ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Top Duo

• Winner Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard
• Nominee Canadian Sweethearts
• Nominee Gosdin Bros. Gosdin Bros
• Nominee Johnny & Jonie Mosby
• Nominee Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra
• Nominee Rose Lee & Joe Maphis

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Lynn Anderson
• Nominee Bonnie Guitar
• Nominee Bonnie Owens
• Nominee Cathie Taylor
• Nominee Lucille Starr

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner Glen Campbell
• Nominee Billy Mize
• Nominee Buck Owens
• Nominee Dean Martin
• Nominee Merle Haggard
• Nominee Wynn Stewart

Top Vocal Group

• Winner Sons of the Pioneers
• Nominee Cliffie Stone Singers
• Nominee Dillards The Dillards
• Nominee Jack Halloran Singers
• Nominee New Christy Minstrels

Most Promising Female Vocalist

• Winner Bobbie Gentry
• Nominee Beth Moore
• Nominee Faye Hardin
• Nominee Sandy Knox
• Nominee Sharon Leighton

Most Promising Male Vocalist

• Winner Jerry Inman
• Nominee Cliff Crofford
• Nominee Glen Garrison
• Nominee Robert Mitchum
• Nominee Tom Tall

Album of the Year

• Winner Gentle On My Mind Glen Campbell (Artist - Al De Lory - A&R)
• Nominee Branded Man Merle Haggard
• Nominee Burning Bridges Glen Campbell (Artist - Al De Lory - A&R)
• Nominee I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard
• Nominee It's Such A Pretty World Today Wynn Stewart

Song of the Year

• Winner It's Such A Pretty World Today Wynn Stewart
• Nominee Branded Man Merle Haggard
• Nominee I Threw Away The Rose Blue Book Music (Publisher), Merle Haggard (Writer)
• Nominee Ode to Billy Joe Bobbie Gentry
• Nominee Walkin' In The Sunshine Roger Miller (Writer), Tree Publishing (Publisher)

Single Record of the Year

• Winner Gentle On My Mind Glen Campbell (Artist - Al De Lory - A&R)
• Nominee Branded Man Merle Haggard
• Nominee Burning Bridges Glen Campbell (Artist - Al De Lory - A&R)
• Nominee Hangin' On Gosdin Bros
• Nominee I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard
• Nominee Ode to Billy Joe Bobbie Gentry

Band Leader/Band

• Winner Buck Owens' Buckaroos
• Nominee Carl Cotner
• Nominee Strangers
• Nominee Tennesseans
• Nominee Wynn Stewart Tourists

Bass

• Winner Red Wooten
• Nominee Bob Morris
• Nominee Curly Harris
• Nominee Doyle Holly
• Nominee Jerry Ward

Drums

• Winner Pee Wee Adams
• Nominee Biff Adams
• Nominee Helen "Peaches" Price
• Nominee Jerry Wiggins
• Nominee Muddy Berry

Fiddle

• Winner Billy Armstrong
• Nominee Carl Cotner
• Nominee Harold Hensley
• Nominee Jimmy Bryant
• Nominee Joe Maphis

Lead Guitar

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

Piano

• Winner Earl Ball
• Nominee Billy Liebert
• Nominee Clyde Griffin
• Nominee Glen Hardin
• Nominee Jimmy Pruett

Steel Guitar

• Winner Red Rhodes
• Nominee Carl West
• Nominee Noel Boggs
• Nominee Ralph Mooney
• Nominee Tom Brumley

Radio Personality

• Winner Bob Kingsley
• Nominee Biff Collie
• Nominee Bill Thompson
• Nominee Dick Haynes
• Nominee Larry Scott

Television Personality

• Winner Billy Mize
• Nominee Cathie Taylor
• Nominee Johnny Bond
• Nominee Lynn Anderson
• Nominee Randy Boone

Country Nightclub of the Year

• Winner Palomino - North Hollywood, CA
• Nominee Foothill Club - Long Beach, CA
• Nominee Golden Nugget - Las Vegas, NV
• Nominee Mr. Lucky's - Phoenix, AZ
• Nominee Nashville West - El Monte, CA

Man of the Year

• Winner Joey Bishop