From Terri Gibbs in 1981 to The Band Perry in 2011, the Country Music Association has voted on their New Artist of the Year. The award was known as the Horizon Award from 1981 to 2007.
Notable winners have included Randy Travis, Garth Brooks, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood.
CMA New Artist of the Year Winners
| 2011 The Band Perry | |
| Other Nominees: Luke Bryan; Eric Church; Thompson Square; Chris Young | |
| 2010 Zac Brown Band | |
| Other Nominees: Luke Bryan; Easton Corbin; Jerrod Niemann; Chris Young | |
| 2009 Darius Rucker | |
| Other Nominees: Randy Houser; Jamey Johnson; Jake Owen; Zac Brown Band | |
| 2008 Lady Antebellum | |
| Other Nominees: Jason Aldean; Rodney Atkins; James Otto; Kellie Pickler | |
| 2007 Taylor Swift | |
| Other Nominees: Jason Aldean; Rodney Atkins; Little Big Town; Kellie Pickler | |
| 2006 Carrie Underwood | |
| Other Nominees: Miranda Lambert; Little Big Town; Sugarland; Josh Turner | |
| 2005 Dierks Bentley | |
| Other Nominees: Big & Rich; Miranda Lambert; Julie Roberts; Sugarland | |
| 2004 Gretchen Wilson | |
| Other Nominees: Dierks Bentley; Big & Rich; Julie Roberts; Josh Turner | |
| 2003 Joe Nichols | |
| Other Nominees: Gary Allan; Buddy Jewell; Blake Shelton; Darryl Worley | |
| 2002 Rascal Flatts | |
| Other Nominees: Carolyn Dawn Johnson; Nickel Creek; Phil Vassar; Darryl Worley | |
| 2001 Keith Urban | |
| Other Nominees: Jessica Andrews; Nickel Creek; Jamie O'Neal; Phil Vassar | |
| 2000 Brad Paisley | |
| Other Nominees: Sara Evans; Montgomery Gentry; SheDaisy; Chely Wright | |
| 1999 Jo Dee Messina | |
| Other Nominees: Kenny Chesney; Sara Evans; Wilkinsons; Chely Wright | |
| 1998 Dixie Chicks | |
| Other Nominees: Trace Adkins; Jo Dee Messina; Michael Peterson; Lee Ann Womack | |
| 1997 LeAnn Rimes | |
| Other Nominees: Trace Adkins; Deana Carter; Terri Clark; Lee Ann Womack | |
| 1996 Bryan White | |
| Other Nominees: Terri Clark; Wade Hayes; LeAnn Rimes; Shania Twain | |
| 1995 Alison Krauss | |
| Other Nominees: David Ball; John Berry; Faith Hill; Shania Twain | |
| 1994 John Michael Montgomery | |
| Other Nominees: Faith Hill; Martina McBride; Tim McGraw; Lee Roy Parnell | |
| 1993 Mark Chesnutt | |
| Other Nominees: Sammy Kershaw; Tracy Lawrence; John Michael Montgomery; Trisha Yearwood | |
| 1992 Suzy Bogguss | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn; Billy Dean; Pam Tillis; Trisha Yearwood | |
| 1991 Travis Tritt | |
| Other Nominees: Mary Chapin Carpenter; Mark Chesnutt; Doug Stone; Pam Tillis | |
| 1990 Garth Brooks | |
| Other Nominees: Alan Jackson; Kentucky Headhunters; Lorrie Morgan; Travis Tritt | |
| 1989 Clint Black | |
| Other Nominees: Desert Rose Band; Patty Loveless; Shenandoah; Keith Whitley | |
| 1988 Ricky Van Shelton | |
| Other Nominees: Highway 101; Patty Loveless; KT Oslin; Sweethearts Of The Rodeo | |
| 1987 Holly Dunn | |
| Other Nominees: T Graham Brown; O'Kanes; Restless Heart; Sweethearts Of The Rodeo | |
| 1986 Randy Travis | |
| Other Nominees: Forester Sisters; Kathy Mattea; Dan Seals; Dwight Yoakam | |
| 1985 Sawyer Brown | |
| Other Nominees: Ray Charles; Mel McDaniel; Eddy Raven; John Schneider | |
| 1984 The Judds | |
| Other Nominees: Deborah Allen; Earl Thomas Conley; Vern Gosdin; Michael Martin Murphy | |
| 1983 John Anderson | |
| Other Nominees: Vern Gosdin; Reba McEntire; George Strait; The Whites | |
| 1982 Ricky Skaggs | |
| Other Nominees: John Anderson; Rosanne Cash; David Frizzell; Lee Greenwood | |
| 1981 Terri Gibbs | |
| Other Nominees: Rosanne Cash; David Frizzell; TG Sheppard; Shelly West; Boxcar Willie | |
Every attempt is made to insure the accuracy of the above information, however accuracy is not guaranteed.
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