ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Entertainer of the Year

• Winner Alabama
• Nominee George Strait
• Nominee Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee Lee Greenwood
• Nominee Ricky Skaggs

Band of the Year (Non-Touring)

• Winner Nashville Now
• Nominee Geary Hanley Band
• Nominee Kimberly Springs
• Nominee Laramie Station
• Nominee Rebel Playboys
• Nominee Sound Company
• Nominee Tennesseans
• Nominee Western Union

Band of the Year (Touring)

• Winner Ricky Skaggs Band
• Nominee Bama Band
• Nominee Bellamy Brothers Band
• Nominee Exile
• Nominee Gary Morris Band
• Nominee Strangers
• Nominee Willie Nelson Family Band

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Reba McEntire
• Nominee Anne Murray
• Nominee Crystal Gayle
• Nominee Juice Newton
• Nominee Rosanne Cash

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner George Strait
• Nominee Earl Thomas Conley
• Nominee Gary Morris
• Nominee Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee Ricky Skaggs

Top Vocal Group

• Winner Alabama
• Nominee Exile
• Nominee Forester Sisters
• Nominee Oak Ridge Boys
• Nominee Sawyer Brown

Top New Female Vocalist

• Winner Judy Rodman
• Nominee Liz Boardo
• Nominee Patty Loveless
• Nominee Robin Lee
• Nominee Tari Hensley

Top New Male Vocalist

• Winner Randy Travis
• Nominee Billy Burnette
• Nominee Keith Whitley
• Nominee Marty Stuart
• Nominee T. Graham Brown

Album of the Year

• Winner Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind George Strait
• Nominee Five-O Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee Forty Hour Week Alabama
• Nominee Highwayman Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash
• Nominee Why Not Me The Judds

Song of the Year

• Winner Lost in the Fifties (In The Still Of The Night) Ronnie Milsap
• Nominee Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On Mel McDaniel
• Nominee I'll Never Stop Loving You Gary Morris
• Nominee Seven Spanish Angels Willie Nelson, Ray Charles
• Nominee Some Fools Never Learn Steve Wariner

Country Video of the Year

• Winner Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes George Jones
• Nominee Country Boy Ricky Skaggs, Charlie Daniels, George Jones, Aaron Lewis
• Nominee Forty Hour Week Alabama
• Nominee Highwayman Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash
• Nominee Lost in the Fifties (In The Still Of The Night) Ronnie Milsap

Single Record of the Year

• Winner Highwayman Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash
• Nominee Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On Mel McDaniel
• Nominee Dixie Road Lee Greenwood
• Nominee I'm For Love Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee Love Is Alive The Judds

Bass

• Winner Joe Osborn
• Nominee Curtis Stone
• Nominee David Hungate
• Nominee Emory Gordy Jr.
• Nominee Larry Barrickman
• Nominee Larry Paxton
• Nominee Red Wooten

Drums

• Winner Archie Francis
• Nominee Bill Marshall
• Nominee Buddy Harman
• Nominee Larrie Londin
• Nominee Mark Herndon
• Nominee Paul Leim
• Nominee Steve Duncan
• Nominee Steve Goetzman

Fiddle

• Winner Johnny Gimble
• Nominee Billy Armstrong
• Nominee Doug Atwell
• Nominee Harold Hensley
• Nominee Mark O'Connor

Guitar

• Winner James Burton
• Nominee Al Bruno
• Nominee Billy Walker
• Nominee Brent Rowan
• Nominee Chet Atkins
• Nominee Danny Michaels
• Nominee Jack Daniels
• Nominee Ray Flacke
• Nominee Wayne Turner

Keyboard

• Winner Glen Hardin
• Nominee Billy Liebert
• Nominee David Briggs
• Nominee John Hobbs
• Nominee Marlin Hargus

Specialty Instrument

• Winner James Burton
• Nominee Carl Jackson
• Nominee Charlie McCoy
• Nominee Jerry Douglas
• Nominee Ricky Skaggs

Steel Guitar

• Winner Buddy Emmons
• Nominee Al Vescova
• Nominee Eddie Long
• Nominee J.D. Maness
• Nominee Paul Franklin
• Nominee Sonny Garrish

Disc Jockey of the Year

• Winner Eddie Edwards

Radio Station of the Year

• Winner WAMZ - Louisville, KY

Country Nightclub of the Year

• Winner Billy Bob's Texas - Fort Worth, TX

Pioneer Award

• Winner Kitty Wells

Tex Ritter Award

• Winner Sweet Dreams

Top Vocal Duet

• Winner The Judds
• Nominee Bellamy Brothers
• Nominee Crystal Gayle
• Nominee Dan Seals
• Nominee Gary Morris
• Nominee Marie Osmond
• Nominee Ray Charles
• Nominee Willie Nelson