ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Entertainer of the Year

• Winner Shania Twain
• Nominee Dixie Chicks
• Nominee Faith Hill
• Nominee Sawyer Brown
• Nominee Tim McGraw

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Faith Hill
• Nominee Chely Wright
• Nominee Jo Dee Messina
• Nominee Martina McBride
• Nominee Shania Twain

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner Tim McGraw
• Nominee Alan Jackson
• Nominee Collin Raye
• Nominee George Strait
• Nominee Toby Keith

Top Vocal Duo/Group

• Winner Dixie Chicks
• Nominee Asleep at the Wheel
• Nominee Brooks & Dunn
• Nominee Lonestar
• Nominee Sawyer Brown

Top New Female Vocalist

• Winner Jessica Andrews
• Nominee Chalee Tennison
• Nominee Julie Reeves

Top New Male Vocalist

• Winner Brad Paisley
• Nominee Chad Brock
• Nominee Gary Allan

Top New Vocal Duet or Group

• Winner Montgomery Gentry
• Nominee SHeDAISY
• Nominee Yankee Grey

Album of the Year

• Winner Fly Dixie Chicks
• Nominee A Place In The Sun Tim McGraw
• Nominee Breathe Faith Hill
• Nominee Cold Hard Truth George Jones
• Nominee Ride With Bob Asleep at the Wheel

Song of the Year

• Winner Amazed Lonestar
• Nominee Breathe Faith Hill
• Nominee Choices George Jones
• Nominee He Didn't Have To Be Brad Paisley
• Nominee Please Remember Me Tim McGraw

Single Record of the Year

• Winner Amazed Lonestar
• Nominee He Didn't Have To Be Brad Paisley
• Nominee Please Remember Me Tim McGraw
• Nominee Ready To Run Dixie Chicks
• Nominee Write This Down George Strait

Video of the Year

• Nominee Breathe Faith Hill
• Nominee He Didn't Have To Be Brad Paisley
• Nominee How Do You Like Me Now?! Toby Keith
• Nominee Ready To Run Dixie Chicks
• Nominee Single White Female Chely Wright

Vocal Event of the Year

• Winner When I Said I Do Clint Black, Lisa Hartman Black
• Nominee A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K Version) Hank Williams Jr., George Jones, Chad Brock
• Nominee After The Gold Rush The Trio (Harris, Ronstadt, Parton)
• Nominee God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You Alabama, N SYNC
• Nominee My Kind Of Woman / My Kind of Man Vince Gill, Patty Loveless

Bass

• Winner Glenn Worf
• Nominee Dana Williams
• Nominee Larry Paxton
• Nominee Michael Rhodes

Drums

• Winner Eddie Bayers
• Nominee Paul Leim
• Nominee Randy Hardison

Fiddle

• Winner Stuart Duncan
• Nominee Johnny Gimble
• Nominee Martie Seidel

Guitar

• Winner Brent Mason
• Nominee Al Bruno
• Nominee B. James Lowry
• Nominee Brent Rowan
• Nominee James Olander
• Nominee Pat Buchanan
• Nominee Vince Gill

Keyboard

• Winner Hargus "Pig" Robbins
• Winner John Hobbs
• Nominee Dan Truman
• Nominee Steve Nathan

Specialty Instrument

• Winner Jerry Douglas
• Nominee Charlie McCoy
• Nominee Emily Erwin Robison
• Nominee Gene Johnson
• Nominee Robert Langford

Steel Guitar

• Winner J.D. Maness
• Nominee Paul Franklin
• Nominee Sonny Garrish

Disc Jockey of the Year

• Winner Dusty Chandler
• Nominee Andy & Alison
• Nominee David Hughes & Dexter
• Nominee Harmon & Evans
• Nominee Rowdy Yates

Radio Station of the Year

• Winner KUZZ - Bakersfield, CA
• Nominee KMLE - Phoenix, AZ
• Nominee KSON - San Diego, CA
• Nominee WMIL - Milwaukee, WI
• Nominee WSSL - Greenville, SC

Casino of the Year

• Winner Boulder Station - Las Vegas, NV
• Nominee Casino Magic - Biloxi, MS
• Nominee Foxwoods Casino - Ledyard, CT
• Nominee Horseshoe Casino - Robinsonville, MS
• Nominee Sam's Town - Robinsonville, MS

Nightclub of the Year

• Winner Gibson's Caffe Milano - Nashville, TN
• Nominee Billy Bob's Texas - Fort Worth, TX
• Nominee Buck Owens Crystal Palace - Bakersfield, CA
• Nominee Crazy Horse - Irvine, CA
• Nominee Grizzly Rose - Denver, CO

Talent Buyer/Promoter of the Year

• Winner Randy Wright
• Nominee Dave Snowden
• Nominee Gary Osier
• Nominee Gil Cunningham
• Nominee Suzanne Wilson

Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award

• Winner Tammy Wynette

Mae Boren Axton Award

• Winner Gene Weed