Emmylou Harris
Artist

Emmylou Harris

Wins

13

Nominations

47

58th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Americana Album - Nominee

The Traveling Kind. Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell

58th Annual Grammy Awards

Best American Roots Song - Nominee

The Traveling Kind. Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris

56th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Americana Album - Winner

Old Yellow Moon. Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell

54th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Americana Album - Nominee

Hard Bargain. Emmylou Harris

51st Annual Grammy Awards

Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording - Nominee

All I Intended To Be. Emmylou Harris

49th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording - Nominee

All The Roadrunning. Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris

48th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Winner

The Connection. Emmylou Harris

48th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals - Nominee

Shelter From The Storm. Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris

46th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording - Nominee

Stumble Into Grace. Emmylou Harris

45th Annual Grammy Awards

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals - Nominee

Flesh And Blood. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris

About Emmylou Harris

"I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted."

  • Born April 2, 1947, in Birmingham, Alabama
  • Emmylou Harris' major label debut, Pieces Of The Sky, was released in 1975. It included the song "If I Could Only Win Your Love," which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The album was eventually certified gold. 
  • The singer earned her first career GRAMMY win for 1976 for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female for "Elite Hotel." Among other GRAMMYs, Harris also won Album Of The Year for 2001 for her contributions to the soundtrack for the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? She made her GRAMMY stage debut at the 44th GRAMMY Awards in 2002 performing an excerpt from the film's soundtrack with Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch.
  • Harris was her high school's valedictorian, graduating with a 4.0 GPA and winning a drama scholarship to the University of North Carolina.
  • Harris founded Bonaparte's Retreat, which rescues dogs at Metro Nashville Animal Care and Control, in 2004. Since 1999, she has helped organize the Concerts for a Landmine Free World.

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Emmylou Harris

Year Award Artists Work All Nominees
2016 Best Americana Album Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell The Traveling Kind All Nominees
2016 Best American Roots Song Cory Chisel, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris The Traveling Kind All Nominees
2014 Best Americana Album Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell Old Yellow Moon All Nominees
2012 Best Americana Album Emmylou Harris Hard Bargain All Nominees
2009 Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording Emmylou Harris All I Intended To Be All Nominees
2007 Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris All The Roadrunning All Nominees
2006 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris The Connection All Nominees
2006 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris Shelter From The Storm All Nominees
2004 Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording Emmylou Harris Stumble Into Grace All Nominees
2003 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris Flesh And Blood All Nominees
2002 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby All Nominees
2002 Album Of The Year T Bone Burnett, Peter Kurland, Mike Piersante, Gavin Lurssen O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack All Nominees
2001 Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl All Nominees
2000 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton After The Gold Rush All Nominees
2000 Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris Western Wall - The Tucson Sessions (Album) All Nominees
2000 Best Contemporary Country Album Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton Trio II (Album) All Nominees
2000 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Ordinary Heart (Track) All Nominees
1999 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Love Still Remains (Track) All Nominees
1999 Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording Emmylou Harris Spyboy (Album) All Nominees
1999 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam Same Old Train All Nominees
1996 Best Contemporary Folk Album incl. Best Ethnic or Contemporary Folk Recording Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball All Nominees
1994 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris High Powered Love (Track) All Nominees
1993 Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal Emmylou Harris, Nash Ramblers Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers At The Ryman All Nominees
1993 Best Country Instrumental Performance Emmylou Harris, Nash Ramblers Scotland (Track) All Nominees
1990 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Bluebird (Album) All Nominees
1990 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Emmylou Harris, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Ricky Skaggs, Levon Helm Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Track) All Nominees
1989 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Back In Baby's Arms (Track) All Nominees
1989 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Earl Thomas Conley, Emmylou Harris We Believe In Happy Endings (Track) All Nominees
1988 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Angel Band (Album) All Nominees
1988 Album Of The Year Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt Trio (Album) All Nominees
1988 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Glen Campbell, Emmylou Harris You Are (Track) All Nominees
1988 Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris Trio All Nominees
1987 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Today I Started Loving You Again (Single) All Nominees
1986 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris The Ballad Of Sally Rose (Album) All Nominees
1985 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris In My Dreams All Nominees
1984 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Last Date (Album) All Nominees
1983 Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris Love Hurts (Track) All Nominees
1983 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Cimarron (Album) All Nominees
1982 Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal Emmylou Harris, Don Williams If I Needed You (Single) All Nominees
1981 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Roses In The Snow (Album) All Nominees
1981 Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal Emmylou Harris, Roy Orbison That Lovin' You Feelin' Again All Nominees
1980 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Blue Kentucky Girl All Nominees
1979 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town (Album) All Nominees
1978 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Making Believe (Single) All Nominees
1977 Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Here, There And Everywhere (Track) All Nominees
1977 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris Elite Hotel All Nominees
1976 Best Female Country Vocal Performance Emmylou Harris If I Could Only Win Your Love (Single) All Nominees

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