The 2014 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
, a star-studded ceremony aired live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las
Vegas, NV on Sunday, April 6th, 2014 at 8:00 pm EST on the CBS Television Network.
Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan returned as hosts of the show.
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Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan returned as hosts of the show.
Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw led the way going into the awards with seven nominations with Lambert landing a nomination in the
ACM's top category, Entertainer of the Year. They were followed by Keith Urban
with six and Lee Brice, Kacey Musgraves, Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift with
five a piece. Nashville’s hottest new duo Dan + Shay, received their first ever nomination for
2014 ACM Award’s “Vocal Duo of the Year”
49th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards Winners
- 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.
- Merle Haggard was
honored (image) 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, breaking Reba McEntire’s record
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.
- 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 for New Artist of the Year presented
by Kohl’s Department Stores, a fan-voted category See www.cbs.com
- Kacey Musgraves won
Album of the Year as the artist
and producer for SAME TRAILER DIFFERENT PARK. This award marked her
first-ever ACM Award win.
- Keith Urban was 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.
- Clay Walker, Trisha Yearwood, Guy Fieri, LL Cool
J, Jewel, Olivia Munn, Nancy O'Dell, Chris O'Donnell, Thea Andrews were
among the award presenters to
introduce the performers and hand out the awards.
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Following is the list of winners in the 11 categories voted on by the Membership (excluding the Entertainer
of the Year and New Artist categories, which were voted on by a combination of
professional ACM members and fans)::
Source - ACM Country.com Press Release
WINNERS
Entertainer of the Year
Luke Bryan,
Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, George Strait – WINNER , Taylor Swift
>> Watch
the Award presentation from
4 Mins (NCIS: Los Angeles" stars Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J)
Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean – WINNER, Lee Brice, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton,
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year
Sheryl Crow, Miranda
Lambert – WINNER, Kacey Musgraves, Taylor Swift, Carrie
Underwood
Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich,
Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line – WINNER, Love and Theft, Thompson Square
Vocal Group of the YEAR
Eli Young Band,
Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, The Band Perry – WINNER, Zac Brown Band
New Artist of the Year
Brett Eldredge, Justin
Moore – WINNER, Kip Moore
Album Of The Year [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record
Company–Label(s)]
Based On A True
Story… – Blake Shelton;
Crash My Party –
Luke Bryan
Here’s To The
Good Times – Florida Georgia Line;
Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves – WINNER (presentation by Darius Rucker)
Two Lanes Of
Freedom – Tim McGraw
Single Record of the Year [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record
Company–Label(s)]
Cruise – Florida
Georgia Line;
Highway Don’t
Care – Tim McGraw Featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
I Drive Your
Truck – Lee Brice
Mama’s Broken Heart – Miranda Lambert – WINNER [Producers:
Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf; Record Label: RCA Nashville] - Photo
Wagon Wheel –
Darius Rucker Featuring Lady Antebellum
Song of the Year
[Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
“Every Storm
(Runs Out Of Rain)” – Gary Allan
“I
Drive Your Truck” – Lee
Brice – WINNER Songwriters:
Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary
Publishers: Beattyville
Music (BMI), EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), Great Day At This Music (BMI),
Happy Tears Music (ASCAP), Vistaville Music (ASCAP), Watch This Girl Publishing
(BMI)
“Mama’s Broken
Heart” – Miranda Lambert
“Mine Would Be
You” – Blake Shelton
“Wagon Wheel” –
Darius Rucker Featuring Lady Antebellum
Presented by Green Bay Packer NFL quarterback Aaron
Rodgers and actress Olivia Munn
Video of the Year
Better Dig Two –
The Band Perry
Blowin’ Smoke –
Kacey Musgraves
Highway Don’t Care – Tim McGraw Featuring Taylor Swift
& Keith Urban – WINNER
I Drive Your
Truck – Lee Brice
Mama’s Broken
Heart – Miranda Lambert
Two Black
Cadillacs – Carrie Underwood
Vocal Event of the Year
Boys ‘Round Here
– Blake Shelton Featuring Pistol Annies & Friends
Cruise (Remix) –
Florida Georgia Line Featuring Nelly
Highway Don’t
Care – Tim McGraw Featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
We Were Us – Keith Urban And Miranda Lambert – WINNER
– Photo
2014 ACM Awards Live Performances:
The show, which
has leaned heavy on performances in recent years, pushed the envelope even farther
this year. The ACM saw a veritable concert, 10 songs in all, including two
performances by Shelton, before a single trophy was passed out on camera 62
minutes into the proceedings. “Country
music is alive and well, baby,” Brian Kelley proclaimed as Florida Georgia
Line collected that first honor, Vocal Duo. The actual awards format seemed, at
that moment, an endangered species.
“80 minutes....1
award. #notanawardsshow,” Max Media/Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
director of programming and operations John Shomby tweeted. Those awards came flooding in later in the evening.
When the ACMs
hit Texas in 2015, they will become the first major awards show hosted at a
stadium.
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Keeping the ACM
tradition alive the country claws were out at the 49th annual ACM Awards
Co-hosts Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan managed to majorly diss Justin Bieber,
Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears in their opening sequence. Ouch! ...They zinged
Eric Church over the likelihood of finding marijuana in his dressing room,
poked fun at Britney Spears (who performs on the Las Vegas strip for her
residency shows). Starting with “If you don’t like live music, you need to go
down the block and see Britney Spears” this isn’t the first time she’s been
slammed for lip syncing. But did Blake really have to say that with Britney’s
little sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, in
the crowd? We hope the new country singer wasn’t too embarrassed!
See photo with her hubby
They ribbed Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, in the audience, about his team's disappointing playoff record (Shelton and Bryan announced the 50th edition of the ACM Awards will be held at the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium next year). The two had quips about same-sex marriage, the legalization of marijuana and Miley Cyrus. After that, Luke threw some shade at Miley and country singer Jake Owen, who had to have his finger amputated after an accident in the summer of 2013. “Jake lost a finger in a go-cart accident,” Luke said. “You know where they found it? On Miley Cyrus’ tour bus. It was takin’ a selfie and smokin’ a doobie.” Read More: Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton Open the 2014 ACM Risque Jokes
See photo with her hubby
You could follow
Jamie as she was the ACM Social Media Correspondent to get real-time updates @jamielynnspears
SO excited to be a Social Media Correspondent at this year’s @ACMawards!! Who do y’all want to see the most? pic.twitter.com/tNraYcWXc3
— Jamie Lynn Spears (@jamielynnspears) April 3, 2014
They ribbed Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, in the audience, about his team's disappointing playoff record (Shelton and Bryan announced the 50th edition of the ACM Awards will be held at the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium next year). The two had quips about same-sex marriage, the legalization of marijuana and Miley Cyrus. After that, Luke threw some shade at Miley and country singer Jake Owen, who had to have his finger amputated after an accident in the summer of 2013. “Jake lost a finger in a go-cart accident,” Luke said. “You know where they found it? On Miley Cyrus’ tour bus. It was takin’ a selfie and smokin’ a doobie.” Read More: Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton Open the 2014 ACM Risque Jokes
The sibling trio made quite an entrance, and kicked off the award show with a bang, when they rose from the ground in smoke to start their performance.
Kimberly Perry looked stunning, as usual, in an all black outfit. She donned a black crop top and black pants with a pair of black high-heeled boots...Read More: tasteofcountry
A high-profile performance introduced it to most fans. Paisley’s formula for this song is similar to many of the uptempo cuts from ‘Wheelhouse. Brad heated up the poolside with a rousing rendition of his new single ’River Bank.’ It was a pre-taped segment shot at the MGM pool on Friday (April 4) for the ACM Awards - tasteofcountry
The tune arrived at country radio on April 4, with an official airplay impact date set for April 14.
“Brad has given us a monster, up-tempo, rockin’ Country hit to start off the summer!” says Sony Music Nashville Chairman & CEO Gary Overton of the song Paisley co-wrote with longtime co-writer and friend, Kelley Lovelace.
“River Bank” was released as a digital single on April 6 and is currently available for pre-order on Amazon UK and Amazon.com
Fan favorites
Florida Georgia Line rocked the Fan Jam at Mandalay Bay at the 2014 ACM Awards
with a fiery-hot performance of their hit ‘Stay.’
Read More: tasteofcountry
Things calmed
down a little bit when Blake Shelton had the "Met Him In A
Motel Room" singer Gwen
Sebastian (wearing a dark dress with a faint little sparkle) from ‘The Voice’
join him for his sweet new single, Read More: tasteofcountry
The Male Vocalist
of the Year nominee performed a stripped down, solo acoustic performance of his
no.1 hit Read More: tasteofcountry
Martina McBride
(image) came out to introduce George Strait who lit up the stage during
his phenomenal performance, showing us all, once again, why he’s one of the
very best. Read More: tasteofcountry
The stage was
simple and reminiscent of his music video for the song. Stone crosses, grass,
and tombstones lined the stage, nodding to the theme of the video, which
featured a young, bearded man attending a roadside funeral. Read More: tasteofcountry
8) Darius
RucKer & Lady Antebellum >> "WagonWheel" The
2014 ACM Awards turned into a good ole’ fashioned sing-along when Darius Rucker
and Lady A took to the stage for a rousing rendition. Read More: tasteofcountry
Po-po-popping the pills: It was doctors orders as Shakira and
Blake Shelton gave viewers a taste of "Medicine," their new duet. Rocking
a lipstick-red dress and knee high boots (WOW!) showing just enough of those
famous hips, Shakira squared off with the country superstar for a spirited
version of the pounding anthem. The duet comes following the Latin superstar's
yearning to go a little country, having approached Shelton after the two worked
together on "The Voice." Their stage chemistry is undeniable; the two
look born to sing together. Read More: tasteofcountry
13) Lady
Antebellum & Stevie Nicks >> "Medley" (Golden/ Rhiannon) Old school met
new school when country superstars Lady Antebellum (who were compared to
Fleetwood Mac when they burst onto the scene) joined forces with music legend
Stevie Nicks for an outstanding performance? The bands originally performed
together as a part of CMT’s Crossroads Read More: tasteofcountry
The song,
immediately made available on US iTunes comes from Tim’s upcoming Big Machine disc titled SUNDOWN HEAVEN TOWN scheduled for release
on September 16, which Tim McGraw announced in this Press Release on April 3rd
Beginning on
Sunday, April 6, during his performance McGraw launched “Countdown To Sundown” when
fans could Shazam his ACM showing and join the Countdown program with access to
exclusive content.
Country radio is
already on board with lead single “Lookin’ For That Girl,” which climbs into
the Top 20 on the charts this week.
Accidental Racism? With the tour and album name in place one imagines that Big Machine did their research and cleared it off.
Website Saving Country Music points out that the phrase has racist connections. Wikipedia states: A sundown town is a town, city,
or neighborhood in the US that was purposely all-white. They are also sometimes known as “sunset
towns” or “gray towns”. Sociologist James W. Loewen wrote in his book (Image - Amazon). Sundown
Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, notes that hundreds of cities
across America have been sundown towns at some point in their history. A
sundown town, is a town that will allow a given race to pass through provided
it gets out by sunset. Read more sundown.afro.illinois.edu
Keith rocked the
stage and he invited a few friends too! Backed by a saxophone, trumpet and
trombone, not to mention fellow country star Mica Roberts, Keith gave a rowdy
rendition of the single off his latest record. Read More tasteofcountry
Bryan debuted a
short hair cut, a spring break tan and a sleek look in a leather jacket for his
performance. “What’s up, ACMS?” he said before starting his new hit and asking
fans to clap along. Read More: tasteofcountry
With three
drummers, the stage was literally pounding with adrenaline. Urban looked
incredibly classy with his black leather jacket, and showed off an aggressive
guitar solo that had fans cheering throughout. The song, which is from Urban’s
album ‘Fuse,’ was the perfect choice for an early ACM Awards performance; it
amped up the excitement to an ever higher level and the fun 80s vibe was
electrifying. Read More: tasteofcountry
19) George
Strait & Miranda Lambert "‘I’m a Lonesome
Fugitive" (tribute to Merle Haggard)
Lambert made her
hole-y jeans look feminine with a slim white tank top and lots of jewels.
Everything sparkled from her elaborate necklace to her bedazzled microphone.
She even wore silver shoes as she performed in front of a backdrop that would
also occasionally sparkle. Lambert sang to her fans as they danced and clapped
to her fun song. She made the performance rock a little with her fist pumps and
foot taps to the beat. Read More: tasteofcountry
Regarding
Miranda’s forthcoming album PLATINUM, Little Big Town will also join Blake
Shelton‘s wife for a song. ‘Smokin’ and Drinkin” is a song that features the
band — and was originally pitched to the group.
Ultimately, Lambert got the song but decided it was best as a collaboration. “Karen told me, ‘You have a song I want!,’” Lambert explains. “So I said, ‘If I cut it, will y’all sing on it?’ The 16-song record features songwriting by the singer and also features a song with the Time Jumpers on ‘All That’s Left.’
Ultimately, Lambert got the song but decided it was best as a collaboration. “Karen told me, ‘You have a song I want!,’” Lambert explains. “So I said, ‘If I cut it, will y’all sing on it?’ The 16-song record features songwriting by the singer and also features a song with the Time Jumpers on ‘All That’s Left.’
The album will be released 2nd June and it is already available for pre-order on UK iTunes Read More: tasteofcountry
They literally
lit up the stage with their performance bringing lots of aspects from their
absolutely phenomenal music video (?) to the ACM Awards stage — except they
didn’t perform on top of a semi. Exciting graphics, blazing fire, and
high-flying action sport stars were the highlights of the jaw-dropping
performance. Read More: tasteofcountry
They brought
their newest single to the Las Vegas stage. They may have performed close to
the end of the award show, but their rockin’ performance was one, according to
Taste Of Country, you may want to rewind and live again. They do save the best
for last. The trio opened the song under blue lights. Read More: tasteofcountry
If it appeared
the members of the Rascal Flatts were lip-syncing
during the performance, it was because they were lip-syncing the performance. In
a statement on Twitter, the band confirmed that lead singer Gary LeVox lost his
voice prior to Sunday’s broadcast. As a result, the band decided to lip-sync
its rendition of “Rewind.” “So instead of canceling our commitment to do
the show, we made a last-minute decision to lip-sync. We’ve never done it
before, and we’re obviously not very good at it. “We look forward to singing
live again in the very near future!” While the lip-syncing itself would
have been jarring in a vacuum, the performance drew particular outrage due to
an earlier assurance from hosts Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton that the
singing on the ACMs, unlike that found, for instance, at a Britney Spears show,
would be live!
Smoke filled the
stage and moody lighting set the tone for Aldean‘s performance. The country
rocker matched the attitude of the atmosphere with his all-black ensemble,
finished off with a characteristic black cowboy hat and boots.
They got the
crowd to their feet during the performance as Crow added her famous vocals to a
few of the verses, while Bentley sang along off-mic, over the moon to be on
stage with the powerhouse performer. With dueling guitars and a whole stage
just for them, the sizzling duo put on a killer show, completely worthy of
being the last performance of the night. Read More: tasteofcountry
ACM 2014 Tweets
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— Sony Music Nashville (@SonyNashville) April 7, 2014
Great night in Vegas last night! happy for all the winners especially @GeorgeStrait! Flying to NYC! You know the drill. xo
— Martina McBride (@martinamcbride) April 7, 2014
SOURCES:
Billboard 615,
Getty Images: Chris Pizzello (Photo by Al Powers/Powers
Imagery/Invision/AP) and Judy Eddy/WENN.com
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