56th Annual ACM Award Winners: The Full List

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The 56th Annual ACM Awards, hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton, is airing live from three locations in Nashville: The Grand Ole Opry House, The Ryman Auditorium and The Bluebird Cafe on Sunday, April 18 on CBS.

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While the big winner of the night was country music itself, there were a few individual awards handed out too. The early winners (off camera) were Kane Brown’s “Worldwide Beautiful” for Video of the Year, Gabby Barrett for New Female Artist of the Year, Jimmie Allen for New Male Artist of the Year and Lee Brice and Carly Pearce for Music Event of the Year-“I Hope Your Happy Now.”

Here are the winners of the 56th Annual ACM Awards:

Entertainer of the Year
Luke Bryan – WINNER
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton

Female Artist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris- WINNER
Carly Pearce

Male Artist of the Year
Dierks Bentley
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Thomas RhettWINNER
Chris Stapleton

Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay– WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae

Group of the Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion – WINNER
The Cadillac Three
The Highwomen

New Female Artist of the Year
Ingrid Andress
Tenille Arts
Gabby Barrett – WINNER
Mickey Guyton
Caylee Hammack

New Male Artist of the Year
Jimmie AllenWINNER
Travis Denning
Hardy
Cody Johnson
Parker McCollum

Album of the Year
Born Here Live Here Die Here, Luke Bryan
Mixtape Vol. 1, Kane Brown
Never Will,  Ashley McBryde
Skeletons, Brothers Osborne
Starting Over, Chris Stapleton – WINNER

Single of the Year
“Bluebird,” Miranda Lambert
“I Hope,” Gabby Barrett
“I Hope You’re Happy Now,” Carly Pearce and Lee Brice – WINNER
“More Hearts Than Mine,” Ingrid Andress
“The Bones,” Maren Morris

Song of the Year
“Bluebird,” Miranda Lambert (Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby)
“One Night Standards,” Ashley McBryde (Ashley McBryde, Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally)
“Some People Do,” Old Dominion (Jesse Frasure, Matt Ramsey, Thomas Rhett, Shane McAnally)
“Starting Over,” Chris Stapleton (Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson)
“The Bones,” Maren Morris (Jimmy Robbins, Maren Morris, Laura Veltz)- WINNER

Video of the Year
“Better Than We Found It,” Maren Morris
“Bluebird,” Miranda Lambert
“Gone,” Dierks Bentley
“Hallelujah,” Carrie Underwood and John Legend
“Worldwide Beautiful,” Kane Brown – WINNER

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Music Event of the Year
“Be a Light,” Thomas Rhett featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, Keith Urban
“Does to Me,” Luke Combs featuring Eric Church
“I Hope You’re Happy Now,” Carly Pearce & Lee Brice – WINNER
“Nobody But You,” Blake Shelton featuring Gwen Stefani
“One Beer,” Hardy featuring Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson
“One Too Many,” Keith Urban, Pink

Credit: Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for ACM

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