Morris’ nominations included single and female artist of the year. Stapleton’s nominations included album, song and male artist of the year. Stapleton and Morris are the top nominees with six each. Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet also won’t participate in the show since he recently tested positive for COVID-19, and his band will perform without him. The singer, whose latest album and singles have found major success on both the country and pop charts, was declared ineligible by the ACMs after he was caught on camera using a racial slur earlier this year. All of the other entertainers of the year nominees will perform.Īnother big name in country music is also missing from the show: Morgan Wallen. Entertainer of the year nominees includes Luke Bryan, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Eric Church and Thomas Rhett, who won the honour last year in a tie with Underwood.īryan, who was set to perform at the awards, backed out of the event because he recently tested positive for the coronavirus. She isn’t competing for the show’s top prize, entertainer of the year, where all the nominees are male artists. Lambert, who has won 35 ACMs, was nominated for five honours and still has a chance of extending her record. “This is the last song that my producer worked on.” “We wrote this song about my story and I guess it resonated with everybody,” Pearce said onstage, also thanking Busbee, who produced the song and died in late 2019.
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McBride correctly said “I Hope You’re Happy Now” by Carly Pearce and Lee Brice won, though “I Hope” by Gabby Barrett appear on the TV screen. “We’re bummed about it, but it happens, especially when performances are happening in multiple locations.”Īnother mishap occurred when Martina McBride announced the winner of the single of the year. “Apparently there was an audio/video sync issue on the television broadcast,” the duo tweeted. The Grammy-winning duo Dan + Shay performed their latest hit, “Glad You Exist,” but the pre-taped moment aired out of sync. “And this is just been a hell of a year and hopefully country music and maybe even this song brought you and your family and friends some peace.”īut not everything went smoothly. And I feel like this song has revealed so many new things to me,” a teary-eyed Morris said onstage. And I feel sometimes, like, songs know you better than you know them at the time. “When I wrote (‘The Bones’) I was dating my now-husband and it was just a song to him. Morris later won song of the year for her Grammy-nominated hit “The Bones,” which topped the country music charts for months last year.
Her third performance was with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall.ĭierks Bentley was also memorable onstage, singing U2’s “Pride (In the Name of Love)” with The War and Treaty, the extremely talented husband-and-wife duo.Īnother couple blazed the stage Sunday: Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd performed, ending with a kiss. Lambert, who founded pet shelter nonprofit MuttNation, also performed alongside Chris Stapleton for “Maggie’s Song,” a tribute to Stapleton’s dog who died in 2019. The performance, like many airing Sunday night, was pre-taped at various locations in Nashville, including the Ryman Auditorium and The Bluebird Cafe, in front of small audiences made up of medical and healthcare workers.
Lambert and King wore matching outfits - an all-black ensemble with pink fringe hanging from Lambert’s leather jacket and blue from King’s - and sang the anthemic track “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. Miranda Lambert, the most decorated artist in the history of the ACM Awards, kicked off the show alongside rock-pop singer Elle King for a fun, energetic performance of their new duet. Underwood kicked off the performance with “Amazing Grace” and “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” then Winans joined in, matching her strong vocal performance.Ĭollaborative moments were a theme during the awards show. Underwood performed songs from her recent gospel hymns album “My Savior,” and she and Winans blended their voices like angels onstage. The gospel legend and country superstar joined forces for a top-notch, powerful performance that was the show’s highlight, though the event is still on for two more hours. CeCe Winans and Carrie Underwood brought the Academy of Country Music Awards to church on Sunday.
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