| Year[I]
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Recipient(s)
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Work
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Performing artist(s)
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Nominees
(Performer(s) in parentheses)[II]
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Ref.
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| 1965
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Roger Miller
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"Dang Me"
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Roger Miller
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| 1966
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Roger Miller
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"King of the Road"
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Roger Miller
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| 1967
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Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton
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"Almost Persuaded"
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David Houston
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| 1968
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John Hartford
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"Gentle on My Mind"
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Glen Campbell
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| 1969
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Bobby Russell
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"Little Green Apples"
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Roger Miller
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- Curly Putman & Bobby Braddock for "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" (Tammy Wynette)
- Tom T. Hall for "Harper Valley PTA" (Jeannie C. Riley)
- Bobby Russell for "Honey" (Bobby Goldsboro)
- Glenn Tubb & Jack Moran for "Skip a Rope" (Henson Cargill)
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| 1970
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Shel Silverstein
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"A Boy Named Sue"
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Johnny Cash
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| 1971
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Marty Robbins
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"My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"
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Marty Robbins
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| 1972
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Kris Kristofferson
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"Help Me Make It Through the Night"
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Sammi Smith
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- Freddie Hart for "Easy Loving" (Freddie Hart)
- Kris Kristofferson for "For the Good Times" (Ray Price)
- Kris Kristofferson & Fred Foster for "Me and Bobby McGee" (Gordon Lightfoot)
- Joe South for "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" (Lynn Anderson)
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| 1973
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Ben Peters
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"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'"
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Charley Pride
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- Alex Harvey & Larry Collins for "Delta Dawn" (Tanya Tucker)
- Donna Fargo for "Funny Face" (Donna Fargo)
- Donna Fargo for "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" (Donna Fargo)
- Gary S. Paxton for "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" (Don Gibson)
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| 1974
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Kenny O'Dell
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"Behind Closed Doors"
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Charlie Rich
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| 1975
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Norro Wilson & Billy Sherrill
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"A Very Special Love Song"
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Charlie Rich
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| 1976
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Chips Moman & Larry Butler
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"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
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B. J. Thomas
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- Vivian Keith & Ben Peters for "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (Freddy Fender)
- Fred Rose for "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (Willie Nelson)
- Jessi Colter for "I'm Not Lisa" (Jessi Colter)
- John Martin Sommers for "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (John Denver)
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| 1977
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Larry Gatlin
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"Broken Lady"
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Larry Gatlin
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- Bob McDill & Dickey Lee for "The Door Is Always Open" (Dave & Sugar)
- Paul Craft for "Dropkick Me Jesus" (Bobby Bare)
- Charlie Rich & Billy Sherrill for "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) (Charlie Rich)
- Paul Craft for "Hank Williams You Wrote My Life" (Moe Bandy)
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| 1978
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Richard Leigh
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"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
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Crystal Gayle
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| 1979
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Don Schlitz
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"The Gambler"
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Kenny Rogers
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- Jan Dyer & Jeffrey Tweel for "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (Kenny Rogers & Dottie West)
- Archie Jordan & Naomi Martin for "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" (Ronnie Milsap)
- Ed Bruce & Patsy Bruce for "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings)
- David Allan Coe for "Take This Job and Shove It" (Johnny Paycheck)
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| 1980
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Debbie Hupp & Bob Morrison
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"You Decorated My Life"
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Kenny Rogers
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- Larry Gatlin for "All the Gold in California" (Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers)
- Johnny Mullins for "Blue Kentucky Girl" (Emmylou Harris)
- Milton Brown, Steve Dorff & Snuff Garrett for "Every Which Way But Loose" (Eddie Rabbitt)
- David Bellamy for "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" (The Bellamy Brothers)
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| 1981
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Willie Nelson
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"On the Road Again"
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Willie Nelson
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- David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens for "Drivin' My Life Away" (Eddie Rabbitt)
- Bobby Braddock & Curly Putman for "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (George Jones)
- Roger Cook & Sam Hogin for "I Believe in You" (Don Williams)
- Bob Morrison, Wanda Mallette & Patti Ryan for "Lookin' for Love" (Johnny Lee)
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| 1982
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Dolly Parton
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"9 to 5"
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Dolly Parton
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- Dallas Frazier for "Elvira" (The Oak Ridge Boys)
- Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan for "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (Barbara Mandrell)
- Ed Penney & Jerry Gillespie for "Somebody's Knockin'" (Terri Gibbs)
- Larry Collins & Sandy Pinkard for "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" (David Frizzell & Shelly West)
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| 1983
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Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James
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"Always on My Mind"
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Willie Nelson
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- Dewayne Blackwell for "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" (David Frizzell)
- Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan for "Nobody" (Sylvia)
- Don Goodman, Pam Rose & Mary Ann Kennedy for "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" (Lee Greenwood)
- Tim DuBois for "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" (Jerry Reed)
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| 1984
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Mike Reid
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"Stranger in My House"
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Ronnie Milsap
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- Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke & Rafe Van Hoy for "Baby I Lied" (Deborah Allen)
- Kerry Chater & Austin Roberts for "I.O.U." (Lee Greenwood)
- Randy Owen for "Lady Down on Love" (Alabama)
- Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black & Rory Bourke for "A Little Good News" (Anne Murray)
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| 1985
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Steve Goodman
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"City of New Orleans"
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Willie Nelson
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| 1986
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Jimmy Webb
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"Highwayman"
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The Highwaymen
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- Bob McDill for "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" (Mel McDaniel)
- Guy Clark for "Desperados Waiting for a Train" (The Highwaymen)
- Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver & Don Schlitz for "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" (Alabama)
- Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (Rosanne Cash)
- Mike Reid, Troy Seals & Fred Parris for "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" (Ronnie Milsap)
- Kent Robbins for "Love Is Alive" (The Judds)
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| 1987
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Jamie O'Hara
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"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)"
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The Judds
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| 1988
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Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz
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"Forever and Ever, Amen"
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Randy Travis
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- Sanger D. Shafer & Lyndia J. Shafer for "All My Ex's Live in Texas" (George Strait)
- K. T. Oslin for "80's Ladies" (K. T. Oslin)
- Todd Cerney, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch & Pam Rose for "I'll Still Be Loving You" (Restless Heart)
- Betsy Cook & Linda Thompson for "Telling Me Lies" (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris)
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| 1989
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K. T. Oslin
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"Hold Me"
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K. T. Oslin
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- Vern Gosdin & Max D. Barnes for "Chiseled in Stone" (Vern Gosdin)
- Rodney Crowell for "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" (Rodney Crowell)
- Lyle Lovett for "She's No Lady" (Lyle Lovett)
- Homer Joy for "Streets of Bakersfield" (Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens)
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| 1990
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Rodney Crowell
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"After All This Time"
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Rodney Crowell
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- Clint Black & Hayden Nicholas for "A Better Man" (Clint Black)
- k.d. lang & Ben Mink for "Luck in My Eyes" (k.d. lang)
- John Hiatt for "She Don't Love Nobody" (The Desert Rose Band)
- Hank Williams for "There's a Tear in My Beer" (Hank Williams & Hank Williams Jr.)
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| 1991
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Don Henry & Jon Vezner
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"Where've You Been"
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Kathy Mattea
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- K. T. Oslin, Rory Michael Bourke & Charlie Black for "Come Next Monday" (K. T. Oslin)
- Tony Arata for "The Dance" (Garth Brooks)
- DeWayne Blackwell & Earl Bud Lee for "Friends in Low Places" (Garth Brooks)
- Vince Gill & Tim DuBois for "When I Call Your Name" (Vince Gill)
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| 1992
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John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd & Paul Overstreet
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"Love Can Build a Bridge"
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The Judds
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- Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah & Keith Stegall for "Don't Rock the Jukebox" (Alan Jackson)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Down at the Twist and Shout" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
- Dolly Parton for "Eagle When She Flies" (Dolly Parton)
- Travis Tritt for "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" (Travis Tritt)
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| 1993
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Vince Gill & John Barlow Jarvis
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"I Still Believe in You"
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Vince Gill
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| 1994
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Lucinda Williams
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"Passionate Kisses"
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
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| 1995
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Gary Baker & Frank J. Myers
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"I Swear"
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John Michael Montgomery
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| 1996
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Vince Gill
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"Go Rest High on That Mountain"
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Vince Gill
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| 1997
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Bill Mack
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"Blue"
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LeAnn Rimes
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- Angelo Petraglia, Larry Gottlieb & Kim Richey for "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (Trisha Yearwood)
- Vince Gill for "High Lonesome Sound" (Vince Gill featuring Alison Krauss and Union Station)
- Junior Brown for "My Wife Thinks You're Dead" (Junior Brown)
- Matraca Berg & Gary Harrison for "Strawberry Wine" (Deana Carter)
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| 1998
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Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas
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"Butterfly Kisses"
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Bob Carlisle
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- Bob McDill & Dean Dillon for "All the Good Ones Are Gone" (Pam Tillis)
- Deana Carter & Rhonda Hart for "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" (Deana Carter)
- Bobby Wood, John Peppard & Garth Brooks for "In Another's Eyes" (Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood)
- Stephony Smith for "It's Your Love" (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
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| 1999
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Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain
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"You're Still the One"
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Shania Twain
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- Billy Kirsh & Steve Wariner for "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" (Steve Wariner)
- Vince Gill & Troy Seals for "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" (Vince Gill)
- Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner & Annie Roboff for "This Kiss" (Faith Hill)
- Bob Dylan for "To Make You Feel My Love" (Garth Brooks)
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| 2000
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Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain
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"Come On Over"
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Shania Twain
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- Marv Green, Chris Lindsey, and Aimee Mayo for "Amazed" (Lonestar)
- Mike Curtis & Billy Yates for "Choices" (George Jones)
- Marcus Hummon & Martie Seidel for "Ready to Run" (Dixie Chicks)
- Bill Anderson & Steve Wariner for "Two Teardrops" (Steve Wariner)
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| 2001
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Mark D. Sanders & Tia Sillers
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"I Hope You Dance"
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Lee Ann Womack
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| 2002
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Robert Lee Castleman
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"The Lucky One"
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Alison Krauss & Union Station
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- Gary Baker, Richie McDonald, & Frank Myers for "I'm Already There" (Lonestar)
- Steven Dale Jones & Bobby Tomberlin for "One More Day" (Diamond Rio)
- Lisa Drew, Jamie O'Neal, & Shaye Smith for "There Is No Arizona" (Jamie O'Neal)
- Roxie Dean, Jamie O'Neal, & Sonny Tillis for "When I Think About Angels" (Jamie O'Neal)
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| 2003
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Alan Jackson
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"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
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Alan Jackson
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| 2004
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Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins
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"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
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Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
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| 2005
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Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman
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"Live Like You Were Dying"
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Tim McGraw
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| 2006
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Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna, & Marcus Hummon
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"Bless the Broken Road"
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Rascal Flatts
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| 2007
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Hillary Lindsey, Brett James & Gordie Sampson
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"Jesus, Take the Wheel"
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Carrie Underwood
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| 2008
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Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear
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"Before He Cheats"
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Carrie Underwood
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| 2009
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Jennifer Nettles
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"Stay"
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Sugarland
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- Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan for "Dig Two Graves" (Randy Travis)
- Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell, & Wade Kirby for "I Saw God Today" (George Strait)
- Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, & James Otto for "In Color" (Jamey Johnson)
- Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller for "You're Gonna Miss This" (Trace Adkins)
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| 2010
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Liz Rose & Taylor Swift
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"White Horse"
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Taylor Swift
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- Casey Beathard & Tim James for "All I Ask For Anymore" (Trace Adkins)
- Jamey Johnson & James T. Slater for "High Cost of Living" (Jamey Johnson)
- Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, & Hillary Scott for "I Run to You" (Lady Antebellum)
- Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones for "People Are Crazy" (Billy Currington)
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| 2011
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Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott
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"Need You Now"
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Lady Antebellum
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| 2012
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Taylor Swift
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"Mean"
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Taylor Swift
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| 2013
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Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins
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"Blown Away"
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Carrie Underwood
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- Philip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn for "Cost of Livin'" (Ronnie Dunn)
- Will Hoge & Eric Paslay for "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" (Eli Young Band)
- Jay Knowles & Adam Wright for "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" (Alan Jackson)
- Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, & Ryan Tyndell for "Springsteen" (Eric Church)
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| 2014
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Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, & Josh Osborne
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"Merry Go 'Round"
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Kacey Musgraves
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[1]
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| 2015
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Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond
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"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
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Glen Campbell
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- Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird, & Shane McAnally for "American Kids" (Kenny Chesney)
- Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby, & Miranda Lambert for "Automatic" (Miranda Lambert)
- Eric Church & Luke Laird for "Give Me Back My Hometown" (Eric Church)
- Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston, & Jeffrey Steele for "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill)
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[2]
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| 2016
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Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose
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"Girl Crush"
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Little Big Town
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- Hayes Carll for "Chances Are" (Lee Ann Womack)
- Barry Dean, Luke Laird, & Jonathan Singleton for "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (Tim McGraw)
- Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones for "Hold My Hand" (Brandy Clark)
- Chris Stapleton for "Traveller" (Chris Stapleton)
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[2]
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| 2017
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Lori McKenna
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"Humble and Kind"
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Tim McGraw
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[3]
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| 2018
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Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton
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"Broken Halos"
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Chris Stapleton
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[4]
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| 2019
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Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, & Kacey Musgraves
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"Space Cowboy"
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Kacey Musgraves
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- Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill, & Jon Nite for "Break Up in the End" (Cole Swindell)
- Tom Douglas, David Hodges, & Maren Morris for "Dear Hate" (Maren Morris with Vince Gill)
- Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley, & Ben Hayslip for "I Lived It" (Blake Shelton)
- Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds, & Dan Smyers for "Tequila" (Dan + Shay)
- Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill, & Lori McKenna for "When Someone Stops Loving You" (Little Big Town)
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[5]
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| 2020
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Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth, & Tanya Tucker
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"Bring My Flowers Now"
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Tanya Tucker
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- Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde for "Girl Goin' Nowhere" (Ashley McBryde)
- Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose for "It All Comes Out in the Wash" (Miranda Lambert)
- Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, & Bobby Pinson, for "Some of It" (Eric Church)
- Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers, & Laura Veltz for "Speechless" (Dan + Shay)
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[6]
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| 2021
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Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna
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"Crowded Table"
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The Highwomen
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- Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert for "Bluebird" (Miranda Lambert)
- Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz for "The Bones" (Maren Morris)
- Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis & Derrick Southerland for "More Hearts Than Mine" (Ingrid Andress)
- Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey & Thomas Rhett for "Some People Do" (Old Dominion)
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[7]
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| 2022
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Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton
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"Cold"
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Chris Stapleton
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- Jessie Jo Dillon, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz for "Better Than We Found It" (Maren Morris)
- Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian for "Camera Roll" (Kacey Musgraves)
- Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley & Thomas Rhett for "Country Again" (Thomas Rhett)
- Cameron Bartolini, Walker Hayes, Josh Jenkins & Shane Stevens for "Fancy Like" (Walker Hayes)
- Mickey Guyton, Blake Hubbard, Jarrod Ingram & Parker Welling for "Remember Her Name" (Mickey Guyton)
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[8]
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| 2023
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Matt Rogers & Ben Stennis
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"'Til You Can't"
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Cody Johnson
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[9]
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| 2024
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Chris Stapleton & Dan Wilson
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"White Horse"
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Chris Stapleton
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- Brandy Clark & Jessie Jo Dillon for "Buried" (Brandy Clark)
- Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves for "I Remember Everything" (Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves)
- Tyler Childers & Geno Seale for "In Your Love" (Tyler Childers)
- John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindin & Ryan Vojtesak for "Last Night" (Morgan Wallen)
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[10]
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| 2025
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Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne
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"The Architect"
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Kacey Musgraves
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- Sean Cook, Collins Obinna Chibueze & Nevin Sastry for "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" (Shaboozey)
- Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips for "I Am Not Okay" (Jelly Roll)
- Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters for "I Had Some Help" (Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen)
- Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Atia Boggs, Megan Bülow, Nathan Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq for "Texas Hold 'Em" (Beyoncé)
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[11]
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