Glenn Campbell was the first country artist to win Album of the year!
1968: Glenn Campbell makes history with winning 4 awards for 2 different songs:
1968: Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "Gentle on My Mind"
1968: Best Country & Western Recording for "Gentle on My Mind"
1968: Best Vocal Performance, Male for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
1968: Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male for "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
Album of the year winners: Country and Bluegrass Winners
1: 1969: Glenn Campbell "By the time I get to Phoenix" (beating out the Beatles magical mystery tour)
2: 2002: O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack (beating out Outkast and U2)
3: 2007: Dixie Chicks "Taking the Long Way" (beating out Justin Timberlake)
4: 2009: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant "Raising Sand"
5: 2010: Taylor Swift "Fearless"
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Grammy Songs of the Year:
1960: The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton
1983: "Always on My Mind" Willie Nelson
2007: "Not Ready to Make Nice" * Dixie Chicks
2011: "Need You Now" * Lady Antebellum
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Best New Artist:
1968 Bobbie Gentry
1997 LeAnn Rimes
2001 Shelby Lynne (beat out Brad Paisley, who is still racking up hits and awards.
2007 Carrie Underwood USA
Allison Krauss leads all Female Grammy winners with 27