ACM Awards: Kacey Musgraves wins album of the year with Golden Hour
Country music awards were once again hosted by Reba McEntire, who said the show would be free of politics
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Your support makes all the difference.Kacey Musgraves has joined a prestigious and small group of artists who have won best album awards for the same record at the ACMs, the CMAs and the Grammys.
Her fourth studio record Golden Hour is the third album and the first in over a decade to achieve the feat, following in the footsteps of Taylor Swift's 2008 album Fearless, and 2000's O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.
Musgraves also took home the award for Female Vocalist of the Year, while Dan + Shay took home the prizes for Single and Song of the Year (for "Tequila") and also for best Vocal Duo.
This year's ceremony was hosted by country music icon Reba McEntire, who returned to her role for the 16th time. Before the show, she promised it would be politics-free.
"We've got to keep it light," she said. "We've got to keep it fun. No politics. This is fun. This is entertainment. We are in the entertainment business, and that's what we're going to be doing."
See the list of winners at this year's ACMs, below:
Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Christ Stapleton
Keith Urban – WINNER
Album of the Year
Dan + Shay, Dan + Shay
Eric Church, Desperate Man
Chris Stapleton, From a Room: Volume 2
Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour – WINNER
Dierks Bentley,The Mountain
Song of the Year
Cole Swindell, “Break Up in the End”
Chris Stapleton, “Broken Halos””
Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line, “Meant to Be”
Kacey Musgraves, “Space Cowboy”
Dan + Shay, “Tequila” – WINNER
Russell Dickerson, “Yours”
Single of the Year
Jake Owen, “Down to the Honky Tonk”
Kane Brown, “Heaven”
Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line, “Meant to Be”
Luke Bryan, “Most People Are Good”
Dan + Shay, “Tequila” – WINNER
Male Vocalist of the Year
Dierks Bentley
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett – WINNER
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves – WINNER
Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay – WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
LOCASH
Maddie & Tae
Vocal Group of the Year
LANCO
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Old Dominion – WINNER
Midland
Songwriter of the Year
Ross Cooperman
Ashley Gorley
Shane McAnally – WINNER
Chase McGill
Josh Osborne
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