53rd Academy of Country Music Awards

The 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 15, 2018. Nominations were announced on March 1, 2018, with Chris Stapleton leading the nominations with five.[1] Reba McEntire returned as host for the first time in six years, making it the fifteenth time she has hosted the show.[2]

53rd Academy of Country Music Awards
Date	April 15, 2018
Location	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Hosted by	Reba McEntire
Most awards	Brothers Osborne (2) Miranda Lambert (2) Chris Stapleton (2)
Most nominations	Chris Stapleton (5)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

Winners and Nominees

The winners are shown in bold.[3]

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Jason Aldean Garth Brooks Luke Bryan Chris Stapleton Keith Urban	From A Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton The Breaker – Little Big Town California Sunrise – Jon Pardi Happy Endings – Old Dominion Life Changes – Thomas Rhett
Female Artist of the Year	Male Artist of the Year
Miranda Lambert Kelsea Ballerini Reba McEntire Maren Morris Carrie Underwood	Chris Stapleton Jason Aldean Thomas Rhett Keith Urban Chris Young
Group of the Year	Duo of the Year
Old Dominion Lady Antebellum LANCO Little Big Town Midland	Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line LOCASH Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"Body Like a Back Road" – Sam Hunt "Better Man" – Little Big Town "Broken Halos" – Chris Stapleton "Drinkin' Problem" – Midland "I'll Name the Dogs" – Blake Shelton	"Tin Man" – Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall "Better Man" – Taylor Swift "Body Like a Back Road" – Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne "Female" – Ross Copperman, Nicolle Galyon and Shane McAnally "Whiskey and You" – Lee Thomas Miller, Chris Stapleton
New Female Artist of the Year	New Male Artist of the Year
Lauren Alaina Danielle Bradbery Carly Pearce RaeLynn	Brett Young Kane Brown Luke Combs Devin Dawson Russell Dickerson
New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year	Video of the Year
Midland High Valley LANCO LOCASH Runaway June	"It Ain’t My Fault" – Brothers Osborne "Black" – Dierks Bentley "Legends" – Kelsea Ballerin "Marry Me" – Thomas Rhett "We Should Be Friends" – Miranda Lambert
Musical Event of the Year	Songwriter of the Year
"The Fighter" – Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood "Craving You" – Thomas Rhett Featuring Maren Morris "Dear Hate" – Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill "Funny (How Time Slips Away)" – Glen Campbell And Willie Nelson "What Ifs" – Kane Brown featuring Lauren Alaina	Rhett Akins Ashley Gorley Hillary Lindsey Shane McAnally Josh Osborne

Performances

Performer(s)	Song
Kenny Chesney	"Get Along"
Maren Morris	"Rich"
Chris Young	"Losing Sleep"
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line	"Meant to Be"
Brett Young	"In Case You Didn't Know"
Alan Jackson & Jon Pardi	"Chattahoochee"
Lady Antebellum	"Heart Break"
Dierks Bentley	"Woman, Amen"
Blake Shelton	"I Lived It"
Kane Brown & Lauren Alaina	"What Ifs"
Keith Urban & Julia Michaels	"Coming Home"
Kelsea Ballerini	"I Hate Love Songs"
Jason Aldean	"You Make It Easy"
Miranda Lambert	"Keeper of the Flame"
Little Big Town	"Rocket Man" (A Tribute to Elton John)
Toby Keith & Blake Shelton	"Should've Been a Cowboy"
Midland	"Drinkin' Problem"
Carrie Underwood	"Cry Pretty"
Dan + Shay	"Tequila"
Darius Rucker	"For the First Time"
Thomas Rhett	"Marry Me"
Luke Bryan	"Most People Are Good"
Lauren Alaina	"Doin' Fine"
Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson	"Does He Love You"
Chris Janson	"Redneck Life"

Source:[4] [5][6][7]

Presenters

• Drew Brees
• Cam
• Sugarland
• David Boreanaz
• Ashton Kutcher
• Sam Elliott
• Lindsey Vonn
• Nancy O'Dell
• Dustin Lynch
• Eve
• Rebecca Romijn
• Kiefer Sutherland

See also

• Academy of Country Music Awards

References

1. Kaufman, Gil (March 1, 2018). "ACM Awards 2018 Nominations: See the Full List". Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
2. "Chris Stapleton Leads Academy of Country Music Awards Nominations". Variety. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
3. "Lauren Alaina, Brett Young and Midland named early winners at the ACM Awards". Tennessean. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
4. Aniftos, Rania (March 7, 2018). "Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett, Kelsea Ballerini & More to Perform at 2018 ACM Awards". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
5. Reuter, Annie (March 29, 2018). "Kelly Clarkson, Alan Jackson Among Just-Added ACM Awards Performers". Taste of Country.
6. Pasquini, Maria (April 9, 2018). "Carrie Underwood Will Debut New Single at the ACMs, Returning to the Stage for First Time Since Accident". People.
7. Stefano, Angela (April 11, 2018). "2018 ACM Awards Collaborations Revealed: Blake Shelton And Toby Keith, Reba McEntire And Kelly Clarkson + More". The Boot.