25th Academy of Country Music Awards

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25th Academy of Country Music Awards
DateApril 25, 1990
Location Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by The Judds
Alabama
George Strait
Tammy Wynette
Most awards Clint Black (4)
Most nominations Clint Black
Hank Williams Jr. (5 each)
Television/radio coverage
Network NBC
  24th  · ACM ·  26th  

The 25th Academy of Country Music Awards was held on April 25, 1990, at the Pantages Theatre, in Los Angeles, California . The ceremony was hosted by The Judds, Alabama, George Strait, and Tammy Wynette.

Contents

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Entertainer of the YearAlbum of the Year
Top Female Vocalist of the YearTop Male Vocalist of the Year
Top Vocal Group of the YearTop Vocal Duo of the Year
Single Record of the YearSong of the Year
Top New Male VocalistTop New Female Vocalist
Top New Vocal Duo or GroupVideo of the Year

Performers

Performer(s)Song(s)
Alabama
The Judds
George Strait
Tammy Wynette
"Pass It On Down"
Lionel Cartwright
Daniele Alexander
New Artist Medley #1
"I Watched It All (On My Radio)"
"She's There"
The Judds"Guardian Angels"
The Kentucky Headhunters
Jann Browne
New Artist Medley #2
"Dumas Walker"
"Tell Me Why"
Randy Travis "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart"
Clint Black
Mary Chapin Carpenter
New Artist Medley #3
"A Better Man"
"Never Had It So Good"
Kathy Mattea "Where've You Been"
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
Dwight Yoakam
Lacy J. Dalton
T. Graham Brown
Restless Heart
Janie Fricke
Mickey Gilley
25th Anniversary Country Medley
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
"The Most Beautiful Girl"
"All the Gold in California"
"He Stopped Loving Her Today"
"Lucille"
"Okie from Muskogee"
"Help Me Make It Through the Night"
"Satin Sheets"
"Coal Miner's Daughter"
"It's Four in the Morning"
"King of the Road"
"A Boy Named Sue"
"Forever and Ever, Amen"
"Elvira"
"Mountain Music"
"Easy Loving"
"Stand by Your Man"
"9 to 5"
"For the Good Times"
"Gentle on My Mind"
"Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time"
"Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Hank Williams Jr. "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'"
Wild Rose
Garth Brooks
Shenandoah
New Artist Medley #4
"Breaking New Ground"
"If Tomorrow Never Comes"
"Two Dozen Roses"
George Strait"Love Without End, Amen"
Tammy Wynette"Let's Call It a Day Today"

Presenters

Presenter(s)Notes
Eddie Rabbitt
Michele Greene
Gary Morris
Single Record of the Year
Ned Beatty
Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Video of the Year
Patty Loveless
Josh Taylor
Top Vocal Duo of the Year
William Shatner
Baillie & the Boys
Album of the Year
Rodney Crowell
Ricky Van Shelton
Top Female Vocalist of the Year
Vince Gill
Nina Blackwood
Top Vocal Group of the Year
Eddie Raven
Earl Thomas Conley
Park Overall
Top New Female Vocalist
Top New Vocal Duo or Group
Top New Male Vocalist
Highway 101
Holly Dunn
Song of the Year
Rita Coolidge
Leeza Gibbons
Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Wayne Newton
Kitty Wells
Entertainer of the Year

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