Brooks & Dunn, who are nominated for duo of the year at the 2025 ACM Awards, have a chance to add to their records for most wins in that category (16) and most overall wins by a duo (25).
Old Dominion and Rascal Flatts, who are both nominated for group of the year, have a chance to break out of a tie for most wins in that category — seven each. If either wins the award, they’ll stand alone as the top winner in the history of the category.
Billboard takes a deep dive into the ACM record book. The Academy of Country Music counts as “wins” only awards that were voted on by ACM members. Special awards, such as milestone awards, decade awards and humanitarian awards, don’t count as “wins.”
There’s another rule to keep in mind: The ACM gives artists credit for two wins in certain categories if they were also involved in other creative capacities. Artists can win a second award as a producer in album of the year, single of the year, music event of the year and visual media of the year; as a songwriter in song of the year; and as a producer or director in visual media of the year.
As shown below, Miranda Lambert is credited with seven wins for song of the year. These are as the artist on “The House That Built Me” (which was written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin) and as both artist and songwriter on “Over You,” “Automatic” and “Tin Man.”
Chris Stapleton has won eight awards for album of the year, as both artist and producer on four different albums — Traveller, From a Room: Volume 1, Starting Over and Higher. Lambert has won with five different albums — Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Revolution, Four the Record, Platinum and The Weight of These Wings. But since she didn’t produce or co-produce these albums, she is credited with just five wins.
Alan Jackson, George Strait and Tim McGraw are tied for most wins for single of the year — four each. Jackson has won as an artist on four different singles — “Don’t Rock the Jukebox,” “Chattahoochee,” “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” and “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” the latter a collaboration with Jimmy Buffett. Strait and McGraw won as both artist and producer of two singles each. Strait scored with “Check Yes or No” and “Give It Away”; McGraw with “It’s Your Love” (a collab with Faith Hill) and “Live Like You Were Dying.”
Keith Urban has the most wins for music event of the year — five, as an artist on “Start a Band” and as both artist and producer on “We Were Us” and “The Fighter.” McGraw has four wins in the category, as an artist on four different singles — “It’s Your Love,” “Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me,” “Find Out Who Your Friends Are” and “May We All.”
Here are top winners at the ACM Awards in terms of four overall distinctions, as well as in 13 top categories.
Most overall wins: Miranda Lambert (33)
Most overall wins by a male solo artist: George Strait (19)
Most overall wins by duo: Brooks & Dunn (25)
Most overall wins by a group: Alabama (18)
Most wins for entertainer of the year: Garth Brooks (6)
Most wins for female artist of the year: Miranda Lambert (9)
Most wins for male artist of the year: Merle Haggard (6)
Most wins for group of the year: Old Dominion, Rascal Flatts (7 each)
Most wins for duo of the year: Brooks & Dunn (16)
Most wins for album of the year: Chris Stapleton (8)
Most wins for single of the year: Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, George Strait (4 each)
Most wins for song of the year: Miranda Lambert (7)
Most wins for video of the year: Brad Paisley (5)
Most wins for music event of the year: Keith Urban (5)
Most wins for songwriter of the year: Dallas Davidson, Hillary Lindsey, Shane McAnally (2 each)
Most wins for producer of the year: Jay Joyce (6)
Most wins for audio engineer of the year: Justin Niebank (9)
