| Year[I] | Recipient(s) | Work | Performing artist(s) | Nominees
(Performer(s) in parentheses)[II] | Ref. |
| 1965 | Roger Miller | "Dang Me" | Roger Miller | - Dottie West & Bill West for "Here Comes My Baby" (Dottie West)
- Bill Anderson for "Once a Day" (Connie Smith)
- Betty Sue Perry for "Wine, Women, and Song" (Loretta Lynn)
- Sonny James & Bob Tubert for "You're the Only World I Know" (Sonny James)
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| 1966 | Roger Miller | "King of the Road" | Roger Miller | - Ted Harris for "Crystal Chandelier" (Charley Pride)
- Lew DeWitt for "Flowers on the Wall" (The Statler Brothers)
- Neal Merritt for "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" (Little Jimmy Dickens)
- Carl Belew, B. J. Moore, Eddie Busch for "What's He Doing in My World" (Eddy Arnold)
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| 1967 | Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton | "Almost Persuaded" | David Houston | - Hank Cochran for "Don't Touch Me" (Jeannie Seely)
- Roger Miller for "Husband and Wives" (Roger Miller)
- Tompall Glaser & Harlan Howard for "Streets of Baltimore" (Bobby Bare)
- Dallas Frazier for "There Goes My Everything" (Jack Greene)
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| 1968 | John Hartford | "Gentle on My Mind" | Glen Campbell | - John D. Loudermilk for "Break My Mind" (George Hamilton IV)
- Bill Anderson for "The Cold Hard Facts of Life" (Porter Wagoner)
- Don Robertson, John Crutchfield & Doris Clement for "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" (Charley Pride)
- Dale Noe for "It's Such a Pretty World Today" (Wynn Stewart)
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| 1969 | Bobby Russell | "Little Green Apples" | Roger Miller | - Curly Putman & Bobby Braddock for "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" (Tammy Wynette)
- Tom T. Hall for "Harper Valley PTA" (Jeannie C. Riley)
- Bobby Russell for "Honey" (Bobby Goldsboro)
- Glenn Tubb & Jack Moran for "Skip a Rope" (Henson Cargill)
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| 1970 | Shel Silverstein | "A Boy Named Sue" | Johnny Cash | - Dallas Frazier & A. L. Owens for "All I Have To Offer You is Me" (Charley Pride)
- Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette for "Stand by Your Man" (Tammy Wynette)
- Don Sumner for "The Things That Matter" (Van Trevor)
- Marty Robbins for "You Gave Me a Mountain" (Marty Robbins)
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| 1971 | Marty Robbins | "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" | Marty Robbins | - Merle Haggard for "The Fightin' Side of Me" (Merle Haggard)
- Conway Twitty for "Hello Darlin'" (Conway Twitty)
- Glenn Martin & Dave Kirby for "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" (Charley Pride)
- Bill Rice for "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" (Charley Pride)
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| 1972 | Kris Kristofferson | "Help Me Make It Through the Night" | Sammi Smith | - Freddie Hart for "Easy Loving" (Freddie Hart)
- Kris Kristofferson for "For the Good Times" (Ray Price)
- Kris Kristofferson & Fred Foster for "Me and Bobby McGee" (Gordon Lightfoot)
- Joe South for "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" (Lynn Anderson)
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| 1973 | Ben Peters | "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" | Charley Pride | - Alex Harvey & Larry Collins for "Delta Dawn" (Tanya Tucker)
- Donna Fargo for "Funny Face" (Donna Fargo)
- Donna Fargo for "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" (Donna Fargo)
- Gary S. Paxton for "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" (Don Gibson)
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| 1974 | Kenny O'Dell | "Behind Closed Doors" | Charlie Rich | - Billy Davis & Dottie West for "Country Sunshine" (Dottie West)
- Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson for "The Most Beautiful Girl" (Charlie Rich)
- Tom T. Hall for "Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine" (Tom T. Hall)
- Kris Kristofferson for "Why Me" (Kris Kristofferson)
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| 1975 | Norro Wilson & Billy Sherrill | "A Very Special Love Song" | Charlie Rich | - Anita Pointer & Bonnie Pointer for "Fairytale" (The Pointer Sisters)
- Ray Pennington for "I'm a Ramblin' Man" (Waylon Jennings)
- Merle Haggard for "If We Make it Through December" (Merle Haggard)
- Janice Torre & Fred Spielman for "Paper Roses" (Marie Osmond)
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| 1976 | Chips Moman & Larry Butler | "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" | B. J. Thomas | - Vivian Keith & Ben Peters for "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (Freddy Fender)
- Fred Rose for "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (Willie Nelson)
- Jessi Colter for "I'm Not Lisa" (Jessi Colter)
- John Martin Sommers for "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (John Denver)
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| 1977 | Larry Gatlin | "Broken Lady" | Larry Gatlin | - Bob McDill & Dickey Lee for "The Door Is Always Open" (Dave & Sugar)
- Paul Craft for "Dropkick Me Jesus" (Bobby Bare)
- Charlie Rich & Billy Sherrill for "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) (Charlie Rich)
- Paul Craft for "Hank Williams You Wrote My Life" (Moe Bandy)
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| 1978 | Richard Leigh | "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" | Crystal Gayle | - Glenn Frey & Don Henley for "Desperado" (Johnny Rodriguez)
- Archie Jordan & Hal David for "It Was Almost Like a Song" (Ronnie Milsap)
- Roger Bowling & Hal Bynum for "Lucille" (Kenny Rogers)
- Bobby Emmons & Chips Moman for "Luckenbach, Texas" (Waylon Jennings)
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| 1979 | Don Schlitz | "The Gambler" | Kenny Rogers | - Jan Dyer & Jeffrey Tweel for "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (Kenny Rogers & Dottie West)
- Archie Jordan & Naomi Martin for "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" (Ronnie Milsap)
- Ed Bruce & Patsy Bruce for "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings)
- David Allan Coe for "Take This Job and Shove It" (Johnny Paycheck)
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| 1980 | Debbie Hupp & Bob Morrison | "You Decorated My Life" | Kenny Rogers | - Larry Gatlin for "All the Gold in California" (Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers)
- Johnny Mullins for "Blue Kentucky Girl" (Emmylou Harris)
- Milton Brown, Steve Dorff & Snuff Garrett for "Every Which Way But Loose" (Eddie Rabbitt)
- David Bellamy for "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" (The Bellamy Brothers)
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| 1981 | Willie Nelson | "On the Road Again" | Willie Nelson | - David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens for "Drivin' My Life Away" (Eddie Rabbitt)
- Bobby Braddock & Curly Putman for "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (George Jones)
- Roger Cook & Sam Hogin for "I Believe in You" (Don Williams)
- Bob Morrison, Wanda Mallette & Patti Ryan for "Lookin' for Love" (Johnny Lee)
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| 1982 | Dolly Parton | "9 to 5" | Dolly Parton | - Dallas Frazier for "Elvira" (The Oak Ridge Boys)
- Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan for "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (Barbara Mandrell)
- Ed Penney & Jerry Gillespie for "Somebody's Knockin'" (Terri Gibbs)
- Larry Collins & Sandy Pinkard for "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" (David Frizzell & Shelly West)
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| 1983 | Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James | "Always on My Mind" | Willie Nelson | - Dewayne Blackwell for "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" (David Frizzell)
- Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan for "Nobody" (Sylvia)
- Don Goodman, Pam Rose & Mary Ann Kennedy for "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" (Lee Greenwood)
- Tim DuBois for "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" (Jerry Reed)
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| 1984 | Mike Reid | "Stranger in My House" | Ronnie Milsap | - Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke & Rafe Van Hoy for "Baby I Lied" (Deborah Allen)
- Kerry Chater & Austin Roberts for "I.O.U." (Lee Greenwood)
- Randy Owen for "Lady Down on Love" (Alabama)
- Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black & Rory Bourke for "A Little Good News" (Anne Murray)
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| 1985 | Steve Goodman | "City of New Orleans" | Willie Nelson | - Hank Williams Jr. for "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" (Hank Williams Jr.)
- JD Souther for "Faithless Love" (Glen Campbell)
- Lee Greenwood for "God Bless the U.S.A." (Lee Greenwood)
- Kenny O'Dell for "Mama He's Crazy" (The Judds)
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| 1986 | Jimmy Webb | "Highwayman" | The Highwaymen | - Bob McDill for "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" (Mel McDaniel)
- Guy Clark for "Desperados Waiting for a Train" (The Highwaymen)
- Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver & Don Schlitz for "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" (Alabama)
- Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell for "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (Rosanne Cash)
- Mike Reid, Troy Seals & Fred Parris for "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" (Ronnie Milsap)
- Kent Robbins for "Love Is Alive" (The Judds)
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| 1987 | Jamie O'Hara | "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)" | The Judds | - Holly Dunn for "Daddy's Hands" (Holly Dunn)
- Steve Earle for "Guitar Town" (Steve Earle)
- Dwight Yoakam for "Guitars, Cadillacs" (Dwight Yoakam)
- Kendal Franceschi & Quentin Powers for "Whoever's in New England" (Reba McEntire)
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| 1988 | Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz | "Forever and Ever, Amen" | Randy Travis | - Sanger D. Shafer & Lyndia J. Shafer for "All My Ex's Live in Texas" (George Strait)
- K. T. Oslin for "80's Ladies" (K. T. Oslin)
- Todd Cerney, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch & Pam Rose for "I'll Still Be Loving You" (Restless Heart)
- Betsy Cook & Linda Thompson for "Telling Me Lies" (Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris)
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| 1989 | K. T. Oslin | "Hold Me" | K. T. Oslin | - Vern Gosdin & Max D. Barnes for "Chiseled in Stone" (Vern Gosdin)
- Rodney Crowell for "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" (Rodney Crowell)
- Lyle Lovett for "She's No Lady" (Lyle Lovett)
- Homer Joy for "Streets of Bakersfield" (Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens)
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| 1990 | Rodney Crowell | "After All This Time" | Rodney Crowell | - Clint Black & Hayden Nicholas for "A Better Man" (Clint Black)
- k.d. lang & Ben Mink for "Luck in My Eyes" (k.d. lang)
- John Hiatt for "She Don't Love Nobody" (The Desert Rose Band)
- Hank Williams for "There's a Tear in My Beer" (Hank Williams & Hank Williams Jr.)
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| 1991 | Don Henry & Jon Vezner | "Where've You Been" | Kathy Mattea | - K. T. Oslin, Rory Michael Bourke & Charlie Black for "Come Next Monday" (K. T. Oslin)
- Tony Arata for "The Dance" (Garth Brooks)
- DeWayne Blackwell & Earl Bud Lee for "Friends in Low Places" (Garth Brooks)
- Vince Gill & Tim DuBois for "When I Call Your Name" (Vince Gill)
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| 1992 | John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd & Paul Overstreet | "Love Can Build a Bridge" | The Judds | - Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah & Keith Stegall for "Don't Rock the Jukebox" (Alan Jackson)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Down at the Twist and Shout" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
- Dolly Parton for "Eagle When She Flies" (Dolly Parton)
- Travis Tritt for "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" (Travis Tritt)
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| 1993 | Vince Gill & John Barlow Jarvis | "I Still Believe in You" | Vince Gill | - Don Von Tress for "Achy Breaky Heart" (Billy Ray Cyrus)
- Richard Leigh & Layng Martine Jr. for "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" (Reba McEntire)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter & Don Schlitz for "I Feel Lucky" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
- Dave Loggins for "She Is His Only Need" (Wynonna Judd)
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| 1994 | Lucinda Williams | "Passionate Kisses" | Mary Chapin Carpenter | - Kostas & James House for "Ain't That Lonely Yet" (Dwight Yoakam)
- Alan Jackson & Jim McBride for "Chattahoochee" (Alan Jackson)
- Sandy Knox & Billy Stretch for "Does He Love You" (Reba McEntire & Linda Davis)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter for "The Hard Way" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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| 1995 | Gary Baker & Frank J. Myers | "I Swear" | John Michael Montgomery | - Burton Banks Collins & Karen Taylor-Good for "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" (Patty Loveless)
- Gretchen Peters for "Independence Day" (Martina McBride)
- Mary Chapin Carpenter for "Shut Up and Kiss Me" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
- Vince Gill & Michael Omartian for "When Love Finds You" (Vince Gill)
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| 1996 | Vince Gill | "Go Rest High on That Mountain" | Vince Gill | - Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain for "Any Man Of Mine" (Shania Twain)
- Bob McDill for "Gone Country" (Alan Jackson)
- Maribeth Derry, Steve Diamond & Jennifer Kimball for "I Can Love You Like That" (John Michael Montgomery)
- Gretchen Peters for "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" (Patty Loveless)
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| 1997 | Bill Mack | "Blue" | LeAnn Rimes | - Angelo Petraglia, Larry Gottlieb & Kim Richey for "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (Trisha Yearwood)
- Vince Gill for "High Lonesome Sound" (Vince Gill featuring Alison Krauss and Union Station)
- Junior Brown for "My Wife Thinks You're Dead" (Junior Brown)
- Matraca Berg & Gary Harrison for "Strawberry Wine" (Deana Carter)
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| 1998 | Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas | "Butterfly Kisses" | Bob Carlisle | - Bob McDill & Dean Dillon for "All the Good Ones Are Gone" (Pam Tillis)
- Deana Carter & Rhonda Hart for "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" (Deana Carter)
- Bobby Wood, John Peppard & Garth Brooks for "In Another's Eyes" (Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood)
- Stephony Smith for "It's Your Love" (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
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| 1999 | Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain | "You're Still the One" | Shania Twain | - Billy Kirsh & Steve Wariner for "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" (Steve Wariner)
- Vince Gill & Troy Seals for "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" (Vince Gill)
- Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner & Annie Roboff for "This Kiss" (Faith Hill)
- Bob Dylan for "To Make You Feel My Love" (Garth Brooks)
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| 2000 | Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain | "Come On Over" | Shania Twain | - Marv Green, Chris Lindsey, and Aimee Mayo for "Amazed" (Lonestar)
- Mike Curtis & Billy Yates for "Choices" (George Jones)
- Marcus Hummon & Martie Seidel for "Ready to Run" (Dixie Chicks)
- Bill Anderson & Steve Wariner for "Two Teardrops" (Steve Wariner)
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| 2001 | Mark D. Sanders & Tia Sillers | "I Hope You Dance" | Lee Ann Womack | - Stephanie Bentley & Holly Lamar for "Breathe" (Faith Hill)
- Vince Gill for "Feels Like Love" (Vince Gill)
- Don Cook & David Malloy for "One Voice" (Billy Gilman)
- Michael Dulaney & Keith Follese for "The Way You Love Me" (Faith Hill)
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| 2002 | Robert Lee Castleman | "The Lucky One" | Alison Krauss & Union Station | - Gary Baker, Richie McDonald, & Frank Myers for "I'm Already There" (Lonestar)
- Steven Dale Jones & Bobby Tomberlin for "One More Day" (Diamond Rio)
- Lisa Drew, Jamie O'Neal, & Shaye Smith for "There Is No Arizona" (Jamie O'Neal)
- Roxie Dean, Jamie O'Neal, & Sonny Tillis for "When I Think About Angels" (Jamie O'Neal)
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| 2003 | Alan Jackson | "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" | Alan Jackson | - Kelley Lovelace & Lee Thomas Miller for "The Impossible" (Joe Nichols)
- Darrell Scott for "Long Time Gone" (Dixie Chicks)
- Matt Serletic & Bernie Taupin for "Mendocino County Line" (Willie Nelson & Lee Ann Womack)
- Radney Foster & Pat Green for "Three Days" (Pat Green)
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| 2004 | Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins | "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" | Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett | - Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith for "Beer for My Horses" (Willie Nelson & Toby Keith)
- Brad Paisley for "Celebrity" (Brad Paisley)
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain for "Forever And For Always" (Shania Twain)
- Pat Green, David Neuhauser, & Justin Pollard for "Wave on Wave" (Pat Green)
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| 2005 | Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman | "Live Like You Were Dying" | Tim McGraw | - Rodney Crowell & Vince Gill for "It's Hard to Kiss The Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long" (Notorious Cherry Bombs)
- Loretta Lynn for "Miss Being Mrs." (Loretta Lynn)
- Loretta Lynn & Allen Shamblin for "Portland Oregon" (Loretta Lynn & Jack White)
- John Rich & Gretchen Wilson for "Redneck Woman" (Gretchen Wilson)
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| 2006 | Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna, & Marcus Hummon | "Bless the Broken Road" | Rascal Flatts | - Brad Paisley for "Alcohol" (Brad Paisley)
- Vicky McGehee, John Rich, & Gretchen Wilson for "All Jacked Up" (Gretchen Wilson)
- Keb Mo', Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Emily Robison for "I Hope" (Dixie Chicks)
- Odie Blackmon for "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" (Lee Ann Womack)
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| 2007 | Hillary Lindsey, Brett James & Gordie Sampson | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" | Carrie Underwood | - Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, & Steve Bogard for "Every Mile a Memory" (Dierks Bentley)
- Matraca Berg & Jim Collins for "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" (Gretchen Wilson)
- Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman for "Like Red on a Rose" (Alan Jackson)
- Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele for "What Hurts the Most" (Rascal Flatts)
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| 2008 | Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear | "Before He Cheats" | Carrie Underwood | - Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, & Jamey Johnson for "Give It Away" (George Strait)
- Tony Lane & David Lee for "I Need You" (Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill)
- Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren for "If You're Reading This" (Tim McGraw)
- Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley, & Steve Bogard for "Long Trip Alone" (Dierks Bentley)
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| 2009 | Jennifer Nettles | "Stay" | Sugarland | - Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan for "Dig Two Graves" (Randy Travis)
- Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell, & Wade Kirby for "I Saw God Today" (George Strait)
- Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, & James Otto for "In Color" (Jamey Johnson)
- Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller for "You're Gonna Miss This" (Trace Adkins)
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| 2010 | Liz Rose & Taylor Swift | "White Horse" | Taylor Swift | - Casey Beathard & Tim James for "All I Ask For Anymore" (Trace Adkins)
- Jamey Johnson & James T. Slater for "High Cost of Living" (Jamey Johnson)
- Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, & Hillary Scott for "I Run to You" (Lady Antebellum)
- Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones for "People Are Crazy" (Billy Currington)
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| 2011 | Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott | "Need You Now" | Lady Antebellum | - Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon, & Jessie Jo Dillon for "The Breath You Take" (George Strait)
- Zac Brown for "Free" (Zac Brown Band)
- Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin for "The House That Built Me" (Miranda Lambert)
- Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate, & Sam Tate for "I'd Love to Be Your Last" (Gretchen Wilson)
- Kimberly Perry for "If I Die Young" (The Band Perry)
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| 2012 | Taylor Swift | "Mean" | Taylor Swift | - Jim Collins & David Lee Murphy for "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" (Thompson Square)
- Dave Barnes for "God Gave Me You" (Blake Shelton)
- Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell, & Ed Hill for "Just Fishin'" (Trace Adkins)
- Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will Owsley, & Dillan O'Brian for "Threaten Me with Heaven" (Vince Gill)
- Matraca Berg & Deana Carter for "You and Tequila" (Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter)
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| 2013 | Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins | "Blown Away" | Carrie Underwood | - Philip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn for "Cost of Livin'" (Ronnie Dunn)
- Will Hoge & Eric Paslay for "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" (Eli Young Band)
- Jay Knowles & Adam Wright for "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" (Alan Jackson)
- Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, & Ryan Tyndell for "Springsteen" (Eric Church)
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| 2014 | Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, & Josh Osborne | "Merry Go 'Round" | Kacey Musgraves | - Taylor Swift for "Begin Again" (Taylor Swift)
- Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, & Jimmy Yeary for "I Drive Your Truck" (Lee Brice)
- Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, & Kacey Musgraves for "Mama's Broken Heart" (Miranda Lambert)
- Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, & Deric Ruttan for "Mine Would Be You" (Blake Shelton)
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| 2015 | Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond | "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" | Glen Campbell | - Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird, & Shane McAnally for "American Kids" (Kenny Chesney)
- Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby, & Miranda Lambert for "Automatic" (Miranda Lambert)
- Eric Church & Luke Laird for "Give Me Back My Hometown" (Eric Church)
- Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston, & Jeffrey Steele for "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill)
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| 2016 | Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose | "Girl Crush" | Little Big Town | - Hayes Carll for "Chances Are" (Lee Ann Womack)
- Barry Dean, Luke Laird, & Jonathan Singleton for "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools" (Tim McGraw)
- Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones for "Hold My Hand" (Brandy Clark)
- Chris Stapleton for "Traveller" (Chris Stapleton)
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| 2017 | Lori McKenna | "Humble and Kind" | Tim McGraw | - Clint Langenberg, Hillary Lindsey, & Steven Lee Olsen for "Blue Ain't Your Color" (Keith Urban)
- Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett, & Joe Spargur for "Die a Happy Man" (Thomas Rhett)
- Michael James Ryan Busbee, & Maren Morris for "My Church" (Maren Morris)
- Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, & Josh Osborne for "Vice" (Miranda Lambert)
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| 2018 | Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton | "Broken Halos" | Chris Stapleton | - Taylor Swift for "Better Man" (Little Big Town)
- Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, & Josh Osborne for "Body Like a Back Road" (Sam Hunt)
- Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, & Mark Wystrach for "Drinkin' Problem" (Midland)
- Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, & Jon Randall for "Tin Man" (Miranda Lambert)
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| 2019 | Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, & Kacey Musgraves | "Space Cowboy" | Kacey Musgraves | - Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill, & Jon Nite for "Break Up in the End" (Cole Swindell)
- Tom Douglas, David Hodges, & Maren Morris for "Dear Hate" (Maren Morris with Vince Gill)
- Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley, & Ben Hayslip for "I Lived It" (Blake Shelton)
- Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds, & Dan Smyers for "Tequila" (Dan + Shay)
- Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill, & Lori McKenna for "When Someone Stops Loving You" (Little Big Town)
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| 2020 | Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth, & Tanya Tucker | "Bring My Flowers Now" | Tanya Tucker | - Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde for "Girl Goin' Nowhere" (Ashley McBryde)
- Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, & Liz Rose for "It All Comes Out in the Wash" (Miranda Lambert)
- Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde, & Bobby Pinson, for "Some of It" (Eric Church)
- Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers, & Laura Veltz for "Speechless" (Dan + Shay)
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| 2021 | Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna | "Crowded Table" | The Highwomen | - Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert for "Bluebird" (Miranda Lambert)
- Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz for "The Bones" (Maren Morris)
- Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey & Thomas Rhett for "Some People Do" (Old Dominion)
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| 2022 | Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton | "Cold" | Chris Stapleton | - Jessie Jo Dillon, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz for "Better Than We Found It" (Maren Morris)
- Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian for "Camera Roll" (Kacey Musgraves)
- Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley & Thomas Rhett for "Country Again" (Thomas Rhett)
- Cameron Bartolini, Walker Hayes, Josh Jenkins & Shane Stevens for "Fancy Like" (Walker Hayes)
- Mickey Guyton, Blake Hubbard, Jarrod Ingram & Parker Welling for "Remember Her Name" (Mickey Guyton)
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| 2023 | Matt Rogers & Ben Stennis | "'Til You Can't" | Cody Johnson | - Ryan Hurd, Julia Michaels, Maren Morris, & Jimmy Robbins for "Circles Around This Town" (Maren Morris)
- Luke Combs, Drew Parker & Robert Williford for "Doin' This" (Luke Combs)
- Lori McKenna & Taylor Swift for "I Bet You Think About Me" (Taylor Swift ft. Chris Stapleton)
- Jesse Frasure & Miranda Lambert for "If I Was a Cowboy" (Miranda Lambert)
- Rodney Crowell & Chris Stapleton for "I'll Love You Till the Day I Die" (Willie Nelson)
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| 2024 | Chris Stapleton & Dan Wilson | "White Horse" | Chris Stapleton | - Brandy Clark & Jessie Jo Dillon for "Buried" (Brandy Clark)
- Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves for "I Remember Everything" (Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves)
- Tyler Childers & Geno Seale for "In Your Love" (Tyler Childers)
- John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindin & Ryan Vojtesak for "Last Night" (Morgan Wallen)
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| 2025 | Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne | "The Architect" | Kacey Musgraves | - Sean Cook, Collins Obinna Chibueze & Nevin Sastry for "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" (Shaboozey)
- Casey Brown, Jason DeFord, Ashley Gorley & Taylor Phillips for "I Am Not Okay" (Jelly Roll)
- Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen & Chandler Paul Walters for "I Had Some Help" (Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen)
- Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Atia Boggs, Megan Bülow, Nathan Ferraro & Raphael Saadiq for "Texas Hold 'Em" (Beyoncé)
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| 2026 | Tyler Childers | "Bitin' List" | Tyler Childers | - Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman, Sean Cook, Chibueze Collins, Neven Sastry & Jacob Torrey for "Good News" (Shaboozey)
- Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols & Zach Top for "I Never Lie" (Zach Top)
- Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson & Lainey Wilson for "Somewhere Over Laredo" (Lainey Wilson)
- Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton for "A Song to Sing" (Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton)
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