Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year

The following list shows the recipients for the Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year. This Award goes to the artist. The Award is based on individual musical performance on a solo Country single or album release, as well as the overall contribution to Country Music. This award was one of the original awards given at the first ceremony in 1967.

The inaugural recipient of the award was Jack Greene in 1967. Chris Stapleton holds the record for most wins in the category, with six, while five-time recipient George Strait has a leading twenty-five nominations. Dierks Bentley and Eric Church holds the record for most nominations without a win, with nine each. The current holder of the award is Stapleton, who won at the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards in 2022.

Artists with multiple nominations

 * 25 nominations
 * George Strait


 * 16 nominations
 * Alan Jackson
 * Keith Urban


 * 11 nominations
 * Merle Haggard
 * Brad Paisley


 * 10 nominations
 * Vince Gill


 * 9 nominations
 * Chris Stapleton
 * Dierks Bentley
 * Eric Church
 * Kenny Chesney


 * 7 nominations
 * Ronnie Milsap
 * Willie Nelson


 * 6 nominations
 * Blake Shelton
 * Don Williams
 * Luke Combs
 * Tim McGraw


 * 5 nominations


 * Charley Pride
 * Conway Twitty
 * Garth Brooks
 * George Jones
 * Kenny Rogers
 * Ricky Skaggs
 * Thomas Rhett


 * 4 nominations


 * Hank Williams Jr.
 * Luke Bryan
 * Randy Travis
 * Toby Keith
 * Waylon Jennings


 * 3 nominations


 * Collin Raye
 * Gary Morris
 * Jason Aldean
 * John Anderson
 * Johnny Cash
 * Larry Gatlin
 * Lee Greenwood
 * Ricky Van Shelton


 * 2 nominations


 * Bryan White
 * Charlie Rich
 * Clint Black
 * Cody Johnson
 * Eddy Arnold
 * Glen Campbell
 * John Conlee
 * Morgan Wallen
 * Rodney Crowell
 * Sonny James

Won on First nomination
In CMA history only thirteen men have won Male Vocalist of the Year the very first time they were nominated. They are:


 * Jack Greene (1967)
 * Glen Campbell (1968)
 * Charlie Rich (1973)
 * Ronnie Milsap (1974)
 * George Jones (1980)
 * Ricky Skaggs (1982)
 * Lee Greenwood (1983)
 * Clint Black (1990)
 * Vince Gill (1991)
 * Toby Keith (2001)
 * Keith Urban (2004)
 * Blake Shelton (2010)
 * Chris Stapleton (2015)