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Academy of Country Music Award for New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Country Music
First awarded1967
Currently held byLanco (54th)

The Academy of Country Music Award for New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year is one of the new artist categories presented at the Academy of Country Music Awards. This award was first awarded in 1967 to Bob Morris & Faye Hardin, when this award was known as the Most Promising Vocal Group.[1]

In 1967, this award was known as the Most Promising Vocal Group.

From 1990 to 2008, the award was known as the Top New Vocal Group or Duet.

And from 2016 to 2019, this award is now known as the New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year.

This award is given to the new vocal group or formed duo who has gained initial fame or significantly greater recognition during the promotion of a debut or sophomore album within the eligibility period. The artist must have released a single that reached the Top 40 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs or the Mediabase Country charts. Any albums self-released through an independent label the artist owns and operates may not be counted as a debut or sophomore album, unless it produces a Top 40 single reported by Billboard’s Hot Country Songs or Mediabase Country charts.[2]

Winners and nominees

In the following tables, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony. Artists are eligible based on their work of the previous calendar year. Entries with a blue ribbon next to the artist's name have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list.[3]

There was no winner for this award in 2004, 2005, and from 2009 to 2015. For the award was changed into the Top New Artist of the Year award.

2010s

Year Winner Nominees
2019 Blue ribbon Lanco
2018 Blue ribbon Midland
2017 Blue ribbon Brothers Osborne
2016 Blue ribbon Old Dominion

2000s

Year Winner Nominees
2008 Blue ribbon Lady A
2007 Blue ribbon Little Big Town
2006 Blue ribbon Sugarland
2003 Blue ribbon Emerson Drive
2002 Blue ribbon Trick Pony
2001 Blue ribbon Rascal Flatts
2000 Blue ribbon Montgomery Gentry

1990s

Year Winner Nominees
1999 Blue ribbon The Dixie Chicks
1998 Blue ribbon The Kinleys
1997 Blue ribbon Ricochet
1996 Blue ribbon Lonestar
1995 Blue ribbon The Mavericks
1994 Blue ribbon Gibson/Miller Band
1993 Blue ribbon Confederate Railroad
1992 Blue ribbon Brooks & Dunn
1991 Blue ribbon Pirates of the Mississippi
1990 Blue ribbon The Kentucky Headhunters[4]

1960s

Year Winner Nominees
1967 Blue ribbon Bob Morris & Faye Hardin

References

  1. ^ Horton, Carrie. "Every ACM Awards New Artist of the Year Winner Ever". The Boot. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "58th ACM Awards & Voting Criteria and Policy". ACM Country. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Winners database". ACM Country. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "Newcomer Black Scores With Four Awards". New Straits Times. May 1, 1990. p. 17.
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