Keith Urban At American Music Awards 2019 (Image: Getty)
On Sunday night, country superstar Reba McEntire hosted the annual American Country Music Awards for a record-breaking 16th time. Taking to the stage to make a quip about the dearth of female nominees in this year’s categories, McEntire referenced the recent snow in L.A. “It was so cold it froze us women out of entertainer of the year,” she said.
Among the few women nominated, Kacey Musgraves took home the most awards. Coming off the heels of her recent Grammy wins, Musgraves took home prizes for Female Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for her album Golden Hour.
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Meanwhile, veteran country singer Keith Urban took home one of the night’s biggest awards, Entertainer of the Year, knocking Jason Aldean off the top spot for the first time in three years. Aldean, meanwhile, took home the Dick Clark Artist of the Decade Award. But the biggest winners of the night were Dan + Shay, the new country duo who made their debut with the the hit single “Tequila” back in January of 2018. The duo took home a total of three awards, including Duo of the Year, Single Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
The night was riddled with performances from country’s biggest superstars, including some interesting on-stage partnerships. Florida Georgia Line and Aldean kicked off the show together, while country legends like Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Blake Shelton and Urban also performed throughout the night. This Is Us’ Chrissy Metz made her live singing debut performing “I’m Standing With You” from her upcoming film Breakthrough along with Carrie Underwood, Lauren Alaina, Mickey Guyton and Maddie & Tae.
See the full list of winners below:
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban *WINNER
Male Artist of the Year
Dierks Bentley
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett *WINNER
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Female Artist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves *WINNER
Carrie Underwood
Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay *WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
LoCash
Maddie & Tae
Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Lanco
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion *WINNER
New Female Artist of the Year
Danielle Bradbery
Lindsay Ell
Ashley McBryde *WINNER
Carly Pearce
New Male Artist of the Year
Jimmie Allen
Luke Combs *WINNER
Jordan Davis
Michael Ray
Mitchell Tenpenny
New Duo or Group of the Year
High Valley
Lanco *WINNER
Runaway June
Album of the Year
“Dan + Shay,” Dan + Shay
“Desperate Man,” Eric Church
“From A Room, Vol. 2,” Chris Stapleton
“Golden Hour,” Kacey Musgraves *WINNER
“The Mountain,” Dierks Bentley
Single Record of the Year
“Down to the Honkytonk,” Jake Owen
“Heaven,” Kane Brown
“Meant to Be,” Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
“Most People Are Good,” Luke Bryan
“Tequila,” Dan + Shay *WINNER
Video of the Year
“Babe,” Sugarland feat. Taylor Swift
“Burn Out,” Midland
“Burning Man,” Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne
“Drunk Girl,” Chris Janson *WINNER
“Shoot Me Straight,” Brothers Osborne
“Tequila,” Dan + Shay
Song of the Year
“Break Up in the End,” Cole Swindell
“Broken Halos,” Chris Stapleton
“Meant to Be,” Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line
“Space Cowboy,” Kacey Musgraves
“Tequila,” Dan + Shay *WINNER
“Yours,” Russell Dickerson
Music Event of the Year
“Burning Man,” Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne *WINNER
“Drowns the Whiskey,” Jason Aldean feat. Miranda Lambert
“Everything’s Gonna Be Alright,” David Lee Murphy feat. Kenny Chesney
“Keeping Score,” Dan + Shay feat. Kelly Clarkson
“Meant to Be,” Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line
Songwriter of the Year
Ross Copperman
Ashley Gorley
Shane McAnally *WINNER
Chase McGill
Josh Osborne
Dick Clarke Artist of the Decade Award
Jason Aldean
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