ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Entertainer of the Year

• Winner Alabama
• Nominee Barbara Mandrell
• Nominee Hank Williams Jr.
• Nominee Oak Ridge Boys
• Nominee Willie Nelson

Band of the Year (Non-Touring)

• Winner Tennesseans
• Nominee Beech Creek Band
• Nominee Geary Hanley Band
• Nominee Rebel Playboys
• Nominee Western Union

Band of the Year (Touring)

• Winner Ricky Skaggs Band
• Nominee Charlie Daniels Band
• Nominee Farewell Party Band
• Nominee Strangers
• Nominee Willie Nelson Family Band

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Janie Fricke
• Nominee Barbara Mandrell
• Nominee Crystal Gayle
• Nominee Reba McEntire
• Nominee Sylvia

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner Lee Greenwood
• Nominee Earl Thomas Conley
• Nominee John Anderson
• Nominee Merle Haggard
• Nominee Ricky Skaggs

Top Vocal Group

• Winner Alabama
• Nominee Exile
• Nominee Larry Gatlin & Gatlin Bros. Band Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
• Nominee Oak Ridge Boys
• Nominee The Whites

Top New Female Vocalist

• Winner Gus Hardin
• Nominee Amy Grant
• Nominee Kathy Mattea
• Nominee Lane Brody
• Nominee Lorrie Morgan

Top New Male Vocalist

• Winner Jim Glaser
• Nominee Craig Dillingham
• Nominee Darrell Clanton
• Nominee Mark Gray
• Nominee Wayne Massey

Album of the Year

• Winner The Closer You Get Alabama
• Nominee Going Where The Lonely Go Merle Haggard
• Nominee Highways & Heartaches Ricky Skaggs
• Nominee Poncho & Lefty Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard
• Nominee Wild & Blue John Anderson

Song of the Year

• Winner The Wind Beneath My Wings Gary Morris
• Nominee I Always Get Lucky With You George Jones
• Nominee I.O.U. Lee Greenwood
• Nominee Lady Down On Love Alabama
• Nominee Swingin John Anderson
• Nominee Swingin' John Anderson

Single Record of the Year

• Winner Islands In The Stream Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers
• Nominee A Little Good News Anne Murray
• Nominee Jose Cuervo Shelly West
• Nominee Pancho & Lefty Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard
• Nominee Swingin John Anderson
• Nominee Swingin' John Anderson

Bass

• Winner Joe Osborn
• Nominee Curtis Stone
• Nominee Larry Booth
• Nominee Mike Leech
• Nominee Red Wooten
• Nominee Tony Booth

Drums

• Winner Archie Francis
• Nominee Buddy Harman
• Nominee Jerry Kroon
• Nominee Larrie Londin
• Nominee Steve Duncan

Fiddle

• Winner Johnny Gimble
• Nominee Billy Armstrong
• Nominee Buddy Spicher
• Nominee Doug Atwell
• Nominee Harold Hensley

Guitar

• Winner Reggie Young
• Nominee Al Bruno
• Nominee Billy Walker
• Nominee James Burton
• Nominee Johnny Blankenship

Keyboard

• Winner Floyd Cramer
• Nominee David Briggs
• Nominee Glen Hardin
• Nominee Hargus "Pig" Robbins
• Nominee John Hobbs

Specialty Instrument

• Winner Charlie McCoy
• Nominee James Burton
• Nominee Jerry Douglas
• Nominee Larry McNeely
• Nominee Tiny Moore

Steel Guitar Player of the Year

• Winner J.D. Maness
• Nominee Al Vescova
• Nominee Buddy Emmons
• Nominee Lloyd Green
• Nominee Sonny Garrish

Disc Jockey of the Year

• Winner Rhubarb Jones

Radio Station of the Year

• Winner KRMD - Shreveport, LA

Country Nightclub of the Year

• Winner Gilley's - Pasadena, TX

Pioneer Award

• Winner Eddy Arnold

Tex Ritter Award

• Winner Tender Mercies
• Nominee Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave
• Nominee Kenny Rogers As The Gambler - The Adventure Continues
• Nominee Living Proof (The Hank Williams Jr. Story)
• Nominee Waltz Across Texas

Top Vocal Duet

• Winner Dolly Parton
• Winner Kenny Rogers
• Winner Kenny Rogers (album) Kenny Rogers
• Nominee Bellamy Brothers
• Nominee Charly McClain
• Nominee Karen Brooks
• Nominee Merle Haggard
• Nominee Mickey Gilley
• Nominee T.G. Sheppard
• Nominee Willie Nelson