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The Academy of Country Music Awards, also known as the ACM Awards, were first held in 1966, honoring the industry's accomplishments during the previous year. It was the first country music awards program held by a major organization. The academy's signature "hat" trophy was first created in 1968. The awards were first televised in 1972 on ABC. In 1979, the academy joined with Dick Clark Productions to produce the show. Dick Clark and Al Schwartz served as producers while Gene Weed served as director. Under their guidance, the show moved to NBC in 1979, then to CBS in 1998, and Amazon Prime Video in 2022.
The academy adopted a sleeker, modern version of the "hat" trophy in 2003, which is now made by the New York City firm Society Awards. In 2004, the organization implemented online awards voting for its professional members, becoming the first televised awards show to do so. Entertainer of the Year was a fan-voted award for eight years, until 2016, when the ACM announced its decision to abandon Internet-voting for it and the three new-artist categories.
The 58th ACM Awards were presented at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas on May 11, 2023.
Voting process
Voting members of the Academy of Country Music (ACM) elect the nominees. In 2016, after an eight-year experiment intended to improve consumer engagement, the ACM announced its decision to abandon fan-voting for Entertainer of the Year and its three new-artist categories, thanks to the cost of participation and several rifts that had developed among artists. The program was controversial from the start and included the web ballot stuffing encouragement infamous among awards of the same type presented in other ceremonies. Kenny Chesney, after winning the first fan vote for entertainer in 2008, criticized the process backstage, complaining that instead of acknowledging artists' hard work, the vote had devolved into a marketing contest that rewarded people for "seeing how hard you can push people's buttons on the Internet." The winner, for example, of entertainer will now be voted on by the same people who select the male or female vocalist winner.[1]
Awards
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.
Future ceremonies
The 58th Academy of Country Music awards will take place on May 11, 2023, at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.[2]
Major awards
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Year |
Entertainer of the Year |
Male Artist of the Year |
Female Artist of the Year |
Song of the Year |
Album of the Year |
New Male Artist of the Year |
New Female Artist of the Year |
2023 |
Chris Stapleton |
Morgan Wallen |
Lainey Wilson |
Cole Swindell, Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure, Thomas Rhett, Mark D. Sanders, Tim Nichols – "She Had Me at Heads Carolina" |
Bell Bottom Country — Lainey Wilson |
Zach Bryan |
Hailey Whitters |
2022 |
Miranda Lambert |
Chris Stapleton |
Carly Pearce |
Jason Nix, Jonathan Singleton, Lainey Wilson – "Things a Man Oughta Know" |
Dangerous: The Double Album — Morgan Wallen |
Parker McCollum |
Lainey Wilson |
2021 |
Luke Bryan |
Thomas Rhett |
Maren Morris |
Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz – "The Bones" |
Starting Over — Chris Stapleton |
Jimmie Allen |
Gabby Barrett |
2020 |
Thomas Rhett (tie)
Carrie Underwood (tie) |
Luke Combs |
Josh Osborne, Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, Brad Tursi – "One Man Band" |
What You See Is What You Get — Luke Combs |
Riley Green |
Tenille Townes |
2019 |
Keith Urban |
Thomas Rhett |
Kacey Musgraves |
Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers – "Tequila" |
Golden Hour — Kacey Musgraves |
Luke Combs |
Ashley McBryde |
2018 |
Jason Aldean |
Chris Stapleton |
Miranda Lambert |
Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall – "Tin Man" |
From A Room: Volume 1 — Chris Stapleton |
Brett Young |
Lauren Alaina |
2017 |
Thomas Rhett |
Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett, Joe Spargur – "Die a Happy Man" |
The Weight of These Wings — Miranda Lambert |
Jon Pardi |
Maren Morris |
2016 |
Chris Stapleton |
Barry Bales, Ronnie Bowman, Chris Stapleton – "Nobody to Blame" |
Traveller — Chris Stapleton |
Chris Stapleton |
Kelsea Ballerini |
2015 |
Luke Bryan |
Jason Aldean |
Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby, Nicolle Galyon – "Automatic" |
Platinum — Miranda Lambert |
Not awarded |
Not awarded |
2014 |
George Strait |
Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary – "I Drive Your Truck" |
Same Trailer Different Park — Kacey Musgraves |
2013 |
Luke Bryan |
Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton – "Over You" |
Chief — Eric Church |
2012 |
Taylor Swift |
Blake Shelton |
Lee Brice, Liz Rose – "Crazy Girl" |
Four the Record — Miranda Lambert |
2011 |
Brad Paisley |
Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin – "The House That Built Me" |
Need You Now — Lady Antebellum |
2010 |
Carrie Underwood |
Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott – "Need You Now" |
Revolution — Miranda Lambert |
2009 |
Carrie Underwood |
Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto – "In Color" |
Fearless — Taylor Swift |
2008 |
Kenny Chesney |
Jennifer Nettles – "Stay" |
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — Miranda Lambert |
Jack Ingram |
Taylor Swift |
2007 |
Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson – "Give It Away" |
Some Hearts — Carrie Underwood |
Rodney Atkins |
Miranda Lambert |
2006 |
Keith Urban |
Sara Evans |
Craig Wiseman, Ronnie Dunn – "Believe" |
Time Well Wasted — Brad Paisley |
Jason Aldean |
Carrie Underwood |
2005 |
Gretchen Wilson |
Craig Wiseman, Tim Nichols – "Live Like You Were Dying" |
Be Here — Keith Urban |
Not awarded |
Not awarded |
2004 |
Toby Keith |
Toby Keith |
Martina McBride |
Doug Johnson, Kim Williams – "Three Wooden Crosses" |
Shock'n Y'all — Toby Keith |
2003 |
Kenny Chesney |
Phillip Brian White, David Vincent Williams – "I'm Movin' On" |
Drive — Alan Jackson |
Joe Nichols |
Kellie Coffey |
2002 |
Brooks & Dunn |
Alan Jackson |
Alan Jackson – "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Various Artists |
Phil Vassar |
Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
2001 |
The Dixie Chicks |
Toby Keith |
Faith Hill |
Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers – "I Hope You Dance" |
How Do You Like Me Now?! — Toby Keith |
Keith Urban |
Jamie O'Neal |
2000 |
Shania Twain |
Tim McGraw |
Marv Green, Aimee Mayo – "Amazed" |
Fly — The Dixie Chicks |
Brad Paisley |
Jessica Andrews |
1999 |
Garth Brooks |
Steve Wariner, Billy Kirsch – "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" |
Wide Open Spaces — The Dixie Chicks |
Mark Wills |
Jo Dee Messina |
1998 |
George Strait |
Trisha Yearwood |
Stephony Smith – "It's Your Love" |
Carrying Your Love with Me — George Strait |
Kenny Chesney |
Lee Ann Womack |
1997 |
Brooks & Dunn |
Patty Loveless |
Bill Mack – "Blue" |
Blue Clear Sky — George Strait |
Trace Adkins |
LeAnn Rimes |
1996 |
Alan Jackson |
Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo – "The Keeper of the Stars" |
The Woman in Me — Shania Twain |
Bryan White |
Shania Twain |
1995 |
Reba McEntire |
Reba McEntire |
Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers – "I Swear" |
Not a Moment Too Soon — Tim McGraw |
Tim McGraw |
Chely Wright |
1994 |
Garth Brooks |
Vince Gill |
Wynonna Judd |
Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon – "I Love the Way You Love Me" |
A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) — Alan Jackson |
John Michael Montgomery |
Faith Hill |
1993 |
Mary Chapin Carpenter |
Vince Gill, John Barlow Jarvis – "I Still Believe in You" |
Brand New Man — Brooks & Dunn |
Tracy Lawrence |
Michelle Wright |
1992 |
Garth Brooks |
Reba McEntire |
Billy Dean, Richard Leigh – "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" |
Don't Rock the Jukebox — Alan Jackson |
Billy Dean |
Trisha Yearwood |
1991 |
Tony Arata – "The Dance" |
No Fences — Garth Brooks |
Alan Jackson |
Shelby Lynne |
1990 |
George Strait |
Clint Black |
Kathy Mattea |
Jon Vezner, Don Henry – "Where've You Been" |
Killin' Time — Clint Black |
Clint Black |
Mary Chapin Carpenter |
1989 |
Hank Williams, Jr. |
George Strait |
K. T. Oslin |
Charles Gene Nelson, Paul Nelson – "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" |
This Woman — K.T. Oslin |
Rodney Crowell |
Suzy Bogguss |
1988 |
Randy Travis |
Reba McEntire |
Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz – "Forever and Ever, Amen" |
Trio — Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt |
Ricky Van Shelton |
K.T. Oslin |
1987 |
Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz – "On the Other Hand" |
Storms of Life — Randy Travis |
Dwight Yoakam |
Holly Dunn |
1986 |
Alabama |
George Strait |
Fred Parris, Mike Reid, Troy Seals – "Lost in the Fifties Tonight" |
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind — George Strait |
Randy Travis |
Judy Rodman |
1985 |
Harlan Howard, Brent Maher, Sonny Throckmorton – "Why Not Me" |
Roll On — Alabama |
Vince Gill |
Nicolette Larson |
1984 |
Lee Greenwood |
Janie Fricke |
Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar – "Wind Beneath My Wings" |
The Closer You Get... — Alabama |
Jim Glaser |
Gus Hardin |
1983 |
Ronnie Milsap |
Sylvia |
Merle Haggard – "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" |
Always on My Mind — Willie Nelson |
Michael Martin Murphy |
Karen Brooks |
1982 |
Merle Haggard |
Barbara Mandrell |
Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant, Larry Collins, Sandy Pinkard – "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" |
Feels So Right — Alabama |
Ricky Skaggs |
Juice Newton |
1981 |
Barbara Mandrell |
George Jones |
Dolly Parton |
Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman – "He Stopped Loving Her Today" |
Urban Cowboy — Various Artists |
Johnny Lee |
Terri Gibbs |
1980 |
Willie Nelson |
Larry Gatlin |
Crystal Gayle |
Sonny Throckmorton, Curly Putman – "It's a Cheating Situation" |
Straight Ahead — Larry Gatlin |
R.C. Bannon |
Lacy J. Dalton |
1979 |
Kenny Rogers |
Kenny Rogers |
Barbara Mandrell |
Randy Goodrum – "You Needed Me" |
Y'all Come Back Saloon — The Oak Ridge Boys |
John Conlee |
Cristy Lane |
1978 |
Dolly Parton |
Crystal Gayle |
Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum – "Lucille" |
Kenny Rogers — Kenny Rogers |
Eddie Rabbitt |
Debby Boone |
1977 |
Mickey Gilley |
Mickey Gilley |
Baker Knight – "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" |
Gilley's Smoking — Mickey Gilley |
Moe Bandy |
Billie Jo Spears |
1976 |
Loretta Lynn |
Conway Twitty |
Loretta Lynn |
Larry Weiss – "Rhinestone Cowboy" |
Feelings — Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn |
Freddy Fender |
Crystal Gayle |
1975 |
Mac Davis |
Merle Haggard |
Don Wayne – "Country Bumpkin" |
Back Home Again — John Denver |
Mickey Gilley |
Linda Ronstadt |
1974 |
Roy Clark |
Charlie Rich |
Kenny O'Dell – "Behind Closed Doors" |
Behind Closed Doors — Charlie Rich |
Dorsey Burnette |
Olivia Newton-John |
1973 |
Merle Haggard |
Donna Fargo |
Donna Fargo – "The Happiest Girl In the Whole USA" |
The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. — Donna Fargo |
Johnny Rodriguez |
Tanya Tucker |
1972 |
Freddie Hart |
Freddie Hart |
Loretta Lynn |
Freddie Hart – "Easy Loving" |
Easy Loving — Freddie Hart |
Tony Booth |
Barbara Mandrell |
1971 |
Merle Haggard |
Merle Haggard |
Lynn Anderson |
Kris Kristofferson – "For the Good Times" |
For the Good Times — Ray Price |
Buddy Alan |
Sammi Smith |
1970 |
Not awarded |
Tammy Wynette |
Merle Haggard, Eddie Buriss – "Okie from Muskogee" |
Okie from Muskogee — Merle Haggard |
Freddy Weller |
Donna Fargo |
1969 |
Glen Campbell |
Cathie Taylor |
Jimmy Webb – "Wichita Lineman" |
Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell — Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell |
Ray Sanders |
Cheryl Poole |
1968 |
Lynn Anderson |
Dale Noe – "It's Such a Pretty World Today" |
Gentle on My Mind — Glen Campbell |
Jerry Inman |
Bobbie Gentry |
1967 |
Merle Haggard |
Bonnie Guitar |
Fern Foley, Charles "Fuzzy" Owen, Johnny Paycheck – "Apartment No. 9" |
Not awarded |
Billy Mize |
Cathie Taylor |
1966 |
Buck Owens |
Bonnie Owens |
Not awarded |
Merle Haggard |
Kay Adams |
Special awards
Artist of the Decade
Triple-Crown Award
The Triple-Crown Award is an elite honor that has been presented to only seven country acts in the history of the Academy of Country Music Awards. The honor distinguishes the achievement of an artist, duo or group upon receiving the New Artist (or New Male Vocalist, New Female Vocalist, New Solo Vocalist, New Vocal Duo, New Vocal Group or New Vocal Duo or Group), and Male/Female Vocalist (or Vocal Duo, Vocal Group, Vocal Duo or Group) and Entertainer of the Year awards.[4] Among the later recipients, Carrie Underwood received it at the ACM Awards,[5] while Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert received their awards at the Annual ACM Honors.[6] The following list shows the artists that have won the award and the first year winning each of the categories required. Two artists: The Chicks and Keith Urban, have reached the milestones needed to receive the award but they have not yet been awarded.
- Top New Male Vocalist: 1998
- Top Male Vocalist: 2003
- Entertainer of the Year: 2005
- Top New Male Vocalist: 1966
- Top Male Vocalist: 1967
- Entertainer of the Year: 1971
- Top New Male Vocalist: 1975
- Top Male Vocalist: 1977
- Entertainer of the Year: 1977
- Top New Female Vocalist: 1972
- Top Female Vocalist: 1979
- Entertainer of the Year: 1981
- Top New Vocal Duet or Group: 1992
- Top Vocal Duet: 1992
- Entertainer of the Year: 1996
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- Top New Female Vocalist: 2006
- Top Female Vocalist: 2007
- Entertainer of the Year: 2009
- Top New Male Vocalist: 2006
- Top Male Vocalist: 2013
- Entertainer of the Year: 2016
- Top New Female Vocalist: 2007
- Top Female Vocalist: 2010
- Entertainer of the Year: 2022
- Top New Male Vocalist: 2015
- Top Male Vocalist: 2015
- Entertainer of the Year: 2023
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Venues
The Academy of Country Music Awards were originally held at various locations in Greater Los Angeles through 2002. In 2003, the ceremony moved to Las Vegas, first at the Mandalay Bay Events Center through 2005 and later at the MGM Grand Garden Arena from 2006 to 2014. In 2015, the ceremony was held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in 2015 to celebrate its 50th anniversary.[7] The ceremony broke the Guinness record that year for Most Attended Awards Show, with 70,252 attending.[8]
The ceremony returned to the MGM Grand Garden Arena for 2016, then moved to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for 2017.[9] In 2018 and 2019, the show was again broadcast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena.[10] In 2020 and 2021, the in-person ceremony in Las Vegas was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the two ceremonies were held at various sites in Nashville, with the primary venues being the Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium, and the Bluebird Café.[11][12]
The ACM confirmed a returned to Las Vegas for 2022, with the ceremony held at Allegiant Stadium.[13]
After a one-year stint in Las Vegas the ACM Awards looked for a new home announcing The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards took place on May 11, 2023, at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
Broadcasting
The ACM Awards were previously broadcast by ABC from 1972 to 1978, NBC from 1979 to 1997, and CBS from 1998 to 2021. In June 2021, it was reported that CBS would not renew its contract to air the ceremony, citing declining viewership and demands from Dick Clark Productions for a higher rights fee. CBS' parent company ViacomCBS (now known as Paramount Global) decided to prioritize its own CMT Music Awards (produced by its cable network CMT) as a competitor, announcing later that month that it would move to CBS and held in April beginning 2022. After reports that the ACMs were shopped to other networks such as NBC, it was announced on August 19, 2021, that the ceremony had been acquired by Amazon Prime Video, making it one of the first major awards ceremonies on U.S. television to move exclusively to subscription video on demand (SVOD).[14][15][16] The 57th ACM Awards, hosted by Dolly Parton, Jimmie Allen, and Gabby Barrett, were livestreamed from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Prime Video on March 7, 2022.[17] The 58th ACM Awards, hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, will be livestreamed from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on Prime Video on May 11, 2023.[18][19]
See also
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