RIAA's "Grammy Award Winners for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album"

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Awarded since 1986 to contemporary folk (hard to describe this as there’s no general consensus but I’d say acoustically based singer-songwriter music written in the modern era with a spare arrangement. If someone else can come up with a better definition, I’ll adjust this..) or Americana (roots-based music usually with a country flavor. Country here means as practiced by Hank Senior rather than say, Rascal Flatts) album recognized by Recording Industry Association of America voters.

  1. 1986
    Tribute to Steve Goodman
    by Various Artists

  2. 1987
    Unfinished Business
    by Steve Goodman

  3. 1988
    Tracy Chapman
    by Tracy Chapman

  4. 1989
    Indigo Girls
    by Indigo Girls

  5. 1990
    Steady On
    by Shawn Colvin

  6. 1991
    The Missing Years
    by John Prine

  7. 1992
    Another Country
    by Chieftains

  8. 1993
    Other Voices Other Rooms
    by Nanci Griffith

  9. 1994
    American Recordings
    by Johnny Cash

  10. 1995
    Wrecking Ball
    by Emmylou Harris

  11. 1996
    The Ghost of Tom Joad
    by Bruce Springsteen

  12. 1997
    Time Out of Mind
    by Bob Dylan

  13. 1998
    Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
    by Lucinda Williams

  14. 1999
    Mule Variations
    by Tom Waits

  15. 2000
    Red Dirt Girl

  16. 2001
    Love and Theft
    by Bob Dylan

  17. 2002
    This Side
    by Nickel Creek

  18. 2003
    The Wind
    by Warren Zevon

  19. 2004
    Revolution Starts Now
    by Steve Earle

  20. 2005
    ?
    Fair & Square
    by John Prine

  21. 2006
    Modern Times
    by Bob Dylan

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Created by Greg on Feb 12, 2007.
 

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