Bryan, Florida Georgia Line clean up at ACAs
Bryan was named artist of the year while Florida Georgia Line went home with new artist, single of the year for the Cruise remix with Nelly, Single of the Year: New Artist for Cruise, Artist of the Year: New Artist.
Blake Shelton took four awards, including album of the year for "Based on a True Story..." He also took Single of the Year: Male, Music Video of the Year, Music Video of the Year: New Artist and Music Video of the Year: Male for Sure Be Cool If You Did.
The Highway Don't Care team-up of Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift and Keith Urban continued to rake in trophies, winning three, including song of the year.
Bryan also won touring artist of the year and male artist of the year. "It's been the most amazing year of my life," Bryan said. "It started amazingly, and it's ending amazingly."
Taylor Swift, the top nominee with eight awards, won the worldwide touring award and gave an acceptance speech taped in Australia where she's on tour. She also won Single of the Year Vocal Collaboration for her contributions to Tim McGraw's Highway Don't Care, which also included Keith Urban.
Miranda Lambert won two awards: Single of the Year: Female for Mama's Broken Heart and Female Artist of the Year. Brad Paisley was presented with the ACAs Video Vanguard Award.
Scotty McCreery won the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award. "It is awesome," McCreery said. "It is really cool. We have had an incredible year, and we are really trying to take it to the next level, so to win the Breakthrough Artist award is really special. I am really honored to win this award.
Lady Antebellum received the honor of Artist of the Year; Duo or Group and Single of the Year: Duo/Group for Downtown.
Lee Brice's I Drive Your Truck was voted Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist.
Carrie Underwood's Blown Away, was Music Video of the Year: Female.
Song of the Year went to Mark Irwin, Josh Kear, Brad Warren and Brent Warren for Highway Don't Care.
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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