Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks made the 58th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards fun and very entertaining.  We had a great time watching, and hope all of our readers did as well.  We always have a few surprises when the winners are announced. For me, however, there were no disappointments.  I love all the nominees, and join other fans in sending congratulations to all of the winners. Like most of the viewers, we had our hopes on this one or that one to win in any given category.  If you missed any of it, or want to recap the winners.  The list of winners in major categories is below.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldea
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Miranda Lambert
Chris Stapleton–WINNER 
Carrie Underwood
Morgan Wallen

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Carly Pearce
Lainey Wilson–WINNER 

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kane Brown
Morgan Wallen–WINNER
Luke Combs
Jordan Davis
Chris Stapleton

DUO OF THE YEAR
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne–WINNER
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion–WINNER 
Zac Brown Band

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Priscilla Block
Megan Moronet
Caitlyn Smith
Morgan Wade
Hailey Whitters–WINNER

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Zach Bryan–WINNER 
Jackson Dean
ERNEST
Dylan Scott
Nate Smith
Bailey Zimmerman

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Ashley McBryde – Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country–WINNER 
Luke Combs – Growin’ Up
Jon Pardi – Mr. Saturday Night
Miranda Lambert – Palomino

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Lainey Wilson – Heart Like A Truck
Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde – Never Wanted To Be That Girl
Cole Swindell – She Had Me At Heads Carolina–WINNER 
Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown – Thank Gog
Cody Johnson – ‘Til You Can’t

SONG OF THE YEAR
Morgan Wallen – Sand In My boots
Cole Swindell – She Had Me At Heads Carolina–WINNER  
Cody Johnson – ‘Til You Can’t
HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson – wait in the truck
Chris Stapleton – You Should Probably Leave

VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR
Kelsea Ballerini – HEARTFIRST
Cole Swindell – She Had Me At Heads Carolina
Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown – Thank God
Cody Johnson – ‘Til You Can’t
HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson – wait in the truck–WINNER
Carly Pearce – What He Didn’t Do

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Nicolle Galyon
Ashley Gorley–WUBBER
Chase McGill
Josh Osborne
Hunter Phelps

ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Luke Combs
ERNEST
HARDY–WINNER
Miranda Lambert
Morgan Wallen

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
Chris Young with Mitchell Tenpenny – At the End of a Bar
Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina – She Had Me At Heads Carolina [Remix]
Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown – Thank God
Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter – Thinking ‘Bout You
HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson – Wait in the T ruck–WINNER 

For more information and winners in categories listed below, visit the Academy of Country Music website.  Additional nominees include Player of the year awards for Acoustic Guitar, Audio Engineer, Bass, Drummer, Electric Guitar Player and Piano/Keyboard.  Nominees are also listed for Producer of the Year and Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year. Your favorite nominees for Arena of the Year, Festival of the Year, Casino of the Year – Arena, Casino of the Year – Theater, Club of the Year, Fair/Rodeo of the Year and many other venues are among nominees in the various categories. And, we cannot forget the Daily On-Air Radio Personality of the year.  So head on over to the ACM website for the complete list.

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Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks made the 58th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards fun and very entertaining.  We had a great time watching, and hope all of our readers did as well.  We always have a few surprises when the winners are announced. For me, however, there were...