Year | Winner(s) | Album Title |
1987 (1st) |
John Williamson | Mallee Boy |
Jean Stafford | Burning Bright |
Johnny Chester | There's a Shadow on the Moon Tonight |
Slim Dusty | Stories I Wanted to Tell |
The Three Chord Wonders | Try Change |
1988 (2nd) | Flying Emus | This Town |
1989 (3rd) |
John Williamson | Boomerang Café |
Flying Emus | "I Just Want to Dance With You" |
Slim Dusty | G'day, G'day! |
Smoky Dawson & Trevor Knight | High Country |
Jenine Vaughan | "Gypsy Man" |
1990 (4th) |
John Williamson | Warragul |
Slim Dusty & Anne Kirkpatrick | Two Singers, One Song |
Ted Egan | This Land Australia |
The Flying Emus | Postcards From Paradise |
The Happening Thang | The Happening Thang |
1991 (5th) |
James Blundell | Hand It Down |
Luhrs & Crawford | Midnight In Paradise |
Norma Murphy | Closer Now |
Slim Dusty | Coming Home |
Various Artists | Breaking Ground - New Directions in Country Music |
1992 (6th) |
Anne Kirkpatrick | Out of the Blue |
James Blundell | "Time on His Hands" |
Graeme Connors | Tropicali |
Keith Urban | "Only You" |
John Williamson | Waratah St |
1993 (7th) |
Lee Kernaghan | The Outback Club |
James Blundell | This Road |
Colin Buchanan | Hard Times |
Keith Urban and Slim Dusty | "Lights on the Hill" |
Brent Parlane | Brent Parlane |
1994 (8th) |
Lee Kernaghan | Three Chain Road |
Graeme Connors | The Return |
Slim Dusty | Ringer from the Top End |
Anne Kirkpatrick | Game of Love |
John Williamson | Love Is a Good Woman |
1995 (9th) |
Troy Cassar-Daley | Beyond the Dancing |
Slim Dusty | Natural High |
Gina Jeffreys | The Flame |
Lee Kernaghan | Country Crowd |
Jane Saunders | Strangers to Your Heart |
1996 (10th) |
The Dead Ringer Band | Home Fires |
Graeme Connors | The Here and Now |
Lee Kernaghan | 1959 |
Tania Kernaghan | December Moon |
The Wheel | The Wheel |
1997 (11th) |
Graeme Connors | The Road Less Travelled |
The Dead Ringer Band | Living in the Circle |
The Ranch | The Ranch |
Tina Martyn | Lying in My Bed |
Troy Cassar-Daley | "True Believers" |
1998 (12th) |
Shanley Del | My Own Sweet Time |
Colin Buchanan | Edge of the Kimberley |
Troy Cassar-Daley | True Believer |
Gina Jeffreys | Someboy's Daughter |
The Wheel | Good Noise |
1999 (13th) |
Kasey Chambers | The Captain |
Adam Brand | Adam Brand |
Tania Kernaghan | Dancing on Water |
Kedron Taylor | Every Place I Go |
Various | Not So Dusty |
2000 (14th) |
Troy Cassar-Daley | Big River |
Adam Brand | Good Friends |
Lee Kernaghan | Rules of the Road |
Keith Urban | Keith Urban |
John Williamson | The Way It Is |
2001 (15th) |
Slim Dusty | Looking Forward Looking Back |
Audrey Auld | The Fallen |
Beccy Cole | Wild at Heart |
Gina Jeffreys | Angel |
Sara Storer | Chasing Buffalo |
2002 (16th) |
Kasey Chambers | Barricades & Brickwalls |
Adam Harvey | Workin' Overtime |
Catherine Britt | Dusty Smiles and Heartbreak Cures |
Lee Kernaghan | Electric Rodeo |
Troy Cassar-Daley | Long Way Home |
2003 (17th) |
Keith Urban | Golden Road |
Adam Harvey | Cowboy Dreams |
Beccy Cole | Little Victories |
Bill Chambers | Sleeping with the Blues |
Sara Storer | Beautiful Circle |
2004 (18th) |
Kasey Chambers | Wayward Angel |
Adam Brand | Get Loud |
Melinda Schneider | Family Tree |
Troy Cassar-Daley | Borrowed & Blue |
Slim Dusty | Columbia Lane - the Last Sessions |
2005 (19th) |
Keith Urban | Be Here |
Adam Harvey | Can't Settle For Less |
Audrey Auld Mezera | Texas |
Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys | Foggy Highway |
Sara Storer | Firefly |
2006 (20th) |
Troy Cassar-Daley | Brighter Day |
Adam Brand | What a Life |
Anne Kirkpatrick | Showman's Daughter |
Catherine Britt | Too Far Gone |
Lee Kernaghan | The New Bush |
2007 (21st) |
Keith Urban | Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing |
Gina Jeffreys | Walks of Life |
James Blundell | Ring Around the Moon |
Lou Bradley | Love Someone |
The Greencards | Veridian |
2008 (22nd) |
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson | Rattlin' Bones |
Catherine Britt | Little WildFlower |
Melinda Schneider | Be Yourself |
Sara Storer | Silver Skies |
The McClymonts | Chaos and Bright Lights |
2009 (23rd) |
Troy Cassar-Daley | I Love This Place |
Felicity Urquhart | Landing Lights |
Jasmine Rae | Look It Up |
Keith Urban | Defying Gravity |
Shane Nicholson | Familiar Ghosts |
2010 (24th) |
The McClymonts | Wrapped Up Good |
Adam Harvey | Both Sides Now |
Catherine Britt | Catherine Britt |
Jason Walker | Ceiling Sun Letters |
Lee Kernaghan | Planet Country |
2011 (25th) |
Kasey Chambers | Little Bird |
Jasmine Rae | Listen Here |
Keith Urban | Get Closer |
Shane Nicholson | Bad Machines |
Troy Cassar-Daley | Troy Cassar-Daley Live |
2012 (26th) |
The McClymonts | Two Worlds Collide |
Beccy Cole | Songs & Pictures |
Catherine Britt | Always Never Enough |
McAlister Kemp | Country Proud |
Troy Cassar-Daley | Home |
2013 (27th) |
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson | Wreck & Ruin |
Jasmine Rae | If I Want To |
Lee Kernaghan | Beautiful Noise |
Sara Storer | Lovegrass |
Troy Cassar-Daley and Adam Harvey | The Great Country Songbook |
2014 (28th) |
Kasey Chambers | Bittersweet |
Adam Brand | My Side of the Street |
Emma Swift | Emma Swift |
Keith Urban | Fuse |
The McClymonts | Here's to You & I |
2015 (29th) |
Shane Nicholson | Hell Breaks Loose |
Catherine Britt | Boneshaker |
Lee Kernaghan | Spirit of the Anzacs |
Mustered Courage | White Lies and Melodies |
Troy Cassar-Daley | Freedom Ride |
2016 (30th) |
Sara Storer | Silos |
Adam Brand and the Outlaws | Adam Brand and the Outlaws |
Bill Chambers | Cold Trail |
Fanny Lumsden | Small Town Big Shot |
The Wolfe Brothers | This Crazy Life |
2017 (31st) |
Kasey Chambers | Dragonfly |
Lee Kernaghan | The 25th Anniversary Album |
O'Shea | 61-615 |
Shane Nicholson | Love and Blood |
The McClymonts | Endless |
2018 (32nd) |
Kasey Chambers & the Fireside Disciples | Campfire |
Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont | Adam & Brooke |
Fanny Lumsden | Real Class Act |
The Wolfe Brothers | Country Heart |
Travis Collins | Brave & the Broken |
2019 (33rd) |
Morgan Evans | Things That We Drink To |
Charlie Collins | Snowpine |
Felicity Urquhart | Frozen Rabbit |
Lee Kernaghan | Backroad Nation |
Sara Storer | Raindance |
2020 (34th) |
Fanny Lumsden | Fallow |
Casey Barnes | Town of a Million Dreams |
Jasmine Rae | Lion Side |
The McClymonts | Mayhem to Madness |
Travis Collins | Wreck Me |
2021 (35th) |
Troy Cassar-Daley | The World Today |
Brad Cox | My Mind's Projection |
Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham | The Song Club |
Shane Nicholson | Living in Colour |
The Wolfe Brothers | Kids on Cassette |
2022 (36th) |
Casey Barnes | Light It Up |
Adam Brand | All or Nothing |
Amber Lawrence | Living for the Highlights |
Andy Golledge | Strength of a Queen |
Georgia State Line | In Colour |
2023 (37th) |
Fanny Lumsden | Hey Dawn |
Brad Cox | Acres |
Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley | Up, Down & Sideways |
Henry Wagons | South Of Everywhere |
The Wolfe Brothers | Livin' The Dream |