Americana Music Association
2026 Nominees
Each year the Americana Music Association honors distinguished members of the music community. Six member-voted awards and several Lifetime Achievement Awards are handed out while over 2,000 artists, music-loving fans and entertainment industry executives watch on.
Album of the Year
"Snipe Hunter"
Tyler Childers; Produced by Tyler Childers, Rick Rubin & Nick Sanborn
"Billionaire"
Kathleen Edwards; Produced by Jason Isbell & Gena Johnson
"Planting by the Signs"
S.G. Goodman; Produced by S.G. Goodman, Matthew Rowan & Drew Vandenberg
"Cruel Joke"
Ken Pomeroy; Produced by Colton Jean, Dakota McDaniel & Gary Paczosa
"Hard Headed Woman"
Margo Price; Produced by Matt Ross-Spang
Artist of the Year
Brandi Carlile
Charley Crockett
Margo Price
Molly Tuttle
Jesse Welles
Duo/Group of the Year
Flatland Cavalry
I'm With Her
Mumford & Sons
Turnpike Troubadours
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Emerging Act of the Year
Crowe Boys
Boy Golden
Kashus Culpepper
Ken Pomeroy
Mon Rovîa
Song of the Year
"Returning To Myself"
Brandi Carlile; Written by Brandi Carlile
"Snapping Turtle"
S.G. Goodman; Written by S.G. Goodman
"Wild and Clear and Blue"
I'm With Her; Written by Written by Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan & Sara Watkins
"Heavy Foot"
Mon Rovîa; Written by Grant Averill, Eric Cromartie, Cooper Holzman & Andrew Lowe
"The World's Gone Wrong"
Lucinda Williams (feat. Brittany Spencer); Written by Tom Overby, Doug Pettibone & Lucinda Williams
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2026 award Winners
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