"AND THE WINNERS ARE" ... ACM AWARD WINNERS LIST

 

The 59th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, was held last night at The Star in Frisco, TX. 

Highlights of the night included:

• Lainey Wilson won the night's biggest award, the ACM Entertainer of the Year. 
• Chris Stapleton was the biggest winner of the night, taking home 4 awards, followed by Lainey Wilson with 3 awards and Luke Combs and Jordan Davis each taking home 2 wins.

Performance moments of the night:

• Lainey Wilson started the party with a rousing cover of  Little Texas' “God Blessed Texas” and then her brand new single "Hang Tight Honey".

• Jelly Roll wow'd the crowd with his performance of an unreleased song “Liar.”

• Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan took the stage together for a mashed up rendition of her song “Mountain With A View” and his song “Stick Season".

• Tigirlily Gold performed their song “I Tried A Ring On".

• Cody Johnson touched hearts with his performance of “Dirt Cheap”.

• Thomas Rhett turned up the excitement with his new song “Beautiful As You”

• Miranda Lambert brought the heat with her new single, “Wranglers.”

• Kane Brown put his "soul" into a heartfelt performance of the classic Ray Charles’ hit “Georgia on My Mind".

• Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani sang their latest duet “Purple Irises".

• The room went quiet for a powerfully emotional tribute to the late Toby Keith by Jason Aldean of Keith's hit song "Should’ve Been A Cowboy” accompanied by a small string section.

• Chris Stapleton and pop artist Dua Lip amped things back up with a performance of “Think I’m In Love With You".

• Post Malone knocked his country credibility up a notch with his performances of “Never Love You Again” and “I Had Some Help.” He also joined voices with Reba for a few verses of "Ramblin' Man" as as tribute to the late Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band.

• Parker McCollum performed his hit “Burn It Down”

• Nate Smith and pop icon Avril Lavigne lit it up with a collaboration of Smith’s hit song “Bulletproof”.

• Reba brought the house down with her show ending performance of her newest single, "I Can't" joined by a 20 person choir.

Thank you to the ACM and all participants for another amazing night of music.

Congratulations to all of the winners below. 

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

Lainey Wilson  

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Lainey Wilson  

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Chris Stapleton  

DUO OF THE YEAR

Dan + Shay

GROUP OF THE YEAR

Old Dominion

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Megan Moroney

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Nate Smith

NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

Tigirlily Gold 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

"Higher" – Chris Stapleton 

Producer: Chris Stapleton, Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton

Record Company-Label: Mercury Nashville

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

 “Fast Car” – Luke Combs 

Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton

Record Company-Label: River House Artists / Columbia Nashville

SONG OF THE YEAR

“Next Thing You Know” – Jordan Davis

Songwriters: Chase McGill, Greylan James, Jordan Davis, Josh Osborne

Publishers: Family Farm Songs; Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music; 

Songs of Universal Inc.; Anthem Music Publishing

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR

“Save Me” – Jelly Roll (with Lainey Wilson)

Producers: Zach Crowell, David Ray Stevens

Record Company-Label: Stoney Creek Records / BMG Nashville

VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR

“Burn It Down” – Parker McCollum

Producers: Christen Pinkston & Wesley Stebbins-Perry

Director: Dustin Haney

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Jessie Jo Dillon

ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Chris Stapleton