Academy of Country Music Awards

Not to be confused with Country Music Association Awards.
Academy of Country Music Awards
Awarded for Achievements in country music
Location Variable U.S. locations
Country United States
Presented by Academy of Country Music
First awarded April 1966
Official website www.acmcountry.com
Television/Radio coverage
Network ABC (1972–1978)
NBC (1979–1997)
CBS (1998–present)

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 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 and finally to CBS, where it remains today.[1]

In 2003, the awards show left Los Angeles and moved to Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center through 2005. The Academy also 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.

The show was moved to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas from 2006 through 2014 before relocating to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in 2015. The 2015 show broke the Guinness record for Most Attended Awards Show, with 70,252.[2] The show will return to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in 2016.

Entertainment 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 three new-artist categories.

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.

Voting process

After an eight-year experiment intended to improve consumer engagement, in 2016 the ACM announced its decision of 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. 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.[3]

Artists of the decade

2000s George Strait (presented 2009)
1990s Garth Brooks (presented 1999)
1980s Alabama (presented 1989)
1970s Loretta Lynn (presented 1979)
1960s Marty Robbins (presented 1969)

Major awards

Ceremonies

Below is a list of ceremonies, the years the ceremonies were held, their hosts, the television networks that aired them, and their locations.

Year Date Host(s) Network Site
2015 April 3, 2016[4] Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan CBS MGM Grand Garden Arena,
Las Vegas, Nevada
2014 April 19, 2015 Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton AT&T Stadium,
Arlington, Texas
2013 April 6, 2014 MGM Grand Garden Arena,
Las Vegas, Nevada
2012 April 7, 2013
2011 April 1, 2012 Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton
2010 April 3, 2011
2009 April 18, 2010 Reba McEntire
2008 April 5, 2009
2007 May 18, 2008
2006 May 24, 2007
2005 May 23, 2006
2004 May 17, 2005 Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino,
Las Vegas, Nevada
2003 May 26, 2004
2002 May 21, 2003
2001 May 22, 2002 Universal Amphitheatre,
Los Angeles, California
2000 May 9, 2001
1999 May 3, 2000
1998 May 5, 1999
1997 April 22, 1998 N/A
1996 April 23, 1997 Crystal Bernard, Jeff Foxworthy, and George Strait NBC
1995 April 24, 1996 Brooks & Dunn and Faith Hill
1994 May 10, 1995 Clint Black, Jeff Foxworthy, and Tanya Tucker
1993 May 3, 1994 Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire
1992 May 11, 1993 Reba McEntire, Randy Owen, and George Strait
1991 April 29, 1992 Clint Black, Lorrie Morgan, and Travis Tritt
1990 April 24, 1991 Clint Black, Kathy Mattea, and George Strait
1989 April 25, 1990 Alabama, The Judds, George Strait, and Tammy Wynette Pantages Theatre,
Los Angeles, California
1988 April 10, 1989 Patrick Duffy, K.T. Oslin, and George Strait Disney Studios,
Burbank, California
1987 March 21, 1988 Reba McEntire and Hank Williams, Jr. Knott's Berry Farm,
Buena Park, California
1986 April 6, 1987 Patrick Duffy and The Judds
1985 April 14, 1986 Mac Davis, Reba McEntire, and John Schneider
1984 May 6, 1985 Glen Campbell, Janie Fricke, and Loretta Lynn
1983 May 14, 1984 Mac Davis, Crystal Gayle, and Charley Pride
1982 May 9, 1983 Jerry Reed, John Schneider, and Tammy Wynette
1981 April 30, 1982 Mickey Gilley, Conway Twitty, and Dottie West
1980 April 30, 1981 Larry Gatlin, Don Meredith, and Tammy Wynette Shrine Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
1979 May 1, 1980 Claude Akins, Loretta Lynn, and Charley Pride Knott's Berry Farm,
Buena Park, California
1978 May 2, 1979 Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell, and Dennis Weaver The Palladium,
Los Angeles, California
1977 April 12, 1978 Donna Fargo, Barbara Mandrell, and Kenny Rogers ABC Shrine Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
1976 February 24, 1977 Pat Boone, Patti Page, and Jerry Reed
1975 March 1, 1976 Marty Robbins The Palladium,
Los Angeles, California
1974 March 5, 1975 Loretta Lynn and Roger Miller Knott's Berry Farm,
Buena Park, California
1973 March 25, 1974 Roger Miller and Charlie Rich
1972 February 26, 1973 Dick Clark
1971 March 13, 1972
1970 March 22, 1971 N/A The Palladium,
Los Angeles, California
1969 April 13, 1970 Buddy Ebsen
1968 April 28, 1969 Dick Clark
1967 March 4, 1968 Pat Buttram Century Plaza Hotel,
Los Angeles, California
1966 March 6, 1967 Lorne Greene The Beverly Hilton,
Los Angeles, California
1965 Spring 1966

Awards by year

Triple-Crown Award

The Triple-Crown Award is an elite honor that has been presented to only six country artists 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 or New Female Vocalist or New Solo Vocalist or New Vocal Duo or New Vocal Group or New Vocal Duo or Group and Male Vocalist or Female Vocalist or Vocal Duo or Vocal Group or Vocal Duo or Group and Entertainer of the Year awards.

The six artists are based on their first year winning each of the awards.

Top New Male Vocalist: 1997
Top Male Vocalist: 2002
Entertainer of the Year: 2004
Top New Male Vocalist: 1965
Top Male Vocalist: 1966
Entertainer of the Year: 1970
Top New Male Vocalist: 1974
Top Male Vocalist: 1976
Entertainer of the Year: 1976
Top New Female Vocalist: 1971
Top Female Vocalist: 1978
Entertainer of the Year: 1980
Top New Vocal Duet or Group: 1991
Top Vocal Duet: 1991
Entertainer of the Year: 1995
Top New Female Vocalist: 2005
Top Female Vocalist: 2006
Entertainer of the Year: 2008

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Academy of Country Music Mission". acmcountry.com. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ Lynch, Kevin (April 20, 2015). "Miranda Lambert and Brad Paisley honored as world records tumble at Academy of Country Music Awards". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ Roland, Tom (March 2, 2016). "Inside the ACM Awards' Decision to Abandon Fan Voting: Bickering Artists, Crafty Fans & 6-Figure Label Campaigns". Billboard. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dierks Bentley Replaces Blake Shelton as Luke Bryan's ACM Awards Co-Host -- See the Hilarious Announcement!". Entertainment Tonight.

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