Juno Award for Country Album of the Year

The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best country music artist in Canada. A number of previous award categories have been combined under this name, including "Best Country Male Artist", "Best Country Female Artist" and "Country Group or Duo of the Year".^{[citation needed]}

Winners

Best Country Male Artist (1970 - 1974)

Best Country Female Artist (1970 - 1974)

Best Country Group or Duo (1970 - 1974)

Country Male Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)

Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)

Country Group or Duo of the Year (1975 - 1998)

Best Country Male Vocalist (1999 - 1999)

1999 - Paul Brandt

Best Country Female Vocalist (1999 - 1999)

1999 - Shania Twain

Best Country Group or Duo (1999 - 2001)

Country Album of the Year (2010 - present)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2010	Johnny Reid	Dance with Me	Terri Clark, The Long Way Home Doc Walker, Go Emerson Drive, Believe The Road Hammers, The Road Hammers II
2011	Johnny Reid	A Place Called Love	Gord Bamford, Day Job Dean Brody, Trail in Life Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Love Rules Deric Ruttan, Sunshine
2012	Terri Clark	Roots and Wings	Doc Walker, 16 & 1 High Valley, High Valley Jason McCoy, Everything Jimmy Rankin, Forget About the World
2013	Johnny Reid	Fire It Up	Dean Brody, Dirt Chad Brownlee, Love Me or Leave Me Emerson Drive, Roll Dallas Smith, Jumped Right In	^[1]
2014	Dean Brody	Crop Circles	Gord Bamford, Country Junkie Tim Hicks, Throw Down Brett Kissel, Started with a Song Small Town Pistols, Small Town Pistols	^[2]
2015	Dallas Smith	Lifted	Kira Isabella, Caffeine & Big Dreams Jess Moskaluke, Light Up the Night MacKenzie Porter, MacKenzie Porter The Road Hammers, Wheels
2016	Dean Brody	Gypsy Road	Autumn Hill, Anchor Paul Brandt, Frontier High Valley, County Line Brett Kissel, Pick Me Up
2017	Jess Moskaluke	Kiss Me Quiet	Gord Bamford, Tin Roof Chad Brownlee, Hearts on Fire Aaron Pritchett, The Score Dallas Smith, Side Effects
2018	James Barker Band	Game On	Dean Brody, Beautiful Freakshow Tim Hicks, Shake These Walls High Valley, Dear Life Jess Moskaluke, Past the Past	^[3]
2019	Brett Kissel	We Were That Song	Tim Hicks, New Tattoo Jess Moskaluke, A Small Town Christmas Meghan Patrick, Country Music Made Me Do It The Reklaws, Feels Like That	^[4]
2020	Meghan Patrick	Wild As Me	Dean Brody, Black Sheep Aaron Goodvin, V Hunter Brothers, State of Mind Dallas Smith, The Fall	^[5]
2021	Tenille Townes	The Lemonade Stand	Jade Eagleson, Jade Eagleson Lindsay Ell, Heart Theory Mackenzie Porter, Drinkin' Songs: The Collection Dallas Smith, Timeless	^[6]
2022	Brett Kissel	What Is Life?	Tenille Arts, Girl to Girl Dean Brody, Boys Tim Hicks, Campfire Troubadour The Reklaws, Sophomore Slump	^[7]
2023	Tenille Townes	Masquerades	Jade Eagleson, Honkytonk Revival High Valley, Way Back Orville Peck, Bronco The Reklaws, Good Ol' Days	^[8]
2024	James Barker Band	Ahead of Our Time	Dean Brody, Right Round Here Jade Eagleson, Do It Anyway Brett Kissel, The Compass Project - South Album Tyler Joe Miller, Spillin' My Truth	^[9]

References

^ "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
^ "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
^ "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations" Archived 2018-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, February 6, 2018.
^ "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
^ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
^ Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
^ Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.
^ Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
^ "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.

[1] "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2013.

[2] "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2014.

[3] "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations" Archived 2018-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Music, February 6, 2018.

[4] "Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.

[5] Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.

[6] Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

[7] Jackson Weaver, "Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber lead 2022 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, March 1, 2022.

[8] Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.

[9] "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.

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v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989¹ 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	¹ Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards