American Music Award for Favorite Country Male Artist

American Music Awards for Favorite Country Male Artist
American Music Awards for Favorite Country Male Artist
	Post Malone is the most recent recipient
Country	United States
Presented by	American Music Awards
First award	1974
Currently held by	Post Malone
Most wins	Garth Brooks (8)
Most nominations	George Strait (12)
Website	theamas.com

The American Music Award for Favorite Male Artist – Country has been awarded since 1974. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on November of the same year). The all-time winner in this category is Garth Brooks with 8 wins.

Winners and nominees

1970s

Year	Artist	Ref
1974 (1st)
	Charley Pride	^{[citation needed]}
	Merle Haggard
	Conway Twitty
1975 (2nd)
	Charlie Rich	^{[citation needed]}
	Roy Clark
	Charley Pride
1976 (3rd)
	John Denver	^{[citation needed]}
	Merle Haggard
	Charlie Rich
1977 (4th)
	Charley Pride	^{[citation needed]}
	Freddy Fender
	Conway Twitty
1978 (5th)
	Conway Twitty	^{[citation needed]}
	Waylon Jennings
	Kenny Rogers
1979 (6th)
	Kenny Rogers	^{[citation needed]}
	Merle Haggard
	Ronnie Milsap

1980s

Year	Artist	Ref
1980 (7th)
	Kenny Rogers	^{[citation needed]}
	Waylon Jennings
	Willie Nelson
1981 (8th)
	Kenny Rogers	^{[citation needed]}
	Willie Nelson
	Charley Pride
1982 (9th)
	Willie Nelson	^{[citation needed]}
	Ronnie Milsap
	T. G. Sheppard
	Don Williams
1983 (10th)
	Kenny Rogers	^{[citation needed]}
	Charley Pride
	Conway Twitty
1984 (11th)
	Willie Nelson	^{[citation needed]}
	Charley Pride
	Kenny Rogers
	Conway Twitty
1985 (12th)
	Kenny Rogers	^{[citation needed]}
	Ricky Skaggs
	Hank Williams Jr.
1986 (13th)
	Willie Nelson	^{[citation needed]}
	Lee Greenwood
	Hank Williams Jr.
1987 (14th)
	Willie Nelson	^{[citation needed]}
	Ronnie Milsap
	George Strait
	Hank Williams Jr.
1988 (15th)
	Randy Travis	^{[citation needed]}
	George Strait
	Hank Williams Jr.
1989 (16th)
	Randy Travis	^{[citation needed]}
	George Strait
	Hank Williams Jr.

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990 (17th)
	Randy Travis	^[1]
	George Strait
	Hank Williams Jr.
1991 (18th)
	George Strait	^[2]
	Clint Black
	Garth Brooks
1992 (19th)
	Garth Brooks	^{[citation needed]}
	Clint Black
	Ricky Van Shelton
1993 (20th)
	Garth Brooks	^[3]
	Billy Ray Cyrus
	Vince Gill
	Alan Jackson
1994 (21st)
	Garth Brooks	^{[citation needed]}
	Vince Gill
	Alan Jackson
	George Strait
1995 (22nd)
	Garth Brooks	^[4]
	Vince Gill
	Alan Jackson
1996 (23rd)
	Garth Brooks	^[5]
	Alan Jackson
	George Strait
1997 (24th)
	Garth Brooks	^[6]
	Alan Jackson
	George Strait
1998 (25th)
	George Strait	^[7]
	Clint Black
	Alan Jackson
1999 (26th)
	Garth Brooks	^{[citation needed]}
	Tim McGraw
	George Strait

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000 (27th)
	Garth Brooks	^[8]
	Tim McGraw
	George Strait
2001 (28th)
	Tim McGraw	^{[citation needed]}
	Alan Jackson
	George Strait
2002 (29th)
	Tim McGraw	^{[citation needed]}
	Toby Keith
	Travis Tritt
2003 (30th)
	Tim McGraw	^[9]
	Alan Jackson
	Toby Keith
2003 (31st)
	Tim McGraw	^[10]
	Kenny Chesney
	Alan Jackson
	Toby Keith
2004 (32nd)
	Toby Keith	^[11]
	Kenny Chesney
	Alan Jackson
	Tim McGraw
2005 (33rd)
	Tim McGraw	^[12]
	Kenny Chesney
	Toby Keith
2006 (34th)
	Toby Keith	^[13]
	Kenny Chesney
	Keith Urban
2007 (35th)
	Tim McGraw	^[14]
	Toby Keith
	Brad Paisley
2008 (36th)
	Brad Paisley	^[15]
	Garth Brooks
	Kenny Chesney
2009 (37th)
	Keith Urban	^[16]
	Jason Aldean
	Darius Rucker

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010 (38th)
	Brad Paisley	^[17]
	Jason Aldean
	Luke Bryan
2011 (39th)
	Blake Shelton	^[18]
	Jason Aldean
	Brad Paisley
2012 (40th)
	Luke Bryan	^[19]
	Jason Aldean
	Eric Church
2013 (41st)
	Luke Bryan	^[20]
	Hunter Hayes
	Blake Shelton
2014 (42nd)
	Luke Bryan	^[21]
	Jason Aldean
	Blake Shelton
2015 (43rd)
	Luke Bryan	^[22]
	Jason Aldean
	Sam Hunt
2016 (44th)
	Blake Shelton	^[23]
	Luke Bryan
	Thomas Rhett
2017 (45th)
	Keith Urban	^[24]
	Sam Hunt
	Thomas Rhett
2018 (46th)
	Kane Brown	^[25]
	Luke Bryan
	Thomas Rhett
2019 (47th)
	Kane Brown	^[26]
	Luke Combs
	Thomas Rhett

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020 (48th)	Kane Brown	^[27]
	Luke Combs
	Morgan Wallen
2021 (49th)	Luke Bryan
	Chris Stapleton
	Jason Aldean
	Luke Combs
	Morgan Wallen
2022 (50th)	Morgan Wallen	^[28]
	Luke Combs
	Walker Hayes
	Cody Johnson
	Chris Stapleton
2025 (51st)	Post Malone
	Jelly Roll
	Luke Combs
	Shaboozey
	Morgan Wallen

Category facts

Multiple wins

8 wins

Garth Brooks

6 wins

Tim McGraw

5 wins

4 wins

Willie Nelson

3 wins

2 wins

Multiple nominations

12 nominations

George Strait

10 nominations

9 nominations

Tim McGraw

7 nominations

6 nominations

5 nominations

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

^ "A Fountain of Youth at the American Music Awards". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. January 24, 1990. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "M. C. Hammer, Rap Win Big at American Music Awards". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. January 29, 1991. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "Jackson Wins 3 American Music Awards". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. January 26, 1993. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "Boyz II Men Tops American Music Awards". The Christian Science Monitor. February 1, 1995. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "Brooks turns down artist of year award". CNN. January 30, 1996. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "Slain Rapper Wins American Music Award". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. January 28, 1997. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "Spice Girls Clean Up At American Music Awards". Rolling Stone. January 28, 1998. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "American Music Awards: List of winners". CNN. January 18, 2000. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "2002 American Music Awards Winners". Billboard. January 14, 2003. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "31st American Music Awards Winners". Rock on the Net. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "2004 American Music Awards Winners". Billboard. December 8, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "2005 American Music Awards Winners". Billboard. November 23, 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "The 2006 American Music Awards Nominees Announced". Access Hollywood. September 19, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "2007 American Music Awards Nominees and Winners". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "2008 American Music Awards Winners". New York Daily News. Associated Press. November 24, 2008. Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "2009 American Music Awards winners". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "AMA 2010 Winners: The Full List". CBS News. June 5, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "American Music Awards 2011: Full List of Winners". Billboard. November 18, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "American Music Awards 2012: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. November 18, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "American Music Awards 2013: List of AMA winners in full". The Independent. November 25, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "American Music Awards 2014: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. November 23, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "American Music Awards 2015: Full Winners List". Variety. November 22, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ McIntyre, Hugh (November 20, 2016). "American Music Awards 2016: Full List of Winners". Forbes. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 AMAs". Billboard. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 AMAs". Billboard. October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
^ Aniftos, Rania (October 24, 2019). "Post Malone, Ariana Grande & Billie Eilish Lead 2019 American Music Awards Nominations: See Full List". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
^ Shafer, Ellise (November 22, 2020). "American Music Awards 2020: The Full Winners List". Variety. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
^ Atkinson, Katie (November 20, 2022). "Here Are All the 2022 AMAs Winners". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.

[1] "A Fountain of Youth at the American Music Awards". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. January 24, 1990. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[2] "M. C. Hammer, Rap Win Big at American Music Awards". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. January 29, 1991. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[3] "Jackson Wins 3 American Music Awards". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. January 26, 1993. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[4] "Boyz II Men Tops American Music Awards". The Christian Science Monitor. February 1, 1995. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[5] "Brooks turns down artist of year award". CNN. January 30, 1996. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[6] "Slain Rapper Wins American Music Award". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. January 28, 1997. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[7] "Spice Girls Clean Up At American Music Awards". Rolling Stone. January 28, 1998. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[8] "American Music Awards: List of winners". CNN. January 18, 2000. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[9] "2002 American Music Awards Winners". Billboard. January 14, 2003. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[10] "31st American Music Awards Winners". Rock on the Net. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[11] "2004 American Music Awards Winners". Billboard. December 8, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[12] "2005 American Music Awards Winners". Billboard. November 23, 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[13] "The 2006 American Music Awards Nominees Announced". Access Hollywood. September 19, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[14] "2007 American Music Awards Nominees and Winners". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[15] "2008 American Music Awards Winners". New York Daily News. Associated Press. November 24, 2008. Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[16] "2009 American Music Awards winners". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[17] "AMA 2010 Winners: The Full List". CBS News. June 5, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[18] "American Music Awards 2011: Full List of Winners". Billboard. November 18, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[19] "American Music Awards 2012: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. November 18, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[20] "American Music Awards 2013: List of AMA winners in full". The Independent. November 25, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[21] "American Music Awards 2014: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. November 23, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[22] "American Music Awards 2015: Full Winners List". Variety. November 22, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[23] McIntyre, Hugh (November 20, 2016). "American Music Awards 2016: Full List of Winners". Forbes. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[24] "Here Are All the Winners From the 2017 AMAs". Billboard. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

[25] "Here Are All the Winners From the 2018 AMAs". Billboard. October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.

[26] Aniftos, Rania (October 24, 2019). "Post Malone, Ariana Grande & Billie Eilish Lead 2019 American Music Awards Nominations: See Full List". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.

[27] Shafer, Ellise (November 22, 2020). "American Music Awards 2020: The Full Winners List". Variety. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

[28] Atkinson, Katie (November 20, 2022). "Here Are All the 2022 AMAs Winners". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.

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