Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year
Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year | |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | Country Music Association |
First awarded | 1967 |
Currently held by | Maren Morris (2020) |
The following list shows the recipients for the Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year.[1] It was first handed out at the inaugural 1967 CMA Awards to Jack Greene for his recording of "There Goes My Everything" by Dallas Frazier. While its sister category, Song of the Year recognises the songwriters, Single of the Year is awarded to the artist. Starting in 1989 and 2016 respectively, the producer and mix engineer of the track also received an award.
Recipients[]
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2020 recipient Maren Morris
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Two-time winners Lady Antebellum
1997 winner Deana Carter
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Two-time recipient Willie Nelson
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1996 and 2008 winner George Strait
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Jeannie C. Riley won the award in 1968
Year | Winner | Work | Nominees |
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2020[2] | ![]() |
"The Bones" |
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2019[3] | ![]() |
"God's Country" |
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2018[4] | ![]() |
"Broken Halos" |
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2017 | ![]() |
"Blue Ain't Your Color" |
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2016 | ![]() |
"Die a Happy Man" |
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2015 | ![]() |
"Girl Crush" |
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2014 | ![]() |
"Automatic" |
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2013 | ![]() |
"Cruise" |
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2012 | ![]() |
"Pontoon" |
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2011 | ![]() |
"If I Die Young" |
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2010 | ![]() |
"Need You Now" |
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2009 | ![]() |
"I Run to You" |
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2008 | ![]() |
"I Saw God Today" |
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2007 | ![]() |
"Before He Cheats" |
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2006 | ![]() |
"Believe" |
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2005 | ![]() |
"I May Hate Myself in the Morning" |
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2004 | ![]() |
"Live Like You Were Dying" |
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2003 | ![]() |
"Hurt" |
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2002 | ![]() |
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" |
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2001 | ![]() |
"I am a Man Of Constant Sorrow" |
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2000 | ![]() ![]() |
"I Hope You Dance" |
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1999 | ![]() |
"Wide Open Spaces" |
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1998 | ![]() |
"Holes in the Floor of Heaven" |
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1997 | ![]() |
"Strawberry Wine" |
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1996 | ![]() |
"Check Yes or No" |
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1995 | ![]() |
"When You Say Nothing at All" |
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1994 | ![]() |
"I Swear" |
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1993 | ![]() |
"Chattahoochee" |
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1992 | ![]() |
"Achy Breaky Heart" |
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1991 | ![]() |
"Friends in Low Places" | |
1990 | ![]() |
"When I Call Your Name" |
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1989 | ![]() |
"I'm No Stranger to the Rain" |
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1988 | ![]() |
"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" |
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1987 | ![]() |
"Forever and Ever, Amen" | |
1986 | ![]() |
"Bop" |
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1985 | ![]() |
"Why Not Me" |
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1984 | ![]() |
"A Little Good News" |
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1983 | ![]() |
"Swingin'" |
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1982 | ![]() |
"Always on My Mind" |
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1981 | ![]() |
"Elvira" |
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1980 | ![]() |
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" |
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1979 | ![]() |
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" |
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1978 | ![]() |
"Heaven's Just a Sin Away" |
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1977 | ![]() |
"Lucille" |
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1976 | ![]() ![]() |
"Good Hearted Woman" |
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1975 | ![]() |
"Before the Next Teardrop Falls" |
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1974 | ![]() |
"Country Bumpkin" |
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1973 | ![]() |
"Behind Closed Doors" |
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1972 | ![]() |
"The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." |
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1971 | ![]() |
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" |
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1970 | ![]() |
"Okie from Muskogee" |
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1969 | ![]() |
"A Boy Named Sue" |
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1968 | ![]() |
"Harper Valley PTA" |
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1967 | ![]() |
"There Goes My Everything" |
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References[]
- ^ "CMA Awards Past Winners & Nominees".
- ^ "CMA Awards 2020: Here's the full list of nominees".
- ^ "Maren Morris Leads 2019 CMA Awards Nominations". Rolling Stone. 28 August 2019.
- ^ "2018 CMA Awards Winners List". The Boot. November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
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