Cats) ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards 1981 Top New Male Vocalist of the Year: Ricky Skaggs 1982 Band of the Year – Touring: Ricky Skaggs Band 1983 Band of the Year – Touring: Ricky Skaggs Band 1984 Band of the Year – Touring: Ricky Skaggs Band 1984 Specialty Instrument: Ricky Skaggs (Mandolin) 1985 Band of the Year – Touring: Ricky Skaggs Band 1986 Band of the Year – Touring: Ricky Skaggs Band 1987 Specialty Instrument: Ricky Skaggs IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards 1998 Instrumental Group of the Year: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder 1998 Album Of The Year: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder for Bluegrass Rules! 1999 Instrumental Group Of The Year: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder 2000 Instrumental Group Of The Year: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder 2000 Instrumental Album Of The Year: David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Frank Wakefield, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs & Buck White for Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza 2000 Recorded Event of the Year: David Grisman, Ronnie McCoury, Frank Wakefield, Sam Bush, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs & Buck White for Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza 2002 Instrumental Group Of The Year: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder 2003 Instrumental Group Of The Year: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder 2004 Instrumental Group Of The Year: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder 2005 Instrumental Group Of The Year: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder 2006 Instrumental Group Of The Year: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder 2008 Recorded Event of the Year: Everett Lilly & Everybody and Their Brother; Featuring Everett Lilly, Bea Lilly, Charles Lilly, Daniel Lilly, Mark Lilly, Marty Stuart, Rhonda Vincent, Billy Walker, Ronnie McCoury, Rob McCoury, David Ball, Charlie Cushman, Larry Stephenson, Joe Spivey, Eddie Stubbs, Jason Carter, Dickey Lee, Freddy Weller, Mike Bub, Rad Lewis, Andy May, Darrin Vincent, Marcia Campbell, Clay Rigdon, Eric Blankenship and Bill Wolfenbarger (artists); Charles Lilly & Bill Wolfenbarger (producers); Swift River Music 2012 Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year: "Singing as We Rise", Gibson Brothers with Ricky Skaggs 2017 Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year for song "Sacred Memories", Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers with Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White Skaggs 2018 International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductee TNN/Music City News Country Awards 1982 Bluegrass Act of the Year 1983 Bluegrass Act of the Year 1983 Star of Tomorrow 1984 Bluegrass Act of the Year 1988 Instrumentalist of the Year 1989 Instrumentalist of the