{"id":1307997,"date":"2019-04-07T21:12:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T03:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1804770"},"modified":"2019-04-07T21:12:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T03:12:01","slug":"acm-awards-winners-accept-trophies-with-all-the-feels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/acm-awards-winners-accept-trophies-with-all-the-feels\/","title":{"rendered":"ACM Awards: Winners Accept Trophies with All the Feels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 1m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

When Reba McEntire joked on Sunday night (April 7) that the ACM Awards had been renamed Dan and Shay\u2019s Excellent Adventure, it was funny because it was true. The duo didn\u2019t technically didn\u2019t win all the awards, but they won enough to take the stage three times.<\/p>\n

For the ACM Award for song for the year for \u201cTequila,\u201d Dan + Shay\u2019s Dan Smyers talked as fast as he could so he could fit in all the names he needed to thank. \u201cI\u2019m so nervous right now. This is incredible. Thank you to the Academy. Everybody who voted for our song. Thank you to country radio for playing this song. Everybody in country music: thank you so much for accepting us into this family,\u201d Smyers said. \u201cThis is a dream come true for us. We love you. Cheers.\u201d<\/p>\n

When they returned to the stage to pick up their ACM Award for single record of the year, Smyers thanked his wife and all the musicians who\u2019d played on the song. But it was Mooney who did most of the talking. \u201cI don\u2019t know if this is real life. I couldn\u2019t really see what was happening,\u201d he joked, \u201cbecause I was behind Charles Kelley. I have no idea what is happening right now.\u201d He went on to thank both his wife and Smyers\u2019 wife, plus his sisters there watching, and the rest of his family at home. \u201cCountry music and country radio, you have absolutely changed our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Again their names were called when it came time to award the duo of the year. \u201cI think somebody got the cards mixed up tonight,\u201d Smyers said to acknowledge their good fortune in the first half of the show. \u201cWe owe this award so much to our team. We have such an incredible team that fights for us every single day. This is such an incredible category to be a part of. We are all winners tonight.\u201d Mooney added that aside from the nights he got married and became a father, it was probably the greatest night of his life.<\/p>\n

The always-affable Thomas Rhett won male artist of the year, and was quick to let everyone know that he was in that category with some of his best friends. \u201cI\u2019m gonna give this to Dan and Shay, so they can go home with four. Oh my gosh. Man, I love country music so much. Thank you guys so much for just loving my songs,\u201d he said right before he thanked his \u201csmokin\u2019 hot wife\u201d Lauren. \u201cWe are best friends with all the people in this category, and y\u2019all shaped who I am as an artist.\u201d With just 13 seconds left in his allotted time on stage, he threw in his gratitude for God, Jesus and Lord.<\/p>\n

Fresh off her Grammy wins, Kacey Musgraves\u2019 Golden Hour<\/em> was named the ACM Awards album of the year. She kept her speech brief, but still managed to have all the right words. \u201cMan, making this album alongside my friends, some of the greatest memories of my entire life. I truly, truly appreciate this,\u201d she said, \u201cand the chance to share my perspective. Thank you to everyone out there still supporting and buying records. It means everything to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

George Strait was at the show to perform, and then to perform again with Miranda Lambert, but he also had another pretty big assignment. He was there to pass the Dick Clark Artist of the Decade Award baton to Jason Aldean. And the first thing Aldean did was point out that Strait was the reason he wears the cowboy hat. \u201cMan, I don\u2019t know. I look out, and I see a lot of artists out here that have had a hell of a decade,\u201d he said pointing to his peers in the crowd. \u201cMy whole team, thank you for the last 15 years. Everybody. More than anything, thank you to the country music fan and country radio: you guys have changed my life forever. This is one of the proudest nights of my life. I appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Close to the end of the broadcast, the female artist of the year was named, and for the second time, it was Musgraves who took the stage to accept. \u201cThank y\u2019all. I really didn\u2019t except this, but I\u2019m so thankful for the chance to get to share my lyrical perspective and my voice as well. I have to say that this award goes out to any woman or girl \u2014 or anybody really \u2014 that is maybe being told that her perspective or her style is too different to work. Stay at it. It\u2019ll work out.\u201d<\/p>\n

As is typically the case, the ACM saved the best for last.<\/p>\n

McEntire, Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks came together for the final honor of the night: entertainer of the year.<\/p>\n

And finally, it was Keith Urban. This is his first ACM Award for entertainer of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you so much. I\u2019m running out of time. Baby girl,\u201d Urban said to his wife Nicole Kidman, standing down in front of the stage with her eyes welling up with tears, \u201cI love you so much.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the fans out there, you are amazing. You have no idea how much this means to me. God bless every one of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

See the full list<\/a> of winners on CMT.com.<\/p>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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