# 30th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 30th Academy of Country Music Awards was held on May 10, 1995, at the Universal Amphitheatre, in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by Clint Black, Tanya Tucker and Jeff Foxworthy.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Reba McEntire Alabama Brooks & Dunn Garth Brooks Alan Jackson | Not a Moment Too Soon — Tim McGraw In Pieces — Garth Brooks Stones in the Road — Mary Chapin Carpenter When Love Finds You — Vince Gill Who I Am — Alan Jackson |
| Top Female Vocalist of the Year | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Reba McEntire Mary Chapin Carpenter Faith Hill Patty Loveless Pam Tillis | Alan Jackson Garth Brooks Joe Diffie Vince Gill George Strait |
| Top Vocal Group of the Year | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| The Mavericks Alabama Diamond Rio Little Texas Sawyer Brown | Brooks & Dunn John Anderson and Tracy Lawrence George Jones and Alan Jackson Conway Twitty and Sam Moore Trisha Yearwood and Aaron Neville |
| Single Record of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "I Swear" — John Michael Montgomery "Don't Take the Girl" — Tim McGraw "Livin' on Love" — Alan Jackson "Third Rock from the Sun" — Joe Diffie "Tryin' to Get Over You" — Vince Gill | "I Swear" — Frank J. Myers, Gary Baker "Don't Take the Girl" — Craig Martin, Larry W. Johnson "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" — Karen Taylor-Good, Burton Banks Collins "Livin' on Love" — Alan Jackson "When Love Finds You" — Vince Gill, Michael Omartian |
| Top New Male Vocalist | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Tim McGraw David Ball John Berry | Chely Wright Lisa Brokop Victoria Shaw |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group | Video of the Year |
| The Mavericks The Tractors John & Audrey Wiggins | "The Red Strokes" — Garth Brooks "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" — Patty Loveless "Independence Day" — Martina McBride "Standing Outside the Fire" — Garth Brooks "This Time" — Sawyer Brown |
| Pioneer Award ||
| Loretta Lynn ||
| Jim Reeves Memorial Award ||
| Garth Brooks ||

## Performers

| Performer(s) | Song(s) |
| Vince Gill The Tractors | "The House Is Rockin'" |
| Faith Hill Joe Diffie Michelle Wright Shelby Lynne Collin Raye Little Texas | Country Hits Medley "Don't Rock the Jukebox" "Okie from Muskogee" "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" "Easy Loving" "Behind Closed Doors" "All the Gold in California" "He Stopped Loving Her Today" "Always on My Mind" "Forever and Ever, Amen" "Friends in Low Places" "For the Good Times" "Tulsa Time" "Take Me Home, Country Roads" |
| Pam Tillis | "In Between Dances" |
| John Berry David Ball Tim McGraw | Top New Male Vocalist Medley "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye" "Thinkin' Problem" "Refried Dreams" |
| Brooks & Dunn | "Little Miss Honky Tonk" |
| Alan Jackson | "Livin' on Love" |
| Clint Black | "Summer's Comin'" |
| Garth Brooks | Garth's Heroes Medley "Unwound" "Mama Tried" "Gentle on My Mind" "Whispering Pines" "Act Naturally" "White Lightning" |
| Reba McEntire | "And Still" |
| Tanya Tucker | "Find Out What's Happening" |
| Lisa Brokop Chely Wright Victoria Shaw | Top New Female Vocalist Medley "One of Those Nights" "Sea of Cowboy Hats" "Forgiveness" |
| Barbara Mandrell | "In Times Like These" |
| John Anderson Tracy Lawrence | "Hillbilly with a Heartache" |
| John & Audrey Wiggins The Tractors | Top New Vocal Duo or Group Medley "Has Anybody Seen Amy" "Baby Likes to Rock It" |
| Jeff Foxworthy | Comedy Performance: "You Might Be a Redneck" |
| Willie Nelson | "End of Understanding" |
| Alabama The International Children's Choir | "Angels Among Us" |

## Presenters

| Presenter(s) | Notes |
| Aaron Tippin Cybill Shepherd Doug Supernaw | Single Record of the Year |
| John Michael Montgomery Kay Adams | Top New Male Vocalist |
| Sawyer Brown Bonnie Owens | Top Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Heather Whitestone Joe Diffie | Top Vocal Group of the Year |
| Mac Davis Jane Seymour | Song of the Year |
| Linda Davis Toby Keith Holly Dunn | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Tom Wopat Kathy Mattea | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Leeza Gibbons | Presented Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award to Loretta Lynn |
| Trisha Yearwood Don Edwards Waddie Mitchell | Video of the Year |
| Martina McBride Diamond Rio | Top New Vocal Duo or Group |
| Lorianne Crook Charlie Chase Ray Benson | Album of the Year |
| Jay Leno | Presents Jim Reeves Memorial Award to Garth Brooks |
| Buck Owens Dyan Cannon | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Ashley Judd Naomi Judd | Entertainer of the Year |