ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Entertainer of the Year

• Winner Garth Brooks
• Nominee Brooks & Dunn
• Nominee George Strait
• Nominee Shania Twain
• Nominee Tim McGraw

Artist of the Decade

• Winner Garth Brooks

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Faith Hill
• Nominee Jo Dee Messina
• Nominee Martina McBride
• Nominee Shania Twain
• Nominee Trisha Yearwood

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner Tim McGraw
• Nominee Collin Raye
• Nominee Garth Brooks
• Nominee George Strait
• Nominee Vince Gill

Top Vocal Duo/Group

• Winner Dixie Chicks
• Nominee Alabama
• Nominee Brooks & Dunn
• Nominee Sawyer Brown
• Nominee The Wilkinsons

Top New Female Vocalist

• Winner Jo Dee Messina
• Nominee Allison Moorer
• Nominee Sherrie Austin

Top New Male Vocalist

• Winner Mark Wills
• Nominee David Kersh
• Nominee Deryl Dodd

Top New Vocal Duet or Group

• Winner Dixie Chicks
• Nominee The Warren Brothers
• Nominee The Wilkinsons

Album of the Year

• Winner Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks
• Nominee Double Live Garth Brooks
• Nominee Faith Faith Hill
• Nominee I'm Alright Jo Dee Messina
• Nominee One Step At A Time George Strait

Song of the Year

• Winner Holes In The Floor Of Heaven Steve Wariner
• Nominee A Broken Wing Martina McBride
• Nominee Don't Laugh At Me Mark Wills
• Nominee Husbands And Wives Brooks & Dunn
• Nominee This Kiss Faith Hill

Single Record of the Year

• Winner This Kiss Faith Hill
• Nominee 26 Cents The Wilkinsons
• Nominee A Broken Wing Martina McBride
• Nominee Holes In The Floor Of Heaven Steve Wariner
• Nominee You're Still The One Shania Twain

Video of the Year

• Winner This Kiss Faith Hill
• Nominee Drive Me Wild Sawyer Brown
• Nominee Getcha Some Toby Keith
• Nominee Holes In The Floor Of Heaven Steve Wariner
• Nominee I'll Go On Loving You Alan Jackson

Vocal Event of the Year

• Winner Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me Tim McGraw, Faith Hill
• Nominee Burnin' The Roadhouse Down Garth Brooks, Steve Wariner
• Nominee If You See Him/If You See Her Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire
• Nominee No Place That Far Vince Gill, Sara Evans
• Nominee Same Old Train Clint Black, Emmylou Harris, Randy Travis, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Ricky Skaggs, Earl Scruggs, Patty Loveless, Alison Krauss, Marty Stuart, Joe Diffie, Pam Tillis

Bass

• Winner Glenn Worf
• Nominee Danny Milliner
• Nominee Michael Rhodes

Drums

• Winner Eddie Bayers
• Nominee Dony Wynn
• Nominee Lonnie Wilson

Fiddle

• Winner Stuart Duncan
• Nominee Jimmy Stewart
• Nominee Larry Franklin

Guitar

• Winner Brent Mason
• Nominee Brent Rowan
• Nominee Charlie Crowe

Keyboard

• Winner Matt Rollings
• Nominee Dwain Rowe
• Nominee John Hobbs
• Nominee Steve Nathan

Specialty Instrument

• Winner Jerry Douglas
• Nominee Emily Erwin
• Nominee Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson
• Nominee Terry McMillan

Steel Guitar

• Winner Paul Franklin
• Nominee John Hughey
• Nominee Troy Klontz

Disc Jockey of the Year

• Winner Moby
• Nominee Dale and Mary
• Nominee David Hughes and Dexter
• Nominee Holstead and Yates
• Nominee The Bear Man & Ken Hicks

Radio Station of the Year

• Winner WSIX - Nashville, TN
• Nominee KEEY - Minneapolis, MN
• Nominee KILT - Houston, TX
• Nominee KMLE - Phoenix, AZ
• Nominee KNIX - Phoenix, AZ
• Nominee WKHK - Atlanta, GA

Casino of the Year

• Winner Las Vegas Hilton - Las Vegas, NV
• Nominee Boulder Station - Las Vegas, NV
• Nominee Casino Magic - Bay Saint Louis, MS
• Nominee Horseshoe Casino - Robinsonville, MS
• Nominee Sam's Town - Robinsonville, MS

Nightclub of the Year

• Winner Wild Horse Saloon - Nashville, TN
• Nominee Billy Bob's Texas - Fort Worth, TX
• Nominee Cowboys - Atlanta, GA
• Nominee Coyotes Club - Louisville, KY
• Nominee Grizzly Rose - Denver, CO

Talent Buyer/Promoter of the Year

• Winner Jimmy Jay
• Nominee Brian O'Connell
• Nominee Gary Osier
• Nominee Joe Gehl
• Nominee Suzanne Wilson

Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award

• Winner Glen Campbell

Mae Boren Axton Award

• Winner Gaynelle Pitts