Grammy Award for Best Country Song
The Grammy Award for Best Country Song has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the songwriter of the song, not to the artist, except if the artist is also the songwriter.
There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:
- From 1965 to 1968, it was known as "Best Country & Western Song"
- From 1969 to 1983, it was awarded as "Best Country Song"
- In 1984, it was awarded as "Best New Country Song "
- From 1985 to the present, it has again been awarded as "Best Country Song"
2010s
2000s
| Year | Songwriter | Title | Artist | Nominees | Ref. |
| 2009 | Jennifer Nettles | Sugarland | |||
| 2008 | Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear | Carrie Underwood | |||
| 2007 | Hillary Lindsey, Brett James & Gordie Sampson | Carrie Underwood | |||
| 2006 | Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna, & Marcus Hummon | Rascal Flatts | |||
| 2005 | Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman | Tim McGraw | |||
| 2004 | Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins | Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett | |||
| 2003 | Alan Jackson | Alan Jackson | |||
| 2002 | Robert Lee Castleman | Alison Krauss & Union Station | |||
| 2001 | Mark D. Sanders & Tia Sillers | Lee Ann Womack | |||
| 2000 | Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain | Shania Twain |
1990s
| Year | Songwriter | Title | Artist | Nominees | Ref. |
| 1999 | Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain | Shania Twain | |||
| 1998 | Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas | Bob Carlisle | |||
| 1997 | Bill Mack | LeAnn Rimes | |||
| 1996 | Vince Gill | Vince Gill | |||
| 1995 | Gary Baker & Frank J. Myers | "I Swear" | John Michael Montgomery | ||
| 1994 | Lucinda Williams | "Passionate Kisses" | Mary Chapin Carpenter | ||
| 1993 | Vince Gill & John Barlow Jarvis | "I Still Believe in You" | Vince Gill | ||
| 1992 | John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd & Paul Overstreet | "Love Can Build a Bridge" | The Judds | ||
| 1991 | Don Henry & Jon Vezner | "Where've You Been" | Kathy Mattea | ||
| 1990 | Rodney Crowell | "After All This Time" | Rodney Crowell |
1980s
| Year | Songwriter | Title | Artist | Nominees | Ref. |
| 1989 | K. T. Oslin | "Hold Me" | K. T. Oslin | ||
| 1988 | Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz | "Forever and Ever, Amen" | Randy Travis | ||
| 1987 | Jamie O'Hara | "Grandpa " | The Judds | ||
| 1986 | Jimmy Webb | "Highwayman" | The Highwaymen | ||
| 1985 | Steve Goodman | "City of New Orleans" | Willie Nelson | ||
| 1984 | Mike Reid | "Stranger in My House" | Ronnie Milsap | ||
| 1983 | Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James | "Always on My Mind" | Willie Nelson | ||
| 1982 | Dolly Parton | "9 to 5" | Dolly Parton | ||
| 1981 | Willie Nelson | "On the Road Again" | Willie Nelson | ||
| 1980 | Debbie Hupp & Bob Morrison | "You Decorated My Life" | Kenny Rogers |