The Academy of Country Music started awarding their Entertainer of the Year award at the 1971 ceremony, where Merle Haggard was the first recipient. Since then multiple winners have included Alabama, Hank Williams Jr, Garth Brooks, and Toby Keith.
Carrie Underwood was named Entertainer of the Year in 2009 and 2010, with Kenny Chesney winning the award the past four years before that.
ACM Entertainer of the Year Winners
| 2011 Taylor Swift | |
| Other Nominees: Jason Aldean; Toby Keith; Miranda Lambert; Brad Paisley; Keith Urban | |
| 2010 Carrie Underwood | |
| Other Nominees: Kenny Chesney; Toby Keith; Brad Paisley; George Strait; Taylor Swift; Keith Urban; Zac Brown Band | |
| 2009 Carrie Underwood | |
| Other Nominees: Kenny Chesney; Brad Paisley; George Strait; Keith Urban | |
| 2008 Kenny Chesney | |
| Other Nominees: Brad Paisley; Rascal Flatts; George Strait; Keith Urban | |
| 2007 Kenny Chesney | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn; Tim McGraw; Rascal Flatts; George Strait | |
| 2006 Kenny Chesney | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn; Toby Keith; Rascal Flatts; Keith Urban | |
| 2005 Kenny Chesney | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn; Toby Keith; Tim McGraw; Keith Urban | |
| 2004 Toby Keith | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Jackson; Brooks & Dunn; Kenny Chesney; Tim McGraw | |
| 2003 Toby Keith | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn; Kenny Chesney; Dixie Chicks; Alan Jackson | |
| 2002 Brooks & Dunn | |
| Other Nominees: Garth Brooks; Alan Jackson; Toby Keith; Tim McGraw | |
| 2001 Dixie Chicks | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn; Faith Hill; George Strait; Toby Keith | |
| 2000 Shania Twain | |
| Other Nominees: Dixie Chicks; Faith Hill; Sawyer Brown; Tim McGraw | |
| 1999 Garth Brooks | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn; George Strait; Shania Twain; Tim McGraw | |
| 1998 Garth Brooks | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn; George Strait; Reba McEntire; Tim McGraw | |
| 1997 Brooks & Dunn | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Jackson; Garth Brooks; George Strait; Tim McGraw | |
| 1996 Brooks & Dunn | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Jackson; Garth Brooks; Reba McEntire; Tim McGraw | |
| 1995 Reba McEntire | |
| Other Nominees: Alabama; Alan Jackson; Brooks & Dunn; Garth Brooks | |
| 1994 Garth Brooks | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Jackson; Clint Black; Reba McEntire; Travis Tritt | |
| 1993 Garth Brooks | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Jackson; Billy Ray Cyrus; Reba McEntire; Travis Tritt | |
| 1992 Garth Brooks | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Jackson; Clint Black; Randy Travis; Reba McEntire | |
| 1991 Garth Brooks | |
| Other Nominees: Clint Black; Dolly Parton; George Strait; Reba McEntire | |
| 1990 George Strait | |
| Other Nominees: Alabama; Dolly Parton; Hank Williams Jr; Randy Travis | |
| 1989 Hank Willams Jr | |
| Other Nominees: Alabama; George Strait; Randy Travis; The Judds | |
| 1988 Hank Willams Jr | |
| Other Nominees: Alabama; Randy Travis; Reba McEntire; Willie Nelson | |
| 1987 Hank Willams Jr | |
| Other Nominees: Alabama; George Strait; Reba McEntire; Ricky Skaggs | |
| 1986 Alabama | |
| Other Nominees: George Strait; Hank Williams Jr; Lee Greenwood; Ricky Skaggs | |
| 1985 Alabama | |
| Other Nominees: Hank Williams Jr; Oak Ridge Boys; Ricky Skaggs; Willie Nelson | |
| 1984 Alabama | |
| Other Nominees: Barbara Mandrell; Hank Williams Jr; Oak Ridge Boys; Willie Nelson | |
| 1983 Alabama | |
| Other Nominees: Barbara Mandrell; Kenny Rogers; Ricky Skaggs; Willie Nelson | |
| 1982 Alabama | |
| Other Nominees: Barbara Mandrell; Dolly Parton; Kenny Rogers; Oak Ridge Boys | |
| 1981 Barbara Mandrell | |
| Other Nominees: Dolly Parton; Eddie Rabbitt; Kenny Rogers; Willie Nelson | |
| 1980 Willie Nelson | |
| Other Nominees: Crystal Gayle; Kenny Rogers; Loretta Lynn; Waylon Jennings | |
| 1979 Kenny Rogers | |
| Other Nominees: Dolly Parton; Loretta Lynn; Roy Clark; Willie Nelson | |
| 1978 Dolly Parton | |
| Other Nominees: Kenny Rogers; Loretta Lynn; Mel Tillis; Roy Clark | |
| 1977 Mickey Gilley | |
| Other Nominees: Conway Twitty; Loretta Lynn; Marty Robbins; Mel Tillis | |
| 1976 Loretta Lynn | |
| Other Nominees: Glen Campbell; John Denver; Mickey Gilley; Roy Clark | |
| 1975 Mac Davis | |
| Other Nominees: Loretta Lynn; Merle Haggard; Ronnie Milsap; Roy Clark | |
| 1974 Roy Clark | |
| Other Nominees: Charlie Rich; Johnny Rodriguez; Mel Tillis; Merle Haggard | |
| 1973 Roy Clark | |
| Other Nominees: Charley Pride; Freddie Hart; Loretta Lynn; Merle Haggard | |
| 1972 Freddie Hart | |
| Other Nominees: Charley Pride; Glen Campbell; Loretta Lynn; Merle Haggard | |
| 1971 Merle Haggard | |
| Other Nominees: Charley Pride; Elvis Presley; Glen Campbell; Johnny Cash | |
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