Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year

Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year
Current winner of the award Lainey Wilson
Country	United States
Presented by	Country Music Association
First awarded	1967
Currently held by	Bell Bottom Country by Lainey Wilson (2023)

The following list shows the recipients for the Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year.

The inaugural recipient of the award was There Goes My Everything by Jack Greene in 1967, with Jessi Colter becoming the first female winner in 1976, and Alabama being the first group awarded in 1983. George Strait holds the record for most wins in the category, with five, and also leads in nominations, with eighteen. To date, Miranda Lambert is the only woman to have won twice and she is tied with Reba McEntire as the most nominated women in the category, with six nominations each. Brooks & Dunn hold the record for most nominations without a win, with eight. The current holder of the award is Luke Combs, who won in both 2022 for his third studio album Growin' Up.^[1]