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Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year

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Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented byCountry Music Association
First awarded1967
Currently held byBrothers Osborne (2023)

The following list shows the recipients for the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year.[1] The award is based on the musical performance of the duo on solo country single or album release, as well as their overall contribution to country music during the eligibility period. For the purposes of the award, a duo is defined as "as an act composed of two people, both of whom normally perform together and neither of whom is known primarily as an individual performing artist", though this was not always the case.[2]

The award was originally presented in 1970 as a spin-off of the Country Music Association Award for Vocal Group of the Year. The inaugural recipients were Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner. Brooks & Dunn hold the record for most wins in the category, with fourteen, and have a record-setting twenty four nominations. The Judds were the first all-female duo in 1988 and are, to date, the only female duo to win. The Bellamy Brothers holds the record for most nominations without a win, with fifteen. Nine artists (Barbara Mandrell, Bill Anderson, Crystal Gayle, Dottie West, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Merle Haggard, Parton and Willie Nelson) have received nominations as part of more than one duo. The current holder of the award are Brothers Osborne, who won at the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2022.

Recipients

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Brothers Osborne have received the award five times and are the first siblings to win.
Four-time recipients The Judds are the only female duo to win.
Two-time winners Dan + Shay.
Thompson Square received the award in 2012.
Five-time recipients Sugarland.
2000 winners Montgomery Gentry.
Brooks & Dunn hold the record for most wins in this category with fourteen.
Husband and wife duo Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White received the award in 1987.
Year Winner Nominees
2023 Blue ribbon Brothers Osborne
2022 Blue ribbon Brothers Osborne
2021 Blue ribbon Brothers Osborne
2020[3] Blue ribbon Dan + Shay
2019[4] Blue ribbon Dan + Shay
2018[5] Blue ribbon Brothers Osborne
2017 Blue ribbon Brothers Osborne
2016 Blue ribbon Brothers Osborne
2015 Blue ribbon Florida Georgia Line
2014 Blue ribbon Florida Georgia Line
2013 Blue ribbon Florida Georgia Line
2012 Blue ribbon Thompson Square
2011 Blue ribbon Sugarland
2010 Blue ribbon Sugarland
2009 Blue ribbon Sugarland
2008 Blue ribbon Sugarland
2007 Blue ribbon Sugarland
2006 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
2005 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
2004 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
2003 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
2002 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
2001 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
2000 Blue ribbon Montgomery Gentry
1999 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
1998 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
1997 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
1996 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
1995 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
1994 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
1993 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
1992 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
1991 Blue ribbon The Judds
1990 Blue ribbon The Judds
1989 Blue ribbon The Judds
1988 Blue ribbon The Judds
1987 Blue ribbon Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White
1986 Blue ribbon Dan Seals and Marie Osmond
1985 Blue ribbon Anne Murray and Dave Loggins
1984 Blue ribbon Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias
1983 Blue ribbon Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
1982 Blue ribbon David Frizzell and Shelly West
1981 Blue ribbon David Frizzell and Shelly West
1980 Blue ribbon Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley
1979 Blue ribbon Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
1978 Blue ribbon Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
1977 Blue ribbon Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
1976 Blue ribbon Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
1975 Blue ribbon Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
1974 Blue ribbon Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
1973 Blue ribbon Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
1972 Blue ribbon Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
1971 Blue ribbon Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
1970 Blue ribbon Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner

Artists with multiple wins

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Duos that received multiple awards
Awards Artist
14 Brooks & Dunn
6 Brothers Osborne
5 Sugarland
4 Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
The Judds
3 Florida Georgia Line
2 Dan + Shay
David Frizzell and Shelly West
Kenny Rogers and Dottie West

Won on First nomination

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In CMA history, fifteen duos have won Duo of the Year the very first time they were nominated. They are:

Artists with multiple nominations

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24 nominations
15 nominations
13 nominations
12 nominations
11 nominations
10 nominations
9 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

References

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  1. ^ "CMA Awards Past Winners & Nominees".
  2. ^ "About". CMA Awards 2021 | Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 8|7c on ABC. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  3. ^ "CMA Awards 2020: Here's the full list of nominees".
  4. ^ Jon Freeman (28 August 2019). "2019 CMA Awards Nominees: See the List". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  5. ^ McCarthy, Kelly (August 28, 2018). "2018 CMA Awards nominations: See the full list". ABC News. Retrieved August 28, 2018.