Alison Krauss

Alison Krauss (born on July 23, 1971 in Decatur, Illinois), is a bluegrass singer and virtuoso fiddle player who grew up in Champaign, Illinois. Almost certainly the most successful bluegrass musician ever, Krauss has had several platinum-selling albums, has received seventeen Grammy Awards (more than any other woman in the history of the Grammys), and been a featured performer in the Oscars. In 1995 she was awarded Female Vocalist of the Year by the Country Music Association.

International Bluegrass Music Association Awards

• 2004 Recorded Event of the Year: Joe Nichols, Rhonda Vincent, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Terri Clark, Merle Haggard, Carl Jackson, Ronnie Dunn, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Glen Campbell, Leslie Satcher, Kathy Louvin, Pamela Brown Hayes, Linda Ronstadt, Patty Loveless, Jon Randall, Harley Allen, Dierks Bentley, Larry Cordle, Jerry Salley, Dolly Parton, Sonya Isaacs, Marty Stuart, Del McCoury, Pam Tillis, Johnny Cash & the Jordanaires for Livin? Lovin? Losin: Songs of the Louvin Brothers
• 2003 Album of the Year: Alison Krauss + Union Station for Live
• 2002 Album of the Year: Fairfield Four, John Hartford, Alison Krauss + Union Station, Dan Tyminski, The Cox Family, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, The Whites, Chris Thomas King with Colin Linden, and Emmylou Harris for Down from the Mountain
• 2001 Album of the Year: Norman Blake, James Carter & The Prisoners, The Cox Family, Fairfield Four, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Thomas King, Alison Krauss, Harry McClintock, The Peasall Sisters, The Soggy Bottom Boys, Ralph Stanley, The Stanley Brothers, Gillian Welch, The Whites for O Brother, Where Art Thou? - soundtrack
• 2001 Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year: Alison Krauss + Union Station for Live
• 1995 Song of the Year: Vince Gill with Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch for High I'll Fly Away from O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• 1995 Entertainer of the Year
• 1995 Female Vocalist of the Year
• 1993 Female Vocalist of the Year
• 1993 Album of the Year: Every Time You Say Goodbye
• 1991 Female Vocalist of the Year
• 1991 Entertainer of the Year
• 1990 Female Vocalist of the Year