Florida Georgia Line, Blake Shelton Top 2013 AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS - Winners Announced!
By: BWW News Desk Dec. 10, 2013
The following artists were honored tonight at the fourth annual AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS (ACA), broadcast live on FOX from the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
With six awards, Florida Georgia Line received the most awards during tonight's telecast, while Blake Shelton followed with four awards. Following his three wins tonight, Luke Bryan has won 12 altogether - the most awards for a male solo artist. Carrie Underwood's win tonight in Music Video by a Female Artist, plus her 11 previous awards, make her the female artist with the most ACA honors.
Additionally, Brad Paisley received the Video Visionary Award, in recognition of his consistently innovative contributions to the format.
Fans logged on to www.theacas.com to cast votes in support of their favorite country music artists not only in traditional categories, but also in a previously unrecognized area - touring - encompassing the entire spectrum of country music.
Following is the list of categories and winners for the AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS:
ARTISTS
Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan
Artist of the Year: Male
Luke Bryan
Artist of the Year: Female
Miranda Lambert
Artist of the Year: Group
Lady Antebellum
Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist
Scotty McCreery
Artist of the Year: New Artist
Florida Georgia Line
ALBUM
Album of the Year
Blake Shelton, "Based On A True Story..."
SINGLES
Single of the Year
Florida Georgia Line, "Cruise"
Single of the Year: Male
Blake Shelton, "Sure Be Cool If You Did"
Single of the Year: Female
Miranda Lambert, "Mama's Broken Heart"
Single of the Year: Group
Lady Antebellum, "Downtown"
Single of the Year: New Artist
Florida Georgia Line, "Cruise"
Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist
Lee Brice, "I Drive Your Truck"
Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration
Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and featuring Keith Urban, "Highway Don't Care"
TOURING
Touring Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan
VIDEOS
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY - Music Video of the Year
Blake Shelton, "Sure Be Cool If You Did"
Music Video of the Year: Male
Blake Shelton, "Sure Be Cool If You Did"
Music Video of the Year: Female
Carrie Underwood, "Blown Away"
Music Video of the Year: Group or Collaboration
Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and featuring Keith Urban, "Highway Don't Care"
Music Video of the Year: New Artist
Florida Georgia Line, "Cruise"
Song of the Year:
Tim McGraw with Taylor Swift and featuring Keith Urban, "Highway Don't Care" (Mark Irwin, Josh Kear, Brad Warren, Brett Warren)
Additionally, the following Most Played Radio Track Awards, determined by Mediabase, were announced during tonight's telecast:
Most Played Radio Track
Florida Georgia Line, "Cruise"
Most Played Radio Track: Male
Randy Houser, "How Country Feels"
Most Played Radio Track: Female
Miranda Lambert, "Mama's Broken Heart"
Most Played Radio Track: Group
The Band Perry, "Better Dig Two"
Most Played Radio Track: New Artist
Florida Georgia Line, "Cruise"
The Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) is the world's largest not-for-profit songwriters trade association. Established in 1967, the membership of more than 5,000 active and pro members spans the United States and six other countries. NSAI is dedicated to protecting the rights of and serving aspiring and professional songwriters in all genres of music.
AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS is executive-produced by Bob Bain (TEEN CHOICE 2013, "Kids' Choice Awards"). Fletcher Foster, Paul Flattery and Tisha Fein serve as producers. Greg Sills is supervising producer. Michael Dempsey directed the live special.
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