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Country Music Association Award for New Artist of the Year

The Country Music Association Awards is a major awards show in country music, with one of the primary awards being the New Artist of the Year Award. This award honors artists who have achieved national prominence through their work and are voted to have great success in the genre going forward. The award was known as the Horizon Award from 1981 until 2007 when it received its current title. An artist can be nominated twice in the New Artist category before they become ineligible, although the point at which an artist received "national prominence" is decided by the Country Music Association and is often a source of debate amongst fans and media. The inaugural recipient of this award was Terri Gibbs and the most recent winner is Zach Top.

Country Music Association Award for New Artist of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented byCountry Music Association
First award1981
Currently held byZach Top (2025)

Recipients

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2020s

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2010s

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2000s

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Lady Antebellum won in 2008
Taylor Swift won the award in 2007
2006 recipient Carrie Underwood
2005 winner Dierks Bentley
Brad Paisley received the honor in 2000
Year Winner Nominees
2009 Blue ribbon Darius Rucker
2008 Blue ribbon Lady Antebellum
2007 Blue ribbon Taylor Swift
2006 Blue ribbon Carrie Underwood
2005 Blue ribbon Dierks Bentley
2004 Blue ribbon Gretchen Wilson
2003 Blue ribbon Joe Nichols
2002 Blue ribbon Rascal Flatts
2001 Blue ribbon Keith Urban
2000 Blue ribbon Brad Paisley

1990s

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1998 winners Dixie Chicks
LeAnn Rimes became the youngest person to win a CMA Award when she was honored in 1997 aged fifteen
Alison Krauss received the award in 1995
Year Winner Nominees
1999 Blue ribbon Jo Dee Messina
1998 Blue ribbon Dixie Chicks
1997 Blue ribbon LeAnn Rimes
1996 Blue ribbon Bryan White
1995 Blue ribbon Alison Krauss
1994 Blue ribbon John Michael Montgomery
1993 Blue ribbon Mark Chesnutt
1992 Blue ribbon Suzy Bogguss
1991 Blue ribbon Travis Tritt
1990 Blue ribbon Garth Brooks

1980s

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References

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