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[]

Year	Winner	Artist(s)	Nominees
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
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1989	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
1988	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
1987	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
1986	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
1985	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
1984	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
1983	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
1982	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
1981	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
1980	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
1979	Straight Ahead	Larry Gatlin	Blue Kentucky Girl – Emmylou Harris Greatest Hits – Waylon Jennings Kenny – Kenny Rogers Willie Sings Kristofferson – Willie Nelson
1978	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
1977	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
1976	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
1975	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
1974	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
1973	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
1972	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 It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) – Merle Haggard Let Me Tell You About a Song – Merle Haggard
1971	Easy Lovin'	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
1970	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
1969	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
1968	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
1967	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

See also[]

• Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year

References[]