Aldean, Lambert Top ACM Awards
• Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert made huge impressions yet again at the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards, held last night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and hosted by Reba McEntire — Aldean took home the biggest award of the night — Entertainer of the Year — for the third year in a row, while Lambert was named ACM Female Vocalist of the Year for the ninth consecutive year and is now the current record holder for most consecutive wins in this category. Lambert also won ACM Song of the Year for “Tin Man” along with co-writers Jack Ingram and Jon Randall, receiving two awards, both as artist and songwriter. With these wins, Lambert now has 32 ACM Awards, and is the most-awarded artist in ACM Awards history, a record previously held by Brooks & Dunn.
Chris Stapleton won ACM Male Vocalist of the Year, his second win in this category. Stapleton also won two additional awards as both artist and producer in the Album of the Year category for From A Room: Volume 1. Brothers Osborne won ACM Vocal Duo of the Year for the second consecutive year as well as ACM Video of the Year for “It Ain’t My Fault,” and Old Dominion won ACM Vocal Group of the Year Award, their first award in this category. Lauren Alaina, Midland and Brett Young were the previously announced winners as ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year, ACM New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year and ACM New Male Vocalist of the Year, respectively.
The ACMs featured some awesome collaborations and powerful performances. The show honored three of Country’s biggest hits from 1993 with the “ACM Flashbacks” segments, with Toby Keith and Blake Shelton performing Keith’s “Should’ve Been a Cowboy,” Alan Jackson and Jon Pardi performing Jackson’s “Chattahoochee” and Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson performing Reba’s Grammy®-winning hit “Does He Love You.” Additional collaborations included Kane Brown and Lauren Alaina (“What Ifs”); Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line (“Meant to Be”) and ACM Vocal Event of the Year winner Keith Urban and Julia Michaels performing Urban’s new single “Coming Home.”
Additional performers included Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dan + Shay, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Chris Janson, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Midland, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Brett Young and Chris Young. For a complete list of all of the winners, please visit acmcountry.com.
