ACM Awards 2021 Winners: Luke Bryan & Maren Morris Win Top Prizes

One of the biggest nights in country music took place on Sunday at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The Academy of Country Music awarded Luke Bryan and Maren Morris the highest honors of the night.

Bryan accepted the Entertainer of the Year Award for the third time. “What a challenging year,” Bryan said via Zoom. “But to all the fans and everybody, we’ll be back on the road doing what we love. What an amazing honor. I love you guys.”

Meanwhile, Morris was the only artist to win in two categories last night. She took home Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year with “The Bones.”

The ceremony, hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton, made history as Guyton was the first black women to host the ACM Awards. She later performed her song “Hold On.”

See a full list of winners below

Entertainer of the Year

Luke Bryan

Female Artist of the Year

Maren Morri

Male Artist of the Year 

Thomas Rhett

Duo of the Year

Dan + Shay

Group of the Year

Old Dominion

New Female Artist of the Year

Gabby Barrett

New Male Artist of the Year

Jimmie Allen

Album of the Year  

Starting Over – Chris Stapleton

Producers: Chris Stapleton, Dave Cobb

Record Label: Mercury Nashville

Single of the Year  

I Hope You’re Happy Now – Carly Pearce & Lee Brice

Producers: busbee

Record Label: Big Machine Records / Curb Record

Song of the Year  

The Bones – Maren Morris

Songwriter(s): Jimmy Robbins, Maren Morris, Laura Veltz

Publishers: Big Machine Music, LLC; Extraordinary Alien Publishing; International Dog Music; Oh Denise Publishing; Round Hill Songs; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp

Video of the Year  

Worldwide Beautiful – Kane Brown

Director: Alex Alvga

Producer: Christen Pinkston

Music Event of the Year

I Hope You’re Happy Now – Carly Pearce & Lee Brice

Producer: Busbee

Record Label: Big Machine Records / Curb Records