Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance
Grammy Awards · 59 nominations across 12 ceremonies · 12 wins
68th Grammys · 2026
- Winner Beautiful Strangers · Mavis Staples
- Nominee Richmond on the James · Union Station
- Nominee Crimson and Clay · Jason Isbell
- Nominee Ancient Light · I'm With Her
- Nominee Lonely Avenue · Jon Batiste, Randy Newman
67th Grammys · 2025
- Winner Lighthouse · Sierra Ferrell
- Nominee Blame It on Eve · Shemekia Copeland
- Nominee Nothing in Rambling · The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bonnie Raitt, Keb' Mo', Taj Mahal, The Taj Mahal Sextet, Mick Fleetwood
- Nominee The Ballad of Sally Anne · Rhiannon Giddens
66th Grammys · 2024
- Winner Eve Was Black · Allison Russell
- Nominee Heaven Help Us All · Blind Boys of Alabama
- Nominee You Louisiana Man · Rhiannon Giddens
- Nominee Inventing the Wheel · Madison Cunningham
- Nominee Butterfly · Jon Batiste
65th Grammys · 2023
- Winner Stompin' Ground · Aaron Neville, Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- Nominee Oh Betty · Fantastic Negrito
- Nominee Prodigal Daughter · Aoife O'Donovan, Allison Russell
- Nominee Someday It'll All Make Sense (Bluegrass Version) · Bill Anderson, Dolly Parton
- Nominee Life According to Raechel · Madison Cunningham
64th Grammys · 2022
- Winner Cry · Jon Batiste
- Nominee I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free · Blind Boys of Alabama, Béla Fleck
- Nominee Nightflyer · Allison Russell
- Nominee Love and Regret · Billy Strings
- Nominee Same Devil · Brandy Clark, Brandi Carlile
63rd Grammys · 2021
- Winner I Remember Everything · John Prine
- Nominee I'll Be Gone · Norah Jones, Mavis Staples
- Nominee Colors · Black Pumas
- Nominee Deep in Love · Bonny Light Horseman
- Nominee Short and Sweet · Brittany Howard
62nd Grammys · 2020
- Winner Saint Honesty · Sara Bareilles
- Nominee I'm on My Way · Rhiannon Giddens
- Nominee Call My Name · I'm With Her
- Nominee Faraway Look · Yola
- Nominee Father Mountain · Calexico, Iron & Wine
61st Grammys · 2019
- Winner The Joke · Brandi Carlile
- Nominee Last Man Standing · Willie Nelson
- Nominee All on My Mind · Anderson East
- Nominee Kick Rocks · Sean Ardoin
- Nominee St. James Infirmary Blues · Jon Batiste
60th Grammys · 2018
- Winner Killer Diller Blues · Alabama Shakes
- Nominee I Never Cared for You · Alison Krauss
- Nominee Let My Mother Live · Blind Boys of Alabama
- Nominee Steer Your Way · Leonard Cohen
- Nominee Arkansas Farmboy · Glen Campbell
59th Grammys · 2017
- Winner House of Mercy · Sarah Jarosz
- Nominee Wreck You · Lori McKenna
- Nominee Mother's Children Have a Hard Time · Blind Boys of Alabama
- Nominee Factory Girl · Rhiannon Giddens
- Nominee Ain't No Man · The Avett Brothers
58th Grammys · 2016
- Winner See That My Grave Is Kept Clean · Mavis Staples
- Nominee Julep · Punch Brothers
- Nominee Born to Play Guitar · Buddy Guy
- Nominee City of Our Lady · The Milk Carton Kids
- Nominee And Am I Born to Die · Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn
57th Grammys · 2015
- Winner A Feather's Not a Bird · Rosanne Cash
- Nominee And When I Die · Billy Childs, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas
- Nominee Statesboro Blues · Gregg Allman, Taj Mahal, The Taj Mahal Sextet
- Nominee The Old Me Better · Keb' Mo'
- Nominee Destination · Nickel Creek