Entertainment Music Country Looking Back at Reba McEntire's Most Epic ACM Awards Moments, from 1985 to Now The singer has won numerous awards and hosted the show a staggering 16 times By Kate Hogan Published on April 3, 2019 05:15 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos 01 of 16 1985 Time Life Pictures/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty In the 1980s, McEntire dominated the Academy of Country Music Awards as top female vocalist. She was first nominated for the honor in 1983. 02 of 16 1986 Ron Galella/WireImage The singer added some extra razzle dazzle to her velvet ensemble in '86. 03 of 16 1987 Ron Galella/WireImage At the '87 awards, McEntire again won top female vocalist, plus country music video of the year for "Whoever's in New England." 04 of 16 1988 Ron Galella/WireImage Another year, another top female vocalist win. 05 of 16 1991 Ron Galella/WireImage Yet another top female vocalist win came along with nominations for top vocal duet (with Vince Gill) and entertainer of the year. 06 of 16 1992 Kevin Winter/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty An award in each hand: video of the year for "Is There Life Out There" and yes, top female vocalist. 07 of 16 1995 Ron Galella/WireImage After eight nominations, McEntire finally scored her first entertainer of the year award, in tandem with another top female vocalist honor. 08 of 16 1996 Barry King/Liaison In 1996 McEntire's date for the evening was her adorable 6-year-old son, Shelby Blackstock. 09 of 16 1998 Kevork Djansezian/AP/REX/Shutterstock It was a bit of foreshadowing in 1998 when McEntire joined Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks on stage; 17 years later, they began a Las Vegas residency together. 10 of 16 1999 Kevork Djansezian/AP/REX/Shutterstock The year 1999 marked the first time McEntire hosted the show solo; she previously hosted the show four times in the late '80s and '90s with various male country singers. 11 of 16 2002 SGranitz/WireImage From 2001 to 2010, McEntire served as the show's sole host, and imagined to score several awards in that time, too. 12 of 16 2003 Michael Caulfield/WireImage The singer sparkled while taking on hosting in 2003. 13 of 16 2008 Mark J Terrill/AP/REX/Shutterstock The singer again joined Brooks and Dunn onstage while handling hosting duties, too. 14 of 16 2009 Mark J Terrill/AP/REX/Shutterstock The hostess with the mostess presented a shocked Taylor Swift with her album of the year award at the 44th annual show. 15 of 16 2011 Reba McEntire. Ethan Miller/Getty McEntire hosted with Blake Shelton in 2011 and 2012 before handing the reins over to Shelton and Luke Bryan from 2013 to 2015 and Bryan and Dierks Bentley in 2016 and 2017. 16 of 16 2018 Isaac Brekken/Getty McEntire resumed the solo hosting gig in 2018, and will be back for a 16th (!!) time in 2019. She's also up for female vocalist of the year, marking her 47th ACM Award nomination (she has 16 wins).