Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year

The Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year is a competitive category presented at the Academy of Country Music Awards. The following is the list of winners, with the year representing the nominated work.^[1][2]

Recipients[edit]

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Year	Winner	Artist(s)	Nominees
2023	Bell Bottom Country	Lainey Wilson	Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville — Ashley McBryde Growin' Up — Luke Combs Mr. Saturday Night — Jon Pardi Palomino — Miranda Lambert
2022	Dangerous: The Double Album	Morgan Wallen	29: Written in Stone — Carly Pearce Country Again: Side A — Thomas Rhett Famous Friends — Chris Young The Marfa Tapes — Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall
2021	Starting Over	Chris Stapleton	Born Here Live Here Die Here — Luke Bryan Mixtape Vol. 1 — Kane Brown Never Will — Ashley McBryde Skeletons — Brothers Osborne
2020	What You See Is What You Get	Luke Combs	Center Point Road — Thomas Rhett Girl — Maren Morris Heartache Medication — Jon Pardi Wildcard — Miranda Lambert
2019	Golden Hour	Kacey Musgraves	Dan + Shay — Dan + Shay Desperate Man — Eric Church From A Room: Volume 2 — Chris Stapleton The Mountain — Dierks Bentley
2018	From A Room: Volume 1	Chris Stapleton	The Breaker — Little Big Town California Sunrise — Jon Pardi Happy Endings — Old Dominion Life Changes — Thomas Rhett
2017	The Weight of These Wings	Miranda Lambert	Black — Dierks Bentley Dig Your Roots — Florida Georgia Line Hero - Maren Morris Ripcord — Keith Urban
2016	Traveller	Chris Stapleton	I'm Comin' Over — Chris Young Montevallo — Sam Hunt Mr. Misunderstood — Eric Church Tangled Up — Thomas Rhett
2015	Platinum	Miranda Lambert	Old Boots, New Dirt — Jason Aldean Pain Killer — Little Big Town Riser — Dierks Bentley The Outsiders — Eric Church
2014	Same Trailer Different Park	Kacey Musgraves	Based on a True Story... — Blake Shelton Crash My Party — Luke Bryan Here's to the Good Times — Florida Georgia Line Two Lanes of Freedom — Tim McGraw
2013	Chief	Eric Church	Blown Away — Carrie Underwood Red — Taylor Swift Tailgates & Tanlines — Luke Bryan Tornado — Little Big Town
2012	Four the Record	Miranda Lambert	Chief — Eric Church Hemingway’s Whiskey — Kenny Chesney My Kinda Party — Jason Aldean Own the Night — Lady Antebellum
2011	Need You Now	Lady Antebellum	Hemingway’s Whiskey — Kenny Chesney The Guitar Song — Jamey Johnson Speak Now — Taylor Swift Up On The Ridge — Dierks Bentley You Get What You Give — Zac Brown Band
2010	Revolution	Miranda Lambert	American Saturday Night — Brad Paisley Lady Antebellum — Lady Antebellum Play On — Carrie Underwood The Foundation — Zac Brown Band
2009	Fearless	Taylor Swift	That Lonesome Song — Jamey Johnson Back When I Knew It All — Montgomery Gentry Troubadour — George Strait Carnival Ride — Carrie Underwood
2008	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Miranda Lambert	5th Gear — Brad Paisley Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates — Kenny Chesney If You’re Going Through Hell — Rodney Atkins Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift
2007	Some Hearts	Carrie Underwood	Hillbilly Deluxe — Brooks & Dunn It Just Comes Natural — George Strait Me and My Gang — Rascal Flatts These Days — Vince Gill
2006	Time Well Wasted	Brad Paisley	Feels Like Today — Rascal Flatts There’s More Where That Came From — Lee Ann Womack Tough All Over — Gary Allan Twice the Speed of Life — Sugarland
2005	Be Here	Keith Urban	Here For The Party — Gretchen Wilson Live Like You Were Dying — Tim McGraw Restless — Sara Evans When The Sun Goes Down — Kenny Chesney
2004	Shock'n Y'all	Toby Keith	Honkytonkville — George Strait Martina — Martina McBride Mud On the Tires — Brad Paisley Red Dirt Road — Brooks & Dunn
2003	Drive	Alan Jackson	Home — Dixie Chicks No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems — Kenny Chesney On a Mission — Trick Pony Unleashed — Toby Keith
2002	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Various Artists	Down the Road I Go — Travis Tritt Pull My Chain — Toby Keith Set This Circus Down — Tim McGraw Steers & Stripes — Brooks & Dunn
2001	How Do You Like Me Now?!	Toby Keith	American III: Solitary Man — Johnny Cash I Hope You Dance — Lee Ann Womack One Voice — Billy Gilman Who Needs Pictures — Brad Paisley
2000	Fly	Dixie Chicks	A Place In The Sun — Tim McGraw Breathe — Faith Hill Cold Hard Truth — George Jones Ride With Bob — Asleep At the Wheel
1999	Wide Open Spaces	Dixie Chicks	I'm Alright — Jo Dee Messina     Double Live — Garth Brooks Faith — Faith Hill One Step at a Time — George Strait
1998	Carrying Your Love With Me	George Strait	Come On Over — Shania Twain Everywhere — Tim McGraw Long Stretch Of Lonesome — Patty Loveless Sevens — Garth Brooks
1997	Blue Clear Sky	George Strait	Blue — LeAnn Rimes Borderline — Brooks & Dunn The Trouble With The Truth — Patty Loveless Time Marches On — Tracy Lawrence
1996	The Woman In Me	Shania Twain	All I Want — Tim McGraw Lead On — George Strait Waitin' On Sundown — Brooks & Dunn When Fallen Angels Fly — Patty Loveless
1995	Not A Moment Too Soon	Tim McGraw	In Pieces — Garth Brooks Stones in the Road — Mary Chapin Carpenter When Love Finds You — Vince Gill Who I Am — Alan Jackson
1994	A Lot About Livin' (And A Little 'Bout Love)	Alan Jackson	Common Thread: Songs of the Eagles — Various Artists Hard Workin' Man — Brooks & Dunn It Won't Be the Last — Billy Ray Cyrus This Time — Sawyer Brown I Still Believe in You — Vince Gill
1993	Brand New Man	Brooks & Dunn	Come On Come On — Mary-Chapin Carpenter Some Gave All — Billy Ray Cyrus The Chase — Garth Brooks Wynonna — Wynonna
1992	Don't Rock the Jukebox	Alan Jackson	Backroads — Ricky Van Shelton It's All About to Change — Travis Tritt Ropin' the Wind — Garth Brooks
1991	No Fences	Garth Brooks	Pass It On Down — Alabama Ricky Van Shelton III — Ricky Van Shelton Here In The Real World — Alan Jackson When I Call Your Name — Vince Gill
1990	Killin' Time	Clint Black	Diamonds & Dirt — Rodney Crowell Old 8 x 10 — Randy Travis Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol II — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Willow In The Head — Kathy Mattea
1989	This Woman	K.T. Oslin	Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room — Dwight Yoakam Chiseled In Stone — Vern Gosdin If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin — George Strait Loving Proof — Ricky Van Shelton
1988	Trio	Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt	Always and Forever — Randy Travis Born To Boogie — Hank Williams Jr. Heart Land — The Judds Ocean Front Property — George Strait
1987	Storms Of Life	Randy Travis	7 — George Strait Guitars, Cadillac's Etc., Etc. — Dwight Yoakam Live In London — Ricky Skaggs Rockin' With The Rhythm — The Judds
1986	Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind	George Strait	Five-O — Hank Williams Jr. Forty Hour Week — Alabama Highwayman — The Highwaymen Why Not Me — The Judds
1985	Roll On	Alabama	Don't Cheat in Our Hometown — Ricky Skaggs Don't Make It Easy On Me — Earl Thomas Conley Man Of Steel — Hank Williams Jr. Right Or Wrong — George Strait
1984	The Closer You Get	Alabama	Going Where The Lonely Go — Merle Haggard Highways & Heartaches — Ricky Skaggs Poncho & Lefty — Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson Wild & Blue — John Anderson
1983	Always on My Mind	Willie Nelson	Listen to the Radio — Don Williams Love Will Turn You Around — Kenny Rogers Mountain Music — Alabama Waitin' For The Sun To Shine — Ricky Skaggs
1982	Feels So Right	Alabama	9 to 5 And Odd Jobs — Dolly Parton Fancy Free — The Oak Ridge Boys Seven Year Ache — Rosanne Cash Still the Same Ole Me — George Jones
1981	Urban Cowboy	Various Artists	Greatest Hits — Kenny Rogers I Believe In You — Don Williams There's A Little Bit Of Hank In Me — Charley Pride Coal Miner's Daughter — Loretta Lynn
1980	Straight Ahead	Larry Gatlin	Blue Kentucky Girl — Emmylou Harris Greatest Hits — Waylon Jennings Kenny — Kenny Rogers Willie Sings Kristofferson — Willie Nelson
1979	Y'all Come Back Saloon	The Oak Ridge Boys	Everytime Two Fools Collide — Kenny Rogers and Dottie West It Was Almost Like A Song — Ronnie Milsap Let's Keep It That Way — Anne Murray Stardust — Willie Nelson
1978	Kenny Rogers	Kenny Rogers	Conway Twitty's Greatest Hits Vol. II — Conway Twitty Here You Come Again — Dolly Parton Moody Blue — Elvis Presley Ol' Waylon — Waylon Jennings
1977	Gilley's Smoking	Mickey Gilley	El Paso City — Marty Robbins Now & Then — Conway Twitty Somebody Somewhere — Loretta Lynn Wanted! The Outlaws — Jessie Colter, Tom Paul Glaser, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
1976	Feelings	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn	Before the Next Teardrop Falls — Freddy Fender Keep Movin On — Merle Haggard Red Headed Stranger — Willie Nelson Rhinestone Cowboy — Glen Campbell
1975	Back Home Again	John Denver	Country Bumpkin — Cal Smith For The Last Time — Bob Wills Hags 30th Album — Merle Haggard They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy — Loretta Lynn
1974	Behind Closed Doors	Charlie Rich	I Love Dixie Blues — Merle Haggard Introducing Johnny Rodriguez — Johnny Rodriguez Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man — Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Love is the Foundation — Loretta Lynn
1973	The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.	Donna Fargo	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me — Mac Davis Best of the Best — Merle Haggard Bless Your Heart — Freddie Hart It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) — Merle Haggard Let Me Tell You About a Song — Merle Haggard
1972	Easy Loving	Freddie Hart	Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs — Charley Pride I Won't Mention It Again — Ray Price Someday We'll Look Back — Merle Haggard The Hag — Merle Haggard
1971	For the Good Times	Ray Price	Charley Pride's 10th Album — Charley Pride Fightin' Side of Me — Merle Haggard Glen Campbell's Goodtime Album — Glen Campbell Tribute to Best Damn Fiddle Player — Merle Haggard
1970	Okie From Muskogee	Merle Haggard	Best Of Charley Pride — Charley Pride Glen Campbell Live — Glen Campbell Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison — Johnny Cash Tammy Wynette's Greatest Hits — Tammy Wynette
1969	Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry	Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry	Best Of Buck Owens — Buck Owens Mama Tried — Merle Haggard The Best of Merle Haggard — Merle Haggard Wichita Lineman — Glen Campbell
1968	Gentle On My Mind	Glen Campbell	Branded Man — Merle Haggard Burning Bridges — Glen Campbell I'm A Lonesome Fugitive — Merle Haggard It's Such A Pretty World Today - Wynn Stewart

Category records[edit]

Wins[edit]

• Male artist with most wins — George Strait, Chris Stapleton (3).
• Female artist with most wins — Miranda Lambert (5).
• Group with most wins — Alabama (3).
• Duo with the most wins — Brooks & Dunn, Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry (1).

Nominations[edit]

• Male artist with most nominations — George Strait (12).
• Female artist with most nominations — Miranda Lambert (7).
• Group with most nominations — Alabama (6).
• Duo with the most nominations — Brooks & Dunn (7).

See also[edit]

• Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year

References[edit]