Viva Las Vegas! What a dazzling night. See which of Nashville's elite country music artists emerged as big ACM Awards winners right here!
Viva Las Vegas! The 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley broadcasted live from the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas via the CBS Television Network. Hopefully eager country music fans also took advantage of the official red carpet pre-show live stream on Twitter, which started at 3pm PT/6pm ET.
Going into the star-studded night, country music superstar Keith Urban led the 2017 ACM Awards pack with seven total nominations, followed by Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris with six nods each. Check out the full list of categories, nominees, and big winners below!
NEW MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Announced Prior to Event)
Kane Brown
Chris Janson
Chris Lane
Jon Pardi– WINNER
Brett Young
NEW FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Announced Prior to Event)
Lauren Alaina
Cam
Brandy Clark
Maren Morris- WINNER
NEW VOCAL DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR (Announced Prior to Event)
A Thousand Horses
Brothers Osborne– WINNER
Dan + Shay
LOCASH
Maddie & Tae
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Ashley Gorley
Luke Laird
Hillary Lindsey
Shane McAnally
Lori McKenna- WINNER
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Black – Dierks Bentley
Dig Your Roots – Florida Georgia Line
Hero – Maren Morris
Ripcord – Keith Urban
The Weight of These Wings – Miranda Lambert- WINNER
SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” – Keith Urban
“H.O.L.Y.” – Florida Georgia Line- WINNER
“Humble and Kind” – Tim McGraw
“My Church” – Maren Morris
“Vice” – Miranda Lambert
ACM SONG OF THE YEAR
“Blue Ain’t Your Color” – Keith Urban
“Die a Happy Man” – Thomas Rhett- WINNER
“Humble and Kind”– Tim McGraw
“Kill a Word” – Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens
“Tennessee Whiskey” – Chris Stapleton
“Vice” – Miranda Lambert
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
“Fire Away” – Chris Stapleton
“Forever Country” – Artists of Then, Now & Forever- WINNER
“Humble and Kind” – Tim McGraw
“Peter Pan” – Kelsea Ballerini
“Vice” – Miranda Lambert
VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
“Different for Girls” – Dierks Bentley ft. Elle King
“Forever Country” – Artists of Then, Now & Forever
“May We All” – Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw- WINNER
“Setting the World on Fire” – Kenny Chesney Featuring P!nk
“Think of You’ – Chris Young ft. Cassadee Pope
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Carrie Underwood
Florida Georgia Line
Jason Aldean- WINNER
Luke Bryan
Keith Urban
Congrats to all the night’s winners and be sure to share this with other country music fans!