35th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 35th Academy of Country Music Awards was held on May 3, 2000, at the Universal Amphitheatre, in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by Dolly Parton.

35th Academy of Country Music Awards
Date	May 3, 2000
Location	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Dolly Parton
Most awards	Faith Hill Lonestar Dixie Chicks (2 each)
Most nominations	Faith Hill Tim McGraw Dixie Chicks (5 each)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Shania Twain The Dixie Chicks Faith Hill Tim McGraw Sawyer Brown	Fly — Dixie Chicks A Place in the Sun — Tim McGraw Breathe — Faith Hill Cold Hard Truth — George Jones Ride with Bob — Asleep at the Wheel
Top Female Vocalist of the Year	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Faith Hill Martina McBride Jo Dee Messina Shania Twain Chely Wright	Tim McGraw Alan Jackson Toby Keith Collin Raye George Strait
Top Vocal Duo or Group of the Year	Top Vocal Event of the Year
Dixie Chicks Asleep at the Wheel Brooks & Dunn Lonestar Sawyer Brown	"When I Said I Do" — Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black "A Country Boy Can Survive" — Chad Brock, Hank Williams Jr. and George Jones "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" — Alabama and NSYNC "After the Gold Rush" — Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" — Vince Gill and Patty Loveless
Single Record of the Year	Song of the Year
"Amazed" — Lonestar "He Didn't Have to Be" — Brad Paisley "Please Remember Me" — Tim McGraw "Ready to Run" — Dixie Chicks "Write This Down" — George Strait	"Amazed" — Aimee Mayo, Chris Lindsey, and Marv Green "Breathe" — Stephanie Bentley and Holly Lamar "Choices" — Billy Yates and Mike Curtis "He Didn't Have to Be" — Brad Paisley and Kelley Lovelace "Please Remember Me" — Rodney Crowell and Will Jennings
Top New Male Vocalist	Top New Female Vocalist
Brad Paisley Gary Allan Chad Brock	Jessica Andrews Julie Reeves Chalee Tennison
Top New Vocal Duo or Group	Video of the Year
Montgomery Gentry SHeDAISY Yankee Grey	"Breathe" — Faith Hill "He Didn't Have to Be" — Brad Paisley "How Do You Like Me Now?!" — Toby Keith "Ready to Run" — Dixie Chicks "Single White Female" — Chely Wright
Pioneer Award
Tammy Wynette

Performers

Performer(s)	Song(s)
George Strait Alan Jackson	"Murder on Music Row"
George Jones	"Choices"
Lonestar	"Amazed"
Gary Allan Chad Brock Brad Paisley	Top New Male Vocalist Medley "Lovin' You Against My Will" "Yes!" "He Didn't Have to Be"
Jo Dee Messina	"That's the Way"
Asleep at the Wheel Billy Gilman	"Roly Poly"
Martina McBride	"Love's the Only House"
Tim McGraw	"Some Things Never Change"
Kenny Chesney	"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
Dolly Parton Patty Loveless The Judds Martina McBride	Tammy Wynette Tribute "Stand by Your Man"
Alan Jackson Hank Williams Jr.	"The Blues Man"
Jessica Andrews Julie Reeves Chalee Tennison	Top New Female Vocalist Medley "Unbreakable Heart" "What I Need" "Just Because She Lives There"
Chely Wright	"Single White Female"
Sawyer Brown	"Perfect World"
Collin Raye	"Couldn't Last a Moment"
Toby Keith	"How Do You Like Me Now?!"
Reba McEntire	"I'll Be"
Faith Hill Tim McGraw	"Let's Make Love"
Montgomery Gentry SHeDAISY Yankee Grey	Top New Vocal Duo or Group Medley "Hillbilly Shoes" "This Woman Needs" "All Things Considered"
Dolly Parton	"Travelin' Prayer"
Clint Black Lisa Hartman Black	"When I Said I Do"
Wynonna	"Going Nowhere"

Presenters

Presenter(s)	Notes
Catherine Bell Tracy Lawrence	Top Vocal Duo or Group of the Year
Neal McCoy Marie Osmond Ty Herndon	Video of the Year
Tracy Byrd Mark Wills	Top New Male Vocalist
Mark Chesnutt Jane Clayson Johnson Bryan White	Song of the Year
Bellamy Brothers The Kinleys	Top Vocal Event of the Year
Trisha Yearwood	Presented Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award to Tammy Wynette
Linda Davis Trace Adkins Holly Dunn	Top New Female Vocalist
Danni Leigh Dwight Yoakam	Album of the Year
Bill Engvall Janie Fricke Clay Walker	Single Record of the Year
Lee Ann Womack The Wilkinsons	Top New Vocal Duo or Group
Buck Owens Dixie Chicks	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Brooks & Dunn	Top Female Vocalist of the Year
Dolly Parton	Entertainer of the Year