ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Entertainer of the Year

• Winner Kenny Rogers
• Nominee Dolly Parton
• Nominee Loretta Lynn
• Nominee Roy Clark
• Nominee Willie Nelson

Band of the Year (Non-Touring)

• Winner Rebel Playboys
• Nominee Country Stones
• Nominee Country Sunshine
• Nominee Palomino Riders

Band of the Year (Touring)

• Winner Original Texas Playboys
• Nominee Asleep at the Wheel
• Nominee Coalminers
• Nominee Statesiders
• Nominee Waylors
• Nominee Willie Nelson Band

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Barbara Mandrell
• Nominee Anne Murray
• Nominee Crystal Gayle
• Nominee Dolly Parton
• Nominee Loretta Lynn

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner Kenny Rogers
• Winner Kenny Rogers (album) Kenny Rogers
• Nominee Don Williams
• Nominee Eddie Rabbitt
• Nominee Larry Gatlin
• Nominee Merle Haggard

Top Vocal Group

• Winner Oak Ridge Boys
• Nominee Conway Twitty
• Nominee Dave & Sugar
• Nominee Dottie West
• Nominee Kenny Rogers
• Nominee Kenny Rogers (album) Kenny Rogers
• Nominee Loretta Lynn
• Nominee Statler Brothers

Top New Female Vocalist

• Winner Cristy Lane
• Nominee Bonnie Tyler
• Nominee Charly McClain
• Nominee Susie Allanson
• Nominee Zella Lehr

Top New Male Vocalist

• Winner John Conlee
• Nominee Con Hunley
• Nominee Kenny O'Dell Kenny O’Dell
• Nominee Lee Dresser
• Nominee Ronnie McDowell

Album of the Year

• Winner Ya'll Come Back Saloon Oak Ridge Boys
• Nominee Everytime Two Fools Collide Kenny Rogers, Dottie West
• Nominee It Was Almost Like A Song Ronnie Milsap
• Nominee Let's Keep It That Way Anne Murray
• Nominee Stardust Willie Nelson

Song of the Year

• Winner You Needed Me Anne Murray
• Nominee Burgers and Fries Charley Pride
• Nominee I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall Merle Haggard
• Nominee Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings
• Nominee The Gambler Kenny Rogers

Single Record of the Year

• Winner Tulsa Time Don Williams
• Nominee Georgia On My Mind Willie Nelson
• Nominee Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings
• Nominee Out Of My Bed And Back In My Bed Loretta Lynn
• Nominee Talkin' In Your Sleep Crystal Gayle

Bass

• Winner Rod Culpepper
• Nominee Charles Flynn
• Nominee Curtis Stone
• Nominee Don Felts
• Nominee Larry Booth
• Nominee Red Wooten
• Nominee Walt Collins

Drums

• Winner Archie Francis
• Nominee Al Brown
• Nominee Buddy Harman
• Nominee Ed Mattos
• Nominee George Manz
• Nominee Lonnie Godfrey

Fiddle

• Winner Johnny Gimble
• Nominee Billy Graham
• Nominee Dennis Terry
• Nominee Doug Atwell
• Nominee Harold Hensley

Guitar

• Winner James Burton
• Nominee Al Bruno
• Nominee Billy Walker
• Nominee Dave Thornhill
• Nominee Johnny Blankenship

Keyboard

• Winner Jimmy Pruett
• Nominee Gene Dunlap
• Nominee Glen Hardin
• Nominee Hargus "Pig" Robbins
• Nominee John Hobbs

Specialty Instrument

• Winner Charlie McCoy
• Nominee Carl Jackson
• Nominee Jack Fossing
• Nominee John Hartford
• Nominee Mike Aldridge
• Nominee Smokey Rogers

Steel Guitar

• Winner Buddy Emmons
• Nominee Carl Walden
• Nominee J.D. Maness
• Nominee Pete Grant
• Nominee Ralph Mooney

Disc Jockey of the Year

• Winner Billy Parker

Radio Station of the Year

• Winner KVOO - Tulsa, OK

Country Nightclub of the Year

• Winner Palomino - North Hollywood, CA

Jim Reeves Memorial Award

• Winner Joe Cates

Pioneer Award

• Winner Eddie Dean