The 56-th Academy of Country Music Awards this year made history and the details have been revealed! On Sunday night, the celebrated awards show function recognized several top artists in the country as well as other emerging artists who are striving to make it big in the industry.
The prestigious awards show nominated four Black artists, which is supposedly the most yet, and includes Kane Brown, Jimmie Allen, co-host Mickey Guyton, and the first-time nominee John Legend. The award for the Entertainer of the Year was given away to Luke Bryan, who accepted the award virtually after being tested positive for the COVID-19. Maren Morris took home the award for being the Female Artist of the Year while Thomas Rhett bagged the Male Artist of the Year.
Allen became the first-ever musician, Black, to win the New Male Artist of the Year and similarly Brown made history after he won the first-ever Black solo artist to steal the ACM video of the Year award.
With six nods each, Chris Stapleton and Marren Moris led the nominations category, followed by Miranda Lamber who followed closely with five counts, giving her a total of 68 nominations so far in her career, the most that any female in the ACM Awards has ever received!
The show was hosted by Guyton and Keith Urban and was held across three iconic Country music venues, including Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, the Grand Ole Opry House, and the Bluebird café. The stunning performances took place at locations around the city, for example in the Bridge Building, the Station Inn, and on Broadway.
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The ACM Awards were aired live on Sunday (8-11 pm, live ET/ Delayed PT) on CBS and shall be available to stream live on-demand on Paramount.
The glorious evening also showcased an unprecedented count of world TV premiere performances that included Elle King and Lambert opening the show with ‘Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)’.
Check out the full list of winners below:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR:
- Luke Bryan (Winner)
- Eric Church
- Luke Combs
- Thomas Rhett
- Chris Stapleton
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Miranda Lambert
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Ashley McBryde
- Carly Pearce
- Maren Morris (Winner)
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Luke Combs
- Dierks Bentley
- Eric Church
- Chris Stapleton
- Thomas Rhett (Winner)
DUO OF THE YEAR
- Florida Georgia Line
- Brooks & Dunn
- Brothers Osborne
- Dan + Shay (Winner)
- Maddie & Tae
GROUP OF THE YEAR
- The Cadillac Three
- Lady A
- Little Big Town
- Old Dominion (Winner)
- The Highwomen
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Ingrid Andress
- Gabby Barrett (Winner)
- Mickey Guyton
- Caylee Hammack
- Tenille Arts
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Jimmie Allen (Winner)
- Travis Denning
- HARDY
- Parker McCollum
- Cody Johnson
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- “Born Here Live Here Die Here” — Luke Bryan
- “Never Will” — Ashley McBryde
- “Skeletons” — Brothers Osborne
- “Starting Over” — Chris Stapleton (Winner)
- “Mixtape Vol. 1” — Kane Brown
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- “The Bones” — Maren Morris
- “Bluebird” — Miranda Lambert
- “I Hope” — Gabby Barrett
- “I Hope You’re Happy Now” — Carly Pearce & Lee Brice (Winner)
- “More Hearts Than Mine”– Ingrid Andress
SONG OF THE YEAR
- “Bluebird” — Miranda Lambert
- “Starting Over” — Chris Stapleton
- “One Night Standards” — Ashley McBryde
- “Some People Do” — Old Dominion
- “The Bones” — Maren Morris (Winner)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- “Better Than We Found It” — Maren Morris
- “Bluebird”– Miranda Lambert
- “Hallelujah” — Carrie Underwood and John Legend
- “Gone” — Dierks Bentley
- “Worldwide Beautiful” — Kane Brown (Winner)
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
- “One Beer” — HARDY ft. Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson
- “Be A Light” — Thomas Rhett featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, Keith Urban
- “Does To Me” — Luke Combs feat. Eric Church
- “I Hope You’re Happy Now” — Carly Pearce & Lee Brice (Winner)
- “Nobody But You” — Blake Shelton ft. Gwen Stefani
- “One Too Many” — Keith Urban, P!nk
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