# 1993 Country Music Association Awards

The 1993 Country Music Association Awards, 27th Ceremony, was held on September 29, 1993 at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award Winners, Clint Black and Vince Gill.

## Winners and Nominees

Winner are in Bold.
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Vince Gill Brooks & Dunn Garth Brooks Alan Jackson Reba McEntire | I Still Believe in You - Vince Gill A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) - Alan Jackson Come On Come On - Mary Chapin Carpenter Hard Workin' Man - Brooks & Dunn The Chase - Garth Brooks |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Vince Gill John Anderson Garth Brooks Alan Jackson George Strait | Mary Chapin Carpenter Reba McEntire Pam Tillis Tanya Tucker Wynonna |
| Vocal Group of the Year | Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Diamond Rio Alabama Confederate Railroad Restless Heart Sawyer Brown | Brooks & Dunn Bellamy Brothers Darryl & Don Ellis Sweethearts of the Rodeo |
| Single of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "Chattahoochee" - Alan Jackson "Ain't That Lonely Yet" - Dwight Yoakam "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" - Vince Gill "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" - George Jones "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" - Tanya Tucker | "I Still Believe in You" - Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis "Ain't That Lonely Yet" - James House and Kostas "Boot Scootin' Boogie" - Ronnie Dunn "Chattahoochee" - Alan Jackson and Jim McBride "Seminole Wind" - John Anderson |
| Horizon Award | Musician of the Year |
| Mark Chesnutt Sammy Kershaw Tracy Lawrence John Michael Montgomery Trisha Yearwood | Mark O'Connor John Barlow Jarvis Paul Franklin Brent Mason Matt Rollings |
| Music Video of the Year | Vocal Event of the Year |
| Chattahoochee - Alan Jackson Cleopatra, Queen of Denial - Pam Tillis Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away - Vince Gill I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair - George Jones Seminole Wind - John Anderson | I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair - George Jones with Various Artists A Bad Goodbye - Clint Black and Wynonna Tell Me About It - Tanya Tucker and Delbert McClinton The Heart Won't Lie - Reba McEntire and Vince Gill Walkaway Joe - Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley |

## Performers

| Performer(s) | Song(s) |
| Clint Black Vince Gill | "Honky Tonk Blues" |
| Reba McEntire Linda Davis | "Does He Love You" |
| Dwight Yoakam | "Fast as You" |
| Wynonna | "Is It Over Yet" |
| Clint Black | "Tuckered Out" |
| Tanya Tucker | "Soon" |
| Garth Brooks | "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" |
| Sawyer Brown | "Thank God for You" |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter Trisha Yearwood Suzy Bogguss Kathy Mattea Patty Loveless | "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" |
| Brooks & Dunn | "She Used to Be Mine" |
| Pam Tillis | "'Til All The Lonely's Gone" |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | "Somebody New" |
| Marty Stuart Lee Roy Parnell Musician of the Year nominees | "Workin' Man Blues" |
| Alan Jackson | "Chattahoochee" |
| John Michael Montgomery Trisha Yearwood Mark Chesnutt Sammy Kershaw Tracy Lawrence | Horizon Award Medley "I Love the Way You Love Me" "The Song Remembers When" "It Sure Is Monday" "Haunted Heart" "Can't Break It to My Heart" |
| George Jones | "Hello Darlin'" |
| John Anderson | "Seminole Wind" |
| Vince Gill | "Nothing Like a Woman" |
| Dolly Parton Tammy Wynette Loretta Lynn | "Silver Threads and Golden Needles |

## Presenters

| Presenter(s) | Notes |
| Patty Loveless Billy Dean | Song of the Year |
| Michelle Wright Joe Diffie | Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Kelly Willis Doug Stone | Vocal Group of the Year |
| Shelby Lynne Steve Wariner | Vocal Event of the Year |
| K. T. Oslin | Album of the Year |
| Sawyer Brown | Single of the Year |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Johnny Cash Rip Torn Kris Kristofferson | Presented Country Music Hall of Fame Induction of Willie Nelson |
| Marty Stuart | Musician of the Year |
| Ricky Skaggs Suzy Bogguss | Horizon Award |
| Carlene Carter Aaron Tippin | Video of the Year |
| Dolly Parton Tammy Wynette Loretta Lynn | Entertainer of the Year |

## Hall of Fame

* Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
* Willie Nelson