24th Academy of Country Music Awards explained

24th Academy of Country Music Awards
Date:	April 10, 1989
Location:	Disney Studios, Burbank, California
Most Nominations:	K.T. Oslin (5)
Most Wins:	K.T. Oslin Hank Williams Jr. Kathy Mattea (2 each)
Network:	NBC
Host:	Patrick Duffy George Strait K.T. Oslin
Previous:	23rd
Main:	ACM
Next:	25th

The 24th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony was held on April 10, 1989, at Disney Studios, Burbank, California. It was hosted by Patrick Duffy, K.T. Oslin, and George Strait.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.^{[1] [2]}

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Hank Williams Jr. Alabama The Judds George Strait Randy Travis	This Woman — K.T. Oslin Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room — Dwight Yoakam Chiseled in Stone — Vern Gosdin If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' — George Strait Loving Proof — Ricky Van Shelton
Top Female Vocalist of the Year	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
K.T. Oslin Rosanne Cash Kathy Mattea Reba McEntire Tanya Tucker	George Strait Ricky Van Shelton Randy Travis Hank Williams Jr. Dwight Yoakam
Top Vocal Group of the Year	Top Vocal Duo of the Year
Highway 101 Alabama Desert Rose Band Oak Ridge Boys Restless Heart	The Judds Bellamy Brothers Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell Sweethearts of the Rodeo Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens
Single Record of the Year	Song of the Year
"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" — Kathy Mattea "Don't Close Your Eyes" — Keith Whitley "I Told You So" - Randy Travis "I'll Always Come Back" — K.T. Oslin "I'll Leave This World Loving You" — Ricky Van Shelton "Strong Enough to Bend" — Tanya Tucker	"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" — Gene Nelson and Paul Nelson "Don't Close Your Eyes" — Bob McDill "I Know How He Feels" — Rick Bowles and Will Robinson "Set 'Em Up Joe" — Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran, Buddy Cannon, and Vern Gosdin "Strong Enough to Bend" — Beth Nielsen Chapman and Don Schlitz
Top New Male Vocalist	Top New Female Vocalist
Rodney Crowell J.C. Crowley Skip Ewing David Lynn Jones Paul Overstreet	Suzy Bogguss Vicki Bird Cee Cee Chapman Linda Davis Donna Meade
Video of the Year
"Young Country" — Hank Williams Jr. "Hold Me" — K.T. Oslin "I'll Always Come Back" — K.T. Oslin "The Old Man No One Loves" — George Jones "Sunday Kind of Love" — Reba McEntire
Pioneer Award
Buck Owens
Artist of the Decade Award
Alabama

Notes and References

1. News: Winners database . ACM Country . November 28, 2022.
2. News: Winners of 24th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards . AP News . January 19, 2023.