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GALLERY: Country Music’s All-Time Grammy Darlings

In country music, like other genres, some artists get recognition from the Grammys for almost everything they put out, and some artists do not get any. The ones who get…

GALLERY: Country Music's All-Time Grammy Darlings
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In country music, like other genres, some artists get recognition from the Grammys for almost everything they put out, and some artists do not get any. The ones who get all the nominations and wins are what we like to call "Grammy Darlings," and country has its fair share of them.

As Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, and Luke Combs score big Grammy nominations this year, we look at ten artists in country music, some from today and some from yesterday, who get all the love from Grammy voters through the years.

Dolly Parton

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Dolly Parton - 52 Nominations - 10 Wins


Chris Stapleton

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Chris Stapleton - 13 Nominations - 8 Wins


Miranda Lambert

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Miranda Lambert - 27 Nominations - 3 Wins


Carrie Underwood

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Carrie Underwood - 16 Nominations - 8 Wins


Kacey Musgraves

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Kacey Musgraves - 11 Nominations - 6 Wins


Brothers Osborne

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Brothers Osborne - 10 Nominations - 1 Win


Keith Urban

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Keith Urban - 19 Nominations - 4 Wins


Vince Gill

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Vince Gill - 47 Nomintaions - 22 Wins


Alison Krauss

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Alison Krauss solo - 42 Nominations - 27 Wins w/Union Station 18 Nominations - 14 Wins - Alison is the country artist with the most Grammy wins.


Brandi Carlile

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Brandi Carlile - 24 Nominations - 6 Wins

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.