Faith Hill, Garth Brooks Win Country Awards
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Faith Hill won Top Female Vocalist and several other awards at
the 34th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, held Wednesday (May 5)
at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. Garth Brooks
was named Artist of the Decade, and the trio the Dixie Chicks won
Album of the Year for Wide Open Spaces (1998), along with the
award for Top New Vocal Duo or Group. Veteran singer/guitarist Glen
Campbell, of "Wichita Lineman" fame, won a Pioneer Award for career
achievement. Although nominated in several categories, Shania Twain
was shut out at the awards, but she was presented with a double diamond
award from the Recording Industry Association of America during the
ceremony, honoring 20 million copies shipped of her album Come On
Over (1997).