FRISCO, TEXAS – MAY 11: Chris Stapleton wins “Entertainer of the Year” award. Here he poses in the … [+]
It was an evening of dynamic performances and surprise wins that saw Chris Stapleton take home the biggest award of the night: ACM Entertainer of the Year. Stapleton clearly had no idea he might win.
“Whoa, I’m shocked,” he said as he took the stage to accept the award. “By any imaginable metric, I don’t deserve this, but thank you.”
Lainey Wilson and HARDY were two of the evening’s other big winners with four awards each. Cole Swindell was next in line with three.
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Wilson won Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Music Event of the Year, and Visual Media of the Year. In accepting the award for Female Artist, she thanked those who encouraged and believed in her, and noted she and her fellow nominees had worked hard and made a lot of sacrifices to get to where they are today. She went on to add, “For the little girls watching this, this right here stands for hard work. If you’re gonna be a dreamer, you’d better be a doer.”
US singer/songwriter Lainey Wilson accepts the Female Artist of the Year Awar during the Academy of … [+]
Wilson shared her Music Event of the Year award with HARDY for their collaboration on the song “Wait in the Truck.” It’s a song that touches on the issue of domestic violence and a man’s decision to take matters into his own hands. HARDY co-wrote the song and created the concept for the video. His other ACMs include Artist-Songwriter of the Year.
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Lainey Wilson and HARDY at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by … [+]
Cole Swindell took home awards for Song of the Year and Single of the Year for “She Had Me at Heads Carolina.”
Singer Cole Swindell accepts the Single of the Year Award next to singer Tanya Tucker (C) during the … [+]
This year’s Male Artist of the Year went to Morgan Wallen, but he couldn’t attend the ceremony due to doctors’ orders to rest his vocal cords.
Country superstars Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks co-hosted this year’s show from The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. They struck a nice balance between celebrating today’s young artists and honoring the country legends who paved the way before them. The two did a quick on-air FaceTime visit with Willie Nelson to mark his recent 90th birthday. And they paid tribute to Loretta Lynn and Naomi Judd who passed away last year. Parton touched on her friendship with both, then spontaneously sang a few lines of “Precious Memories.”
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Garth Brooks and Dolly Parton host the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards from Ford Center at The … [+]
The night featured a stream of electrifying performances from Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean, Cody Johnson, Kane Brown, HARDY, Lainey Wilson, and others, and collaborations with Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina, Trisha Yearwood and Carly Pearce, and Luke Combs and Ed Sheeran.
Australian singer-songwriter Keith Urban performs during the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards … [+]
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Singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert performs on stage during the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards … [+]
Singer Kane Brown performs during the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards at Ford Center at the … [+]
Cody Johnson at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards from Ford Center at The Star on May 11, … [+]
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Ed Sheeran and Luke Combs at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards from Ford Center at The Star … [+]
The show wrapped up with Dolly Parton premiering the first song from her upcoming rock and roll album. Garth Brooks did the introduction.
“She’s not only in the Country Music Hall of Fame, she was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” he told the crowd. “She originally asked them not to consider her because she felt she hadn’t earned it. Then Dolly did what only Dolly would do. She went in and recorded her first rock album that is called, of course, Rockstar.”
Brooks added that her song “World on Fire” is a powerful anthem, “just when our world could really use one.”
Parton then launched into a riveting performance, dancers and all. When it ended, she and Brooks bid everyone good night.
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Dolly Parton at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards from Ford Center at The Star on May 11, … [+]
Most music fans watching the show would likely agree there’s a good reason the ACMs are called “Country music’s party of the year.”
Originally streamed live, the full rebroadcast of the 58th Annual ACM Awards is now available on Amazon Prime Video.
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See below for a complete list of ACM winners:
MAIN AWARDS:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
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MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DUO OF THE YEAR
GROUP OF THE YEAR
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NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson
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Producer: Jay Joyce
Record Company-Label: Broken Bow Records
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- She Had Me At Heads Carolina – Cole Swindell
Producer: Zach Crowell
Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville
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SONG OF THE YEAR
- She Had Me At Heads Carolina – Cole Swindell
Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Cole Swindell, Jesse Frasure, Mark D. Sanders, Thomas Rhett, Tim Nichols
Publishers: Ashley Gorley Publishing Designee; Be A Light Publishing; Colden Rainey Music; EMI Blackwood Music Inc; Songs Of Roc Nation Music; Sony Tree Publishing; Telemitry Rhythm House Music; Universal Music Corp; WC Music Corp; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp
VISUAL MEDIA
DIA
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- wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
Producer: Inkwell Productions
Director: Justin Clough
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
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ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
- wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
Producers: Derek Wells, HARDY, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt
Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records
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Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamwindsor/2023/05/12/the-acm-awards-chris-stapleton–lainey-wilson-are-big-winners–dolly-parton-is-a-rockstar/