{"id":1304907,"date":"2019-03-06T10:40:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1803668"},"modified":"2019-03-06T10:40:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:40:51","slug":"jason-aldean-named-acm-dick-clark-artist-of-the-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/jason-aldean-named-acm-dick-clark-artist-of-the-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Aldean Named ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:647874?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">28m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/artists\/jason-aldean\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Aldean<\/a> is the sixth recipient of the ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade Award. Aldean will be recognized at the 54th annual ACM Awards for his outstanding achievement in radio, digital media, sales, streaming, distinguishing events, touring, television and artistic merit. The only other artists to receive this honor are Marty Robbins (1969), Loretta Lynn (1979), Alabama (1988), Garth Brooks (1998) and George Strait (2008).<\/p>\n<p>The award was renamed the ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade Award after Clark\u2019s passing in 2012 in recognition of his many years as the ACM Awards producer and early host.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is probably one of the coolest awards I\u2019ve ever been given,\u201d Aldean said. \u201cMy heroes are on this list; something I can\u2019t really even wrap my head around being part of. But, man I\u2019m proud to be getting it \u2014 it\u2019s for everyone who stuck with us and supported us through the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aldean is the ACM\u2019s reigning entertainer of the year and a 13-time ACM Award winner. He has sold more than ten million headlining tickets and is one of country music\u2019s most successful acts to sell-out multiple stadiums, including Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, AT&amp;T Stadium, Gillette Stadium and University of Georgia\u2019s Sanford Stadium. He has raised more than $6 million for charities across the country including Susan G. Komen and Macon, Ga.\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Aldean\u2019s Ride All Night tour launches May 3 with a two-night stand in Uncasville, Conn. He heads to the ACM Awards with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1803167\/chris-stapleton-and-dan-shay-lead-2019-acm-nominees\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">two nominations<\/a> including entertainer and music event of the year for \u201cDrowns the Whiskey\u201d with Miranda Lambert.<\/p>\n<p>Reba McEntire will host the 2019 ACM Awards live from Las Vegas\u2019 MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1803668\/jason-aldean-named-acm-dick-clark-artist-of-the-decade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 28m ago Jason Aldean is the sixth recipient of the ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade Award. Aldean will be recognized at the 54th annual ACM Awards for his outstanding achievement in radio, digital media, sales, streaming, distinguishing events, touring, television and artistic merit. 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