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2018

Album of the Year
  • “All American Made"
    Margo Price, Produced by Jeremy Ivey, Alex Munoz, Margo Price and Matt Ross-Spang
  • “By The Way, I Forgive You"
    Brandi Carlile, Produced by Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings
  • “The Nashville Sound"
    Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Produced by Dave Cobb
  • “Rifles & Rosary Beads"
    Mary Gauthier, Produced by Neilson Hubbard
Artist of the Year
  • Brandi Carlile
  • Jason Isbell
  • Margo Price
  • John Prine
Duo/Group of the Year
  • I'm With Her
  • Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
  • Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
  • Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Emerging Artist of the Year
  • Courtney Marie Andrews
  • Tyler Childers
  • Anderson East
  • Lilly Hiatt
Song of the Year
  • “A Little Pain"
    Margo Price, Written by Margo Price
  • “All The Trouble"
    Lee Ann Womack, Written by Waylon Payne, Lee Ann Womack and Adam Wright
  • “If We Were Vampires"
    Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Written by Jason Isbell
  • “The Joke"
    Brandi Carlile, Written by Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth
Instrumentalist of the Year
  • Daniel Donato
  • Brittany Haas
  • Jerry Pentecost
  • Molly Tuttle
Lifetime Achievement for Instrumentalist
  • Buddy Guy
Lifetime Achievement Trailblazer Award
  • k.d. lang
Lifetime Achievement for Performance
  • Irma Thomas
Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive
  • Olivia Records' Judy Dlugacz & Cris Williamson
Spirit of Americana / Free Speech in Music
  • Rosanne Cash

2017

Album of the Year
  • American Band
    Drive-By Truckers, Produced by David Barbe
  • Close Ties
    Rodney Crowell, Produced by Kim Buie and Jordan Leaning
  • Freedom Highway
    Rhiannon Giddens, Produced by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell
  • The Navigator
    Hurray for the Riff Raff, Produced by Paul Butler
  • A Sailor's Guide to Earth
    Sturgill Simpson, Produced by Sturgill Simpson