley
2005	Live Like You Were Dying performed by Tim McGraw	Engine One-Forty-Three performed by Johnny Cash "In My Own Mind" performed by Lyle Lovett "You Are My Flower" performed by Willie Nelson You'll Think of Me performed by Keith Urban

• Grammy Awards of 2004
  • Vince Gill for "Next Big Thing"

Ray Benson - "Annabelle"

Lyle Lovett - "My Baby Don't Tolerate"

Tim McGraw - "She's My Kind Of Rain"

Joe Nichols - "Brokenheartsville"

Randy Travis - "Three Wooden Crosses"

• Grammy Awards of 2003
  • Johnny Cash for "Give My Love to Rose"

Pat Green - "Three Days"

Alan Jackson - "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)

Joe Nichols - "The Impossible"

Brad Paisley - "I'm Gonna Miss Her"

• Grammy Awards of 2002
  • Ralph Stanley for "O Death"

Ryan Adams - "Lovesick Blues"

Johnny Cash - "I Dreamed About Mama Last Night"

Lyle Lovett - "San Antonio Girl"

Tim McGraw - "Grown Men Don't Cry"

Willie Nelson - "Marie"

• Grammy Awards of 2001
  • Johnny Cash for "Solitary Man"

Vince Gill - "Feels Like Love"

Billy Gilman - "One Voice"

Tim McGraw - "My Best Friend"

Dwight Yoakam - "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere"

• Grammy Awards of 2000
  • George Jones for "Choices"

Vince Gill - "Don't Come Cryin' To Me"

Lyle Lovett - "That's Right (You're Not From Texas)"

Tim McGraw - "Please Remember Me"

Dwight Yoakam - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"

1990s

• Grammy Awards of 1999
  • Vince Gill for "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind"

Clint Black - "Nothin' But The Taillights"

Garth Brooks - "To Make You Feel My Love"

Steve Wariner - "Holes In The Floor Of Heaven"

• Grammy Awards of 1998
  • Vince Gill for "Pretty Little Adriana"

Clint Black - "Something That We Do"

Johnny Cash - "Rusty Cage"

Willie Nelson - "Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia"

George Strait - "Carrying You Love With Me"

• Grammy Awards of 1997
  • Vince Gill for "Worlds Apart"

Clint Black - "Like The Rain"

Junior Brown - "My Wife Thinks You're Dead"

Lyle Lovett - "Private Conversation"

Dwight Yoakam - "Nothing"

• Grammy Awards of 1996
  • Vince Gill for "Go Rest High on That Mountain"

John Berry - "Standing On The Edge Of Goodbye"

Alan Jackson - "Gone Country"

John Michael Montgomery - "I Can Love You Like That"

Dwight Yoakam - "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere"

• Grammy Awards of 1995
  • Vince Gill for "When Love Finds You"

David Ball - "Thinkin' Problem"

John Berry - "Your Love Amazes Me"

John Michael Montgomery - "I Swear"

Dwight Yoakam - "Pocket Of A Clown"

• Grammy Awards of 1994
  • Dwight Yoakam for "Ain't That Lonely Yet"

Garth Brooks - "Ain't Going Down"

Alan Jackson - "Chattahoochee"

George Jones - "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"

Aaron Neville - "The Grand Tour"

• Grammy Awards of 1993
  • Vince Gill for I Still Believe in You

Garth Brooks - The Chase

Billy Ray Cyrus - "Achy Breaky Heart"

Randy Travis - "Better Class Of Losers"

Travis Tritt - "Lord Have Mercy On The Working Man"

• Grammy Awards of 1992
  • Garth Brooks for Ropin' the Wind

Billy Dean - "Somewhere In My Broken Heart"

Vince Gill - Pocket Full Of Gold

Alan Jackson - Don't Rock The Jukebox

Travis Tritt - "Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"

• Grammy Awards of 1991
  • Vince Gill for "When I Call Your Name"

Garth Brooks - "Friends In Low Places"

Doug Stone - "I'd Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)"

Randy Travis - "Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart"

Dwight Yoakam - "Turn It On, Turn Me Loose"

• Grammy Awards of 1990
  • Lyle Lovett for Lyle Lovett and His Large Band

Clint Black - Killin' Time

Rodney Crowell - "After All This Time"

Randy Travis - "It's Just a Matter of Time"

Keith Whitley - "I'm No Stranger to the Rain"

1980s

• Grammy Awards of 1989
  • Randy Travis for Old 8x10

Rodney Crowell - Diamonds and Dirt

Lyle Lovett - Pontiac

Dan Seals - "Addicted"

Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room

• Grammy Awards of 1988
  • Randy Travis for Always & Forever

George Strait - "All My Ex's Live in Texas"

Hank Williams Jr. - Born to Boogie

Steve Earle - Exit 0

Dwight Yoakum - Hillbilly Deluxe

• Grammy Awards of 1987
  • Ronnie Milsap for Lost in the Fifties Tonight

Steve Earle - Guitar Town

Randy Travis - "Diggin' Up Bones"

Hank Williams Jr. - "Ain't Misbehavin''

Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs

• Grammy Awards of 1986
  • Ronnie Milsap for "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)"

Lee Greenwood - "I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)"

Mel McDaniel - "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On"

Willie Nelson - "Forgiving You Was Easy"

Ricky Skaggs - "You Make Me Feel Like a Man"

• Grammy Awards of 1985
  • Merle Haggard for "That's the Way Love Goes"

Lee Greenwood - "God Bless the U.S.A."

Willie Nelson - "City of New Orleans"

Ricky Skaggs - Country Boy

Hank Williams Jr. - "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"

• Grammy Awards of 1984
  • Lee Greenwood for "I.O.U."

Ray Charles - "Born to Love Me"

Earl Thomas Conley - "Holding Her and Loving You"

Vern Gosdin - "If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)"

Ronnie Milsap - "Stranger in My House"

Kenny Rogers - "All My Life"

• Grammy Awards of 1983
  • Willie Nelson for "Always on My Mind"

Ronnie Milsap - "He Got You"

Jerry Reed - "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)"

Kenny Rogers - "Love Will Turn You Around"

Ricky Skaggs - "Heartbroke"

• Grammy Awards of 1982
  • Ronnie Milsap for "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"

John Anderson - "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)"

George Jones - "Still Doin' Time"

Willie Nelson - Somewhere over the Rainbow

Eddie Rabbitt - "Step by Step"

• Grammy Awards of 1981
  • George Jones for "He Stopped Loving Her Today"

George Burns - "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"

Johnny Lee - "Lookin' for Love"

Willie Nelson - "On the Road Again"

Eddie Rabbitt - "Drivin' My Life Away"

• Grammy Awards of 1980
  • Kenny Rogers for "The Gambler"

Willie Nelson - "Whiskey River"

Charley Pride - Burgers and Fries/When I Stop Leaving (I'll Be Gone)

Eddie Rabbitt - "Every Which Way but Loose"

Hank Williams Jr. - Family Tradition

1970s

• Grammy Awards of 1979
  • Willie Nelson for "Georgia on My Mind"
• Grammy Awards of 1978
  • Kenny Rogers for "Lucille"
• Grammy Awards of 1977
  • Ronnie Milsap for "(I'm a) Stand By My Woman Man"
• Grammy Awards of 1976
  • Willie Nelson for "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
• Grammy Awards of 1975
  • Ronnie Milsap for "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"
• Grammy Awards of 1974
  • Charlie Rich for "Behind Closed Doors"
• Grammy Awards of 1973
  • Charley Pride for Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs
• Grammy Awards of 1972
  • Jerry Reed for "When You're Hot, You're Hot"
• Grammy Awards of 1971
  • Ray Price for "For the Good Times"
• Grammy Awards of 1970
  • Johnny Cash for "A Boy Named Sue"

1960s

• Grammy Awards of 1969
  • Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues"
• Grammy Awards of 1968
  • Glen Campbell for "Gentle on My Mind"
• Grammy Awards of 1967
  • David Houston for "Almost Persuaded"
• Grammy Awards of 1966
  • Roger Miller for "King of the Road"
• Grammy Awards of 1965
  • Roger Miller for "Dang Me"

Category facts

• Most Wins in Category

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Vince Gill	Ronnie Milsap	Johnny Cash
Total Wins	8 wins	5 wins	4 wins