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The 57th Academy of Country Music Awards streamed live from Las Vegas on Monday night with host Dolly Parton, who opened the show with a duet of ‘Big Dreams and Faded Jeans’ with Kelsea Ballerini.
Co-hosts Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett also performed a countrified mash-up of Elvis Presley’s ‘Viva Las Vegas’ and Faith Hill’s ‘Let's Go to Vegas’.
The big double award winners on the night were Miranda Lambert, who picked up her first Entertainer of the Year trophy, alongside the award for Video of the Year for her Elle King duet.
Lainey Wilson also bagged the award for New Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for ‘Things a Man Oughta Know’.
Carly Pearce made it a big night for women in country when she also bagged a brace of awards for Female Artist of the Year and Music Event of the Year, for ‘Never Wanted to Be That Girl’ with Ashley McBryde.
Other notable winners included Morgan Wallen, whose Dangerous: The Double Album won Album of the Year, and Brothers Osborne, who celebrated winning the award for Duo of the Year with an acceptance speech that thanked their partners and John Osborne’s new puppy, Django.
In addition to the night's big winners, there were also performances from Maren Morris, Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, duets from Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean, and Thomas Rhett and Breland, while Ashley McBryde joined Eric Church for a medley of his hits.
Kelly Clarkson performed a tribute to the night’s host Dolly Parton, and Brothers Osborne played ‘Skeletons’ before joining Brittney Spencer to close out the show with a version of ‘These Boots Are Made For Walkin’.
Check out the full list of winners below:
Entertainer of the Year
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Miranda Lambert – WINNER
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Female Artist of the Year
Gabby Barrett
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris
Carly Pearce – WINNER
Male Artist of the Year
Jimmie Allen
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton – WINNER
Morgan Wallen
Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne – WINNER
Dan + Shay
LoCash
Maddie & Tae
Group of the Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion – WINNER
The Cadillac Three
New Female Artist of the Year
Tenille Arts
Priscilla Block
Lily Rose
Caitlyn Smith
Lainey Wilson – WINNER
New Male Artist of the Year
Hardy
Walker Hayes
Ryan Hurd
Parker McCollum – WINNER
Elvie Shane
Album of the Year
29: Written in Stone - Carly Pearce
Country Again: Side A - Thomas Rhett
Dangerous: The Double Album - Morgan Wallen – WINNER
Famous Friends - Chris Young
The Marfa Tapes - Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall
Single of the Year
‘Buy Dirt’ - Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan
‘Famous Friends’ - Chris Young and Kane Brown
‘Fancy Like’ - Walker Hayes
‘If I Didn’t Love You’ - Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood – WINNER
‘You Should Probably Leave’ - Chris Stapleton
Song of the Year
‘7 Summers’ - Morgan Wallen (Morgan Wallen, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally)
‘Buy Dirt’ - Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan (Jordan Davis, Jacob Davis, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins)
‘Fancy Like’ - Walker Hayes (Cameron Bartolini, Josh Jenkins, Shane Stevens, Walker Hayes)
‘Knowing You’ - Kenny Chesney (Adam James, Brett James, Kat Higgins)
‘Things a Man Oughta Know’ - Lainey Wilson (Jason Nix, Jonathan Singleton, Lainey Wilson) – WINNER
Video of the Year
‘Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)’ - Elle King and Miranda Lambert – WINNER
‘Famous Friends’ - Chris Young and Kane Brown
‘I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version)’ - Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton
‘If I Didn’t Love You’ - Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood
‘Never Wanted to Be That Girl’ - Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
Songwriter of the Year
Jesse Frasure
Nicolle Galyon
Ashley Gorley
Michael Hardy – WINNER
Josh Osborne
Music Event of the Year
‘Buy Dirt’ - Jordan Davis featuring Luke Bryan
‘Famous Friends’ - Chris Young and Kane Brown
‘Half of My Hometown’ - Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kenny Chesney
‘If I Didn’t Love You’ - Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood
‘Never Wanted to Be That Girl’ - Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde – WINNER
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