NSAI Songs of the Year
[Note: From 1967-77, this award was presented as Songwriter of the Year using the criterion of "The Song I Wish I Had Written."]

2009 "Waitin' On A Woman” By Don Sampson, Wynn Varble

2008 "You're Gonna Miss This” By Ashley Gorley, Lee Thomas Miller

2007 "Bless The Broken Road” By Bobby E. Boyd, Jeff Hanna, Marcus Hummon
[Note: With this
version, recorded by Selah with Melodie Crittenden, this song made NSAI history by becoming the first song in the organization's history to earn song of the year honors in two different years with recordings by different artists.  This song received the same honor in 2005 with the recording by Rascal Flatts.]

2006 "Jesus, Take The Wheel” By Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson

2005 "Bless The Broken Road” By Bobby E. Boyd, Jeff Hanna, Marcus Hummon

2004 "Live Like You Were Dying” By Tim Nichols, Craig Wiseman

2003 "Three Wooden Crosses" By Doug Johnson, Kim Williams

2002 "I'm Movin' On" By Phillip White, D. Vincent Williams

2000-2001 "I Hope You Dance" By Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers

1999 "Amazed" By Marv Green, Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo

1998 "Don't Laugh At Me" By Steve Seskin, Allen Shamblin -AND- "Holes In The Floor Of Heaven" By Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner

1997 "Something That We Do" By Clint Black, Skip Ewing

1996 "Strawberry Wine" By Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison

1995 "I Can Love You Like That" By Jennifer Kimball, Maribeth Derry, Steve Diamond

1994 "I Swear" By Frank J. Myers, Gary Baker

1993 "The Song Remembers When" By Hugh Prestwood

1992 "Achy Breaky Heart" By Don Von Tress

1991 "Somewhere In My Broken Heart" By Richard Leigh, Billy Dean

1990 "Where've You Been" By Jon Vezner, Don Henry

1989 "If Tomorrow Never Comes" By Garth Brooks, Kent Blazy

1988 "Chiseled In Stone" By Max D. Barnes, Vern Gosdin

1987 "Forever And Ever, Amen" By Don Schlitz, Paul Overstreet

1986 "On The Other Hand" By Don Schlitz, Paul Overstreet

1985 "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" By Bob McDill

1984 "Mama He's Crazy" By Kenny O'Dell

1983 "Holding Her And Loving You" By Walt Aldridge, Tommy Brasfield

1982 "Always On My Mind" By Johnny Christopher, Wayne Carson, Mark James

1981 "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma" By Larry Collins, Sandy Pinkard

1980 "He Stopped Loving Her Today" By Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman

1979 "She Believes In Me" By Steve Gibb

1978 "You Needed Me" By Randy Goodrum

1977 "Lucille" By Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum

1976 "Amanda" By Bob McDill

1975 "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" By Ben Peters

1974 "Country Bumpkin" By Don Wayne

1973 "Why Me, Lord?" By Kris Kristofferson

1972 "Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine" By Tom T. Hall

1971 "Sunday Morning Coming Down" By Kris Kristofferson

1970 "For The Good Times" By Kris Kristofferson

1969 "Okie From Muskogee" By Merle Haggard

1968 "Honey" By Bobby Russell

1967 "There Goes My Everything" By Dallas Frazier