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| Artist/Song/Album Name | Award Category | Year | Credits | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Keith | Merle Haggard Spirit Award | 2020 | A 20-time ACM Award-winner, Toby Keith is still taking charge of his incredible career with sold-out concerts, an arsenal of hits and a swagger that has endeared him to millions of fans. He proudly revealed his true colors and spirit as both artist and songwriter with anthems like "How Do You Like Me Now?!" and “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American).” After an impressive run at Country radio that began in the ‘90s, he continues to be one of the most successful self-directed creators in music history as an artist, songwriter, singer, musician and producer. Keith has written the vast majority of his 32 No. 1s hits and has had a chart-topping single every year for 20-consecutive years. Keith was Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015. He also received the ACM Poet’s award for his songwriting body of work in 2016. He received the National Medal of the Arts in 2021. | Winner |
| Dierks Bentley | Merle Haggard Spirit Award | 2017 | Winner | |
| Eric Church | Merle Haggard Spirit Award | 2016 | Winner | |
| Miranda Lambert | ACM Merle Haggard Spirit Award | 2015 | Miranda Lambert continues to reign as the most decorated artist in the history of the Academy of Country Music, most recently earning her second ACM Video of the Year award and her first ACM Entertainer of the Year title at the 57th ACM Awards, bringing her career total to 37 ACM awards. Additional highlights include a record-setting nine consecutive ACM Female Artist of the Year awards, ACM Song of the Decade for “The House That Built Me,” 10 ACM Song and ACM Single of the Year awards (as either an artist or an artist and songwriter), the ACM Milestone Award, and the first-ever ACM Spirit Award. A multi-faceted entertainer, Lambert’s career boasts an impressive discography; her latest album, Palomino, becoming the eighth solo album of her career (seven of which went No. 1), along with 10 No. 1 hit radio singles, three albums with her trio, The Pistol Annies, and her 2021 ACM and GRAMMY-nominated project The Marfa Tapes, a raw and intimate recording with collaborators Jack Ingram and Jon Randall. With more than 70 prestigious awards to her name, the Lindale, TX native has remained an unstoppable force since her 2006 breakthrough win for ACM Top New Female Vocalist. Taking on both a co-headlining tour with Little Big Town, “The Bandwagon Tour,” and a Las Vegas Residency, “Velvet Rodeo,” in 2022 – Lambert continues to forge her own path in Country Music. She remains true to her Texas roots with her Boot Barn-exclusive cowboy boot collection, Idyllwind, while advocating for the adoption of rescue pets through her MuttNation Foundation. | Winner |
Toby Keith
Merle Haggard Spirit Award
2020
A 20-time ACM Award-winner, Toby Keith is still taking charge of his incredible career with sold-out concerts, an arsenal of hits and a swagger that has endeared him to millions of fans. He proudly revealed his true colors and spirit as both artist and songwriter with anthems like "How Do You Like Me Now?!" and “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American).” After an impressive run at Country radio that began in the ‘90s, he continues to be one of the most successful self-directed creators in music history as an artist, songwriter, singer, musician and producer. Keith has written the vast majority of his 32 No. 1s hits and has had a chart-topping single every year for 20-consecutive years. Keith was Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015. He also received the ACM Poet’s award for his songwriting body of work in 2016. He received the National Medal of the Arts in 2021.
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Dierks Bentley
Merle Haggard Spirit Award
2017
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Eric Church
Merle Haggard Spirit Award
2016
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Miranda Lambert
ACM Merle Haggard Spirit Award
2015
Miranda Lambert continues to reign as the most decorated artist in the history of the Academy of Country Music, most recently earning her second ACM Video of the Year award and her first ACM Entertainer of the Year title at the 57th ACM Awards, bringing her career total to 37 ACM awards. Additional highlights include a record-setting nine consecutive ACM Female Artist of the Year awards, ACM Song of the Decade for “The House That Built Me,” 10 ACM Song and ACM Single of the Year awards (as either an artist or an artist and songwriter), the ACM Milestone Award, and the first-ever ACM Spirit Award. A multi-faceted entertainer, Lambert’s career boasts an impressive discography; her latest album, Palomino, becoming the eighth solo album of her career (seven of which went No. 1), along with 10 No. 1 hit radio singles, three albums with her trio, The Pistol Annies, and her 2021 ACM and GRAMMY-nominated project The Marfa Tapes, a raw and intimate recording with collaborators Jack Ingram and Jon Randall. With more than 70 prestigious awards to her name, the Lindale, TX native has remained an unstoppable force since her 2006 breakthrough win for ACM Top New Female Vocalist. Taking on both a co-headlining tour with Little Big Town, “The Bandwagon Tour,” and a Las Vegas Residency, “Velvet Rodeo,” in 2022 – Lambert continues to forge her own path in Country Music. She remains true to her Texas roots with her Boot Barn-exclusive cowboy boot collection, Idyllwind, while advocating for the adoption of rescue pets through her MuttNation Foundation.
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