ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Entertainer of the Year

• Winner Garth Brooks
• Nominee Clint Black
• Nominee Dolly Parton
• Nominee George Strait
• Nominee Reba McEntire

Band of the Year (Non-Touring)

• Winner Boy Howdy Band
• Nominee American Music Shop
• Nominee Nashville Now

Band of the Year (Touring)

• Winner Desert Rose Band
• Nominee Nashville
• Nominee Restless Heart

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Reba McEntire
• Nominee Kathy Mattea
• Nominee Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Nominee Patty Loveless
• Nominee Tanya Tucker

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner Garth Brooks
• Nominee Clint Black
• Nominee George Strait
• Nominee Ricky Van Shelton
• Nominee Vince Gill

Top Vocal Group

• Winner Shenandoah
• Nominee Alabama
• Nominee Desert Rose Band
• Nominee Kentucky Headhunters
• Nominee Restless Heart

Top New Female Vocalist

• Winner Shelby Lynne
• Nominee Carlene Carter
• Nominee Matraca Berg

Top New Male Vocalist

• Winner Alan Jackson
• Nominee Doug Stone
• Nominee Travis Tritt

Top New Vocal Duet or Group

• Winner Pirates of the Mississippi
• Nominee Canyon
• Nominee Prairie Oyster

Album of the Year

• Winner No Fences Garth Brooks
• Nominee Here In The Real World Alan Jackson
• Nominee Pass It On Down Alabama
• Nominee Ricky Van Shelton III Ricky Van Shelton
• Nominee When I Call Your Name Vince Gill

Song of the Year

• Winner The Dance Garth Brooks
• Nominee Friends In Low Places Garth Brooks
• Nominee Here In The Real World Alan Jackson
• Nominee Jukebox In My Mind Alabama
• Nominee When I Call Your Name Vince Gill

Country Music Video of the Year

• Winner The Dance Garth Brooks
• Nominee Come Next Monday K.T. Oslin
• Nominee Here I Am Lyle Lovett
• Nominee Love Can Build A Bridge The Judds
• Nominee Pass It On Down Alabama

Single Record of the Year

• Winner Friends In Low Places Garth Brooks
• Nominee Here In The Real World Alan Jackson
• Nominee Jukebox In My Mind Alabama
• Nominee Next To You, Next To Me Shenandoah
• Nominee When I Call Your Name Vince Gill

Bass

• Winner Bill Bryson
• Nominee Curtis Stone
• Nominee Larry Paxton
• Nominee Michael Rhodes
• Nominee Rocky Thacker

Drums

• Winner Steve Duncan
• Nominee Eddie Bayers
• Nominee Tommy Rivelli

Fiddle

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

Guitar

• Winner John Jorgenson
• Nominee Al Bruno
• Nominee Ronald Radford

Keyboard

• Winner John Hobbs
• Nominee David Briggs
• Nominee Monty Parkey

Specialty Instrument

• Winner Jerry Douglas
• Nominee Herb Pederson
• Nominee Terry McMillan
• Nominee Tom Rutledge

Steel Guitar

• Winner J.D. Maness
• Nominee Gary Carter
• Nominee Paul Franklin

Disc Jockey of the Year

• Winner Gerry House

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 Johnny Cash

Top Vocal Duet

• Winner The Judds
• Nominee Baillie & The Boys
• Nominee Reba McEntire
• Nominee Sweethearts of the Rodeo
• Nominee T. Graham Brown
• Nominee Tanya Tucker
• Nominee Vince Gill