The
56th
Academy
of
Country
Music
Awards
held
on
Sunday
night
(April
18)
were
hosted
by
Keith
Urban
and
Mickey
Guyton.
The
show
was
reportedly
broadcast
from
several
locations
in
Nashville
including
Grand
Ole
Opry
House,
Ryman
Auditorium
and
the
Bluebird
Café.
One
of
the
most
memorable
moments
of
the
night
was
CeCe
Winans
and
Carrie
Underwood's
gospel
performance.
Among
the
winners
was
Maren
Morris
who
led
the
way
with
five
nominations.
She
took
home
the
award
for
Female
Artist
of
the
Year,
while
Luke
Bryan
won
the
Entertainer
of
the
Year
award.
Bryan
was
also
set
to
perform
at
the
awards
but
backed
out
after
testing
positive
for
Coronavirus.
The
show
also
featured
performances
by
artists
and
nominees
like
Lady
A,
Blake
Shelton,
Dan
+
Shay
and
others.
However,
CeCe
Winans
and
Carrie
Underwood
stunned
the
viewers.
The
gospel
legend
and
country
superstar
joined
forces
for
a
top-notch,
powerful
performance.
Carrie
started
the
performance
with
'Amazing
Grace'
and
'Great
Is
Thy
Faithfulness'.
She
also
sang
from
her
recent
gospel
hymns
album-
My
Savior.
Here
is
the
complete
list
of
winners
at
the
ACM
Awards
ceremony,
Entertainer
of
the
year
Luke
Bryan
-
Winner
Eric
Church
Luke
Combs
Thomas
Rhett
Chris
Stapleton
Female
artist
of
the
year
Maren
Morris
-
Winner
Kelsea
Ballerini
Miranda
Lambert
Ashley
McBryde
Carly
Pearce
Male
artist
of
the
year
Thomas
Rhett
-
Winner
Dierks
Bentley
Luke
Combs
Eric
Church
Chris
Stapleton
Duo
of
the
year
Dan
+
Shay
-
Winner
Brooks
&
Dunn
Brothers
Osborne
Florida
Georgia
Line
Maddie
&
Tae
Group
of
the
year
Old
Dominion
-
Winner
Lady
A
Little
Big
Town
The
Cadillac
Three
The
Highwomen
New
female
artist
of
the
year
Gabby
Barrett
-
Winner
Ingrid
Andress
Tenille
Arts
Mickey
Guyton
Caylee
Hammack
New
male
artist
of
the
year
Jimmie
Allen
-
Winner
Travis
Denning
HARDY
Cody
Johnson
Parker
McCollum
Album
of
the
year
Starting
Over
-
Chris
Stapleton
-
Winner
Born
Here
Live
Here
Die
Here
-
Luke
Bryan
Mixtape
Vol.
1
-
Kane
Brown
Never
Will
-
Ashley
McBryde
Skeletons
-
Brothers
Osborne
Single
of
the
year
'I
Hope
You're
Happy
Now'
-
Carly
Pearce
and
Lee
Brice
-
Winner
'Bluebird'
-
Miranda
Lambert
'I
Hope'
-
Gabby
Barrett
'More
Hearts
Than
Mine'-
Ingrid
Andress
'The
Bones'
-
Maren
Morris
Song
of
the
year
'The
Bones'
-
Maren
Morris
-
Winner
'Bluebird'
-
Miranda
Lambert
'One
Night
Standards'
-
Ashley
McBryde
'Some
People
Do'
-
Old
Dominion
'Starting
Over'
-
Chris
Stapleton
Video
of
the
year
'Worldwide
Beautiful'
-
Kane
Brown
-
Winner
'Better
Than
We
Found
It'
-
Maren
Morris
'Bluebird'
-
Miranda
Lambert
'Gone'
-
Dierks
Bentley
'Hallelujah'
-
Carrie
Underwood
and
John
Legend
Music
Event
of
the
year
'I
Hope
You're
Happy
Now'
-
Carly
Pearce
and
Lee
Brice
-
Winner
'Be
A
Light'
-
Thomas
Rhett
featuring
Reba
McEntire,
Hillary
Scott,
Chris
Tomlin,
Keith
Urban
'Does
To
Me'
-
Luke
Combs
feat.
Eric
Church
'Nobody
But
You'
-
Blake
Shelton
ft.
Gwen
Stefani
'One
Beer'
-
HARDY
ft.
Lauren
Alaina
&
Devin
Dawson
'One
Too
Many'
-
Keith
Urban,
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