The 58th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards is in the books. Last night’s awards show – hosted by country legends Garth Brooks and Dolly Parton – showcased the very best of country music – and a little pop, as well. We have the complete rundown of the two-hour event.
First, your winners in each category (in bold) (along with fellow nominees):
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
As far as performances go:
- Keith Urban kicked off the festivities with “Texas Time“
- Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina performed “She Had Me At ‘Heads Carolina'”
- Kane Brown did his “Bury Me In Georgia”
- Carly Pearce and Trisha Yearwood did a medley of Trisha’s hits
- Hardy sang “Truck Bed“
- Bailey Zimmerman did “Rock In A Hard Place”
- After a video call-in from the legend himself, Cody Johnson rocked Willie Nelson‘s “Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys”
- Miranda Lambert sang “Carousel”
- Hailey Whitters performed “Everything She Ain’t”
- Luke Combs sang “Love You Anyway,” followed by pop star Ed Sheeran performing his new single, “Life Goes On,” perfectly complemented on the second verse by a returning Luke Combs
- War and Treaty sang a Memphis-style tune (“Blank Page”) face to face
- Jason Aldean did his new single, “Tough Crowd“
- Ashley McBride, Caylee Hammack, Pillbox Patti, Brandy Carlile and John Osborne performed “Bonfire At Tina’s”
- Jelly Roll further cemented his standing in country music, bringing Lainey Wilson up to sing his song, “Save Me”
- …after which Lainey did her song “Grease”
- Jordan Davis sang his new single “Next Thing You Know“
- …and Dolly closed out the show with her new single “World On Fire.”
The show came in at an efficient (just over) two hours from start to finish; Garth and Dolly played well off each other and most importantly, in an era when pop and rock stars seems to show up with increasing regularity on country awards shows – this one was mostly country.
Source: USAToday
