<p>Musicians Kelsea Ballerini and Brothers Osborne recently announced some of the nominees for this year`s Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards on `CBS This Morning`.<br />
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As per People magazine, leading the list this year with six nominations each are Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton. Trailing closely behind is Miranda Lambert with five nominations and Ashley McBryde and Thomas Rhett with four nods each.<br />
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Achieving a new milestone, four Black artists are nominated for awards this year. Jimmie Allen, Kane Brown, Mickey Guyton, and John Legend, who is a first-time nominee. Along with that, also for the first time, every nominated song for single of the year features a woman. Nominated for the most-coveted entertainer of the year award are standouts Stapleton, Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, and Luke Combs. Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett shared the 2020 title.<br />
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Morgan Wallen, is among the notable absentees from the prestigious list, due to his eligibility being halted earlier this month after using a racial slur in a video.<br />
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Here is the complete list of nominations for the 56th ACM Awards:</p>

<p><strong>Entertainer of the Year</strong></p>

<p>Luke Bryan</p>

<p>Eric Church</p>

<p>Luke Combs</p>

<p>Thomas Rhett</p>

<p>Chris Stapleton</p>

<p><strong>Female Artist of the Year</strong></p>

<p>Kelsea Ballerini</p>

<p>Miranda Lambert</p>

<p>Ashley McBryde</p>

<p>Maren Morris</p>

<p>Carly Pearce</p>

<p><strong>Male Artist of the Year</strong></p>

<p>Dierks Bentley</p>

<p>Eric Church</p>

<p>Luke Combs</p>

<p>Thomas Rhett</p>

<p>Chris Stapleton</p>

<p><strong>The duo of the Year</strong></p>

<p>Brooks &amp; Dunn Brothers</p>

<p>OsborneDan + Shay</p>

<p>Florida Georgia</p>

<p>LineMaddie &amp; Tae</p>

<p><strong>Group of the Year</strong></p>

<p>Lady A Little Big Town</p>

<p>Old Dominion</p>

<p>The Cadillac Three</p>

<p>The Highwomen</p>

<p><strong>New Female Artist of the Year</strong></p>

<p>Ingrid Andress</p>

<p>Tenille Arts</p>

<p>Gabby Barrett</p>

<p>Mickey Guyton<br />
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Caylee Hammack<br />
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<strong>New Male Artist of the Year</strong><br />
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Jimmie Allen<br />
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Travis Denning<br />
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Hardy</p>

<p>Cody Johnson</p>

<p>Parker McCollum</p>

<p><strong>Album of the Year</strong></p>

<p>'Born Here Live Here Die Here` - Luke Bryan</p>

<p>`Mixtape Vol. 1` - Kane Brown</p>

<p>`Never Will` - Ashley McBryde</p>

<p>`Skeletons` - Brothers Osborne</p>

<p>`Starting Over` - Chris Stapleton</p>

<p><strong>Single of the Year</strong></p>

<p>`Bluebird` - Miranda Lambert</p>

<p>`I Hope`- Gabby Barrett</p>

<p>`I Hope You`re Happy Now` - Carly Pearce &amp; Lee Brice</p>

<p>`More Hearts Than Mine` - Ingrid Andress`The Bones` - Maren Morris</p>

<p><strong>Song of the Year</strong></p>

<p>`Bluebird` - Miranda Lambert</p>

<p>`One Night Standards` - Ashley McBryde</p>

<p>`Some People Do` - Old Dominion</p>

<p>`Starting Over` - Chris Stapleton</p>

<p>`The Bones` - Maren Morris</p>

<p><strong>Video of the Year</strong></p>

<p>`Better Than We Found It` - Maren Morris</p>

<p>`Bluebird` - Miranda Lambert</p>

<p>`Gone` - Dierks Bentley</p>

<p>`Hallelujah` - Carrie Underwood and John Legend</p>

<p>`Worldwide Beautiful` - Kane Brown</p>

<p><strong>Songwriter of the Year</strong></p>

<p>Ashley Gorley</p>

<p>Michael Hardy</p>

<p>Hillary Lindsey</p>

<p>Shane McAnally</p>

<p>Josh Osborne</p>

<p><strong>Music Event of the Year</strong></p>

<p>`Be a Light` - Thomas Rhett featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, Keith Urban</p>

<p>`Does To Me` - Luke Combs featuring Eric Church</p>

<p>`I Hope You`re Happy Now` - Carly Pearce &amp; Lee Brice</p>

<p>`Nobody But You` - Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Stefani</p>

<p>`One Beer` - HARDY featuring Lauren Alaina &amp; Devin Dawson</p>

<p>`One Too Many` - Keith Urban, Pink</p>

<p>As per People magazine, the 56th ACM Awards are set to air live from the Grand Ole Opry, The Ryman, and Bluebird Cafe on Sunday, April 18 at 8 pm on CBS.&nbsp;</p>


Musicians Kelsea Ballerini and Brothers Osborne recently announced some of the nominees for this year`s Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards on `CBS This Morning`.

Musicians Kelsea Ballerini and Brothers Osborne recently announced some of the nominees for this year`s Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards on `CBS This Morning`. As per People magazine, leading the list this year with six nominations each are Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton. Trailing closely behind is Miranda Lambert with five nominations and Ashley McBryde and Thomas Rhett with four nods each. Achieving a new milestone, four Black artists are nominated for awards this year. Jimmie Allen, Kane Brown, Mickey Guyton, and John Legend, who is a first-time nominee. Along with that, also for the first time, every nominated song for single of the year features a woman. Nominated for the most-coveted entertainer of the year award are standouts Stapleton, Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, and Luke Combs. Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett shared the 2020 title. Morgan Wallen, is among the notable absentees from the prestigious list, due to his eligibility being halted earlier this month after using a racial slur in a video. Here is the complete list of nominations for the 56th ACM Awards: Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan Eric Church Luke Combs Thomas Rhett Chris Stapleton Female Artist of the Year Kelsea Ballerini Miranda Lambert Ashley McBryde Maren Morris Carly Pearce Male Artist of the Year Dierks Bentley Eric Church Luke Combs Thomas Rhett Chris Stapleton The duo of the Year Brooks & Dunn Brothers OsborneDan + Shay Florida Georgia LineMaddie & Tae Group of the Year Lady A Little Big Town Old Dominion The Cadillac Three The Highwomen New Female Artist of the Year Ingrid Andress Tenille Arts Gabby Barrett Mickey Guyton Caylee Hammack New Male Artist of the Year Jimmie Allen Travis Denning Hardy Cody Johnson Parker McCollum Album of the Year 'Born Here Live Here Die Here` - Luke Bryan `Mixtape Vol. 1` - Kane Brown `Never Will` - Ashley McBryde `Skeletons` - Brothers Osborne `Starting Over` - Chris Stapleton Single of the Year `Bluebird` - Miranda Lambert `I Hope`- Gabby Barrett `I Hope You`re Happy Now` - Carly Pearce & Lee Brice `More Hearts Than Mine` - Ingrid Andress`The Bones` - Maren Morris Song of the Year `Bluebird` - Miranda Lambert `One Night Standards` - Ashley McBryde `Some People Do` - Old Dominion `Starting Over` - Chris Stapleton `The Bones` - Maren Morris Video of the Year `Better Than We Found It` - Maren Morris `Bluebird` - Miranda Lambert `Gone` - Dierks Bentley `Hallelujah` - Carrie Underwood and John Legend `Worldwide Beautiful` - Kane Brown Songwriter of the Year Ashley Gorley Michael Hardy Hillary Lindsey Shane McAnally Josh Osborne Music Event of the Year `Be a Light` - Thomas Rhett featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, Keith Urban `Does To Me` - Luke Combs featuring Eric Church `I Hope You`re Happy Now` - Carly Pearce & Lee Brice `Nobody But You` - Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Stefani `One Beer` - HARDY featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson `One Too Many` - Keith Urban, Pink As per People magazine, the 56th ACM Awards are set to air live from the Grand Ole Opry, The Ryman, and Bluebird Cafe on Sunday, April 18 at 8 pm on CBS.

ACM Awards 2021: Maren Morris, Chris Stapleton lead nominations

<p>Taylor Swift on Wednesday&nbsp;returned to the performing stage of a country awards show after seven years with her appearance on the Academy of Country Music Awards where she performed 'Betty'.<br />
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Swift also uploaded a video of her performance on YouTube shortly after the show had its tape-delayed airing on the west coast, reported news agency.</p>

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<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="http://13.235.153.162/entertainment/popstar-pink-debuts-her-first-country-song-with-keith-urban-at-acm-awards-328157" hreflang="en">Popstar Pink debuts her first country song with Keith Urban at ACM awards</a><br />
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Through the performance, the `Red` singer returned to her roots as she is seen performing solo on a stool with an acoustic guitar, which was accompanied by a harmonica player.`Betty` is Taylor Swift`s latest track from her album 'Folklore', which vibes with Swift's early country hits, like 'Love Story'.</p>

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<p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFOGJSNlrMd/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">We'll have you, and we want you, @taylorswift! It is so great to have Taylor back on the #ACMawards stage. Tune-in to @cbstv to watch the show now!</a></p>

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According to news agency, the `Bad Blood` singer was the last woman musician to win the ACMs` entertainer of the year award, in 2011 and 2012. The drought was broken by Carrie Underwood during Wednesday`s award function as she ended up in a tie with Thomas Rhett for entertainer of the year.&nbsp;</p>


Taylor Swift on Wednesday returned to the performing stage of a country awards show after seven years with her appearance on the Academy of Country Music Awards where she performed 'Betty'.

Taylor Swift on Wednesday returned to the performing stage of a country awards show after seven years with her appearance on the Academy of Country Music Awards where she performed 'Betty'. Swift also uploaded a video of her performance on YouTube shortly after the show had its tape-delayed airing on the west coast, reported news agency. View this post on Instagram We can’t stop thinking about @taylorswift’s ‘betty’ performance 💕 #ACMawards A post shared by Academy of Country Music (ACM) (@acmawards) on Sep 16, 2020 at 9:21pm PDT × Also read: Popstar Pink debuts her first country song with Keith Urban at ACM awards Through the performance, the `Red` singer returned to her roots as she is seen performing solo on a stool with an acoustic guitar, which was accompanied by a harmonica player.`Betty` is Taylor Swift`s latest track from her album 'Folklore', which vibes with Swift's early country hits, like 'Love Story'. View this post on Instagram We'll have you, and we want you, @taylorswift! It is so great to have Taylor back on the #ACMawards stage. Tune-in to @cbstv to watch the show now! A post shared by Academy of Country Music (ACM) (@acmawards) on Sep 16, 2020 at 7:06pm PDT × Also read: ACM awards 2020: Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett take home top prize; here's the full list of winners According to news agency, the `Bad Blood` singer was the last woman musician to win the ACMs` entertainer of the year award, in 2011 and 2012. The drought was broken by Carrie Underwood during Wednesday`s award function as she ended up in a tie with Thomas Rhett for entertainer of the year.

Taylor Swift performs 'Betty' at ACM Awards, marks first country show performance in 7 years

<p>Popstar Pink just made her debut as a country singer at the 2020 Academy of Country Music awrads. On Wednesday night, fans of country music were in for a surprise as the pop star took to stage atthe country music's biggest night to do a special act with the host of the evening Keith Urban.</p>

<p>The duo delivered the first performance of their new single called 'One Too Many,' which is part of Keith's new album 'The Speed of Now: Part 1 '. The album is set to release on September 18.</p>

<p>Interestingly, while the two performed together, they were located in two separate cities with different time zones Regardless of the geographical distance- theor performance went smoothly.</p>

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<p>The performance came during a unique ACM Awards this year which was initially planned to take place in April in Las Vegas. But the pandemic shifted the event to September in Nashville where artists were connected virtually from three different locations.<br />
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The night also saw perfromances from Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood among others. Underwood also won the Entertainer of the Year award with Thomas Rhett<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/acm-awards-2020-carrie-underwood-tomas-rhett-take-home-top-prize-heres-the-full-list-of-winners-328088">. Here's the full list of winners</a></p>


Popstar Pink just made her debut as a country singer at the 2020 Academy of Country Music awrads. On Wednesday night, fans of country music were in for a surprise as the pop star took to stage atthe country music's biggest night to do a special act with the host of the evening Keith Urban.

Popstar Pink just made her debut as a country singer at the 2020 Academy of Country Music awrads. On Wednesday night, fans of country music were in for a surprise as the pop star took to stage atthe country music's biggest night to do a special act with the host of the evening Keith Urban. The duo delivered the first performance of their new single called 'One Too Many,' which is part of Keith's new album 'The Speed of Now: Part 1 '. The album is set to release on September 18. Interestingly, while the two performed together, they were located in two separate cities with different time zones Regardless of the geographical distance- theor performance went smoothly. View this post on Instagram Can I get an "AMEN" 🙌🙌 @keithurban and @pink were absolutely amazing. The party is still going over on @cbstv! #ACMawards A post shared by Academy of Country Music (ACM) (@acmawards) on Sep 16, 2020 at 7:41pm PDT × The performance came during a unique ACM Awards this year which was initially planned to take place in April in Las Vegas. But the pandemic shifted the event to September in Nashville where artists were connected virtually from three different locations. The night also saw perfromances from Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood among others. Underwood also won the Entertainer of the Year award with Thomas Rhett. Here's the full list of winners

Popstar Pink debuts her first country song with Keith Urban at ACM awards

<p>Country's music's biggest night - the Academy of Country Music Awards- may have looked different this year due to the pandemic, but it was truly a star studded show nonetheless. The ACM awards saw Keth Urban taking up hosting duties while the event took polace from three differenty venues in Nashville, USA.<br />
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Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Maren Morris, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift and more stars performed at the gala ceremony.<br />
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Here is the full list of winners.<br />
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Entertainer of the year: Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood (tied)</p>

<p>Female artist of the year: Maren Morris</p>

<p>Male artist of the year: Luke Combs</p>

<p>Duo of the year: Dan + Shay</p>

<p>Group of the year: Old Dominion<br />
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New female artist of the year: Tenille Townes</p>

<p>New male artist of the year: Riley Green</p>

<p>Album of the year: "What You See Is What You Get" – Luke Combs<br />
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Single of the year: "God's Country" – Blake Shelton</p>

<p>Song of the year: "One Man Band" – Old Dominion</p>

<p>Video of the year: “Remember You Young” – Thomas Rhett<br />
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Songwriter of the year: Hillary Lindsey</p>

<p>Music event of the year: “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” – Miranda Lambert feat. Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack and Elle King</p>


Country's music's biggest night - the Academy of Country Music Awards- may have looked different this year due to the pandemic, but it was truly a star studded show nonetheless.

Country's music's biggest night - the Academy of Country Music Awards- may have looked different this year due to the pandemic, but it was truly a star studded show nonetheless. The ACM awards saw Keth Urban taking up hosting duties while the event took polace from three differenty venues in Nashville, USA. Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Maren Morris, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift and more stars performed at the gala ceremony. Here is the full list of winners. Entertainer of the year: Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood (tied) Female artist of the year: Maren Morris Male artist of the year: Luke Combs Duo of the year: Dan + Shay Group of the year: Old Dominion New female artist of the year: Tenille Townes New male artist of the year: Riley Green Album of the year: "What You See Is What You Get" – Luke Combs Single of the year: "God's Country" – Blake Shelton Song of the year: "One Man Band" – Old Dominion Video of the year: “Remember You Young” – Thomas Rhett Songwriter of the year: Hillary Lindsey Music event of the year: “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” – Miranda Lambert feat. Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack and Elle King

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