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Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Country Music
First awarded1967
Currently held byJordan Davis, Greylan James, Chase McGill, Josh Osborne
"Next Thing You Know" (59th)

The Academy of Country Music Award for Song 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

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2020's

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Year Songwriter(s) Title Performing artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)
2024 Blue ribbon Jordan Davis
Blue ribbon Greylan James
Blue ribbon Chase McGill
Blue ribbon Josh Osborne
"Next Thing You Know" Jordan Davis
2023 Blue ribbon Ashley Gorley
Blue ribbon Cole Swindell
Blue ribbon Jesse Frasure
Blue ribbon Mark D. Sanders
Blue ribbon Thomas Rhett
Blue ribbon Tim Nichols
"She Had Me at Heads Carolina" Cole Swindell
2022 Blue ribbon Jason Nix
Blue ribbon Jonathan Singleton
Blue ribbon Lainey Wilson
"Things a Man Oughta Know" Lainey Wilson
2021 Blue ribbon Jimmy Robbins
Blue ribbon Maren Morris
Blue ribbon Laura Veltz
"The Bones" Maren Morris
2020 Blue ribbon Josh Osborne
Blue ribbon Matthew Ramsey
Blue ribbon Trevor Rosen
Blue ribbon Brad Tursi
"One Man Band" Old Dominion

2010's

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Year Songwriter(s) Title Performing artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)
2019 Blue ribbon Nicolle Galyon
Blue ribbon Jordan Reynolds
Blue ribbon Dan Smyers
"Tequila" Dan + Shay
2018 Blue ribbon Jack Ingram
Blue ribbon Miranda Lambert
Blue ribbon Jon Randall
"Tin Man" Miranda Lambert
2017 Blue ribbon Thomas Rhett
Blue ribbon Sean Douglas
Blue ribbon Joe Spargur
"Die a Happy Man" Thomas Rhett
2016 Blue ribbon Barry Bales
Blue ribbon Ronnie Bowman
Blue ribbon Chris Stapleton
"Nobody to Blame" Chris Stapleton
2015 Blue ribbon Nicolle Galyon
Blue ribbon Natalie Hemby
Blue ribbon Miranda Lambert
"Automatic" Miranda Lambert
2014 Blue ribbon Jessi Alexander
Blue ribbon Connie Harrington
Blue ribbon Jimmy Yeary
"I Drive Your Truck" Lee Brice
2013 Blue ribbon Phil Barton
Blue ribbon Johnny Bulford
Blue ribbon Jon Stone
"A Woman Like You" Lee Brice
2012 Blue ribbon Lee Brice
Blue ribbon Liz Rose
"Crazy Girl" Eli Young Band
2011 Blue ribbon Tom Douglas
Blue ribbon Allen Shamblin
"The House That Built Me" Miranda Lambert
2010 Blue ribbon Dave Haywood
Blue ribbon Josh Kear
Blue ribbon Charles Kelley
Blue ribbon Hillary Scott
"Need You Now" Lady Antebellum

2000's

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Year Songwriter(s) Title Performing artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)
2009 Blue ribbon Jamey Johnson
Blue ribbon Lee Thomas Miller
Blue ribbon James Otto
"In Color" Jamey Johnson
2008 Blue ribbon Jennifer Nettles "Stay" Sugarland
2007 Blue ribbon Bill Anderson
Blue ribbon Buddy Cannon
Blue ribbon Jamey Johnson
"Give It Away" George Strait
2006 Blue ribbon Ronnie Dunn
Blue ribbon Craig Wiseman
"Believe" Brooks & Dunn
2005 Blue ribbon Tim Nichols
Blue ribbon Craig Wiseman
"Live Like You Were Dying" Tim McGraw
2004 Blue ribbon Doug Johnson
Blue ribbon Kim Williams
"Three Wooden Crosses" Randy Travis
2003 Blue ribbon David Vincent Williams
Blue ribbon Phillip Brian White
"I'm Movin' On" Rascal Flatts
2002 Blue ribbon Alan Jackson "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" Alan Jackson
2001 Blue ribbon Mark D. Sanders
Blue ribbon Tia Sillers
"I Hope You Dance" Lee Ann Womack
Sons of the Desert
2000 Blue ribbon Aimee Mayo
Blue ribbon Chris Lindsey
Blue ribbon Marv Green
"Amazed" Lonestar

1990's

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Year Songwriter(s) Title Performing artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)
1999 Blue ribbon Billy Kirsch
Blue ribbon Steve Wariner
"Holes in the Floor of Heaven" Steve Wariner
1998 Blue ribbon Stephony Smith "It's Your Love" Tim McGraw
Faith Hill
1997 Blue ribbon Bill Mack "Blue" LeAnn Rimes
1996 Blue ribbon Dickey Lee
Blue ribbon Karen Staley
Blue ribbon Danny Mayo
"The Keeper of the Stars" Tracy Byrd
1995 Blue ribbon Frank J. Myers
Blue ribbon Gary Baker
"I Swear" John Michael Montgomery
1994 Blue ribbon Chuck Cannon
Blue ribbon Victoria Shaw
"I Love the Way You Love Me" John Michael Montgomery
1993 Blue ribbon Vince Gill
Blue ribbon John Barlow Jarvis
"I Still Believe in You" Vince Gill
1992 Blue ribbon Billy Dean
Blue ribbon Richard Leigh
"Somewhere in My Broken Heart" Billy Dean
1991 Blue ribbon Tony Arata "The Dance" Garth Brooks
1990 Blue ribbon Jon Vezner
Blue ribbon Don Henry
"Where've You Been" Kathy Mattea

1980's

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Year Songwriter(s) Title Performing artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)
1989 Blue ribbon Gene Nelson
Blue ribbon Paul Nelson
"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" Kathy Mattea
1988 Blue ribbon Paul Overstreet
Blue ribbon Don Schlitz
"Forever and Ever, Amen" Randy Travis
1987 Blue ribbon Paul Overstreet
Blue ribbon Don Schlitz
"On the Other Hand" Randy Travis
1986 Blue ribbon Troy Seals
Blue ribbon Mike Reid
Blue ribbon Fred Parris
"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" Ronnie Milsap
1985 Blue ribbon Harlan Howard
Blue ribbon Brent Maher
Blue ribbon Sonny Throckmorton
"Why Not Me" The Judds
1984 Blue ribbon Larry Henley
Blue ribbon Jeff Silbar
"Wind Beneath My Wings" Gary Morris
1983 Blue ribbon Merle Haggard "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" Merle Haggard
1982 Blue ribbon Felice Bryant
Blue ribbon Boudleaux Bryant
Blue ribbon Sandy Pinkard
Blue ribbon Larry Collins
"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" David Frizzell
Shelly West
1981 Blue ribbon Curly Putman
Blue ribbon Bobby Braddock
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" George Jones
1980 Blue ribbon Curly Putman
Blue ribbon Sonny Throckmorton
"It's a Cheating Situation" Moe Bandy
Janie Fricke

1970's

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Year Songwriter(s) Title Performing artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)
1979 Blue ribbon Randy Goodrum "You Needed Me" Anne Murray
1978 Blue ribbon Roger Bowling
Blue ribbon Hal Bynum
"Lucille" Kenny Rogers
1977 Blue ribbon Baker Knight "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" Mickey Gilley
1976 Blue ribbon Larry Weiss "Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell
1975 Blue ribbon Don Wayne "Country Bumpkin" Cal Smith
1974 Blue ribbon Kenny O'Dell "Behind Closed Doors" Charlie Rich
1973 Blue ribbon Donna Fargo "The Happiest Girl In the Whole USA" Donna Fargo
1972 Blue ribbon Freddie Hart "Easy Loving" Freddie Hart
1971 Blue ribbon Kris Kristofferson "For the Good Times" Ray Price
1970 Blue ribbon Merle Haggard
Blue ribbon Eddie Buriss
"Okie from Muskogee" Merle Haggard

1960's

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Year Songwriter(s) Title Performing artist(s) Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)
1969 Blue ribbon Jimmy Webb "Wichita Lineman" Glen Campbell
1968 Blue ribbon Dale Noe "It's Such a Pretty World Today" Wynn Stewart
1967 Blue ribbon Fern Foley
Blue ribbon Charles "Fuzzy" Owen
Blue ribbon Johnny Paycheck
"Apartment No. 9" Bobby Austin

References

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  1. ^ "Winners Database". ACM Country.
  2. ^ "Academy of Country Music | Search Winners". www.acmcountry.com. Retrieved 2021-04-08.