45th Academy of Country Music Awards

The 45th Academy of Country Music Awards were held on April 18, 2010, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada and was hosted by ACM Award Winner Reba McEntire.

45th Academy of Country Music Awards
Date	April 18, 2010
Location	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Hosted by	Reba McEntire
Most awards	Miranda Lambert (3)
Most nominations	Miranda Lambert (5) Lady Antebellum (5) Carrie Underwood (5)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

Winners and nominees

Winners in Bold.[1][2]

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Carrie Underwood Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Brad Paisley George Strait Taylor Swift Keith Urban Zac Brown Band	Revolution - Miranda Lambert American Saturday Night - Brad Paisley Lady Antebellum - Lady Antebellum Play On - Carrie Underwood The Foundation - Zac Brown Band
Top Female Vocalist of the Year	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Miranda Lambert Reba McEntire Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Lee Ann Womack	Brad Paisley Kenny Chesney Darius Rucker George Strait Keith Urban
Top Vocal Group of the Year	Top Vocal Duo of the Year
Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Randy Rogers Band Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band	Brooks & Dunn Joey & Rory Montgomery Gentry Steel Magnolia Sugarland
Single Record of the Year	Song of the Year
"Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum "People Are Crazy" - Billy Currington "Red Light" - David Nail "Toes" - Zac Brown Band "White Liar" - Miranda Lambert	"Need You Now" - Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott "Cowboy Casanova" - Mike Elizondo, Brett James, Carrie Underwood "People Are Crazy" - Bobby Braddock, Troy Jones "White Liar" - Natalie Hemby, Miranda Lambert "You Belong With Me" - Liz Rose, Taylor Swift
Top New Artist of the Year	Video of the Year
Luke Bryan	"White Liar" - Miranda Lambert "Boots On" - Randy Houser "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum "Welcome to the Future" - Brad Paisley "You Belong With Me" - Taylor Swift
Vocal Event of the Year
"Hillbilly Bone" - Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins "Honky Tonk Stomp" - Brooks & Dunn with Billy Gibbons "I Told You So" - Carrie Underwood with Randy Travis "I'm Alive" - Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews "Seeing Stars" - Jack Ingram with Patty Griffin

References

1. Music, Academy of Country. "Winners Announced for the 45th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
2. http://www.roughstock.com, Roughstock- (2010-03-02). "45th ACM Awards Nominees Announced". RoughStock. Retrieved 2020-07-17.