1985 – 2017

1985 Sawyer Brown

The Breeze

1986 Steve Wariner

Gary Lewis & The Playboys

Dan Seals

1987 T. Graham Brown

Rare Earth

Forrester Sisters

1988 Restless Heart

Bachman Turner Overdrive

Lee Greenwood

1989 The Charlie Daniels Band

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels

Lee Greenwood

1990 Eddie Rabbitt

Herman's Hermits

Kathy Mattea

1991 Brad Paisley

Shenandoah

The Mamas & Papas

Ronnie Milsap

1992 Highway 101

Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & The Raiders)

Ricky Skaggs

1993 Pirates of the Mississippi

Brad Paisley

George Jones

1994 The Bellamy Brothers

The Guess Who

McBride & The Ride

Jon Brennan

1995 Steve Wariner

Merle Haggard

1996 Bryan White

Joe Diffie

1997 Buffalo Club

Orleans

Toby Keith

1998 The Kinleys

The Dixie Chicks

Tracy Lawrence

1999 Chad Brock

Diamond Rio

2000 Alecia Elliott

The Contours

Trace Adkins

2001 Chris Cagle

Billy Ray Cyrus

2002 Steve Azar

Brad Paisley

2003 Aaron Lines

Sounds of the Supremes

Aaron Tippin

2004 David Lee Murphy & Leroy Parnell

Joey Dee & The Starlighters

Darryl Worley

2005 Blue County

The Diamonds

Tanya Tucker

2006 Bomshel

Beatlemania

Lee Greenwood

2007 Nelson

Exile

Kelly Pickler

2008 James Otto

Eddie Money

2009 Justin Moore

38 Special

2010 Trailer Choir

Grand Funk Railroad

2011 Colt Ford

Beatlemania Magic

Kansas

2012 Bucky Covington

Midnight Special

The Charlie Daniels Band

2013 Jason Michael Carroll

The Devonshires

America

2014 Restless Heart

Almost Queen

The Guess Who

2015 Mickey Guyton

Leonard, Coleman and Blunt

Marshall Tucker Band

The Breeze

2016 Bucky Covington

TUSK

The Orchestra (former members Electric Light Orchestra)

2017 Russell Dickerson