ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Every winner and nominee from the 1st ACM Awards to the 61st. Pick a year on the ruler, search an artist, song or album, or follow one award category through six decades.

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1966 2nd ACM Awards

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Top Female Vocalist

Top Male Vocalist

Top Vocal Group

Most Promising Female Vocalist

Most Promising Male Vocalist

Most Promising Vocal Group

Song of the Year

  • Winner Apartment #9 Bobby Austin -, Fuzzy Owen -, Johnny Paycheck -
  • Nominee Husbands and Wives Roger Miller (Composer)
  • Nominee Swinging Doors Merle Haggard -
  • Nominee Terrible Tangled Web Billy Mize -
  • Nominee The Botttle Let Me Down Merle Haggard -
  • Nominee Waitin' In Your Welfare Line Buck Owens -

Band Leader/Band

  • Winner Buck Owens' Buckaroos
  • Nominee Carl Cotner
  • Nominee Jerry Inman
  • Nominee Strangers
  • Nominee Tennesseans

Bass

  • Winner Bob Morris
  • Nominee Curly Harris
  • Nominee Dale Bennett
  • Nominee Don Pearce
  • Nominee Doyle Holly

Drums

  • Winner Jerry Wiggins
  • Nominee Junior Nichols
  • Nominee Muddy Berry
  • Nominee Pee Wee Adams
  • Nominee Willie Cantu

Fiddle

  • Winner Billy Armstrong
  • Nominee Carl Cotner
  • Nominee Don Rich
  • Nominee Harold Hensley
  • Nominee Jimmy Bryant

Lead Guitar

  • Winner Jimmy Bryant
  • Nominee Billy Strange
  • Nominee Glen Campbell
  • Nominee Joe Maphis
  • Nominee Phil Baugh

Piano

  • Winner Billy Liebert
  • Nominee Clyde Griffin
  • Nominee George French
  • Nominee Glen Hardin
  • Nominee Jimmy Pruett

Steel Guitar

  • Winner Ralph Mooney
  • Winner Tom Brumley
  • Nominee Fuzzy Owen
  • Nominee Noel Boggs
  • Nominee Red Rhodes

Music Publisher of the Year

  • Winner Central Songs
  • Nominee Blue Book Music
  • Nominee Four Star Music
  • Nominee Owen Publishing
  • Nominee Sea Shell Music

Producers/A&R

  • Winner Ken Nelson
  • Nominee Cliffie Stone
  • Nominee Fuzzy Owen
  • Nominee Lee Hazlewood
  • Nominee Scotty Turner

Radio Personality

  • Winner Biff Collie
  • Winner Bob Kingsley
  • Nominee Dick Haynes
  • Nominee Gordon Calcote
  • Nominee Joe Nixon

Television Personality

  • Winner Billy Mize
  • Nominee Cathie Taylor
  • Nominee Johnny Bond
  • Nominee Molly Bee
  • Nominee Rusty Draper

Country Nightclub of the Year

  • Winner Palomino - North Hollywood, CA
  • Nominee Foothill Club - Long Beach, CA
  • Nominee Golden Embers
  • Nominee Golden Nugget - Las Vegas, NV
  • Nominee Red Barrel - Hawaiian Gardens, CA

Man of the Year

  • Winner Dean Martin

Talent Management/Booking Agent

  • Winner Jack McFadden
  • Nominee Cliffie Stone
  • Nominee Don Sessions
  • Nominee Marty Landau
  • Nominee Steve Stebbins