# 33rd Academy of Country Music Awards

The 33rd Academy of Country Music Awards was held on April 22, 1998, at the Universal Amphitheatre, in Los Angeles, California . The ceremony was not hosted by anyone.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Garth Brooks Brooks & Dunn Alan Jackson Reba McEntire George Strait | Carrying Your Love with Me — George Strait Come On Over — Shania Twain Everywhere — Tim McGraw Long Stretch of Lonesome — Patty Loveless Sevens — Garth Brooks |
| Top Female Vocalist of the Year | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Trisha Yearwood Deana Carter Patty Loveless Martina McBride LeAnn Rimes | George Strait Alan Jackson Tim McGraw Collin Raye Bryan White |
| Top Vocal Duo or Group of the Year | Top Vocal Event of the Year |
| Brooks & Dunn Alabama Diamond Rio Lonestar Sawyer Brown | "It's Your Love" — Tim McGraw (feat. Faith Hill) "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" — Toby Keith (feat. Sting) "In Another's Eyes" — Trisha Yearwood (feat. Garth Brooks) "What If I Said" — Anita Cochran (feat. Steve Wariner) "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" — Patty Loveless (feat. George Jones) |
| Single Record of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "It's Your Love" — Tim McGraw (feat. Faith Hill) "Carrying Your Love With Me" — George Strait "How Do I Live" — LeAnn Rimes "How Do I Live" — Trisha Yearwood "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" — Diamond Rio | "It's Your Love" — Stephony Smith "All the Good Ones Are Gone" — Dean Dillon, Bob McDill "How Do I Live" — Diane Warren "Something That We Do" — Clint Black, Skip Ewing "The Fool" — Charley Stefl, Gene Ellsworth, Marla Cannon |
| Top New Male Vocalist | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Kenny Chesney Rhett Akins Michael Peterson | Lee Ann Womack Sara Evans Lila McCann |
| Top New Vocal Duo or Group | Video of the Year |
| The Kinleys Big House The Lynns | "It's Your Love" — Tim McGraw (feat. Faith Hill) "455 Rocket" — Kathy Mattea "A Broken Wing" — Martina McBride "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" — Deana Carter "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" — Diamond Rio |
| Special Achievement Award ||
| Garth Brooks ||
| Pioneer Award ||
| Charlie Daniels ||

## Performers

| Performer(s) | Song(s) |
| Clint Black | "Nothin' but the Taillights" |
| Tim McGraw | "One of These Days" |
| Sawyer Brown | "We're Everything to Me" |
| Sara Evans Lila McCann Lee Ann Womack | Top New Female Vocalist Medley "Three Chords and the Truth" "Almost Over You" "Buckaroo" |
| LeAnn Rimes | "Commitment" |
| Alabama | "Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard" |
| Faith Hill | "This Kiss" |
| Steve Wariner Garth Brooks | "Burnin' the Roadhouse Down" |
| George Strait | "I Just Want to Dance with You" |
| Brooks & Dunn Reba McEntire | "If You See Him/If You See Her" |
| Patty Loveless | "To Have You Back Again" |
| Rhett Akins Kenny Chesney Michael Peterson | Top New Male Vocalist Medley "Drivin' My Life Away" "That's Why I'm Here" "From Here to Eternity" |
| Trisha Yearwood | "There Goes My Baby" |
| Collin Raye | "I Can Still Feel You" |
| Deana Carter | "Absence of the Heart" |
| Martina McBride | "A Broken Wing" |
| Bryan White The Dixie Chicks Dwight Yoakam | Tribute "Take Me Home, Country Roads" "Stand by Your Man" "Blue Suede Shoes" |
| Diamond Rio | "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" |
| The Kinleys The Lynns Big House | Top New Vocal Duo or Group Medley "Just Between You and Me" "Woman to Woman" "Cold Outside" |

## Presenters

| Presenter(s) | Notes |
| Trace Adkins Olivia Newton-John | Top Vocal Group or Duo of the Year |
| Randy Travis Suzy Bogguss | Top New Female Vocalist |
| Trisha Yearwood | Presented Special Achievement Award to Garth Brooks |
| Glen Campbell Mindy McCready | Video of the Year |
| Michelle Wright Rick Trevino Lari White | Album of the Year |
| Neal McCoy Donna Fargo | Top Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Garth Brooks | Presented Pioneer Award to Charlie Daniels |
| Charley Pride Kathy Mattea | Top New Male Vocalist |
| Jeff Carson Anita Cochran Kevin Sharp | Song of the Year |
| Buck Owens Chely Wright | Top Vocal Event of the Year |
| Shawnae Jebbia Ty Herndon | Top Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Joe Diffie Pam Tillis | Single Record of the Year |
| Jack Hanna Tracy Lawrence Terri Clark | Top New Vocal Duo or Group |
| Barbara Mandrell Jane Seymour | Entertainer of the Year |