| Academy of Country Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Achievements in Country Music |
| Presented by | Various |
| Location | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1965-Present |
| Official website | http://www.acmcountry.com |
The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the founding was West Coast singer, songwriter, and actor Eddie Dean.[1] As such, its early membership was largely composed of those country performers based in the west. This is evidenced by the early awards shows being dominated by Bakersfield artists Buck and Bonnie Owens, and Merle Haggard. At the first ceremony held in 1965, Buck Owens won for Top Male Vocalist and Bonnie Owens won for Top Female Vocalist. Haggard was named Top New Male Vocalist, Kay Adams was named Top New Female Vocalist and Buck Owens's band, The Buckaroos, were named Band Of The Year.
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The most prestigious awards are for Artist of the Decade and Entertainer of the Year. There are a number of other awards to recognize male and female vocalists, albums, videos, songs and musicians. The awards are typically presented in April or May and recognize achievement for the previous year. An award presented in 1999 is for achievement in 1998, i.e., the "1998" award.
2010 (presented 2011)
| Host: | Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Taylor Swift |
| Song of the Year: | "The House That Built Me" – Miranda Lambert – Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin |
| Single Record of the Year: | "The House That Built Me" – Miranda Lambert |
| Album of the Year: | Need You Now – Lady Antebellum |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Brad Paisley |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Miranda Lambert |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Sugarland |
| Top Vocal Group: | Lady Antebellum |
| Top New Artist: | The Band Perry |
| Top New Solo Artist: | Eric Church |
| Top New Duo/Group: | The Band Perry |
| Video of the Year: | "The House That Built Me" – Miranda Lambert |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "As She's Walking Away" – Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson |
2009 (presented 2010)
| Host: | Reba McEntire |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Carrie Underwood |
| Song of the Year: | "Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott |
| Single Record of the Year: | "Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum |
| Album of the Year: | Revolution – Miranda Lambert |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Brad Paisley |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Miranda Lambert |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Lady Antebellum |
| Top New Artist: | Luke Bryan |
| Top New Solo Vocalist: | Luke Bryan |
| Top New Vocal Duo: | Joey + Rory |
| Top New Vocal Group: | Gloriana |
| Video of the Year: | "White Liar" – Miranda Lambert |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "Hillbilly Bone" – Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins |
| Triple-Crown Award (special honor): | Carrie Underwood |
| Humanitarian Award (special honor): | Montgomery Gentry |
2008 (presented 2009)
| Host: | Reba McEntire |
| Artist of the Decade: | George Strait |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Carrie Underwood |
| Song of the Year: | "In Color" – Jamey Johnson – Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto |
| Single of the Year: | "You're Gonna Miss This" – Trace Adkins |
| Album of the Year: | Fearless – Taylor Swift |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Brad Paisley |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Carrie Underwood |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Sugarland |
| Top Vocal Group: | Rascal Flatts |
| Top New Artist: | Julianne Hough |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Jake Owen |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Julianne Hough |
| Top New Duo or Vocal Group: | Zac Brown Band |
| Video of the Year: | "Waitin' on a Woman" – Brad Paisley |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "Start a Band" – Brad Paisley and Keith Urban |
| Humanitarian Award: | LeAnn Rimes |
| Crystal Milestone Award: | Taylor Swift, Jennifer Nettles |
2007 (presented 2008)
| Host: | Reba McEntire |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Kenny Chesney |
| Song of the Year: | "Stay" – Sugarland – Jennifer Nettles |
| Single of the Year: | "Stay" – Sugarland |
| Album of the Year: | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Miranda Lambert |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Brad Paisley |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Carrie Underwood |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Rascal Flatts |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Jack Ingram |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Taylor Swift |
| Top New Duo or Vocal Group: | Lady Antebellum |
| Video of the Year: | "Online" – Brad Paisley |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" – Tracy Lawrence, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney |
| Humanitarian Award: | Rascal Flatts |
| Crystal Milestone Award: | Garth Brooks |
2006 (presented 2007)
| Host: | Reba McEntire |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Kenny Chesney |
| Song of the Year: | "Give It Away" – George Strait – Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson |
| Single of the Year: | "Give It Away" – George Strait |
| Album of the Year: | Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Brad Paisley |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Carrie Underwood |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Rascal Flatts |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Rodney Atkins |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Miranda Lambert |
| Top New Duo or Vocal Group: | Little Big Town |
| Video of the Year: | "Before He Cheats" – Carrie Underwood |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "Building Bridges" – Brooks & Dunn, Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow |
| Humanitarian Award: | Brooks & Dunn |
2005 (presented 2006)
| Host: | Reba McEntire |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Kenny Chesney |
| Song of the Year: | "Believe" – Brooks & Dunn – Craig Wiseman, Ronnie Dunn |
| Single of the Year: | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" – Carrie Underwood |
| Album of the Year: | Time Well Wasted – Brad Paisley |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Keith Urban |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Sara Evans |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Rascal Flatts |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Jason Aldean |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Carrie Underwood |
| Top New Duo or Vocal Group: | Sugarland |
| Video of the Year: | "When I Get Where I'm Going" – Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "When I Get Where I'm Going" – Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton |
| Humanitarian Award: | Vince Gill |
2004 (presented 2005)
| Host: | Reba McEntire |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Kenny Chesney |
| Song of the Year: | "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw – Craig Wiseman, Tim Nichols |
| Single of the Year: | "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw |
| Album of the Year: | Be Here – Keith Urban |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Keith Urban |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Gretchen Wilson |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Rascal Flatts |
| Top New Artist: | Gretchen Wilson |
| Video of the Year: | "Whiskey Lullaby" – Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "Whiskey Lullaby" – Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss |
| Humanitarian Award: | Neal McCoy |
2003 (presented 2004)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Toby Keith |
| Song of the Year: | "Three Wooden Crosses" – Randy Travis – Doug Johnson, Kim Williams |
| Single of the Year: | "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" – Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett |
| Album of the Year: | Shock'n Y'all – Toby Keith |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Toby Keith |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Martina McBride |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Rascal Flatts |
| Top New Artist: | Dierks Bentley |
| Video of the Year: | "Beer for My Horses" – Toby Keith and Willie Nelson |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" – Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett |
| Humanitarian Award: | Martina McBride |
2002 (presented 2003)
| Host: | Reba McEntire |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Toby Keith |
| Song of the Year: | "I'm Movin' On" – Rascal Flatts – Phillip Brian White, David Vincent Williams |
| Single of the Year: | "The Good Stuff" – Kenny Chesney |
| Album of the Year: | Drive – Alan Jackson |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Kenny Chesney |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Martina McBride |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Rascal Flatts |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Joe Nichols |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Kellie Coffey |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Emerson Drive |
| Video of the Year: | "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" – Alan Jackson |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "Mendocino County Line" – Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack |
| Humanitarian Award: | Lonestar |
2001 (presented 2002)
| Host: | Reba McEntire |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Song of the Year: | "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" – Alan Jackson – Alan Jackson |
| Single of the Year: | "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" – Alan Jackson |
| Album of the Year: | O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Various Artists |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Alan Jackson |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Martina McBride |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Lonestar |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Phil Vassar |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Trick Pony |
| Video of the Year: | "Only in America" – Brooks & Dunn |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" – The Soggy Bottom Boys |
| Humanitarian Award: | Reba McEntire |
2000 (presented 2001)
| Host: | LeAnn Rimes |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Dixie Chicks |
| Song of the Year: | "I Hope You Dance" – Lee Ann Womack and Sons of the Desert – Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers |
| Single of the Year: | "I Hope You Dance" – Lee Ann Womack and Sons of the Desert |
| Album of the Year: | How Do You Like Me Now?! – Toby Keith |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Toby Keith |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Faith Hill |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Dixie Chicks |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Keith Urban |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Jamie O'Neal |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Rascal Flatts |
| Video of the Year: | "Goodbye Earl" – Dixie Chicks |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "I Hope You Dance" – Lee Ann Womack and Sons of the Desert |
1999 (presented 2000)
| Host: | Dolly Parton |
| Artist of the Decade: | Garth Brooks |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Shania Twain |
| Song of the Year: | "Amazed" – Lonestar – Marv Green, Aimee Mayo |
| Single of the Year: | "Amazed" – Lonestar |
| Album of the Year: | Fly – Dixie Chicks |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Tim McGraw |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Faith Hill |
| Top Vocal Duo or Group: | Dixie Chicks |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Brad Paisley |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Jessica Andrews |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Montgomery Gentry |
| Video of the Year: | "Breathe" – Faith Hill |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "When I Said I Do" – Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black |
1998 (presented 1999)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Garth Brooks |
| Song of the Year: | "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" – Steve Wariner – Steve Wariner, Billy Kirsch |
| Single of the Year: | "This Kiss" – Faith Hill |
| Album of the Year: | Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Tim McGraw |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Faith Hill |
| Top Vocal Duo or Group: | Dixie Chicks |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Mark Wills |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Jo Dee Messina |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Dixie Chicks |
| Video of the Year: | "This Kiss" – Faith Hill |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" – Faith Hill and Tim McGraw |
1997 (presented 1998)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Garth Brooks |
| Song of the Year: | "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill – Stephony Smith |
| Single of the Year: | "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill |
| Album of the Year: | Carrying Your Love with Me – George Strait |
| Top Male Vocalist: | George Strait |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Trisha Yearwood |
| Top Vocal Duo or Group: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Kenny Chesney |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Lee Ann Womack |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | The Kinleys |
| Video of the Year: | "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill |
| Vocal Event of the Year: | "It's Your Love" – Tim McGraw and Faith Hill |
1996 (presented 1997)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Song of the Year: | "Blue" – LeAnn Rimes – Bill Mack |
| Single of the Year: | "Blue" – LeAnn Rimes |
| Album of the Year: | Blue Clear Sky – George Strait |
| Top Male Vocalist: | George Strait |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Patty Loveless |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Sawyer Brown |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Trace Adkins |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | LeAnn Rimes |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Ricochet |
| Video of the Year: | "I Think About You" – Collin Raye |
1995 (presented 1996)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Song of the Year: | "The Keeper of the Stars" – Tracy Byrd – Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo |
| Single of the Year: | "Check Yes or No" – George Strait |
| Album of the Year: | The Woman in Me – Shania Twain |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Alan Jackson |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Patty Loveless |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | The Mavericks |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Bryan White |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Shania Twain |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Lonestar |
| Video of the Year: | "The Car" – Jeff Carson |
1994 (presented 1995)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Reba McEntire |
| Song of the Year: | "I Swear" – John Michael Montgomery – Gary Baker, Frank Myers |
| Single of the Year: | "I Swear" – John Michael Montgomery |
| Album of the Year: | Not a Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Alan Jackson |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Reba McEntire |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | The Mavericks |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Tim McGraw |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Chely Wright |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | The Mavericks |
| Video of the Year: | "The Red Strokes" – Garth Brooks |
1993 (presented 1994)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Garth Brooks |
| Song of the Year: | "I Love the Way You Love Me" – John Michael Montgomery – Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon |
| Single of the Year: | "Chattahoochee" – Alan Jackson |
| Album of the Year: | A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) – Alan Jackson |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Vince Gill |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Wynonna |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Little Texas |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | John Michael Montgomery |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Faith Hill |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Gibson/Miller Band |
| Video of the Year: | "We Shall Be Free" – Garth Brooks |
1992 (presented 1993)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Garth Brooks |
| Song of the Year: | "I Still Believe in You" – Vince Gill – Vince Gill, John Barlow Jarvis |
| Single of the Year: | "Boot Scootin' Boogie" – Brooks & Dunn |
| Album of the Year: | Brand New Man – Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Vince Gill |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Diamond Rio |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Tracy Lawrence |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Michelle Wright |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Confederate Railroad |
| Video of the Year: | "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" – Tanya Tucker |
1991 (presented 1992)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Garth Brooks |
| Song of the Year: | "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" – Billy Dean – Billy Dean, Richard Leigh |
| Single of the Year: | "Don't Rock the Jukebox" – Alan Jackson |
| Album of the Year: | Don't Rock the Jukebox – Alan Jackson |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Garth Brooks |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Reba McEntire |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Diamond Rio |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Billy Dean |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Trisha Yearwood |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Video of the Year: | "Is There Life Out There" – Reba McEntire |
1990 (presented 1991)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Garth Brooks |
| Song of the Year: | "The Dance" – Garth Brooks – Tony Arata |
| Single of the Year: | "Friends in Low Places" – Garth Brooks |
| Album of the Year: | No Fences – Garth Brooks |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Garth Brooks |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Reba McEntire |
| Top Vocal Duo: | The Judds |
| Top Vocal Group: | Shenandoah |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Alan Jackson |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Shelby Lynne |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | Pirates of the Mississippi |
| Video of the Year: | "The Dance" – Garth Brooks |
1989 (presented 1990)
| Artist of the Decade: | Alabama |
| Entertainer of the Year: | George Strait |
| Song of the Year: | "Where've You Been" – Kathy Mattea – Jon Vezner, Don Henry |
| Single of the Year: | "A Better Man" – Clint Black |
| Album of the Year: | Killin' Time – Clint Black |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Clint Black |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Kathy Mattea |
| Top Vocal Duo: | The Judds |
| Top Vocal Group: | Restless Heart |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Clint Black |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group: | The Kentucky Headhunters |
| Video of the Year: | "There's a Tear in My Beer" – Hank Williams, Jr. and Hank Williams |
1988 (presented 1989)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| Song of the Year: | "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" – Kathy Mattea – Gene Nelson, Paul Nelson |
| Single of the Year: | "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" – Kathy Mattea |
| Album of the Year: | This Woman – K. T. Oslin |
| Top Male Vocalist: | George Strait |
| Top Female Vocalist: | K. T. Oslin |
| Top Vocal Duo: | The Judds |
| Top Vocal Group: | Highway 101 |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Rodney Crowell |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Suzy Bogguss |
| Video of the Year: | "Young Country" – Hank Williams, Jr. |
1987 (presented 1988)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| Song of the Year: | "Forever and Ever, Amen" – Randy Travis – Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz |
| Single of the Year: | "Forever and Ever, Amen" – Randy Travis |
| Album of the Year: | Trio – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Randy Travis |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Reba McEntire |
| Top Vocal Duo: | The Judds |
| Top Vocal Group: | Highway 101 |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Ricky Van Shelton |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | K. T. Oslin |
| Video of the Year: | "80's Ladies" – K. T. Oslin |
1986 (presented 1987)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| Song of the Year: | "On the Other Hand" – Randy Travis – Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz |
| Single of the Year: | "On the Other Hand" – Randy Travis |
| Album of the Year: | Storms of Life – Randy Travis |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Randy Travis |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Reba McEntire |
| Top Vocal Duo: | The Judds |
| Top Vocal Group: | The Forester Sisters |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Dwight Yoakam |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Holly Dunn |
| Video of the Year: | "Whoever's in New England" – Reba McEntire |
1985 (presented 1986)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Alabama |
| Song of the Year: | "Lost in the Fifties Tonight" – Ronnie Milsap – Fred Parris, Mike Reid, Troy Seals |
| Single of the Year: | "Highwayman" – The Highwaymen |
| Album of the Year: | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait |
| Top Male Vocalist: | George Strait |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Reba McEntire |
| Top Vocal Duo: | The Judds |
| Top Vocal Group: | Alabama |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Randy Travis |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Judy Rodman |
| Video of the Year: | "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" – George Jones |
1984 (presented 1985)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Alabama |
| Song of the Year: | "Why Not Me" – The Judds – Harlan Howard, Brent Maher, Sonny Throckmorton |
| Single of the Year: | "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" – Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias |
| Album of the Year: | Roll On – Alabama |
| Top Male Vocalist: | George Strait |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Reba McEntire |
| Top Vocal Duo: | The Judds |
| Top Vocal Group: | Alabama |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Vince Gill |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Nicolette Larson |
| Video of the Year: | "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" – Hank Williams, Jr. |
1983 (presented 1984)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Alabama |
| Song of the Year: | "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Gary Morris – Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar |
| Single of the Year: | "Islands in the Stream" – Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton |
| Album of the Year: | The Closer You Get… – Alabama |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Lee Greenwood |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Janie Fricke |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers |
| Top Vocal Group: | Alabama |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Jim Glaser |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Gus Hardin |
1982 (presented 1983)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Alabama |
| Song of the Year: | "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" – Merle Haggard – Merle Haggard |
| Single of the Year: | "Always on My Mind" – Willie Nelson |
| Album of the Year: | Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Ronnie Milsap |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Sylvia |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Shelly West and David Frizzell |
| Top Vocal Group: | Alabama |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Michael Martin Murphey |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Karen Brooks |
1981 (presented 1982)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Alabama |
| Song of the Year: | "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" – David Frizzell and Shelly West – Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant, Larry Collins, Sandy Pinkard |
| Single of the Year: | "Elvira" – The Oak Ridge Boys |
| Album of the Year: | Feels So Right – Alabama |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Merle Haggard |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Barbara Mandrell |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Shelly West and David Frizzell |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Ricky Skaggs |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Juice Newton |
1980 (presented 1981)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Barbara Mandrell |
| Song of the Year: | "He Stopped Loving Her Today" – George Jones – Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman |
| Single of the Year: | "He Stopped Loving Her Today" – George Jones |
| Album of the Year: | Urban Cowboy – Soundtrack |
| Top Male Vocalist: | George Jones |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Dolly Parton |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Johnny Lee |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Terri Gibbs |
1979 (presented 1980)
| Artist of the Decade: | Loretta Lynn |
| Entertainer of the Year: | Willie Nelson |
| Song of the Year: | "It's a Cheating Situation" – Moe Bandy – Sonny Throckmorton, Curly Putman |
| Single of the Year: | "All the Gold in California" – Larry Gatlin |
| Album of the Year: | Straight Ahead – Larry Gatlin |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Larry Gatlin |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Crystal Gayle |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Joe Stampley and Moe Bandy |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | R. C. Bannon |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Lacy J. Dalton |
1978 (presented 1979)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Kenny Rogers |
| Song of the Year: | "You Needed Me" – Anne Murray – Randy Goodrum |
| Single of the Year: | "Tulsa Time" – Don Williams |
| Album of the Year: | Y'all Come Back Saloon – The Oak Ridge Boys |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Kenny Rogers |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Barbara Mandrell |
| Top Vocal Group: | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | John Conlee |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Cristy Lane |
1977 (presented 1978)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Dolly Parton |
| Song of the Year: | "Lucille" – Kenny Rogers – Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum |
| Single of the Year: | "Lucille" – Kenny Rogers |
| Album of the Year: | Kenny Rogers – Kenny Rogers |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Kenny Rogers |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Crystal Gayle |
| Top Vocal Group: | The Statler Brothers |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Eddie Rabbitt |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Debby Boone |
1976 (presented 1977)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Mickey Gilley |
| Song of the Year: | "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" – Mickey Gilley – Baker Knight |
| Single of the Year: | "Bring It On Home to Me" – Mickey Gilley |
| Album of the Year: | Gilley's Smoking – Mickey Gilley |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Mickey Gilley |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Crystal Gayle |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Moe Bandy |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Billie Jo Spears |
1975 (presented 1976)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Loretta Lynn |
| Song of the Year: | "Rhinestone Cowboy" – Glen Campbell – Larry Weiss |
| Single of the Year: | "Rhinestone Cowboy" – Glen Campbell |
| Album of the Year: | Feelin's – Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Conway Twitty |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Loretta Lynn |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Freddy Fender |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Crystal Gayle |
1974 (presented 1975)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Mac Davis |
| Song of the Year: | "Country Bumpkin" – Cal Smith – Don Wayne |
| Single of the Year: | "Country Bumpkin" – Cal Smith |
| Album of the Year: | Back Home Again – John Denver |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Merle Haggard |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Loretta Lynn |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Mickey Gilley |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Linda Ronstadt |
1973 (presented 1974)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Roy Clark |
| Song of the Year: | "Behind Closed Doors" – Charlie Rich – Kenny O'Dell |
| Single of the Year: | "Behind Closed Doors" – Charlie Rich |
| Album of the Year: | Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Charlie Rich |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Loretta Lynn |
| Top Vocal Group: | Brush Arbor |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Dorsey Burnette |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Olivia Newton-John |
1972 (presented 1973)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Roy Clark |
| Song of the Year: | "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." – Donna Fargo – Donna Fargo |
| Single of the Year: | "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." – Donna Fargo |
| Album of the Year: | The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. – Donna Fargo |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Merle Haggard |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Donna Fargo |
| Top Vocal Group: | The Statler Brothers |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Johnny Rodriguez |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Tanya Tucker |
1971 (presented 1972)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Freddie Hart |
| Song of the Year: | "Easy Loving" – Freddie Hart – Freddie Hart |
| Single of the Year: | "Easy Loving" – Freddie Hart |
| Album of the Year: | Easy Loving – Freddie Hart |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Freddie Hart |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Loretta Lynn |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Tony Booth |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Barbara Mandrell |
1970 (presented 1971)
| Entertainer of the Year: | Merle Haggard |
| Song of the Year: | "For the Good Times" – Ray Price – Kris Kristofferson |
| Single of the Year: | "For the Good Times" – Ray Price |
| Album of the Year: | For the Good Times – Ray Price |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Merle Haggard |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Lynn Anderson |
| Top Vocal Group: | The Kimberleys |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Buddy Alan |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Sammi Smith |
1969 (presented 1970)
| Artist of the Decade: | Marty Robbins |
| Single of the Year: | "Okie from Muskogee" – Merle Haggard |
| Album of the Year: | Okie from Muskogee – Merle Haggard |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Merle Haggard |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Tammy Wynette |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens |
| Top Vocal Group: | The Kimberleys |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Freddy Weller |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Donna Fargo |
1968 (presented 1969)
| Single of the Year: | "Little Green Apples" – Roger Miller |
| Album of the Year: | Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell – Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Glen Campbell |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Cathie Taylor |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Johnny Mosby and Jonie Mosby |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Ray Sanders |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Cheryl Poole |
| Band of the Year: | The Buckaroos |
1967 (presented 1968)
| Album of the Year: | Gentle on My Mind – Glen Campbell |
| Top Male Vocalist: | Glen Campbell |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Lynn Anderson |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens |
| Top Vocal Group: | Sons of the Pioneers |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Jerry Inman |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Bobbie Gentry |
| Band of the Year: | The Buckaroos |
1966 (presented 1967)
| Top Male Vocalist: | Merle Haggard |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Bonnie Guitar |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Billy Mize |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Cathie Taylor |
| Band of the Year: | The Buckaroos |
1965 (presented 1966)
| Top Male Vocalist: | Buck Owens |
| Top Female Vocalist: | Bonnie Owens |
| Top Vocal Duo: | Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens |
| Top New Male Vocalist: | Merle Haggard |
| Top New Female Vocalist: | Kay Adams |
| Band of the Year: | The Buckaroos |
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The Triple-Crown Award is an elite honor that has been presented to only five country artists in the history of the ACM Awards. The honor distinguishes achievement in a solo artist winning the Top New Male/Female Vocalist and/or Top New Artist category, Male/Female Vocalist of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year. The five artists are based on their first year winning each of the awards.
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