Country Music Association Award for Musician of the Year

The following list shows the recipients for the Country Music Association Award for Musician of the Year.[1] First presented at the inaugural CMA Awards in 1967 to Chet Atkins as the Instrumentalist of the Year award, the category received its current name at the 1988 CMA Awards. At the 53rd CMA Awards, fiddle player Jenee Fleenor became the first woman to be nominated for (and subsequently the first woman to win) the award for Musician of the Year.[2]

Country Music Association Award for Musician of the Year
CountryUnited States
Presented byCountry Music Association
First awarded1967
Currently held byJenee Fleenor (2020)

Recipients

Year Winner Nominees
2020 Jenee Fleenor
2019 Jenee Fleenor
2018[3] Mac McAnally
2017 Mac McAnally
2016 Dann Huff
2015 Mac McAnally
2014 Mac McAnally
2013 Mac McAnally
2012 Mac McAnally
2011 Mac McAnally
2010 Mac McAnally
2009 Mac McAnally
2008 Mac McAnally
2007 Jerry Douglas
2006 Randy Scruggs
2005 Jerry Douglas
2004 Dann Huff
2003 Randy Scruggs
2002 Jerry Douglas
2001 Dann Huff
2000 Hargus "Pig" Robbins
1999 Randy Scruggs
1998 Brent Mason
1997 Brent Mason
1996 Mark O'Connor
1995 Mark O'Connor
1994 Mark O'Connor
1993 Mark O'Connor
1992 Mark O'Connor
1991 Mark O'Connor
1990 Johnny Gimble
1989 Johnny Gimble
1988 Chet Atkins
1987 Johnny Gimble
1986 Johnny Gimble
1985 Chet Atkins
1984 Chet Atkins
1983 Chet Atkins
1982 Chet Atkins
1981 Chet Atkins
1980 Roy Clark
1979 Charlie Daniels
1978 Roy Clark
1977 Roy Clark
1976 Hargus "Pig" Robbins
1975 Johnny Gimble
1974 Don Rich
1973 Charlie McCoy
1972 Charlie McCoy
1971 Jerry Reed
1970 Jerry Reed
1969 Chet Atkins
1968 Chet Atkins
1967 Chet Atkins

Category facts

Most wins
Rank 1st 2nd 3rd
Total wins 10 wins 6 wins 5 wins
Artist Chet Atkins
Mac McAnally
Johnny Gimble Mark O'Connor
Most nominations without a win
Rank 1st 2nd 3rd
Total wins 27 nominations 12 nominations 10 nominations
Artist Paul Franklin Floyd Cramer Eddie Bayers

References

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