# 25th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 25th Academy of Country Music Awards was held on April 25, 1990, at the Pantages Theatre, in Los Angeles, California . The ceremony was hosted by The Judds, Alabama, George Strait, and Tammy Wynette.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| George Strait Alabama Dolly Parton Randy Travis Hank Williams Jr. | Killin' Time — Clint Black Diamonds & Dirt — Rodney Crowell Old 8x10 — Randy Travis Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Willow in the Wind — Kathy Mattea |
| Top Female Vocalist of the Year | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Kathy Mattea k.d. lang Reba McEntire Dolly Parton Tanya Tucker | Clint Black Rodney Crowell Ricky Van Shelton George Strait Randy Travis |
| Top Vocal Group of the Year | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Restless Heart Alabama Highway 101 Shenandoah Statler Brothers | The Judds Baillie & the Boys Buck Owens and Ringo Starr Sweethearts of the Rodeo Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr. |
| Single Record of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "A Better Man" — Clint Black "If Tomorrow Never Comes" — Garth Brooks "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" — Keith Whitley "There's a Tear in My Beer" — Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr. "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" — Patty Loveless | "Where've You Been" — Jon Vezner, Don Henry "After All This Time" — Rodney Crowell "If Tomorrow Never Comes" — Garth Brooks, Kent Blazy "Killin' Time" — Clint Black, Hayden Nicholas "There's a Tear in My Beer" — Hank Williams |
| Top New Male Vocalist | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Clint Black Garth Brooks Lionel Cartwright | Mary Chapin Carpenter Daniele Alexander Jann Browne |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group | Video of the Year |
| The Kentucky Headhunters Shenandoah Wild Rose | "There's a Tear in My Beer" — Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr. "Cathy's Clown" — Reba McEntire "High Cotton" — Alabama "Planet Texas" — Kenny Rogers "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" — Dolly Parton |

## Performers

| Performer(s) | Song(s) |
| Alabama The Judds George Strait Tammy Wynette | "Pass It On Down" |
| Lionel Cartwright Daniele Alexander | New Artist Medley #1 "I Watched It All (On My Radio)" "She's There" |
| The Judds | "Guardian Angels" |
| The Kentucky Headhunters Jann Browne | New Artist Medley #2 "Dumas Walker" "Tell Me Why" |
| Randy Travis | "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" |
| Clint Black Mary Chapin Carpenter | New Artist Medley #3 "A Better Man" "Never Had It So Good" |
| Kathy Mattea | "Where've You Been" |
| Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Dwight Yoakam Lacy J. Dalton T. Graham Brown Restless Heart Janie Fricke Mickey Gilley | 25th Anniversary Country Medley "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" "The Most Beautiful Girl" "All the Gold in California" "He Stopped Loving Her Today" "Lucille" "Okie from Muskogee" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Satin Sheets" "Coal Miner's Daughter" "It's Four in the Morning" "King of the Road" "A Boy Named Sue" "Forever and Ever, Amen" "Elvira" "Mountain Music" "Easy Loving" "Stand by Your Man" "9 to 5" "For the Good Times" "Gentle on My Mind" "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" "Take Me Home, Country Roads" |
| Hank Williams Jr. | "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'" |
| Wild Rose Garth Brooks Shenandoah | New Artist Medley #4 "Breaking New Ground" "If Tomorrow Never Comes" "Two Dozen Roses" |
| George Strait | "Love Without End, Amen" |
| Tammy Wynette | "Let's Call It a Day Today" |

## Presenters

| Presenter(s) | Notes |
| Eddie Rabbitt Michele Greene Gary Morris | Single Record of the Year |
| Ned Beatty Sweethearts of the Rodeo | Video of the Year |
| Patty Loveless Josh Taylor | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| William Shatner Baillie & the Boys | Album of the Year |
| Rodney Crowell Ricky Van Shelton | Top Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Vince Gill Nina Blackwood | Top Vocal Group of the Year |
| Eddie Raven Earl Thomas Conley Park Overall | Top New Female Vocalist Top New Vocal Duo or Group Top New Male Vocalist |
| Highway 101 Holly Dunn | Song of the Year |
| Rita Coolidge Leeza Gibbons | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Wayne Newton Kitty Wells | Entertainer of the Year |