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Country Music Association Award Winners
Winners of individual awards in several key categories, including Entertainer of the Year, Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year.
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Chet Atkins (born 1924)
American master guitarist.
- Winner of nine Country Music Association awards, in 1967-69, 1981-85 and 1988
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George Jones (born 1931)
American singer.
- Winner of five Country Music Association awards, in 1980, 1981, 1986 and 1993
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Hank Williams (born 1923, died 1953)
American singer and songwriter.
- Winner of the 1989 Country Music Association awards for Vocal Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year
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Merle Haggard (born 1937)
American singer and songwriter.
- Winner of six Country Music Association awards, in 1970, 1972 and 1983
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Glen Campbell (born 1938)
American singer and musician.
- Winner of the 1968 Country Music Association awards for Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year
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Vince Gill
American singer who has won more Country Music Association awards than any other artist.
- Winner of 14 Country Music Association awards, 1990-94
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Lew Statler
- Member of Statler Brothers, winner of nine Country Music Association Awards, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1980 and 1984
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Ronnie Milsap (born 1944)
American singer.
- Winner of eight Country Music Association awards, in 1974-78 and 1986
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Willie Nelson (born 1933)
American musician, singer and songwriter.
- Winner of eight Country Music Association Awards, in 1976, 1979 and 1982-84
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Ricky Skaggs (born 1954)
American musician and singer.
- Winner of eight Country Music Association awards, in 1982-85, 1987 and 1991
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Roy Clark (born 1933)
American singer and songwriter. Longtime co-host of TV's ''Hee Haw.''
- Winner of seven Country Music Association awards, in 1970, 1973, 1975, 1978 and 1980
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Johnny Cash (born 1932)
American singer and songwriter known as ''The Man in Black.''
- Winner of six Country Music Association Awards, in 1968 and 1969
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Alan Jackson
- Winner of six Country Music Association awards, 1992-94
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Hank Williams, Jr. (born 1949)
American singer.
- Winner of six Country Music Association awards, in 1985 and 1987-89
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Johnny Gimble
- Winner of five Country Music Association awards, in 1975, 1986-87 and 1989-90
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Charlie Rich (born 1932)
American musician and singer.
- Winner of five Country Music Association Awards, in 1973 and 1974
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Kenny Rogers (born 1938)
American country-western singer and actor.
- Winner of five Country Music Association awards, 1977-79
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George Strait
- Winner of five Country Music Association awards, in 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1990
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Randy Travis (born 1959)
American singer.
- Winner of five Country Music Association awards, 1986-88
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Waylon Jennings (born 1937)
American singer.
- Winner of four Country Music Association awards, in 1975 and 1976
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Mark O'Connor
American violinist.
- Winner of four Country Music Association awards, 1991-93
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Conway Twitty (born 1933, died 1993)
American singer. Original name: Harold Lloyd Jenkins.
- Winner of four Country Music Association awards, 1972-75
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Jack Greene
- Winner of three Country Music Association awards, in 1967
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Lee Greenwood (born 1942)
American singer and songwriter.
- Winner of three Country Music Association awards, 1983-85
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Charley Pride (born 1938)
American singer.
- Winner of three Country Music Association awards, in 1971 and 1972
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Don Schlitz
- Winner of three Country Music Association awards, in 1979, 1986 and 1987
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Travis Tritt
- Winner of three Country Music Association awards, 1991-93
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Porter Wagoner
- Winner of three Country Music Association awards, in 1968, 1970 and 1971
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John Anderson
- Winner of two Country Music Association awards, in 1983
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Max D. Barnes
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Song of the Year award, in 1989 and 1992
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Bobby Braddock
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Song of the Year award, in 1980 and 1981
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Wayne Carson
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Song of the Year award, in 1982 and 1983
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Mark Chesnutt
- Winner of two Country Music Association awards, in 1993
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Johnny Christopher
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Song of the Year award, in 1982 and 1983
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David Frizzell
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award (with Shelly West), in 1981 and 1982
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Freddie Hart
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Song of the Year award, in 1971 and 1972
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Mark James
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Song of the Year award, in 1982 and 1983
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Charlie McCoy
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year award, in 1972 and 1973
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Paul Overstreet
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Song of the Year award, in 1986 and 1987
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Jerry Reed
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year award, in 1970 and 1971
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Dan Seals
- Winner of two Country Music Association awards in 1986
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Ricky Van Shelton
- Winner of two Country Music Association awards, in 1988 and 1989
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Buck Trent
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Instrumental Group of the Year award, in 1975 and 1976
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Keith Whitley
- Winner of two Country Music Association awards, in 1989 and 1990
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Don Williams
- Winner of two Country Music Association awards, in 1989 and 1990
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Eddy Arnold (born 1918)
American musician and singer.
- Winner of the 1967 Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year award
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Moe Bandy
- Winner of the 1980 Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year Award, with Joe Stampley
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Roger Bowling
- Winner of the 1977 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Lucille''''
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Don Bowman
- Winner of the 1967 Country Music Association Comedian of the Year award
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Jim Ed Brown
- Winner of the 1977 Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award, with Helen Cornelius
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Sawyer Brown
- Winner of the 1985 Country Music Association Horizon Award
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T. Graham Brown
- Winner of the 1993 Country Music Association Vocal Event of the Year award
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Hal Bynum
- Winner of the 1997 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Lucille''''
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Archie Campbell
- Winner of the 1969 Country Music Association award for Comedian of the Year
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Ben Colder
- Winner of the 1968 Country Music Association award for Comedian of the Year
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Billy Ray Cyrus
- Winner of the 1992 Country Music Association Single of the Year award, for ''''Achy Breaky Heart''''
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Charlie Daniels (born 1936)
American musician and songwriter.
- Winner of the 1979 Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year award
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Joe Diffie
- Winner of the 1993 Country Music Association award for Vocal Event of the Year
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Tim Dubois
- Winner of the 1991 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''When I Call Your Name''''
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Freddy Fender
- Winner of the 1975 Country Music Association Single of the Year award, for ''''Before the Next Teardrop Falls''''
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Bob Ferguson
- Winner of the 1969 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Carroll County Accident''''
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Dallas Frazier
- Winner of the 1967 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''There Goes My Everything''''
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Tompall Glaser
- Winner of the 1976 Country Music Association award for Album of the Year
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Larry Henley
- Winner of the 1984 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Wind Beneath My Wings''''
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Don Henry
- Winner of the 1990 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Where''ve You Been''''
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John Barlow Jarvis
- Winner of the 1993 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''I Still Believe in You''''
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Martin Kahan
- Winner of the 1993 Country Music Association Music Video of the Year award
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Kris Kristofferson (born 1937)
American songwriter, singer and actor. Original name: Kris Carson.
- Winner of the 1970 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Sunday Morning Coming Down''''
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Richard Leigh
- Winner of the 1978 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Don''t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue''''
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Dave Loggins
- Winner of the 1985 Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award, with Anne Murray
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John Lloyd Miller
- Winner of the 1990 Country Music Association Music Video of the Year award, for ''''The Dance''''
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Kenny O'Dell
- Winner of the 1973 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Behind Closed Doors''''
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Ray Price (born 1927)
American musician and singer.
- Winner of the 1971 Country Music Association award for Album of the Year
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Don Rich
- Winner of the 1974 Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year award
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Bobby Russell
- Winner of the 1968 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Honey''''
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Ethan Russell
- Winner of the 1989 Country Music Association Music Video of the Year award, for ''''There''s a Tear in My Beer''''
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Bud Schaetzle
- Winner of the 1991 Country Music Association Music Video of the Year award, for ''''The Thunder Rolls''''
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Jim Shea
- Winner of the 1992 Country Music Association Music Video of the Year award, for ''''Midnight in Montgomery''''
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Jeff Silbar
- Winner of the 1984 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Wind Beneath My Wings''''
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Cal Smith
- Winner of the 1974 Country Music Association award for Instrumentalist of the Year
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Joe Stampley
- Winner of the 1980 Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award, with Moe Bandy
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Marty Stuart
- Winner of the 1992 Country Music Association award for Vocal Event of the Year
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Mel Tillis (born 1932)
American singer and songwriter. Known for the stutter in his speech, which disappears when he sings.
- Winner of the 1976 Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year award
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Jon Vezner
- Winner of the 1990 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Where''ve You Been''''
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Steve Wariner
- Winner of the 1991 Country Music Association award for Vocal Event of the Year
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Don Wayne
- Winner of the 1974 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Country Bumpkin''''
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Larry Weiss
- Winner of the 1976 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Rhinestone Cowboy''''
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Levon Helm (born 1943)
American musician, singer and actor.
- Winner of the 1980 Country Music Association award for Album of the Year
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Clint Black (born 1961)
American singer.
- Winner of three Country Music Association awards, in 1989, 1990 and 1993
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Garth Brooks (born 1961)
American country singer and songwriter.
- Winner of nine Country Music Association awards, 1990-93
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Julio Iglesias (born 1943)
Spanish singer and songwriter.
- Winner of the 1984 Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award, with Willie Nelson
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John Denver (born 1943, died 1997)
American singer and songwriter. Original name: Henry John Deutschendorf.
- Winner of the 1975 Country Music Association awards for Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year
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Hargus ''Pig'' Robbins
- Musician Of The Year 2000
- Winner of the 1976 Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year award
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Tim McGraw
American singer
- 2000 Male Vocalist Of The Year
- Winner of four Country Music Association award in 1999, 1998 and 1997
Country Music Association Award Winners
Winners of individual awards in several key categories, including Entertainer of the Year, Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year.
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Linda Ronstadt (born 1946)
American singer.
- Winner of the 1988 Country Music Association Vocal Event of the Year award
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Wynona Judd (born 1964)
American singer and musician. Original name: Christina Judd.
- Winner of nine Country Music Association awards, 1984-91, with her mother Naomi
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Reba McEntyre (born 1954)
American singer and songwriter.
- Winner of five Country Music Association awards, 1984-87
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Barbara Mandrell (born 1948)
American singer and musician.
- Winner of four Country Music Association awards, in 1979 and 1981
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Kathy Mattea
- Winner of three Country Music Association awards, 1988-90
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Tammy Wynette (born 1942, died 1998)
American singer known for the song ''Stand by Your Man.'' Original name: Wynette Pugh.
- Three-time winner of the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year award, 1968-70
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year award, in 1992 and 1993
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Janie Fricke
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year award, in 1982 and 1983
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Emmylou Harris
- Winner of two Country Music Association awards, in 1980 and 1988
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Kay Toinette ''K.T.'' Oslin
- Winner of two 1988 Country Music Association awards
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Dottie West (born 1932)
American singer. Original name: Dorothy Marie Marsh.
- Two-time winner of the Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award (with Kenny Rogers), in 1978 and 1979
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Shelly West
- Two-time winner (with Daniel Frizzell) of the Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award, in 1981 and 1982
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Suzy Bogguss
- Winner of the 1992 Country Music Association Horizon Award
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June Carter Cash (born 1929)
American singer. Daughter of singer and musician Maybelle Carter.
- Winner (with her husband, Johnny Cash) of the 1969 Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year award
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Jessi Colter
Original name: Miriam Johnson Jennings.
- Winner of the 1976 Country Music Association Album of the Year award
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Helen Cornelius
- Winner of the 1977 Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award, with Jim Ed Brown
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Beverly D'Angelo (born 1952)
American actress and singer.
- Winner of the 1980 Country Music Association Album of the Year award, for Coal Miner''s Daughter
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Holly Dunn
- Winner of the 1987 Country Music Association Horizon Award
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Donna Fargo
- Winner of the 1972 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.''''
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Terri Gibbs
- Winner of the 1981 Country Music Association Horizon Award
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Patty Loveless
- Winner of the 1993 Country Music Association Vocal Event of the Year award
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Lorrie Morgan
- Winner of the 1990 Country Music Association Vocal Event of the Year award
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Jeannie C. Riley
- Winner of the 1968 Country Music Association Song of the Year award, for ''''Harper Valley P.T.A.''''
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Sammi Smith (born 1943)
American singer.
- Winner of the 1971 Country Music Association Single of the Year award, for ''''Help Me Make It through the Night''''
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Sissy Spacek (born 1949)
American actress. Original name: Mary Elizabeth Spacek.
- Winner of the 1980 Country Music Association Album of the Year award, for Coal Miner''s Daughter
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Pam Tillis
Country singer and songwriter.
- Winner of the 1993 Country Music Association Vocal Event of the Year award
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Sharon White
- Winner of the 1987 Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award, with Ricky Skaggs
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Anne Murray (born 1945)
Canadian singer.
- Winner of three Country Music Association awards, 1984-85
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Crystal Gayle (born 1950)
American singer. Sister of singer Loretta Lynn. Original name: Brenda Gail Webb.
- Winner of two Country Music Association awards, in 1977 and 1978
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Naomi Judd (born 1945)
American singer.
- Winner of nine Country Music Association awards, 1984-91, with her daughter Wynona
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Dolly Parton (born 1945)
American singer, songwriter and actress who has her own theme park, ''Dollywood.''
- Winner of seven Country Music Association awards, in 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1988
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Loretta Lynn (born 1935)
American singer. Sister of singer Crystal Gayle. Original name: Loretta Webb.
- Winner of eight Country Music Association awards, in 1967 and 1972-75
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Lynn Anderson (born 1947)
American singer and songwriter.
- Winner of the 1971 Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year award
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Olivia Newton-John (born 1948)
Australian singer and actress.
- Winner of the 1974 Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year award
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Tanya Tucker (born 1958)
American singer.
- Winner of the 1991 Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year award
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Marie Osmond (born 1959)
American singer and actress. Original name: Olive Marive Osmond.
- Winner of the 1986 Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award, with Dan Seals
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Shania Twain
Canadian musician.
- Winner of the 1999 Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year award
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Faith Hill (born 1967)
American singer
- 2000 Female Vocalist Of The Year
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Martina Mariea Schiff McBride (born 1966)
American singer
- Winner of the 1986 Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year award
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Jo Dee Messina (born 1970)
American singer
- Winner of the 1999 Country Music Association Horizon Award of the Year
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Robin Macy
Member of the Dixie Chicks vocal group
- Entertainer Of The Year 2000, with Laura Lynch Emily Erwin Martie Seidel and Natalie Maines members of the Dixie Chicks
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Laura Lynch
Member of the Dixie Chicks vocal group
- Entertainer Of The Year 2000, with Emily Erwin, Natalie Maines, Martie Seidel, and Robin Macy members of the Dixie Chicks
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Emily Erwin
Member of the Dixie Chicks vocal group
- Entertainer Of The Year 2000, with Laura Lynch, Natalie Maines, Martie Seidel, and Robin Macy members of the Dixie Chicks
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Martie Seidel
Member of the Dixie Chicks vocal group
- Entertainer Of The Year 2000, with Laura Lynch, Emily Erwin, Natalie Maines and Robin Macy members of the Dixie Chicks
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Natalie Maines
Member of the Dixie Chicks vocal group
- Entertainer Of The Year, with Laura Lynch Emily Erwin Martie Seidel and Robin Macy members of the Dixie Chicks