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And the ACM Award goes to …?
Country hitmakers went from the Music City of Nashville to the Lone Star State for the Academy of Country Music Awards, where superstars Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks hosted the festivities that were streamed on Amazon Prime Video.
Lainey Wilson and Hardy entered the night as the leading nominees, and ended up taking home awards including album of the year (Wilson’s “Bell Bottom Country”) and music event of the year for their anti-domestic violence song “Wait in the Truck.” Chris Stapleton took home entertainer of the year, while Wilson was named female artist of the year and Morgan Wallen was male artist of the year.
Here are all the winners, in bold:
Entertainer of the Year
- Jason Aldean
- Luke Combs
- Miranda Lambert
- Chris Stapleton
- Carrie Underwood
- Kane Brown
- Morgan Wallen
Female Artist of the Year
- Miranda Lambert
- Ashley McBryde
- Lainey Wilson
- Carly Pearce
- Kelsea Ballerini
Male Artist of the Year
- Luke Combs
- Chris Stapleton
- Kane Brown
- Jordan Davis
- Morgan Wallen
Album of the Year
- Ashley McBryde – “Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville”
- Lainey Wilson – “Bell Bottom Country”
- Luke Combs – “Growin’ Up”
- Miranda Lambert – “Palomino”
- Jon Pardi – “Mr. Saturday Night”
Single of the Year
- “Heart Like a Truck” – Lainey Wilson
- “Never Wanted to be That Girl” – Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
- “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell
- “Thank God” – Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown
- “Til You Can’t” – Cody Johnson
Song of the Year
- “Sand In My Boots” – Morgan Wallen
- “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell
- “‘Til You Can’t” – Cody Johnson
- “Wait in the Truck” – Hardy feat. Lainey Wilson
- “You Should Probably Leave” – Chris Stapleton
Duo of the Year
- Brooks and Dunn
- Brothers Osborne
- Dan + Shay
- Maddie & Tae
- The War & Treaty
Group of the Year
- Lady A
- Little Big Town
- Midland
- Old Dominion
- Zac Brown Band
New Male Artist of the Year
- Zach Bryan
- Jackson Dean
- Ernest
- Dylan Scott
- Nate Smith
- Bailey Zimmerman
New Female Artist of the Year
- Priscilla Block
- Megan Moroney
- Caitlyn Smith
- Morgan Wade
- Hailey Whitters
Visual Media of the Year
- “Heartfirst” – Kelsea Ballerini
- “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell
- “Thank God” – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
- ‘Til You Can’t – Cody Johnson
- “Wait in the Truck” – Hardy feat. Lainey Wilson
- “What He Didn’t Do” – Carly Pearce
Music Event of the Year
- “At the End of a Bar” – Chris Young with Mitchell Tenpenny
- “She Had Me at Heads Carolina [Remix]” – Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina
- “Thank God” – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
- “Thinking ‘Bout You” – Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter
- “Wait in the Truck” – Hardy feat. Lainey Wilson
Songwriter of the Year
- Nicolle Galyon
- Ashley Gorley
- Chase McGill
- Josh Osborne
- Hunter Phelps
Artist-Songwriter of the Year
- Luke Combs
- Ernest
- Hardy
- Miranda Lambert
- Morgan Wallen
