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Tonight’s 53rd annual American Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas is a celebration of the biggest and brightest stars in country music.
Chris Stapleton leads the pack of nominees with a total of eight nods, including Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. His competition in the latter category also includes Thomas Rhett, who earned six nominations for his album Life Changes.
Keith Urban is next with five nominations, while Miranda Lambert and Maren Morris scored four each, including Female Vocalist of the Year — a category that also features the evening’s host, Reba McEntire (AKA the world’s first female Colonel Sanders), who has been nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year a whopping 16 times.
Read to see the full list of nominees, and check back throughout the night to find out who wins!
Entertainer of the Year
**WINNER: Jason Aldean
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
**WINNER: Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Maren Morris
Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Thomas Rhett
**WINNER: Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
Chris Young
Vocal Duo of the Year
**WINNER: Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
LoCash
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Vocal Group of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Lanco
Little Big Town
Midland
**WINNER: Old Dominion
New Male Vocalist of the Year
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Devin Dawson
Russell Dickerson
**WINNER: Brett Young
New Female Vocalist of the Year
**WINNER: Lauren Alaina
Danielle Bradbery
Carly Pearce
RaeLynn
New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year
High Valley
Lanco
LoCash
**WINNER: Midland
Runaway June
Songwriter of the Year
**WINNER: Rhett Akins
Ashley Gorley
Hillary Lindsey
Shane McAnally
Josh Osborne
Album of the Year
The Breaker – Little Big Town
California Sunrise – Jon Pardi
**WINNER: From A Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton
Happy Endings – Old Dominion
Life Changes – Thomas Rhett
Single Record of the Year
“Better Man” – Little Big Town
**WINNER: “Body Like a Back Road” – Sam Hunt
“Broken Halos” – Chris Stapleton
“Drinkin’ Problem” – Midland
“I’ll Name the Dogs” – Blake Shelton
Song of the Year
“Body Like a Back Road” – Sam Hunt (songwriters: Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne)
“Female” – Keith Urban (songwriters: Ross Copperman, Nicolle Galyon and Shane McAnally)
**WINNER: “Tin Man” – Miranda Lambert (songwriters: Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert Jon Randall)
“Whiskey and You” – Chris Stapleton (songwriters: Lee Thomas Miller, Chris Stapleton)
Video of the Year
“Black” – Dierks Bentley
**WINNER: “It Ain’t My Fault” – Brothers Osborne
“Legends” – Kelsea Ballerini
“Marry Me” – Thomas Rhett
“We Should Be Friends” – Miranda Lambert
Vocal Event of the Year
“Craving You” – Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris
“Dear Hate” – Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill
“Funny (How Time Slips Away) – Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson
**WINNER: “The Fighter” – Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood
“What Ifs” – Kane Brown featuring Lauren Alaina
Who will you be rooting for at the 2018 ACM Awards? Let us know @BritandCo!
(photo via Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)
