Emmylou Harris
Wins
13
Nominations
47
Category
Biography
"I'm blessed to be able to work at something that I'm good at, and that I love. It's not something I take for granted."
- Born April 2, 1947, in Birmingham, Alabama
- Emmylou Harris' major label debut, Pieces Of The Sky, was released in 1975. It included the song "If I Could Only Win Your Love," which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The album was eventually certified gold.
- The singer earned her first career GRAMMY win for 1976 for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female for "Elite Hotel." Among other GRAMMYs, Harris also won Album Of The Year for 2001 for her contributions to the soundtrack for the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? She made her GRAMMY stage debut at the 44th GRAMMY Awards in 2002 performing an excerpt from the film's soundtrack with Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch.
- Harris was her high school's valedictorian, graduating with a 4.0 GPA and winning a drama scholarship to the University of North Carolina.
- Harris performed Bruce Springsteen's "My Hometown" at the 2013 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute to Springsteen.
- Harris founded Bonaparte's Retreat, which rescues dogs at Metro Nashville Animal Care and Control, in 2004. Since 1999, she has helped organize the Concerts for a Landmine Free World.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Emmylou Harris
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Best Americana Album
The Traveling Kind
Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris
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Best American Roots Song
The Traveling Kind
Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Cory Chisel
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Best Americana Album Winner
Old Yellow Moon
Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Brian Ahern, Donivan Cowart
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Best Americana Album
Hard Bargain
Emmylou Harris
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Contemporary Folk Album
All I Intended To Be
Emmylou Harris
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Contemporary Folk Album
All The Roadrunning
Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance Winner
The Connection
Emmylou Harris
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Country Collaboration With Vocal
Shelter From The Storm
Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris
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Contemporary Folk Album
Stumble Into Grace
Emmylou Harris
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Country Collaboration With Vocal
Flesh And Blood
Sheryl Crow, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris
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Country Collaboration With Vocal
Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby
Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss
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Album Of The Year Winner
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack
Harley Allen, Nathan Best, Ron Block, Norman Blake, T Bone Burnett, Pat Enright, Sidney Cox, Willard Cox, Robert Hamlett, Chris Thomas King, Peter Kurland, Sarah Peasall, Hannah Peasall, Leah Peasall, Joseph Rice, Chris Sharp, Dan Tyminski, Buck White, Sharon White-Skaggs, Sam Bush, Cox Family, Alison Krauss & Union Station, The Whites, Mike Compton, James Hill, Gavin Lurssen, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Bales, John Hartford, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Isaac Freeman, Evelyn Cox, Suzanne Cox, Emmylou Harris, Mike Piersante, Wilson Waters, Jr., Ralph Stanley, Peasall Sisters, Cheryl White, Gillian Welch, Fairfield Four, Alison Krauss
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Contemporary Folk Album Winner
Red Dirt Girl
Jim Watts, Malcolm Burn, Emmylou Harris
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Country Collaboration With Vocal Winner
After The Gold Rush
Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Ordinary Heart (Track)
Emmylou Harris
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Best Contemporary Country Album
Trio II (Album)
George Massenburg, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Nathaniel Kunkel, Dolly Parton
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Contemporary Folk Album
Western Wall - The Tucson Sessions (Album)
Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Love Still Remains (Track)
Emmylou Harris
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Country Collaboration With Vocal Winner
Same Old Train
Patty Loveless, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Ricky Skaggs, Earl Scruggs, Joe Diffie, Randy Travis, Clint Black, Travis Tritt, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam, Merle Haggard, Alison Krauss
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Contemporary Folk Album
Spyboy (Album)
Emmylou Harris
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Contemporary Folk Album Winner
Wrecking Ball
Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
High Powered Love (Track)
Emmylou Harris
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers At The Ryman
Larry Altamanuik, Jon Randall, Al Perkins, Sam Bush, Nash Ramblers, Roy Huskey Jr., Emmylou Harris
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Country Instrumental Performance
Scotland (Track)
Jon Randall, Al Perkins, Sam Bush, Nash Ramblers, Roy Huskey Jr., Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Bluebird (Album)
Emmylou Harris
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Country Collaboration With Vocal
Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Track)
Roy Acuff, Jeff Hanna, Levon Helm, Ricky Skaggs, Johnny Cash, Bob Carpenter, Jimmy Ibbotson, Emmylou Harris, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jimmie Fadden
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Back In Baby's Arms (Track)
Emmylou Harris
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Country Collaboration With Vocal
We Believe In Happy Endings (Track)
Earl Thomas Conley, Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Angel Band (Album)
Emmylou Harris
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Album Of The Year
Trio (Album)
George Massenburg, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner
Trio
Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton
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Country Collaboration With Vocal
You Are (Track)
Glen Campbell, Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Today I Started Loving You Again (Single)
Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
The Ballad Of Sally Rose (Album)
Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance Winner
In My Dreams
Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Last Date (Album)
Emmylou Harris
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Love Hurts (Track)
Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Cimarron (Album)
Emmylou Harris
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
If I Needed You (Single)
Don Williams, Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Roses In The Snow (Album)
Emmylou Harris
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner
That Lovin' You Feelin' Again
Roy Orbison, Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance Winner
Blue Kentucky Girl
Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town (Album)
Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Making Believe (Single)
Emmylou Harris
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Female Pop Vocal Performance
Here, There And Everywhere (Track)
Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance Winner
Elite Hotel
Emmylou Harris
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Female Country Vocal Performance
If I Could Only Win Your Love (Single)
Emmylou Harris
