At tonight’s 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, Vince Gill took home his 22nd career award for Best Country Solo Performance for “When My Amy Prays.” Miranda Lambert, who also performed a stripped down version of her twice nominated song “Bluebird,” earned her third GRAMMY of her career as Wildcard was crowned Country Album of the Year.
The awards ceremony also featured performances by nominees Mickey Guyton, who gave a powerferful performance of her breakthrough single “Black Like Me” and Maren Morris, joined by John Mayer for a collaboration on “The Bones.”
The list of nominees and winners in the Country music categories are as follows:
Best Country Solo Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo country recordings.
- Stick That In Your Country Song
Eric Church - WHO YOU THOUGHT I WAS
Brandy Clark - WHEN MY AMY PRAYS – WINNER
Vince Gill - BLACK LIKE ME
Mickey Guyton - BLUEBIRD
Miranda Lambert
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
For new vocal or instrumental duo/group or collaborative country recordings.
- ALL NIGHT
Brothers Osborne - 10,000 HOURS – WINNER
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber - OCEAN
Lady A - SUGAR COAT
Little Big Town - SOME PEOPLE DO
Old Dominion
Best Country Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- BLUEBIRD
Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert) - THE BONES
Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris) - CROWDED TABLE – WINNER
Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen) - MORE HEARTS THAN MINE
Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis & Derrick Southerland, songwriters (Ingrid Andress) - SOME PEOPLE DO
Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Old Dominion)
Best Country Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new country recordings.
- LADY LIKE
Ingrid Andress - YOUR LIFE IS A RECORD
Brandy Clark - WILDCARD – WINNER
Miranda Lambert - NIGHTFALL
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The 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards were held on Sunday, March 14th at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
For a complete list of nominees and winners, click here.