George Strait won entertainer of the year, and Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban were the top winners of the night. Below, check out highlights from last night's Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS!
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Winners were announced for the 49th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, a star-studded ceremony broadcast LIVE last night on the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Fans named George Strait the Entertainer of the Year, the evening's biggest honor and the second win of his career in that category. This year marked another record-breaking year with 1.5 million fan votes cast for Entertainer of the Year and New Artist of the Year categories combined, and also marked the first time online fan voting for these categories were open to fans in Australia and Canada.
The king of country music and newly crowned Entertainer of the Year, George Strait, also participated in a special moment with Owner, President and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones during the telecast announcing the 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE Academy of Country Music Awards to be broadcast LIVE from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. It was also announced that Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan will return to co-host the show.
Merle Haggard was honored with the Crystal
Milestone Award, which was presented by
Garth Brooks and celebrated with a tribute performance featuring
Miranda Lambert and George Strait.
Jason Aldean won Male Vocalist of the Year, his second consecutive win in this category. He has won an overall total of 7 ACM Awards.
Miranda Lambert won for the fifth consecutive year as Female Vocalist of the Year, and is now the record holder for the most consecutive wins in that category. She is the leading female winner of the night, with a total of three trophies. Lambert also took the prize for Single Record of the Year for "Mama's Broken Heart," and Vocal Event of the Year for "We Were Us" with
Keith Urban.
The Band Perry won their first Vocal Group of the Year award. This marks their third overall ACM win; they won the New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year award and New Artist of the Year in 2010.
Artists
Florida Georgia Line won Vocal Duo of the Year. This is their first win in this category, and third overall ACM Award win.
Justin Moore received his first-ever Academy of Country Music Award tonight for New Artist of the Year Presented by Kohl's Department Stores, a fan-voted category.
Kacey Musgraves won Album of the Year as the artist and producer for Same Trailer Different Park. This award marks her first-ever ACM Award win.
Keith Urban is the leading male winner of the night with a total of three trophies in two categories. Prior to the telecast, Urban took the prize for Video of the Year as artist for "Highway Don't Care" with
Tim McGraw and
Taylor Swift. He also won Vocal Event of the Year as artist and producer for "We Were Us" with
Miranda Lambert. Both awards were presented off-camera.
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