Best Americana Album

The Grammy Award for Best Americana Album recognizes excellence in albums of Americana music. Americana incorporates elements of various American roots music styles, resulting in a distinctive roots-oriented sound that lives in a world apart from the pure forms of the genres upon which it may draw.

54th Annual Grammy Awards • 2012

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2010 and Aug 30, 2011

Levon Helm won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Americana Album with "Ramble At The Ryman"

Winners & Nominees 2012

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Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Jon Batiste BIG MONEY All Nominees
2025 Sierra Ferrell Trail Of Flowers All Nominees
2024 Jason Isbell Weathervanes All Nominees
2023 Brandi Carlile In These Silent Days All Nominees
2022 Los Lobos Native Sons All Nominees
2021 Sarah Jarosz World On The Ground All Nominees
2020 Keb'Mo' Oklahoma All Nominees
2019 Brandi Carlile By The Way, I Forgive You All Nominees
2018 Jason Isbell The Nashville Sound All Nominees
2017 William Bell This Is Where I Live All Nominees
2016 Jason Isbell Something More Than Free All Nominees
2015 Rosanne Cash The River & The Thread All Nominees
2014 Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell Old Yellow Moon All Nominees
2013 Bonnie Raitt Slipstream All Nominees
2012 Levon Helm Ramble At The Ryman All Nominees
2011 Mavis Staples You Are Not Alone All Nominees
2010 Levon Helm Electric Dirt All Nominees
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