{"id":1308412,"date":"2019-04-11T17:42:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T23:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1805315"},"modified":"2019-04-11T17:42:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T23:42:06","slug":"acm-awards-artists-draft-their-favorite-females-for-eoty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/acm-awards-artists-draft-their-favorite-females-for-eoty\/","title":{"rendered":"ACM Awards: Artists Draft Their Favorite Females for EOTY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> 12m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

All the artists at Sunday\u2019s (April 7) ACM Awards red carpet were quick to name their favorite female artists they\u2019d like to see win the organization\u2019s top honor of entertainer of the year.<\/p>\n

Backstage, Reba McEntire<\/a>, who won the award in 1994, said that the 2020 show will be a different ceremony with the launch of the ACM\u2019s new the Diversity & Inclusiveness Task Force. The initiative will examine the barriers and biases affecting women and underrepresented groups in country music.<\/p>\n

Brothers Osborne<\/a>\u2019s John Osborne said it best on the red carpet when he said Nashville is always crawling with undiscovered talent that has yet to be heard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a lot of people don\u2019t know is that you live in Nashville,\u201d he said, \u201cyou actually see the females that are trying to make it, and it\u2019s even more disheartening when you see that. And some of the most incredible talent in the world actually don\u2019t succeed in any genre, and girls have it 10 times as harder in every shape and form possible. I think it\u2019s time to realize that we can\u2019t do it without girls. Girls can\u2019t do it without us. We literally need each other to make this world go round and let\u2019s treat it that way. But I would like to see a lot more recognition not only in the entertainer of the year category but from radio, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

A sea change is on the horizon with 2019\u2019s women-led tours. The summer\u2019s major all-genre festivals like Woodstock, Bonnaroo, Coachella and Lollapalooza have each booked female Americana and country artists including Brandi Carlile<\/a>, Maren Morris<\/a>, Margo Price<\/a> and Kacey Musgraves<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the genres\u2019 game-changing women you must see live this year:<\/p>\n