ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Entertainer of the Year

• Winner Alabama
• Nominee Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee Oak Ridge Boys
• Nominee Ricky Skaggs
• Nominee Willie Nelson

Band of the Year (Non-Touring)

• Winner Tennesseans
• Nominee Beech Creek Band
• Nominee Laramie Station
• Nominee Palomino Riders
• Nominee Rebel Playboys
• Nominee Western Union

Band of the Year (Touring)

• Winner Ricky Skaggs Band
• Nominee Alabama
• Nominee Exile
• Nominee Farewell Party Band
• Nominee Strangers
• Nominee Willie Nelson Family Band

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Reba McEntire
• Nominee Anne Murray
• Nominee Dolly Parton
• Nominee Emmylou Harris
• Nominee Janie Fricke

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner George Strait
• Nominee Gary Morris
• Nominee Kenny Rogers
• Nominee Kenny Rogers (album) Kenny Rogers
• Nominee Lee Greenwood
• Nominee Ricky Skaggs

Top Vocal Group

• Winner Alabama
• Nominee Exile
• Nominee Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• Nominee Oak Ridge Boys
• Nominee Statler Brothers

Top New Female Vocalist

• Winner Nicolette Larson
• Nominee Becky Hobbs
• Nominee Hillary Kanter
• Nominee Karen Taylor-Good
• Nominee Katy Moffatt

Top New Male Vocalist

• Winner Vince Gill
• Nominee Bill Medley
• Nominee Dan Seals
• Nominee Keith Stegall
• Nominee Lloyd David Foster

Album of the Year

• Winner Roll On Alabama
• Nominee Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Ricky Skaggs
• Nominee Don't Make It Easy On Me Earl Thomas Conley
• Nominee Man Of Steel Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee Right Or Wrong George Strait

Song of the Year

• Winner Why Not Me The Judds
• Nominee I've Been Around Enough To Know John Schneider
• Nominee Second Hand Heart Gary Morris
• Nominee To All The Girls I've Loved Before Willie Nelson, Julio Iglesias
• Nominee When We Make Love Alabama

Country Music Video of the Year

• Winner All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee America Waylon Jennings
• Nominee Mama He's Crazy The Judds
• Nominee Second Hand Heart Gary Morris
• Nominee The Left Side Of The Bed Mark Gray
• Nominee What She Wants Michael Martin Murphey

Single Record of the Year

• Winner To All The Girls I've Loved Before Willie Nelson, Julio Iglesias
• Nominee I Don't Know A Thing About Love Conway Twitty
• Nominee I've Been Around Enough To Know John Schneider
• Nominee When We Make Love Alabama
• Nominee Why Not Me The Judds

Bass

• Winner Joe Osborn
• Nominee Curtis Stone
• Nominee Don Felts
• Nominee Mike Leech
• Nominee Red Wooten

Drums

• Winner Larrie Londin
• Nominee Archie Francis
• Nominee Buddy Harman
• Nominee Jerry Carrigan
• Nominee Steve Duncan

Fiddle

• Winner Johnny Gimble
• Nominee Billy Armstrong
• Nominee Buddy Spicher
• Nominee Byron Berline
• Nominee Doug Atwell
• Nominee Harold Hensley

Guitar

• Winner James Burton
• Nominee Al Bruno
• Nominee Chet Atkins
• Nominee Danny Michaels
• Nominee Johnny Blankenship

Keyboard

• Winner Hargus "Pig" Robbins
• Winner John Hobbs
• Nominee David Briggs
• Nominee Floyd Cramer
• Nominee Glen Hardin

Specialty Instrument

• Winner Ricky Skaggs
• Nominee Charlie McCoy
• Nominee Jerry Douglas
• Nominee Larry McNeely
• Nominee Terry McMillan

Steel Guitar

• Winner Buddy Emmons
• Nominee Al Vescova
• Nominee J.D. Maness
• Nominee Sonny Garrish
• Nominee Weldon Myrick

Radio Station of the Year - Large Market

• Winner WMC - Memphis, TN

Radio Station of the Year - Medium Market

• Winner KVOO - Tulsa, OK

Radio Station of the Year - Small Market

• Winner WLWI - Montgomery, AL

Disc Jockey of the Year (Large Market)

• Winner Coyote Calhoun

Disc Jockey of the Year (Medium Market)

• Winner Billy Parker

Disc Jockey of the Year (Small Market)

• Winner Dan Hollander

Country Nightclub of the Year

• Winner Gilley's - Pasadena, TX

Pioneer Award

• Winner Roy Acuff

Tex Ritter Award

• Winner Songwriter
• Nominee Rhinestone
• Nominee The Baron And The Kid
• Nominee The Bear
• Nominee The River Rat

Top Vocal Duet

• Winner The Judds
• Nominee Anne Murray
• Nominee Barbara Mandrell
• Nominee Dave Loggins
• Nominee David Frizzell
• Nominee Julio Iglesias
• Nominee Lee Greenwood
• Nominee Shelly West
• Nominee Willie Nelson