The Juno Award for "Country Recording of the Year" has been awarded since 1970, as recognition each year for the best

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist in

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. A number of previous award categories have been combined under this name, including "Best Country Male Artist", "Best Country Female Artist" and "Country Group or Duo of the Year".

Winners

Best Country Male Artist (1970 - 1974)

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

Tommy Hunter Thomas James Hunter, CM, O.Ont (born March 20, 1937) is a Canadian country music performer, known as "Canada's Country Gentleman". Career In 1956, he began performing as a rhythm guitarist on the CBC Television show, '' Country Hoedown''. ''T ...

* 1971 - Stompin' Tom Connors *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

- Stompin' Tom Connors *

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

- Stompin' Tom Connors * 1974 - Stompin' Tom Connors

Best Country Female Artist (1970 - 1974)

Dianne Leigh Dianne Leigh (born , sometimes spelled as Diane Leigh) is a Canadian country music performer. She was the first recipient of the Gold Leaf Award (later the Juno Awards) in 1970. In 1994, music trade publication '' RPM'' considered her the nint ...

* 1971 -

Myrna Lorrie Myrna Lorrie (born Myrna Lorraine Petrunka, August 6, 1940, Cloud Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian country singer/songwriter/musician. She is known as the "first lady of Canadian country music." Lorrie first sang publicly at age 11 on Fort William ra ...

- Shirley Eikhard * 1974 - Shirley Eikhard

Best Country Group or Duo (1970 - 1974)

The Mercey Brothers The Mercey Brothers were a Canadian country music group active from 1957 to 1989. The brothers were seven-time Juno Award winners for "The Top Country Group" and were inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Early life All three Me ...

* 1971 -

* 1974 -

Country Male Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

- Stompin' Tom Connors *

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

- Murray McLauchlan *Juno Awards of 1977, 1977 - Murray McLauchlan *Juno Awards of 1978, 1978 - Ronnie Prophet *Juno Awards of 1979, 1979 - Ronnie Prophet *Juno Awards of 1980, 1980 - Murray McLauchlan *Juno Awards of 1981, 1981 - Eddie Eastman *Juno Awards of 1982, 1982 - Ronnie Hawkins *Juno Awards of 1983, 1983 - Eddie Eastman *Juno Awards of 1984, 1984 - Murray McLauchlan *Juno Awards of 1985, 1985 - Murray McLauchlan *Juno Awards of 1986, 1986 - Murray McLauchlan *Juno Awards of 1987, 1987 - Ian Tyson *Juno Awards of 1989, 1989 - Murray McLauchlan *Juno Awards of 1990, 1990 - George Fox (musician), George Fox *Juno Awards of 1991, 1991 - George Fox (musician), George Fox *Juno Awards of 1992, 1992 - George Fox (musician), George Fox *Juno Awards of 1993, 1993 - Gary Fjellgaard *Juno Awards of 1994, 1994 - Charlie Major *Juno Awards of 1995, 1995 - Charlie Major *Juno Awards of 1996, 1996 - Charlie Major *Juno Awards of 1997, 1997 - Paul Brandt *Juno Awards of 1998, 1998 - Paul Brandt

Country Female Vocalist of the Year (1975 - 1998)

- Anne Murray *

- Anne Murray *Juno Awards of 1977, 1977 - Carroll Baker (singer), Carroll Baker *Juno Awards of 1978, 1978 - Carroll Baker (singer), Carroll Baker *Juno Awards of 1979, 1979 - Carroll Baker (singer), Carroll Baker *Juno Awards of 1980, 1980 - Anne Murray *Juno Awards of 1981, 1981 - Anne Murray *Juno Awards of 1982, 1982 - Anne Murray *Juno Awards of 1983, 1983 - Anne Murray *Juno Awards of 1984, 1984 - Anne Murray *Juno Awards of 1985, 1985 - Anne Murray *Juno Awards of 1986, 1986 - Anne Murray *Juno Awards of 1987, 1987 - k.d. lang *Juno Awards of 1989, 1989 - k.d. lang *Juno Awards of 1990, 1990 - k.d. lang *Juno Awards of 1991, 1991 - Rita MacNeil *Juno Awards of 1992, 1992 - Cassandra Vasik *Juno Awards of 1993, 1993 - Michelle Wright *Juno Awards of 1994, 1994 - Cassandra Vasik *Juno Awards of 1995, 1995 - Michelle Wright *Juno Awards of 1996, 1996 - Shania Twain *Juno Awards of 1997, 1997 - Shania Twain *Juno Awards of 1998, 1998 - Shania Twain

Country Group or Duo of the Year (1975 - 1998)

- Carlton Showband *

*Juno Awards of 1977, 1977 - The Good Brothers *Juno Awards of 1978, 1978 - The Good Brothers *Juno Awards of 1979, 1979 - The Good Brothers *Juno Awards of 1980, 1980 - The Good Brothers *Juno Awards of 1981, 1981 - The Good Brothers *Juno Awards of 1982, 1982 - The Good Brothers *Juno Awards of 1983, 1983 - The Good Brothers *Juno Awards of 1984, 1984 - The Good Brothers *Juno Awards of 1985, 1985 - The Family Brown *Juno Awards of 1986, 1986 - Prairie Oyster *Juno Awards of 1987, 1987 - Prairie Oyster *Juno Awards of 1989, 1989 - The Family Brown *Juno Awards of 1990, 1990 - The Family Brown *Juno Awards of 1991, 1991 - Prairie Oyster *Juno Awards of 1992, 1992 - Prairie Oyster *Juno Awards of 1993, 1993 - Tracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy *Juno Awards of 1994, 1994 - The Rankin Family *Juno Awards of 1995, 1995 - Prairie Oyster *Juno Awards of 1996, 1996 - Prairie Oyster *Juno Awards of 1997, 1997 - The Rankin Family *Juno Awards of 1998, 1998 - Farmer's Daughter (band), Farmer's Daughter

Best Country Male Vocalist (1999 - 1999)

*Juno Awards of 1999, 1999 - Paul Brandt

Best Country Female Vocalist (1999 - 1999)

*Juno Awards of 1999, 1999 - Shania Twain

Best Country Group or Duo (1999 - 2001)

*Juno Awards of 1999, 1999 - Leahy *Juno Awards of 2000, 2000 - The Rankins *Juno Awards of 2001, 2001 - The Wilkinsons

Best Country Male Artist (2000 - 2001)

*Juno Awards of 2000, 2000 - Paul Brandt *Juno Awards of 2001, 2001 - Paul Brandt

Best Country Female Artist (2000 - 2001)

*Juno Awards of 2000, 2000 - Shania Twain *Juno Awards of 2001, 2001 - Terri Clark

Best Country Artist/Group (2002)

*Juno Awards of 2002, 2002 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson

Best New Country Artist/Group (2002)

*Juno Awards of 2002, 2002 - The Ennis Sisters

Country Recording of the Year (2003 - 2009)

*Juno Awards of 2003, 2003 - Shania Twain, "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" *Juno Awards of 2004, 2004 - Shania Twain, ''Up! (album), Up!'' *Juno Awards of 2005, 2005 - George Canyon, ''One Good Friend'' *Juno Awards of 2006, 2006 - The Road Hammers, ''The Road Hammers (album), The Road Hammers'' *Juno Awards of 2007, 2007 - George Canyon, ''Somebody Wrote Love'' *Juno Awards of 2008, 2008 - Paul Brandt, ''Risk (Paul Brandt album), Risk'' *Juno Awards of 2009, 2009 - Doc Walker, ''Beautiful Life (Doc Walker album), Beautiful Life''

Country Album of the Year (2010 - present)

References

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