Back in 2008 Kellie Pickler went for the gold in this shimmery number.
In 2009 Julianne Hough accepted her Best New Artist statue in this glittering Zuhair Murad gown.
Carrie Underwood got our for best dressed vote in 2010 when she wore this ruffled cocktail dress by Basil Soda.
Last year, Taylor Swift wore a white-and-gold floor-length dress from the J. Mendel fall 2012 collection that all but announced "I'm grown up now!"