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2016 ACM Awards: Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley to Host

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The 51st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will feature superstar hosts Luke Bryan and his good friend Dierks Bentley. This will be Dierk’s first time hosting a live TV event, so he’ll really be leaning on Luke to help him pull it off. The 2016 ACM Awards will broadcast live from the fabulous Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 8:00 PM ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. “When we found ourselves searching for a new co-host I didn’t have to look much further than my own circle of friends so Dierks was a natural choice,” said Bryan. “We have a lot of fun together and I know the fans will be in for something special.” “I think everyone knows Luke is the guy you call when you want to have a good time,” said Bentley. “If we have half as much fun hosting together as we do backstage, it’s going to be a great night.” In the days leading up to the big night, the Academy will also be hosting the 4th ACM Party for a Cause® Festival featuring headliners Carrie Underwood on Friday, April 1st, Dierks Bentley on Saturday, April 2nd and Kenny Chesney on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at the new Las Vegas Festival Grounds. For more information and to view the full performer lineup, fans can go to www.ACMPartyForaCause.com. The Academy will release the full schedule of The Week Vegas Goes Country® events soon, but you can be sure that it will be a week you won’t want to miss! Just this past year, the 2015 milestone 50th ACM Awards telecast on April 19 and ACM Presents: Superstar Duets on May 15th together reached nearly 21 million viewers, combined. The Awards telecast on April 19th delivered the largest audience since 1998, according to Nielsen, reaching nearly 16 million viewers. Also, the 50th ACM Awards ranked as the most social broadcast of April 19, according to Nielsen Social.

Presenting the Winners of the 2015 ACM Awards!

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The ACM Awards always bring out the big debates in country music: Who is “real country” and who is not? What does “entertainer of the year” really mean? Will Taylor Swift ever stop getting nominated now that she’s “off the country wagon”? No matter the question, our readers are sure to have an answer, and of course to help you with that, we’ve got your list of 2015 ACM Award nominees and winners right here at CountryMusicNewsBlog.com! SONG OF THE YEAR American Kids – Kenny Chesney **WINNER: Automatic – Miranda Lambert Drink A Beer – Luke Bryan Follow Your Arrow – Kacey Musgraves Give Me Back My Hometown – Eric Church I Hold On – Dierks Bentley VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay **WINNER: Florida Georgia Line Maddie & Tae The Swon Brothers VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR Lady Antebellum **WINNER: Little Big Town Rascal Flatts The Band Perry Zac Brown Band ALBUM OF THE YEAR Old Boots, New Dirt – Jason Aldean Pain Killer – Little Big Town **WINNER: Platinum – Miranda Lambert Riser – Dierks Bentley The Outsiders – Eric Church FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Brandy Clark **WINNER: Miranda Lambert Martina McBride Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Jason Aldean Garth Brooks Luke Bryan – Winner! Miranda Lambert Florida Georgia Line MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Jason Aldean Dierks Bentley Luke Bryan Eric Church Brad Paisley Blake Shelton SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR American Kids – Kenny Chesney Automatic – Miranda Lambert Dirt – Florida Georgia Line Drunk On A Plane – Dierks Bentley I Don’t Dance – Lee Brice SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Rodney Clawson Ashley Gorley Luke Laird Josh Osborne Chris Tompkins VIDEO OF THE YEAR American Kids – Kenny Chesney Director: Shaun Silva Cop Car – Keith Urban **WINNER: Drunk On A Plane – Dierks Bentley I’m Not Gonna Miss You – Glen Campbell Somethin’ Bad – Miranda Lambert Duet With Carrie Underwood VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR Lonely Tonight – Blake Shelton Featuring Ashley Monroe Meanwhile Back At Mama’s – Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill Somethin’ Bad – Miranda Lambert Duet With Carrie Underwood The South – The Cadillac Three Featuring Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley & Mike Eli **WINNER: This Is How We Roll – Florida Georgia Line Featuring Luke Bryan

50th Annual ACM Awards on Country Music News Blog!

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As a huge fan of country music I am honored to help bring you everything you need to know to follow along with the 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards which are being aired LIVE this Sunday on CBS! Of course, as technology grows, so do your options of how you follow along, so we’ve gathered up all the resources you need to be in the know. Here are just some of the ways you can keep up with what’s happening on this year’s ACM’s: Twitter: The easiest way to get a play by play of the ACM awards is by following along on Twitter! Text “Follow @ACMAwards” to 40404 and you’ll get text notifications every time the Awards team updates! You can also send “Follow @CMNBlog” to the same number for our commentary. Don’t want texts? No worries, just click here to see all the posts in your browser: ACMAwards on Twitter but be warned! Those tweeters are fast so SPOILER ALERT!   Backstage Access with the new ACMBackstage app: This year the Academy of Country Music has partnered with Glow Motion Technologies and fan-engagement company Mobaglo to make the 50th ACM Awards at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, a one-of-a-kind spectator experience with ACM Backstage. The ceremony, co-hosted by Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, will be broadcast LIVE on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 8:00 PM – 11:30PM ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. The Academy of Country Music is lifting the backstage curtain at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys, for those who Shazam the CBS broadcast during the show. Fans who do will be entered to win a trip for two to next year’s ACM Awards, a guitar signed by the evening’s hosts, and more. ACM Backstage, powered by Mobaglo, will offer insider access to the night from a variety of live cameras around the stadium. Watch stars float down the red carpet before the awards and meet with reporters backstage during the show on the Mary Kay-sponsored Glam Cam, peek inside the director’s truck on the RAM Cam, watch live artist messages as they walk off stage following performances, award wins, and more. Access to ACM Backstage can also be found on the 50th ACM Awards app which iPhone users can download HERE and Android users can download on Google Play HERE. For more information, visit www.ACMBackstage.com.

2013 ACM Awards Recap

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A Quick Look At Last Night’s ACM Awards From HaleighT’s Eyes. Last night was the 48th Annual ACM Awards in Las Vegas. This year Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan hosted the event and for their first time together, I’d say it went pretty smooth. The night started with a performance of Shelton’s new single, “Boys Round Here.” Sheryl Crow, Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley and The Pistol Annies joined Shelton, making it the first of many collaboration performances of the night. Like I said, there was a number of collaborations and something most had in common was the horrible sound coming over my TV speakers. Being that the majority of the performances sounded “off,” I’m going to say that it was an issue with the sound techs and hope that I’m right. Easily my favorite performance of the night was Eric Church singing “Like Jesus Does.” He sounded spot on, just like he does on his albums and just like he does every time I see him live. It wasn’t flashy, just simple and enjoyable. I think he made a lot of people proud. I was super pumped to watch George Strait and Garth Brooks perform together (like they kept announcing), but that wasn’t quite what happened. The piano began to play and I immediately screamed because I knew I was about to hear “The Dance.” When Brooks didn’t sing the entire song and the music faded into Strait’s “The Cowboy Rides Away,” I thought, Oh this is going to be awesome! They are singing a part of both songs and then they’ll sing one together! But that didn’t happen. Prior to their performance, the academy kept saying that the two would be performing together for the first time ever and I just think that was a little bit of a let-down. Either way, it was great to see them both on the stage performing at all and especially in tribute to Dick Clark. The segments of the show, where we were taken to the Fan Jam were definitely the times to refill my drink. Again, the sound was just awful. I could barely hear Jana Kramer over her backup singers during her song “Whiskey” and I don’t know what was going on during Paisley’s performance with John Mayer. Let’s just hope they work the issue out for next year. The grand finale, the Entertainer of the Year award went to Luke Bryan. It was a wonderful moment, where it seemed like everyone was standing and cheering for him and numerous people were very emotional as he accepted his award. It was really something special to see his fellow artists and friends genuinely happy for him. The award was definitely deserved. Below are a list of side notes from the show, the winners and a list of performers. Some Side Notes: – Taylor Swift really needs to work on her dance moves or just stop. – The Pistol Annies are even cooler for being so supportive of the winners (they kept Continue reading 2013 ACM Awards Recap→

2013 ACM Awards Complete Details: #CMchat Recap

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2013 ACM Awards Checks In With #CMchat On Twitter, Dish On Details for Sunday’s Show! Tonight’s (Monday, April 1st), #CMchat featured Jessica Northey chatting it up with the ACM Awards! She asked the questions, and they provided the answers, filling fans in on all the goings on for this week and the big night! From the role of social media to how the awards show got started to how many awards get handed out, all you could want to know is below! The 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards air LIVE on Sunday, April 7th on CBS at 7pm CST! This year’s show is hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan. Go here for the complete list of nominees, see who already earned an award and find out who is performing! Question 1 Q1 Who is this tweeting for @acmawards & what do you do there? #CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 1 @jessicanorthey A1 Jenny Driessen, Social Media Manager here at the ACM 🙂 #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 2 Q2 @acmawards How many full time staff members do you have? #CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 2 A2: We have expanded a bit recently, but we’re now at 21 full-time staffers at the moment! #CMchat @jessicanorthey — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 3 Q3 How did the @acmawards get started?#CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 3 @jessicanorthey A3 Country Music was a HUGE hot spot in Southern California in the 60s&was formed to promote west coast based artist #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 4 Q4 What is something most people would be surprised to learn about the @acmawards? #CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 4 A4 Definitely the different personalities of our staff– honestly, we crack each other up- entertaining ourselves, but it works! ha! #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 5 Q5 Can people still get tickets to @acmawards? #CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 5 @jessicanorthey A5 Fans can join us over at ACM Fan Jam during the #ACMs & et tix for the Tim Special Monday! acmcountry.com/tickets.html #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 6 Q6How many @acmawards are given out? #CMchat (you can give the on & off camera info) — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 6 @jessicanorthey A6 Oh man! That varies year to year, but about 80 or so. Includes On Camera, Special Awards, Songwriter OTY, etc. #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 7 Q7How are @acmawards decided? Fan vote vs academy members? #CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 7 @jessicanorthey A7 The professional members vote on all awards & fan votes are combined for ACM Entertainer & New Artist OTY #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 8 Q8 How does someone become a member of the @acmawards? #CMchat — Continue reading 2013 ACM Awards Complete Details: #CMchat Recap→

2013 ACM Awards More Performers Added

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Academy of Country Music Announces More Performers for 48th Annual ACM Awards. Whether or not you put stock into awards shows, it’s looking like the 2013 ACM Awards are going to be well worth watching. The event organized previously released a list of performers which included impressive names like George Strait and current country royalty like Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton. Well, that list just got even better with lots more amazing talent like Dierks Bentley, Eric Church, Little Big Town and many more! Find the complete list of performers (so far) below, and stay tuned because there are still a couple more names that haven’t been revealed yet. The 48th Annual ACM Awards will air LIVE from Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7th on CBS at 7pm central. This year’s event is hosted by Shelton and Luke Bryan. Check out the complete list of nominees. New Performers Announced: Eric Church Carrie Underwood Dierks Bentley Kenny Chesney Florida Georgia Line Brantley Gilbert Brad Paisley Lady Antebellum Jason Aldean Little Big Town Taylor Swift Jana Kramer Previously Announced: George Strait Luke Bryan Hunter Hayes Miranda Lambert Blake Shelton The Band Perry Kelly Clarkson

2013 ACM Awards Winners: Special Awards

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Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton and More Win Off Camera Awards for 2013 ACMs. If awards shows, like the ACMs, gave out every trophy for every category live, we would be sitting in front of the TV for a whole lot longer than three hours (who can do that?). So, every show, for the most part, will announce “off camera” winners usually ahead of the air date, sometimes after or the day of. Well, the Academy of Country Music released Friday (March 22nd) the list of artists who earned nods in the “special awards” categories. These were voted on by the ACM Board of Directors and are apparently only bestowed when this board considers artists to be particularly deserving. Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award, honoring individuals who are pioneers in the genre: Keith Whitley and The Judds Crystal Milestone Award, given to an artist or industry leader to commemorate a specific, remarkable achievement Jason Aldean Gene Weed Special Achievement Award, acknowledges unprecedented, unique and outstanding individual achievement, Blake Shelton Jim Reeves International Award, presented to an artist for outstanding contributions to the acceptance of country music throughout the world, Lady Antebellum Mae Boren Axton Award, which is given in recognition of years of dedication and service by an outstanding individual to the Academy of Country Music, Tommy Wiggins Poet’s Award, honors songwriters for outstanding musical and/or lyrical contributions throughout their careers, Guy Clark and Hank Williams To read more about past winners, and the “special awards” go here. The 48th Annual ACM Awards will air LIVE from Las Vegas on Sunday, April 8th and will be hosting by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan!

2013 ACM Awards Fan Jam Concert Performers

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Brad Paisley and More to Perform 2013 ACM Awards Fan Jam Concert! The 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards are just a couple weeks away, and the ACM Experience will ensure that country fans have an unforgettable week when “Vegas Goes Country.” The week leading up to the Sunday night awards show will feature a number of special events including the 2013 ACM Awards Fan Jam concert which will be headlined by Brad Paisley. Other performers include Dierks Bentley, Hunter Hayes, Brantley Gilbert, Jana Kramer, and Florida Georgia Line. GAC’s Storme Warren will serve as emcee. The ACM Awards broadcast live from Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7th at 8pm on CBS, and will be co-hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan! Check out the complete list of nominees and the performers!

Darius Rucker To Host ACM Golf Tournament

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Darius Rucker Will Be Hosting The ACM Lifting Lives Celebrity Golf Tournament. The Academy of Country Music announced today that Darius Rucker will host the ACM Lifting Lives Celebrity Golf Classic at TPC Las Vegas for the second consecutive year on Saturday, April 6, 2013. The ACM Lifting Lives Celebrity Golf Classic, ACM Weekend at Fremont Street Experience, ACM Party for a Cause Festival, THE ACM EXPERIENCE and more will all be taking place in conjunction with “The Week Vegas Goes Country,” leading up to the 48th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS­. The award show will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. The ACM Lifting Lives® Celebrity Golf Classic—the seventh held since 2004—brings together country music artists, record label executives and other members of the music community in a star-studded scramble tournament to raise funds and awareness for ACM Lifting Lives’ Diane Holcomb Emergency Relief Fund, which provides immediate relief to those in need in the music industry.

2013 ACM Awards Performers Announced

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George Strait and More In The First Round Of Performer Announcements. It was announced today that Luke Bryan, Kelly Clarkson, Hunter Hayes, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, George Strait and The Band Perry will perform at the 48th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards. The ceremony will be broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 7 at 8 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. This is only the first round of performers to be announced so keep your eyes and ears open, because we will let you know as the rest of the artists set to perform are announced!