38th Academy of Country Music Awards explained

39th Academy of Country Music Awards
Date:	May 21, 2003
Location:	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Most Nominations:	Toby Keith (8)
Most Wins:	Kenny Chesney Alan Jackson (2 each)
Network:	CBS
Host:	Reba McEntire
Previous:	37th
Main:	ACM
Next:	39th

The 38th Academy of Country Music Awards were held on May 21, 2003 at for the first time was held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. The ceremony was hosted by ACM Award winner, Reba McEntire.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.^[1]

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Toby Keith Brooks & Dunn Kenny Chesney Dixie Chicks Alan Jackson	Drive — Alan Jackson Home — Dixie Chicks No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems — Kenny Chesney On a Mission — Trick Pony Unleashed — Toby Keith
Top Female Vocalist of the Year	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Martina McBride Terri Clark Faith Hill Shania Twain Lee Ann Womack	Kenny Chesney Alan Jackson Toby Keith Tim McGraw George Strait
Top Vocal Group of the Year	Top Vocal Duo of the Year
Rascal Flatts Diamond Rio Dixie Chicks Lonestar Trick Pony	Brooks & Dunn Hometown News Montgomery Gentry Sons of the Desert The Bellamy Brothers
Single Record of the Year	Song of the Year
"The Good Stuff" — Kenny Chesney "19 Somethin'" — Mark Wills "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" — Toby Keith "Just What I Do" — Trick Pony "Somebody Like You" — Keith Urban	"I'm Movin' On" — Phillip Brian White and David Vincent Williams "A Lot of Things Different" — Bill Anderson and Dean Dillon "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)" — Toby Keith "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" — Alan Jackson "Forgive" — Rebecca Lynn Howard and Trey Bruce
Top New Male Vocalist	Top New Female Vocalist
Joe Nichols Blake Shelton Darryl Worley	Kellie Coffey Jennifer Hanson Rebecca Lynn Howard
Top New Vocal Duo or Group	Video of the Year
Emerson Drive Nickel Creek Pinmonkey	"Drive (For Daddy Gene)" — Alan Jackson "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)" — Toby Keith "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" — Brad Paisley "Just What I Do" — Trick Pony "She's My Kind of Rain" — Tim McGraw "Who's Your Daddy" — Toby Keith
Vocal Event of the Year
"Mendocino County Line" — Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack "Beer For My Horses" — Toby Keith and Willie Nelson "Designated Drinker" — Alan Jackson and George Strait "Picture" — Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow "Whiskey River" — Trick Pony and Willie Nelson

References

1. Web site: 38th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards Nominees. 2021-10-07. Billboard. en.