Grammy Awards
- 2011 Best Bluegrass Album / Alison Krauss and Union Station / Paper Airplane
- 2005 Best Country Instrumental Performance by a Duo or Group / AKUS / Restless
- 2005 Best Country Instrumental Performance / AKUS / Unionhouse Branch
- 2005 Best Country Album / AKUS / Lonely Runs Both Ways
- 2003 Best Country Instrumental Performance / AKUS / Cluck Old Hen
- 2003 Best Bluegrass Album / AKUS / Live
- 2001 Album of the Year / Various Artists / O Brother, Where Art Thou Soundtrack
- 2001 Best Country Performance by Duo or Group w/ Vox/AKUS/The Lucky One
- 2001 Best Bluegrass Album / AKUS / New Favorite
- 1997 Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal / AKUS / Looking in the Eyes of Love
- 1997 Best Country Instrumental Performance / AKUS / Little Liza Jane
- 1997 Best Bluegrass Album / AKUS / So Long So Wrong
- 1996 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals / Vince Gill with AKUS / High Lonesome Sound
- 1992 Best Bluegrass Album / AKUS / Every Time You Say Goodbye
International Bluegrass Awards
- 2003 Album of the Year / AKUS / Live
- 2002 Album of the Year / Various Artists / Down From the Mountain - 200
- 2001 Album of the Year / Various Artists / O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- 1995 Entertainer of the Year / AKUS
- 1993 Album of the Year / AKUS / Every Time You Say Goodbye
- 1991 Entertainer of the Year / AKUS
CMA Awards
- 1995 Single of the Year “When You Say Nothing At All”
Dove Awards
- 1998 Best Bluegrass Song / A Living Prayer