{"id":1315982,"date":"2019-10-23T08:17:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T14:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1813579"},"modified":"2019-10-23T08:17:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T14:17:07","slug":"luke-bryan-wins-very-first-album-of-the-decade-award-from-acm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/luke-bryan-wins-very-first-album-of-the-decade-award-from-acm\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Bryan Wins Very First Album of the Decade Award from ACM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span>
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New honor. Who dis?<\/p>\n

When Luke Bryan was planning his acoustic set list for last night\u2019s (Oct. 22) show at the Grand Ole Opry, he had no idea what was about to happen. <\/p>\n

It was this: <\/p>\n

The Academy of Country Music\u2019s R.A. Clark (RAC) honored Bryan with the ACM\u2019s first-ever Album of the Decade award for his 4th album, from 2013, Crash My Party.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cCrash My Party<\/em> was such a life-changing album for us,\u201d Bryan said as he picked up the trophy. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know it at the time, we were just loving making music for you guys. It blew my mind the love and support we had from the fans. It\u2019s so fun getting to do this. Thank you to my producer Jeff (Stevens) and my record label and management for sharing this experience with me tonight!\u201d <\/p>\n

This new AOTD award recognizes an album that has impacted country music over a ten-year span. Some of the things that determine the recipient is the music\u2019s success at country radio, the album concept, the sales and streaming, and most importantly, the album\u2019s artistic merit. All of which Bryan had on that album six years ago. <\/p>\n

According to a press release, Crash My Party<\/em> was the largest sales debut for a country male artist since 2004, selling nearly 530,000 albums its first week and debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and the Country sales chart. As for artistic merit, the stack of No. 1 singles from the album was staggering: \u201cCrash My Party,\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s My Kind of Night,\u201d Drink A Beer,\u201d \u201cPlay It Again,\u201d \u201cRoller Coaster,\u201d and \u201cI See You.\u201d<\/p>\n

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