Sugarland, Paisley Are Top ACM Award Winners
Nashville invaded Sin City on Sunday for the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The ACM honored Kenny Chesney for the fourth year in a row as its Entertainer of the Year. Sugarland nabbed both Song and Single of the Year for 'Stay.' Brad Paisley also won two awards: Top Male Vocalist and Video of the Year for 'Online.' Carrie Underwood took home Top Female Vocalist honors, while Rascal Flatts have the Top Vocal Group award for the seventh year in a row.
Garth Brooks adds another trophy to his mantle as the ACM's first-ever Crystal Milestone Award recipient. The living legend dazzled the crowd with a medley of some of his biggest hits on the show.
See the full list of ACM Award nominees, with the winners in *bold, after the jump.
Entertainer of the Year
Top Male Vocalist
Top Female Vocalist
Top Vocal Group
Top Vocal Duo
Top New Male Vocalist
Top New Female Vocalist
Top New Duo or Vocal Group
Album of the Year
'5th Gear,' Brad Paisley
Producer: Frank Rogers
* 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,' Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
'Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates,' Kenny Chesney
Producers: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
'If You're Going Through Hell,' Rodney Atkins
Producers: Rodney Atkins, Ted Hewitt
'Taylor Swift,' Taylor Swift
Producers: Scott Borchetta, Nathan Chapman, Robert Ellis Orrall
Single Record of the Year
'Don't Blink,' Kenny Chesney
Producers: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
'Famous in a Small Town,' Miranda Lambert
Producers: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
'Lost in This Moment,' Big & Rich
Producers: Big Kenny, John Rich
*'Stay,' Sugarland
Producers: Kristian Bush, Byron Gallimore, Jennifer Nettles
'Watching Airplanes,' Gary Allan
Producers: Gary Allan, Mark Wright
Song of the Year
'Don't Blink'
Artist: Kenny Chesney
Writers: Casey Beathard, Chris Wallin
'Lost in This Moment'
Artist: Big & Rich
Writers: Keith Anderson, Rodney Clawson, John Rich
'Moments'
Artist: Emerson Drive
Writers: Dave Berg, Annie Tate, Sam Tate
'Watching You'
Artist: Rodney Atkins
Writers: Rodney Atkins, Steve Dean, Brian White
*'Stay'
Artist: Sugarland
Writer: Jennifer Nettles
Video of the Year
'Don't Blink,' Kenny Chesney
Producer: Tacklebox Films
Director: Shaun Silva
'Lost in This Moment,' Big & Rich
Producers: Big Kenny, Steve Lamar, Marc Oswald
Directors: Robert Deaton, George Flanigen
*'Online,' Brad Paisley
Producer: Frames Per Second
Director: Jason Alexander
'Stay,' Sugarland
Producers: Kristian Bush, Byron Gallimore, Jennifer Nettles
Director: Shaun Silva
'Watching You,' Rodney Atkins
Producer: Broken Poet Production
Director: Eric Welch
Vocal Event of the Year
'Because of You,' Reba McEntire Duet With Kelly Clarkson
Producers: Tony Brown, Reba McEntire
*'Find Out Who Your Friends Are,' Tracy Lawrence
with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
Producers: Julian King, Tracy Lawrence
'Shiftwork,' Kenny Chesney Duet with George Strait
Producers: Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney
'Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore,' Bon Jovi featuring LeAnn Rimes
Producer: Dann Huff
'What You Give Away,' Vince Gill with Sheryl Crow
Producers: Vince Gill, John Hobbs, Justin Niebank
Home Depot Humanitarian Award
Crystal Milestone Award