# 29th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 29th Academy of Country Music Awards was held on May 3, 1994, at the Universal Amphitheatre, in Los Angeles, California . The ceremony was hosted by Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Garth Brooks Clint Black Alan Jackson Reba McEntire Travis Tritt | A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) — Alan Jackson Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles — Various Artists Hard Workin' Man — Brooks & Dunn I Still Believe in You — Vince Gill It Won't Be the Last — Billy Ray Cyrus This Time — Dwight Yoakam |
| Top Female Vocalist of the Year | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Wynonna Mary Chapin Carpenter Reba McEntire Pam Tillis Tanya Tucker | Vince Gill Clint Black Garth Brooks Billy Ray Cyrus Alan Jackson |
| Top Vocal Group of the Year | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Little Texas Asleep at the Wheel Confederate Railroad Diamond Rio Sawyer Brown | Brooks & Dunn Clint Black and Wynonna Darryl & Don Ellis Reba McEntire and Linda Davis Reba McEntire and Vince Gill |
| Single Record of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "Chattahoochee" — Alan Jackson "A Bad Goodbye" — Clint Black and Wynonna "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" — Garth Brooks "Ain't That Lonely Yet" — Dwight Yoakam "Does He Love You" — Reba McEntire and Linda Davis | "I Love the Way You Love Me" — Chuck Cannon, Victoria Shaw "Can I Trust You with My Heart" — Travis Tritt, Stewart Harris "Chattahoochee" — Alan Jackson, Jim McBride "Does He Love You" — Billy Stritch, Sandy Knox "I Don't Call Him Daddy" — Reed Nielsen |
| Top New Male Vocalist | Top New Female Vocalist |
| John Michael Montgomery Doug Supernaw Clay Walker | Faith Hill Lari White Kelly Willis |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group | Video of the Year |
| Gibson/Miller Band BlackHawk Boy Howdy | "We Shall Be Free" — Garth Brooks "Chattahoochee" — Alan Jackson "Cleopatra, Queen of Denial" — Pam Tillis "Does He Love You" — Reba McEntire and Linda Davis "What Might Have Been" — Little Texas |
| Pioneer Award ||
| Charley Pride ||
| Career Achievement Award ||
| John Anderson ||

## Performers

| Performer(s) | Song(s) |
| Clint Black | "A Good Run of Bad Luck" |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | "I Take My Chances" |
| Brooks & Dunn | "That Ain't No Way to Go" |
| Faith Hill Lari White Kelly Willis | Top New Female Vocalist Medley "But I Will" "That's My Baby" "Whatever Way the Wind Blows" |
| Lorrie Morgan | "If You Came Back from Heaven" |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | "Talk Some" |
| Confederate Railroad | "Elvis and Andy" |
| Travis Tritt | "Foolish Pride" |
| John Michael Montgomery Doug Supernaw Clay Walker | Top New Male Vocalist Medley "Be My Baby Tonight" "Reno" "What's It to You" |
| Alan Jackson | "Gone Country" |
| Diamond Rio | "Love a Little Stronger" |
| Dwight Yoakam | "Pocket of a Clown" |
| Tracy Lawrence | "Renegades, Rebels and Rogues" |
| Pam Tillis | "Spilled Perfume" |
| BlackHawk Boy Howdy Gibson/Miller Band | Top New Vocal Duo or Group Medley "Goodbye Says It All" "She'd Give Anything" "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" |
| Doug Stone | "Addicted to a Dollar" |
| Vince Gill | "I May Never Get to Heaven" |
| Reba McEntire | "Why Haven't I Heard from You" |
| Sawyer Brown | "Hard to Say" |

## Presenters

| Presenter(s) | Notes |
| Naomi Judd Luke Perry | Single Record of the Year |
| Joe Diffie Michelle Wright Terry McBride | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Eddie Dean Shelby Lynne Hal Ketchum | Top Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Suzy Bogguss Hugh O'Brian | Video of the Year |
| Finola Hughes Marty Stuart | Top Vocal Group of the Year |
| Martina McBride Pat Sajak Linda Davis | Top New Male Vocalist |
| Lisa Hartman Black Dan Seals | Album of the Year |
| Mark Chesnutt James Brolin | Top Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Randy Travis Billy Dean | Presented Career Achievement Award to John Anderson |
| Kathy Mattea Cliffie Stone Crystal Bernard | Song of the Year |
| Chris LeDoux Lorianne Crook Charlie Chase | Top New Vocal Duo or Group |
| Buck Owens Neal McCoy | Presented Pioneer Award to Charley Pride |
| Merle Haggard Jane Seymour | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Jay Leno | Entertainer of the Year |