Album of the Year

• K.T. Oslin - This Woman
• Dwight Yoakam - Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room
• George Straight - If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
• Ricky Van Shelton - Loving Proof
• Vern Gosdin - Chiseled in Stone

Band of the Year - Non-Touring

• Nashville Now Band
• Western Union
• Bull Durham Band

Band of the Year - Touring

• The Desert Rose Band Lyrics
• Merle Haggard/The Strangers
• RT and Nashville

Best Bass

• Curtis Stone
• Mike Leech
• Bill Bryson
• David Hungate
• Bob Wray

Best Drums

• Steve Duncan
• Eddie Bayers
• Archie Francis

Best Fiddle

• Mark O'Connor
• Doug Atwell
• Johnny Gimble
• Byron Berline

Best Piano / Keyboard

• John Hobbs
• Skip Edwards
• Matt Rollings
• Earl Ball

Best Steel Guitar

• Jay Dee Maness
• Norm Hamlet
• Bruce Bouton
• Paul Franklin
• Sonny Garrish
• Red Rhodes
• Gary Carter

Entertainer of the Year

• Hank Williams Jr. Lyrics
• George Strait Lyrics
• Alabama Lyrics
• Randy Travis Lyrics
• The Judds Lyrics

Female Vocalist of the Year

• K.T. Oslin
• Reba McEntire Lyrics
• Kathy Mattea Lyrics
• Tanya Tucker Lyrics
• Rosanne Cash Lyrics

Guitar

• Al Bruno
• John Jorgenson
• Jack Daniels

Male Vocalist of the Year

• George Strait Lyrics
• Dwight Yoakam Lyrics
• Hank Williams Jr. Lyrics
• Randy Travis Lyrics
• Ricky Van Shelton Lyrics

New Female Vocalist of the Year

• Suzy Bogguss Lyrics
• Cee Cee Chapman
• Linda Davis Lyrics
• Donna Meade
• Vicki Bird

New Male Vocalist of the Year

• Rodney Crowell Lyrics
• Skip Ewing
• David Lynn Jones
• Paul Overstreet
• J.C. Crowley

Pioneer Award

• Buck Owens Lyrics

Single Record of the Year

• Kathy Mattea - Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses Lyrics
• Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes Lyrics
• Randy Travis - I Told You So Lyrics
• Ricky Van Shelton - I'll Leave This World Loving You Lyrics
• Tanya Tucker - Strong Enough To Bend Lyrics

Song of the Year

• Paul Nelson, Gene Nelson - Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses
• Beth Neilson-Chapman - Strong Enough to Bend
• Bob McDill - Don't Close Your Eyes
• Rick Bowles, Will Robinson - I Know How He Feels
• Vern Gosdin, Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon, Buddy Cannon - Set 'Em Up Joe

Specialty Instrument

• Charlie McCoy
• Jerry McKinney
• Ricky Skaggs Lyrics
• Terry McMillan
• Flaco Jimenez
• Jerry Douglas
• Bela Fleck
• Herb Pedersen
• Jo-El Sonnier
• Archie Francis

Video of the Year

• Hank Williams Jr. - Young Country
• George Jones - The Old Man No One Loves
• K.T. Oslin - I'll Always Come Back
• K.T. Oslin - Hold Me
• Reba McEntire - Sunday Kind of Love Lyrics

Vocal Duet of the Year

• The Judds Lyrics
• Rodney Crowell & Rosanne Cash
• Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam
• Sweethearts of the Rodeo
• Bellamy Brothers Lyrics

Vocal Group of the Year

• Highway 101 Lyrics
• The Desert Rose Band Lyrics
• Oak Ridge Boys Lyrics
• Restless Heart Lyrics
• Alabama Lyrics