At the awards-giving event, which is hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, the biggest country music stars are celebrated with Morgan Wallen, Cole Swindell and Zach Bryan among other honorees.
AceShowbiz -The 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards unveiled its winners on Thursday, May 11 in Texas. At the awards-giving event, which was hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, the biggest country music stars were celebrated with Morgan Wallen, Cole Swindell and Lainey Wilson among the honorees.
At this year’s ceremony, Cole took home the award for Single of the Year, thanks to his hit “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”. He managed to best Lainey’s “Heart Like a Truck”, Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde‘s “Never Wanted to Be That Girl”, Kane Brown and Katelynn Brown‘s “Thank God” as well as Cody Johnson‘s “Till You Can’t”.
Lainey had the best night as she won Album of the Year for “Bell Bottom Country” and Female Artist of the Year. Not stopping there, the “Watermelon Moonshine” singer led the pack with four wins after she nabbed Music Event of the Year and Visual Media of the Year for her and HARDY‘s collaborative song “wait in the truck”.
Meanwhile, Morgan was honored with the award for Male Artist of the Year. Cole was presented with another award as he won Song of the Year for “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”. He shared the honor with Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure, Mark D. Sanders, Thomas Rhett and Tim Nichols. Ashley additionally took home the award for Songwriter of the Year.
Other honorees at the night also included Zach Bryan, who was named as New Male Artist of the Year, and Hailey Whitters, who was given the award of New Female Artist of the Year.
On the other hand, Chris Stapleton won the top honor at the 2023 ACM Awards, bagging the trophy for Entertainer of the Year. “I am shocked, truly,” Chris, who won against Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and Morgan Wallen, said during his speech.
He went on to say, “By any imaginable metric, I don’t deserve this. … I’ve never thought of myself as somebody who would win this award.” He later shared that he dedicated the award to his children at home, saying they sacrifice a lot of time with him and his wife because of his career.
Full winners of the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards:
- Entertainer of the Year: Chris Stapleton
- Female Artist of the Year: Lainey Wilson
- Male Artist of the Year: Morgan Wallen
- Duo of the Year: Brothers Osborne
- Group of the Year: Old Dominion
- New Female Artist of the Year: Hailey Whitters
- New Male Artist of the Year: Zach Bryan
- Album of the Year: “Bell Bottom Country” – Lainey Wilson
- Single of the Year: “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell
- Song of the Year: “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” – Cole Swindell, Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure, Mark D. Sanders, Thomas Rhett and Tim Nichols
- Visual Media of the Year: “wait in the truck” – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
- Songwriter of the Year: Ashley Gorley
- Artist-Songwritter of the Year: HARDY
- Music Event of the Year: “wait in the truck” – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson
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