From George Strait and Miranda Lambert's duet to Blake Shelton's surprisingly dark song, here are highlights from the three-hour telecast.
Kacey Musgraves accepts the award for female artist of the year at the 2019 Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. By Emily Yahr Emily Yahr Style reporter covering pop culture and entertainment Email Bio Follow April 8 at 6:00 AM Country duo Dan + Shay continued their career-making year at the 2019 Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night, as they won three awards — the most of any act — and became the night’s running joke.
Shay Mooney and Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay accept the Duo of the Year award. Kacey Musgraves continued her winning streak with “Golden Hour,” which propelled her to four Grammys in February, including album of the year. This time, she won for ACM album and female artist of the year; and though she curiously did not get a performance slot on the three-hour telecast, she made the most of her time on stage with an empowering message.
At the end of the performance, McBryde was so choked up she could barely sing. “Wow,” she said, as the audience gave her a thunderous standing ovation.Ashley McBryde reacts after performing"Girl Goin' Nowhere." * The Maren Morris and Brothers Osborne collaboration. Typically, country award show duets are hit or miss, but this year had a surprising number of solid pairings. Kane Brown and Khalid impressed with a remixed version of “Saturday Nights,” which Khalid re-released in January. Dierks Bentley and Brandi Carlile brought down the house with “Travelin’ Light,” which appears on Bentley’s album. Eric Church and McBryde’s blended perfectly together on his song “The Snake,” about the current poisonous political atmosphere.
Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, and Philip Sweet of Little Big Town perform “The Daughters.” WORSTWhile it’s a much-discussed topic in country music these days, it’s never a good sign when the ACMs’ own host calls out the glaring lack of women featured in the show: “Did you know it snowed in Las Vegas just a few weeks ago? It was so cold it froze us women out of entertainer of the year,” Reba said dryly at the top of the broadcast, drawing “ooohhhs” from the crowd.
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