ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Entertainer of the Year

• Winner Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee Alabama
• Nominee George Strait
• Nominee Randy Travis
• Nominee The Judds

Artist of the Decade

• Winner Alabama

Band of the Year (Non-Touring)

• Winner Nashville Now Band
• Nominee Bull Durham Band
• Nominee Western Union

Band of the Year (Touring)

• Winner Desert Rose Band
• Nominee RT and Nashville
• Nominee Strangers

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner K.T. Oslin
• Nominee Kathy Mattea
• Nominee Reba McEntire
• Nominee Rosanne Cash
• Nominee Tanya Tucker

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner George Strait
• Nominee Dwight Yoakam
• Nominee Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee Randy Travis
• Nominee Ricky Van Shelton

Top Vocal Group

• Winner Highway 101
• Nominee Alabama
• Nominee Desert Rose Band
• Nominee Oak Ridge Boys
• Nominee Restless Heart

Top New Female Vocalist

• Winner Suzy Bogguss
• Nominee Cee Cee Chapman
• Nominee Donna Meade
• Nominee Linda Davis
• Nominee Vicki Bird

Top New Male Vocalist

• Winner Rodney Crowell
• Nominee David Lynn Jones
• Nominee J.C. Crowley
• Nominee Paul Overstreet
• Nominee Skip Ewing

Album of the Year

• Winner This Woman K.T. Oslin
• Nominee Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam
• Nominee Chiseled In Stone Vern Gosdin
• Nominee If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin George Strait
• Nominee Loving Proof Ricky Van Shelton

Song of the Year

• Winner Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses Kathy Mattea
• Nominee Don't Close Your Eyes Keith Whitley
• Nominee I Know How He Feels Reba McEntire
• Nominee Set 'Em Up Joe Vern Gosdin
• Nominee Strong Enough To Bend Tanya Tucker

Country Music Video of the Year

• Winner Young Country Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee Hold Me K.T. Oslin
• Nominee I'll Always Come Back K.T. Oslin
• Nominee Sunday Kind Of Love Reba McEntire
• Nominee The Old Man No One Loves George Jones

Single Record of the Year

• Winner Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses Kathy Mattea
• Nominee Don't Close Your Eyes Keith Whitley
• Nominee I Told You So Randy Travis
• Nominee I'll Always Come Back K.T. Oslin
• Nominee I'll Leave This World Loving You Ricky Van Shelton
• Nominee Strong Enough To Bend Tanya Tucker

Bass

• Winner Curtis Stone
• Nominee Bill Bryson
• Nominee Bob Wray
• Nominee David Hungate
• Nominee Mike Leech

Drums

• Winner Steve Duncan
• Nominee Archie Francis
• Nominee Eddie Bayers

Fiddle

• Winner Mark O'Connor
• Nominee Byron Berline
• Nominee Doug Atwell
• Nominee Johnny Gimble

Guitar

• Winner Al Bruno
• Nominee Jack Daniels
• Nominee John Jorgenson

Keyboard

• Winner John Hobbs
• Nominee Earl Ball
• Nominee Matt Rollings
• Nominee Skip Edwards

Specialty Instrument

• Winner Charlie McCoy
• Nominee Archie Francis
• Nominee Bela Fleck
• Nominee Flaco Jimenez
• Nominee Herb Pedersen
• Nominee Jerry Douglas
• Nominee Jerry McKinney
• Nominee Jo-El Sonnier
• Nominee Ricky Skaggs
• Nominee Terry McMillan

Steel Guitar

• Winner J.D. Maness
• Nominee Bruce Bouton
• Nominee Gary Carter
• Nominee Norman Hamlet
• Nominee Paul Franklin
• Nominee Red Rhodes
• Nominee Sonny Garrish

Disc Jockey of the Year

• Winner Dandalion
• Winner Jon Conlon

Radio Station of the Year

• Winner WSIX - Nashville, TN

Nightclub of the Year

• Winner Crazy Horse Steak House & Saloon - Santa Ana, CA

Pioneer Award

• Winner Buck Owens

Top Vocal Duet

• Winner The Judds
• Nominee Bellamy Brothers
• Nominee Buck Owens
• Nominee Dwight Yoakam
• Nominee Rodney Crowell
• Nominee Rosanne Cash
• Nominee Sweethearts of the Rodeo