# 24th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 24th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony was held on April 10, 1989, at Disney Studios, Burbank, California. It was hosted by Patrick Duffy, K.T. Oslin, and George Strait.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Hank Williams Jr. Alabama The Judds George Strait Randy Travis | This Woman — K.T. Oslin Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room — Dwight Yoakam Chiseled in Stone — Vern Gosdin If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' — George Strait Loving Proof — Ricky Van Shelton |
| Top Female Vocalist of the Year | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| K.T. Oslin Rosanne Cash Kathy Mattea Reba McEntire Tanya Tucker | George Strait Ricky Van Shelton Randy Travis Hank Williams Jr. Dwight Yoakam |
| Top Vocal Group of the Year | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Highway 101 Alabama Desert Rose Band Oak Ridge Boys Restless Heart | The Judds The Bellamy Brothers Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash Sweethearts of the Rodeo Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens |
| Single Record of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" — Kathy Mattea "Don't Close Your Eyes" — Keith Whitley "I Told You So" - Randy Travis "I'll Always Come Back" — K.T. Oslin "I'll Leave This World Loving You" — Ricky Van Shelton "Strong Enough to Bend" — Tanya Tucker | "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" — Gene Nelson, Paul Nelson "Don't Close Your Eyes" — Bob McDill "I Know How He Feels" — Rick Bowles, Will Robinson "Set 'Em Up Joe" — Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran, Buddy Cannon, Vern Gosdin "Strong Enough to Bend" — Beth Nielsen Chapman, Don Schlitz |
| Top New Male Vocalist | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Rodney Crowell J.C. Crowley Skip Ewing David Lynn Jones Paul Overstreet | Suzy Bogguss Vicki Bird Cee Cee Chapman Linda Davis Donna Meade |
| Video of the Year ||
| "Young Country" — Hank Williams Jr. "Hold Me" — K.T. Oslin "I'll Always Come Back" — K.T. Oslin "The Old Man No One Loves" — George Jones "Sunday Kind of Love" — Reba McEntire ||
| Pioneer Award ||
| Buck Owens ||
| Artist of the Decade Award ||
| Alabama ||

## Performers

| Performer(s) | Song(s) |
| Randy Travis | "Is It Still Over?" |
| Skip Ewing Vicki Bird | New Artist Medley #1 "I Don't Have Far to Fall" "Mem'ries" |
| The Judds | "Let Me Tell You About Love" |
| J.C. Crowley Donna Meade | New Artist Medley #2 "Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight" "Love's Last Stand" |
| Reba McEntire | "Cathy's Clown" |
| Paul Overstreet Linda Davis | New Artist Medley #3 "Sowin' Love" "Weak Nights" |
| Hank Williams Hank Williams Jr. | "There's a Tear in My Beer" |
| K.T. Oslin | "Hey Bobby" |
| David Lynn Jones Cee Cee Chapman | New Artist Medley #4 "Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)" "Frontier Justice" |
| George Strait | "What's Going On in Your World" |
| Willie Nelson | "Better Part Over" |
| Suzy Bogguss Rodney Crowell | New Artist Medley #5 "Somewhere Between" "After All This Time" |
| Highway 101 | "Setting Me Up" |

## Presenters

| Presenter(s) | Notes |
| George Peppard Patty Loveless Buck Owens | Top Vocal Group of the Year |
| Mary Frann The Bellamy Brothers | Album of the Year |
| Juice Newton The Oak Ridge Boys | Video of the Year |
| Carl Perkins Charlie Daniels | Presented Artist of the Decade Award to Alabama |
| Eddie Rabbitt Bruce Jenner | Top Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Eddy Raven Lisa Hartman Black Keith Whitley | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Don Williams Morgan Brittany Moe Bandy | Single Record of the Year |
| Janie Fricke Ronnie Milsap Tammy Wynette | Song of the Year |
| Roger Miller Dwight Yoakam | Presented Pioneer Award to Buck Owens |
| Leeza Gibbons Kathy Mattea | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Restless Heart Lacy J. Dalton | Top New Female Vocalist Top New Male Vocalist |
| Dennis Weaver Valerie Harper | Entertainer of the Year |