ACM Awards
winners since
1965

Entertainer of the Year

• Winner Garth Brooks
• Nominee Alan Jackson
• Nominee Clint Black
• Nominee Randy Travis
• Nominee Reba McEntire

Top Female Vocalist

• Winner Reba McEntire
• Nominee Lorrie Morgan
• Nominee Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Nominee Pam Tillis
• Nominee Tanya Tucker

Top Male Vocalist

• Winner Garth Brooks
• Nominee Alan Jackson
• Nominee Clint Black
• Nominee Doug Stone
• Nominee Vince Gill

Top Vocal Group

• Winner Diamond Rio
• Nominee Alabama
• Nominee Highway 101
• Nominee Kentucky Headhunters
• Nominee Shenandoah

Top New Female Vocalist

• Winner Trisha Yearwood
• Nominee Paulette Carlson
• Nominee Ronna Reeves

Top New Male Vocalist

• Winner Billy Dean
• Nominee Joe Diffie
• Nominee Mark Chesnutt

Top New Vocal Duet or Group

• Winner Brooks & Dunn
• Nominee Diamond Rio
• Nominee McBride & The Ride

Album of the Year

• Winner Don't Rock the Jukebox Alan Jackson
• Nominee Backroads Ricky Van Shelton
• Nominee It's All About to Change Travis Tritt
• Nominee No Fences Garth Brooks
• Nominee Ropin' the Wind Garth Brooks

Song of the Year

• Winner Somewhere in My Broken Heart Billy Dean
• Nominee Don't Rock the Jukebox Alan Jackson
• Nominee Down at the Twist and Shout Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Nominee Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) Travis Tritt
• Nominee Pocket Full of Gold Vince Gill

Single Record of the Year

• Winner Don't Rock the Jukebox Alan Jackson
• Nominee Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) Travis Tritt
• Nominee Shameless Garth Brooks
• Nominee She's in Love With the Boy Trisha Yearwood
• Nominee Where Are You Now Clint Black

Video of the Year

• Winner Is There Life Out There? Reba McEntire
• Nominee Anymore Travis Tritt
• Nominee Brotherly Love Keith Whitley, Earl Thomas Conley
• Nominee Mary & Willi K.T. Oslin
• Nominee The Thunder Rolls Garth Brooks

Bass

• Winner Roy Huskey Jr.
• Nominee Bill Bryson
• Nominee Curtis Stone
• Nominee Glenn Worf
• Nominee Michael Rhodes
• Nominee Roger Wills
• Nominee Willie Weeks

Drums

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

Fiddle

• Winner Mark O'Connor
• Nominee Bryon Berline
• Nominee Johnny Gimble

Guitar

• Winner John Jorgenson
• Nominee Al Bruno
• Nominee Brent Mason
• Nominee Danny Groah

Keyboard

• Winner Matt Rollings
• Nominee Anthony Johnson
• Nominee John Hobbs

Specialty Instrument

• Winner Jerry Douglas
• Nominee Bela Fleck
• Nominee Terry McMillan

Steel Guitar

• Winner Paul Franklin
• Nominee Bruce Bouton
• Nominee J.D. Maness

Disc Jockey of the Year

• Winner Gerry House

Radio Station of the Year

• Winner WAMZ - Louisville, KY

Nightclub of the Year

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

Pioneer Award

• Winner Willie Nelson

Top Vocal Duet

• Winner Brooks & Dunn
• Nominee Clint Black
• Nominee Dolly Parton
• Nominee Marty Stuart
• Nominee Ricky Van Shelton
• Nominee Roy Rogers
• Nominee The Judds
• Nominee Travis Tritt