Bryan cleans up at ACAs
Carrie Underwood won Female Artist of the Year and Remind Me, her hit duet with Brad Paisley was named Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration.
Lauren Alaina was New Artist of the Year.
Hunter Hayes took Music Video of the Year: New Artist for Wanted and also Single of the Year: New Artist.
Jason Aldean took the Touring Artist honor. "I couldn't win an award that means more to me than something that has to do with touring. Because that to me, is what I really try to build my career around," he said. "[I] try to go out every year and make it bigger and better and hope that you guys would show up and you have. We've been playing sold out shows and that means more to me than anything."
Lady Antebellum, who won Group and Single of the Year: Group for We Owned the Night.
Miranda Lambert won three ACAs as her hit Over You was Single of the Year by a female artist, video and most played radio track by a female.
Jake Owen was named Breakthrough Artist of the Year.
More news for Luke Bryan
- 04/07/25: Bryan announces fall Farm Tour
- 03/25/25: Bryan announces Farm Tour line-up
- 01/27/25: Bryan plans summer tour
- 01/13/25: Bryan heads west with Farm Tour
- 11/11/24: For Bryan, "Country Song Came On"
- 09/30/24: Bryan, Manning, Wilson host CMAs
- 08/08/24: Bryan has the "Mind of a Country Boy"
- 07/16/24: Bryan adds final Farm Tour date
CD reviews for Luke Bryan
If there's one thing Luke Bryan knows how to do, it's to stay in his lane. And why not? It often leads to great chart position. The Deluxe edition of his seventh album "Born Here, Live Here, Die Here" was born out of the pandemic tour stoppage. It includes six new songs and increases the run time to 54 minutes. The original 10 tracks are mostly in the vein of the pop laced chart toppers "One Margarita" and "Knockin' Boots."
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After taking in Luke Bryan's "Born Here Live Here Die Here," the listener will never guess this full length was released during a pandemic. Maybe that's a good thing. After all, we might need a diversion from the international health crisis now and then. The release opens with "Knockin' Boots," which is how modern cowboys describe sexual intercourse. A few songs later, Bryan gives us the drinking song (and single) "One Margarita." In between, "What ...
Luke Bryan aims to please often, and that rarely goes unpunished. The Georgia native has a strong voice, some songwriting skill and even legitimate farming cred. But Bryan still gets pegged as the face of corporate country - that pandering beast packaging artists for mass consumption. The label can be unfair, but not wholly undeserved - Bryan has a long track record, for instance, of records about chasing girls and Bud Lights. In truth, he married his college sweetheart and they share a quiet, ...
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