The 33rd Academy of Country Music Awards was held on April 22, 1998, at the Universal Amphitheatre, in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was not hosted by anyone.
Winners and nominees Winners are shown in bold. Entertainer of the YearAlbum of the Year Garth Brooks Brooks & Dunn Alan Jackson Reba McEntire George Strait Carrying Your Love with Me — George Strait Come On Over — Shania Twain Everywhere — Tim McGraw Long Stretch of Lonesome — Patty Loveless Sevens — Garth BrooksTop Female Vocalist of the YearTop Male Vocalist of the Year Trisha Yearwood Deana Carter Patty Loveless Martina McBride LeAnn Rimes George Strait Alan Jackson Tim McGraw Collin Raye Bryan WhiteTop Vocal Duo or Group of the YearTop Vocal Event of the Year Brooks & Dunn Alabama Diamond Rio Lonestar Sawyer Brown "It's Your Love" — Tim McGraw (feat. Faith Hill) "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" — Toby Keith (feat. Sting) "In Another's Eyes" — Trisha Yearwood (feat. Garth Brooks) "What If I Said" — Anita Cochran (feat. Steve Wariner) "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" — Patty Loveless (feat. George Jones)Single Record of the YearSong of the Year "It's Your Love" — Tim McGraw (feat. Faith Hill) "Carrying Your Love With Me" — George Strait "How Do I Live" — LeAnn Rimes "How Do I Live" — Trisha Yearwood "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" — Diamond Rio "It's Your Love" — Stephony Smith "All the Good Ones Are Gone" — Dean Dillon, Bob McDill "How Do I Live" — Diane Warren "Something That We Do" — Clint Black, Skip Ewing "The Fool" — Charley Stefl, Gene Ellsworth, Marla CannonTop New Male VocalistTop New Female Vocalist Kenny Chesney Rhett Akins Michael Peterson Lee Ann Womack Sara Evans Lila McCannTop New Vocal Duo or GroupVideo of the Year The Kinleys Big House The Lynns "It's Your Love" — Tim McGraw (feat. Faith Hill) "455 Rocket" — Kathy Mattea "A Broken Wing" — Martina McBride "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" — Deana Carter "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" — Diamond RioSpecial Achievement Award Garth BrooksPioneer Award Charlie Daniels
Performers Performer(s)Song(s)Clint Black"Nothin' but the Taillights"Tim McGraw"One of These Days"Sawyer Brown"We're Everything to Me"Sara EvansLila McCannLee Ann WomackTop New Female Vocalist Medley"Three Chords and the Truth""Almost Over You""Buckaroo"LeAnn Rimes"Commitment"Alabama"Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard"Faith Hill"This Kiss"Steve WarinerGarth Brooks"Burnin' the Roadhouse Down"George Strait"I Just Want to Dance with You"Brooks & DunnReba McEntire"If You See Him/If You See Her"Patty Loveless"To Have You Back Again"Rhett AkinsKenny ChesneyMichael PetersonTop New Male Vocalist Medley"Drivin' My Life Away""That's Why I'm Here""From Here to Eternity"Trisha Yearwood"There Goes My Baby"Collin Raye"I Can Still Feel You"Deana Carter"Absence of the Heart"Martina McBride"A Broken Wing"Bryan WhiteThe Dixie ChicksDwight YoakamTribute"Take Me Home, Country Roads""Stand by Your Man""Blue Suede Shoes"Diamond Rio"How Your Love Makes Me Feel"The KinleysThe LynnsBig HouseTop New Vocal Duo or Group Medley"Just Between You and Me""Woman to Woman""Cold Outside"
Presenters Presenter(s)NotesTrace AdkinsOlivia Newton-JohnTop Vocal Group or Duo of the YearRandy TravisSuzy BoggussTop New Female VocalistTrisha YearwoodPresented Special Achievement Award to Garth BrooksGlen CampbellMindy McCreadyVideo of the YearMichelle WrightRick TrevinoLari WhiteAlbum of the YearNeal McCoyDonna FargoTop Female Vocalist of the YearGarth BrooksPresented Pioneer Award to Charlie DanielsCharley PrideKathy MatteaTop New Male VocalistJeff CarsonAnita CochranKevin SharpSong of the YearBuck OwensChely WrightTop Vocal Event of the YearShawnae JebbiaTy HerndonTop Male Vocalist of the YearJoe DiffiePam TillisSingle Record of the YearJack HannaTracy LawrenceTerri ClarkTop New Vocal Duo or GroupBarbara MandrellJane SeymourEntertainer of the Year
References