2019 ACM Awards: The Winners List
The Academy of Country Music crowned its 2019 ACM Awards winners on Sunday night (April 7). The annual awards ceremony was hosted by Reba McEntire and broadcast live from Las Vegas, Nev.
Dan + Shay and Chris Stapleton led this year's list of ACM Awards nominees, with six nods each; Dan Smyers earns an additional four nominations as a songwriter and producer. Behind Dan + Shay and Stapleton were Kacey Musgraves (five nominations) and Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, Florida Georgia Line and Bebe Rexha, each with four nominations.
Readers can see a complete list of 2019 ACM Awards nominees below and winners below.
2019 Academy of Country Music Awards Winners
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban -- WINNER
Male Artist of the Year
Dierks Bentley
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett -- WINNER
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Female Artist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves -- WINNER
Carrie Underwood
Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay -- WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
LoCash
Maddie & Tae
Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Lanco
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion -- WINNER
Album of the Year
Dan + Shay, Dan + Shay (produced by Scott Hendricks, Dan Smyers and Matt Dragstrem)
Desperate Man, Eric Church (produced by Jay Joyce and Arturo Buenahora Jr.)
From A Room, Vol. 2, Chris Stapleton (produced by Dave Cobb and Chris Stapleton)
Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves (produced by Ian Fitchuk, Daniel Tashian and Kacey Musgraves) -- WINNER
The Mountain, Dierks Bentley (produced by Ross Copperman, Jon Randal Stewart and Arturo Buenahora Jr.)
New Male Artist of the Year
Jimmie Allen
Luke Combs -- WINNER
Jordan Davis
Michael Ray
Mitchell Tenpenny
New Female Artist of the Year
Danielle Bradbery
Lindsay Ell
Ashley McBryde -- WINNER
Carly Pearce
New Duo or Group of the Year
High Valley
Lanco -- WINNER
Runaway June
Video of the Year (Awarded to Producer(s) / Director(s) / Artist(s))
"Babe," Sugarland feat. Taylor Swift (produced by Roger Hunt, directed by Anthony Mandler)
"Burn Out," Midland (produced by Ben Skipworth, directed by TK McKamy and Cameron Duddy)
"Burning Man," Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne (produced by Nate Eggert, directed by Wes Edwards)
"Drunk Girl," Chris Janson (produced by Ben Skipworth, directed by Jeff Venable) -- WINNER
"Shoot Me Straight," Brothers Osborne (produced by April Kimbrell, directed by Wes Edwards and Ryan Silver)
"Tequila," Dan + Shay (produced by Christen Pinkston, directed by Patrick Tracy)
Music Event of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s) / Producer(s) / Record Label(s))
"Burning Man," Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne (produced by Ross Copperman, Jon Randal Stewart and Arturo Buenahora Jr.) -- WINNER
"Drowns the Whiskey," Jason Aldean feat. Miranda Lambert (produced by Michael Knox)
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright," David Lee Murphy feat. Kenny Chesney (produced by Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney and David Lee Murphy)
"Keeping Score," Dan + Shay feat. Kelly Clarkson (produced by Scott Hendricks and Dan Smyers)
"Meant to Be," Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line (produced by Wilshire for Rock the Soul Entertainment)
Single of the Year (Awarded to Artist(s) / Producer(s) / Record Label(s))
"Down to the Honkytonk," Jake Owen (produced by Joey Moi)
"Heaven," Kane Brown (produced by Dann Huff and Polow da Don)
"Meant to Be," Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line (produced by Wilshire for Rock the Soul Entertainment)
"Most People Are Good," Luke Bryan (produced by Jeff Stevens and Jody Stevens)
"Tequila," Dan + Shay (produced by Scott Hendricks and Dan Smyers) -- WINNER
Song of the Year (Awarded to Songwriter(s) / Publisher(s) / Artist(s)
"Break Up in the End," Cole Swindell (Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill, Jon Nite)
"Broken Halos," Chris Stapleton (Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton)
"Meant to Be," Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line (David Garcia, Tyler Hubbard, Joshua Miller, Bebe Rexha)
"Space Cowboy," Kacey Musgraves (Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves)
"Tequila," Dan + Shay (Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers) -- WINNER
"Yours," Russell Dickerson (Casey Brown, Russell Dickerson, Parker Welling)
Songwriter of the Year
Ross Copperman
Ashley Gorley
Shane McAnally -- WINNER
Chase McGill
Josh Osborne
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