The Academy Of Country Music began giving out their Top Female Vocalist award in 1966. Since then there have been many notable winners including Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, Faith Hill, and Martina McBride.
The most recent winner of the Top Female Vocalist award was Carrie Underwood in 2007. Reba McEntire has the most wins with seven.
ACM Top Female Vocalist Winners
| 2008 Carrie Underwood | |
| Other Nominees: Miranda Lambert; Martina McBride; LeAnn Rimes; Taylor Swift | |
| 2007 Carrie Underwood | |
| Other Nominees: Sara Evans; Faith Hill; Miranda Lambert; Martina McBride | |
| 2006 Sara Evans | |
| Other Nominees: Martina McBride; Carrie Underwood; Gretchen Wilson; Lee Ann Womack | |
| 2005 Gretchen Wilson | |
| Other Nominees: Terri Clark; Sara Evans; Martina McBride; Lee Ann Womack | |
| 2004 Martina McBride | |
| Other Nominees: Patty Loveless; Sara Evans; Shania Twain; Terri Clark | |
| 2003 Martina McBride | |
| Other Nominees: Terri Clark; Faith Hill; Shania Twain; Lee Ann Womack | |
| 2002 Martina McBride | |
| Other Nominees: Sara Evans; Faith Hill; Lee Ann Womack; Trisha Yearwood | |
| 2001 Faith Hill | |
| Other Nominees: Jo Dee Messina; Lee Ann Womack; Martina McBride; Sara Evans | |
| 2000 Faith Hill | |
| Other Nominees: Chely Wright; Jo Dee Messina; Martina McBride; Shania Twain | |
| 1999 Faith Hill | |
| Other Nominees: Jo Dee Messina; Martina McBride; Shania Twain; Trisha Yearwood | |
| 1998 Trisha Yearwood | |
| Other Nominees: Deana Carter; LeAnn Rimes; Martina McBride; Patty Loveless | |
| 1997 Patty Loveless | |
| Other Nominees: LeAnn Rimes; Reba McEntire; Shania Twain; Trisha Yearwood | |
| 1996 Patty Loveless | |
| Other Nominees: Faith Hill; Pam Tillis; Reba McEntire; Shania Twain | |
| 1995 Reba McEntire | |
| Other Nominees: Faith Hill; Mary-Chapin Carpenter; Pam Tillis; Patty Loveless | |
| 1994 Wynonna | |
| Other Nominees: Mary Chapin Carpenter; Pam Tillis; Reba McEntire; Tanya Tucker | |
| 1993 Mary Chapin Carpenter | |
| Other Nominees: Lorrie Morgan; Pam Tillis; Tanya Tucker; Wynonna | |
| 1992 Reba McEntire | |
| Other Nominees: Lorrie Morgan; Mary-Chapin Carpenter; Pam Tillis; Tanya Tucker | |
| 1991 Reba McEntire | |
| Other Nominees: Kathy Mattea; Mary-Chapin Carpenter; Patty Loveless; Tanya Tucker | |
| 1990 Kathy Mattea | |
| Other Nominees: Dolly Parton; KD Lang; Reba McEntire; Tanya Tucker | |
| 1989 KT Oslin | |
| Other Nominees: Kathy Mattea; Reba McEntire; Rosanne Cash; Tanya Tucker | |
| 1988 Reba McEntire | |
| Other Nominees: Crystal Gayle; Kathy Mattea; Rosanne Cash; Tanya Tucker | |
| 1987 Reba McEntire | |
| Other Nominees: Crystal Gayle; Janie Fricke; Juice Newton; Marie Osmond | |
| 1986 Reba McEntire | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Murray; Crystal Gayle; Juice Newton; Rosanne Cash | |
| 1985 Reba McEntire | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Murray; Dolly Parton; Emmylou Harris; Janie Fricke | |
| 1984 Janie Fricke | |
| Other Nominees: Barbara Mandrell; Crystal Gayle; Reba McEntire; Sylvia | |
| 1983 Sylvia | |
| Other Nominees: Barbara Mandrell; Dottie West; Janie Fricke; Rosanne Cash | |
| 1982 Barbara Mandrell | |
| Other Nominees: Emmylou Harris; Lacy J Dalton; Rosanne Cash; Sylvia | |
| 1981 Dolly Parton | |
| Other Nominees: Barbara Mandrell; Crystal Gayle; Emmylou Harris; Lacy J Dalton | |
| 1980 Crystal Gayle | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Murray; Barbara Mandrell; Dolly Parton; Loretta Lynn | |
| 1979 Barbara Mandrell | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Murray; Crystal Gayle; Dolly Parton; Loretta Lynn | |
| 1978 Crystal Gayle | |
| Other Nominees: Dolly Parton; Emmylou Harris; Linda Ronstadt; Loretta Lynn | |
| 1977 Crystal Gayle | |
| Other Nominees: Dolly Parton; Emmylou Harris; Loretta Lynn; Tammy Wynette | |
| 1976 Loretta Lynn | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Murray; Dolly Parton; Linda Ronstadt; Tanya Tucker | |
| 1975 Loretta Lynn | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Murray; Dolly Parton; Donna Fargo; Olivia Newton-John | |
| 1974 Loretta Lynn | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Murray; Barbara Fairchild; Dolly Parton; Donna Fargo; Susan Raye | |
| 1973 Donna Fargo | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Murray; Dolly Parton; Loretta Lynn; Susan Raye | |
| 1972 Loretta Lynn | |
| Other Nominees: Anne Murray; Linda Ronstadt; Lynn Anderson; Susan Raye | |
| 1971 Lynn Anderson | |
| Other Nominees: Bobbie Gentry; Dolly Parton; Loretta Lynn; Tammy Wynette | |
| 1970 Tammy Wynette | |
| Other Nominees: Bobbie Gentry; Cathie Taylor; Connie Smith; Dolly Parton; Judy Lynn; Loretta Lynn; Lynn Anderson | |
| 1969 Cathie Taylor | |
| Other Nominees: Bobbie Gentry; Bonnie Guitar; Judy Miller; Judy Lynn | |
| 1968 Lynn Anderson | |
| Other Nominees: Bonnie Guitar; Bonnie Owens; Cathie Taylor; Lucille Star | |
| 1967 Bonnie Guitar | |
| Other Nominees: Bonnie Owens; Jonie Mosby; Kay Adams; Molly Bee | |
| 1966 Bonnie Owens | |
| Other Nominees: Judy Miller; Molly Bee; Rose Lee Maphis; Rose Maddox | |
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