The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards, or the CMAs, are music awards voted on by business members of the Country Music Association.
Major awards [change]
| Year |
Entertainer of the Year |
Male Vocalist of the Year |
Female Vocalist of the Year |
Song of the Year |
| 2011 |
Taylor Swift |
Blake Shelton |
Miranda Lambert |
Kimberly Perry – "If I Die Young" |
| 2010 |
Brad Paisley |
Blake Shelton |
Miranda Lambert |
Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin – "The House That Built Me" |
| 2009 |
Taylor Swift |
Brad Paisley |
Taylor Swift |
Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto – "In Color" |
| 2008 |
Kenny Chesney |
Brad Paisley |
Carrie Underwood |
Jennifer Nettles – "Stay" |
| 2007 |
Kenny Chesney |
Brad Paisley |
Carrie Underwood |
Bill Anderson, Jamey Johnson, Buddy Cannon – "Give It Away" |
| 2006 |
Kenny Chesney |
Keith Urban |
Carrie Underwood |
Craig Wiseman, Ronnie Dunn – "Believe" |
| 2005 |
Keith Urban |
Keith Urban |
Gretchen Wilson |
Bill Anderson, Jon Randall – "Whiskey Lullaby" |
| 2004 |
Kenny Chesney |
Keith Urban |
Martina McBride |
Craig Wiseman, Tim Nichols – "Live Like You Were Dying" |
| 2003 |
Alan Jackson |
Alan Jackson |
Martina McBride |
Doug Johnson, Kim Williams – "Three Wooden Crosses" |
| 2002 |
Alan Jackson |
Alan Jackson |
Martina McBride |
Alan Jackson – "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" |
| 2001 |
Tim McGraw |
Toby Keith |
Lee Ann Womack |
Larry Cordle, Larry Shell – "Murder on Music Row" |
| 2000 |
Dixie Chicks |
Tim McGraw |
Faith Hill |
Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers – "I Hope You Dance" |
| 1999 |
Shania Twain |
Tim McGraw |
Martina McBride |
Beth Neilsen Chapman, Annie Roboff, Rob Lerner – "This Kiss" |
| 1998 |
Garth Brooks |
George Strait |
Trisha Yearwood |
Steve Wariner, Billy Kirsch – "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" |
| 1997 |
Garth Brooks |
George Strait |
Trisha Yearwood |
Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison – "Strawberry Wine" |
| 1996 |
Brooks & Dunn |
George Strait |
Patty Loveless |
Vince Gill – "Go Rest High on That Mountain" |
| 1995 |
Alan Jackson |
Vince Gill |
Alison Krauss |
Gretchen Peters – "Independence Day" |
| 1994 |
Vince Gill |
Vince Gill |
Pam Tillis |
Alan Jackson, Jim McBride – "Chattahoochee" |
| 1993 |
Vince Gill |
Vince Gill |
Mary Chapin Carpenter |
John Barlow Jarvis, Vince Gill – "I Still Believe in You" |
| 1992 |
Garth Brooks |
Vince Gill |
Mary Chapin Carpenter |
Max D. Barnes, Vince Gill – "Look at Us" |
| 1991 |
Garth Brooks |
Vince Gill |
Tanya Tucker |
Tim DuBois, Vince Gill – "When I Call Your Name" |
| 1990 |
George Strait |
Clint Black |
Kathy Mattea |
Don Henry, Jon Vezner – "Where've You Been" |
| 1989 |
George Strait |
Ricky Van Shelton |
Kathy Mattea |
Max D. Barnes, Vern Gosdin – "Chiseled in Stone" |
| 1988 |
Hank Williams, Jr. |
Randy Travis |
K. T. Oslin |
K. T. Oslin – "80's Ladies" |
| 1987 |
Hank Williams, Jr. |
Randy Travis |
Reba McEntire |
Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz – "Forever and Ever, Amen" |
| 1986 |
Reba McEntire |
George Strait |
Reba McEntire |
Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz – "On the Other Hand" |
| 1985 |
Ricky Skaggs |
George Strait |
Reba McEntire |
Lee Greenwood – "God Bless the USA" |
| 1984 |
Alabama |
Lee Greenwood |
Reba McEntire |
Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar – "Wind Beneath My Wings" |
| 1983 |
Alabama |
Lee Greenwood |
Janie Fricke |
Wayne Carson Thompson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James – "Always on My Mind" |
| 1982 |
Alabama |
Ricky Skaggs |
Janie Fricke |
Wayne Carson Thompson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James – "Always on My Mind" |
| 1981 |
Barbara Mandrell |
George Jones |
Barbara Mandrell |
Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman – "He Stopped Loving Her Today" |
| 1980 |
Barbara Mandrell |
George Jones |
Emmylou Harris |
Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman – "He Stopped Loving Her Today" |
| 1979 |
Willie Nelson |
Kenny Rogers |
Barbara Mandrell |
Don Schlitz – "The Gambler" |
| 1978 |
Dolly Parton |
Don Williams |
Crystal Gayle |
Richard Leigh – "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" |
| 1977 |
Ronnie Milsap |
Ronnie Milsap |
Crystal Gayle |
Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum – "Lucille" |
| 1976 |
Mel Tillis |
Ronnie Milsap |
Dolly Parton |
Larry Weiss – "Rhinestone Cowboy" |
| 1975 |
John Denver |
Waylon Jennings |
Dolly Parton |
John Denver – "Back Home Again" |
| 1974 |
Charlie Rich |
Ronnie Milsap |
Olivia Newton-John |
Don Wayne – "Country Bumpkin" |
| 1973 |
Roy Clark |
Charlie Rich |
Loretta Lynn |
Kenny O'Dell – "Behind Closed Doors" |
| 1972 |
Loretta Lynn |
Charley Pride |
Loretta Lynn |
Freddie Hart – "Easy Loving" |
| 1971 |
Charley Pride |
Charley Pride |
Lynn Anderson |
Freddie Hart – "Easy Loving" |
| 1970 |
Merle Haggard |
Merle Haggard |
Tammy Wynette |
Kris Kristofferson – "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" |
| 1969 |
Johnny Cash |
Johnny Cash |
Tammy Wynette |
Bob Ferguson – "The Carroll County Accident" |
| 1968 |
Glen Campbell |
Glen Campbell |
Tammy Wynette |
Bobby Russell – "Honey" |
| 1967 |
Eddy Arnold |
Jack Greene |
Loretta Lynn |
Dallas Frazier – "There Goes My Everything" |
