Grammy Award for Best Traditional Country Album

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Country Album is an award presented by the Recording Academy to honor quality traditional country music music performances in any given year. The award is scheduled to be presented for the first time at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in 2026, as a complement to the newly renamed Best Contemporary Country Album category, and sits in the Country & American Roots genre field.

The academy announced the new category in June 2025, stating that the award “recognizes excellence in albums of traditional country music, both vocal and instrumental. Traditional country includes country recordings that adhere to the more traditional sound structures of the country genre, including rhythm and singing style, lyrical content, as well as traditional country instrumentation such as acoustic guitar, steel guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, piano, electric guitar, and live drums. It also includes sub-genres such as Western, Western Swing, and Outlaw country.”

The award goes to the artist(s), producer(s), and mixers(s) of the album.