Toby Keith Leads Winners Pack at ACM Awards
BMI affiliates claimed victory in most categories at the 39th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards, held at the Mandelay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas (5/26). With trophies in hand for Entertainer of the Year, Top Male Vocalist, Album of the Year (Shock 'N Y'all) and ACM/Launch Video of the Year ("Beer For My Horses"), Toby Keith was the night's big winner.
 Brooks & Dunn |  Toby Keith |
Martina McBride received her third consecutive Top Female Vocalist win along with the Home Depot Humanitarian Award. The #1 smash "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" garnered Single Record and Vocal Event nods for Jimmy Buffett and producer Keith Stegall, while "Three Wooden Crosses" earned Song of the Year accolades for songwriter Doug Johnson and publishers Mike Curb Music and Sweet Radical Music.
 Jimmy Buffett |  Martina McBride |  Keith Stegall |
Willie Nelson was honored with the Gene Weed Special Achievement Award, which acknowledges unprecedented, unique and outstanding individual achievement in country music. Fellow Texan Ray Price received the Academy of Country Music Pioneer Award, which is presented to an outstanding country music pioneer. James Stroud, Tony Brown, Billy Sherrill, John Hobbs and Aubrey Haynie round out the list of BMI's ACM winners.
 James Stroud |  Willie Nelson |  Aubrey Haynie |
BMI's 2004 Academy of Country Music Award Winners
Entertainer of the Year
Toby Keith
Top Male Vocalist
Toby Keith
Top Female Vocalist
Martina McBride
Top Vocal Group
Rascal Flatts
 Rascal Flatts |  Doug Johnson |
Top Vocal Duo
Brooks & Dunn
Home Depot Humanitarian Award
Martina McBride
Album of the Year
Shock 'N Y'all - Toby Keith
James Stroud, producer
Single Record of the Year
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
Jimmy Buffett
Keith Stegall - producer
Song of the Year
"Three Wooden Crosses"
Doug Johnson - songwriter
Mike Curb Music - publisher
Sweet Radical Music - publisher
Vocal Event of the Year
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
Jimmy Buffett
Keith Stegall - producer
ACM/Launch Video of the Year
"Beer For My Horses"
Toby Keith, Willie Nelson
Instrumentalists
Producer of the Year
Tony Brown
Audio Engineer of the Year
Billy Sherrill
Fiddle
Aubrey Haynie
Piano/Keyboards
John Hobbs
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