# 38th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 38th Academy of Country Music Awards were held on May 21, 2003 at for the first time was held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. The ceremony was hosted by ACM Award winner, Reba McEntire.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Toby Keith Brooks & Dunn Kenny Chesney Dixie Chicks Alan Jackson | Drive — Alan Jackson Home — Dixie Chicks No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems — Kenny Chesney On a Mission — Trick Pony Unleashed — Toby Keith |
| Top Female Vocalist of the Year | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Martina McBride Terri Clark Faith Hill Shania Twain Lee Ann Womack | Kenny Chesney Alan Jackson Toby Keith Tim McGraw George Strait |
| Top Vocal Group of the Year | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Rascal Flatts Diamond Rio Dixie Chicks Lonestar Trick Pony | Brooks & Dunn Hometown News Montgomery Gentry Sons of the Desert The Bellamy Brothers |
| Single Record of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "The Good Stuff" — Kenny Chesney "19 Somethin'" — Mark Wills "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" — Toby Keith "Just What I Do" — Trick Pony "Somebody Like You" — Keith Urban | "I'm Movin' On" — Phillip Brian White and David Vincent Williams "A Lot of Things Different" — Bill Anderson and Dean Dillon "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)" — Toby Keith "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" — Alan Jackson "Forgive" — Rebecca Lynn Howard and Trey Bruce |
| Top New Male Vocalist | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Joe Nichols Blake Shelton Darryl Worley | Kellie Coffey Jennifer Hanson Rebecca Lynn Howard |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group | Video of the Year |
| Emerson Drive Nickel Creek Pinmonkey | "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" — Alan Jackson "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)" — Toby Keith "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" — Brad Paisley "Just What I Do" — Trick Pony "She's My Kind of Rain" — Tim McGraw "Who's Your Daddy" — Toby Keith |
| Vocal Event of the Year ||
| "Mendocino County Line" — Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack "Beer For My Horses" — Toby Keith and Willie Nelson "Designated Drinker" — Alan Jackson and George Strait "Picture" — Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow "Whiskey River" — Trick Pony and Willie Nelson ||

## Performers

| Performer(s) | Song(s) |
| Kenny Chesney | "Big Star" |
| Toby Keith Willie Nelson | "Beer for My Horses" |
| Brooks & Dunn | "Red Dirt Road" |
| Terri Clark | "I Just Wanna Be Mad" |
| Alan Jackson | "The Sounds" |
| Martina McBride | "Concrete Angel" |
| Shania Twain | "Forever and for Always" |
| George Strait | "Write This Down" "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" "She'll Leave You with a Smile" "Check Yes or No" "The Chair" |
| Wynonna | "What the World Needs" |
| Lonestar | "I'm Already There" |
| Keith Urban | "Raining on Sunday" |
| Diamond Rio | "I Believe" |
| Rascal Flatts | "Love You Out Loud" |
| LeAnn Rimes | "Love Is an Army" |
| Darryl Worley | "Have You Forgotten?" |
| Alabama | "Tennessee River" |
| Dixie Chicks | "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" |
| Montgomery Gentry | "My Town" |

## Presenters

| Presenter(s) | Notes |
| Wayne Newton | Host introduction |
| Rebecca Lynn Howard Kellie Coffey Jennifer Hanson | Terri Clark performance |
| Joe Nichols Blake Shelton Darryl Worley | Album of the Year |
| Mark Miller Lance Burton | Single Record of the Year |
| Phil Vassar Pinmonkey | Top New Male Vocalist |
| Bill Engvall Jake Simpson | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Carrie Turner Penn & Teller | Song of the Year |
| Carolyn Dawn Johnson Emerson Drive | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Tony Stewart | Diamond Rio performance |
| Trick Pony Eric Close | Top New Vocal Duo or Group |
| Lee Ann Womack | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Nancy O'Dell | LeAnn Rimes performance |
| Mark Wills Pam Tillis | Top Vocal Group of the Year |
| Kenny Chesney | Pioneer Award to Alabama |
| Cledus T. Judd | Montgomery Gentry performance |
| Louise Mandrell Trace Adkins | Top Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Vince Gill | Entertainer of the Year |