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Miranda Lambert Is The Academy Of Country Music Awards’ Kind Of Crazy

AP080518028784.jpgMiranda Lambert’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend took home the Album Of The Year prize at last night’s ACM Awards, which were held in Las Vegas. Sugarland, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, and Kenny Chesney each won two awards on the evening; among Chesney’s hardware was the Entertainer Of The Year Award, which was voted on by some half-million fans in the first year that the ACM opened the award-giving floodgates to the masses. Lest you think that Chesney’s win was some sort of margarita-lubricated fluke, know that this is actually the fourth straight year he’s won the award. Because everybody loves a party! Full list of winners after the jump.

Entertainer Of The Year: Kenny Chesney
Top Male Vocalist: Brad Paisley
Top Female Vocalist: Carrie Underwood
Top Vocal Group: Rascal Flatts
Top Vocal Duo: Brooks & Dunn
Top New Male Vocalist: Jack Ingram
Top New Female Vocalist: Taylor Swift
Top New Duo Or Vocal Group: Lady Antebellum
Album Of The Year: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Miranda Lambert
Single Of The Year: “Stay,” Sugarland
Song Of The Year: “Stay,” Sugarland
Video Of The Year: “Online,” Brad Paisley
Vocal Event Of The Year: “Find Out Who Your Friends Are,” Tracy Lawrence with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney
Crystal Milestone Award: Garth Brooks
ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian Award: Rascal Flatts

Winners announced for the 43rd annual Academy Of Country Music Awards {PR Newswire]

 
By Maura at 8:53 AM on Mon May 19 2008
  • noliebro

    I was so exctied that Miranda Lambert was recognized for that album..she is one of the best/least known artists currently...she is one of the better country artists in my lifetime

  • Thierry

    @heidiho: Definitely - or, as he would have said "yeaaaaargh!". Also, Garth calling Reba "Miss Yearwood" was a highlight for me, but the best (worst?) line of the night has to go to Reba's "salute to our troops", which went something like "when I put on lipstick/makeup in the morning, I'm reminded that some people put on their bulletproof vests every morning..."

  • dollywould

    @Thierry: Garth was drunk, right? Didn't he totally mess up that Thunder Rolls song (not a Garth fan)? I DVR'd it and fast forwarded through most of it, stopping for the Brad & Carrie duet, Miranda, Keith Urban and Brooks & Dunn (can't help it, I love them).

  • Thierry

    @heidiho: The fact that her and Brad Paisley both won big prizes last night gives me hope for country music.


    As for the rest of the ACM Awards, who's the genius who thought getting artists to do medleys was a good idea? Rodney Atkins (4 songs in 3.5 minutes) and Garth Brooks (10 in 7 minutes) looked like they were stuck inside live K-Tel or Time Life late night commercials for hits compilations!

  • dollywould

    @Chris Molanphy: She's like the anti-Carrie Underwood. She's not a sweet love song kind of girl, maybe that scares traditional country radio. They don't want their pretty blondes to sing about shooting their abusive boyfriends or cheating ("Guilty in Here") or just breaking hearts for no reason ("Down").


    She is a killer live act, and she gets on good tours. She's got that Dolly/Loretta realness to her, and I think this girl will be making music for a long, long time.

  • the rich girls are weeping

    What I want to know is what exactly the Humanitarian award entails. (And why exactly, does Home Depot sponsor it?) Is it because of that "uplifting" song they're currently flogging, "Every Day"?


    Don't tell, but I think Taylor Swift is totally rad.

  • MConnor

    Kenny Chesney is a poor man's Jimmy Buffett. And that's not saying much.

  • Thierry

    @Maura Johnston:

    [www.cmt.com]


    Something that would give fewer accolades to both Chesney and Rascal Flatts would be even better...

  • Maura Johnston

    @GhostOfDuane: link?


    also, anything that gives fewer accolades to rascal flatts is ok by me. god they are atrocious.

  • GhostOfDuane

    What, no coverage of the Chesney/Flatts beef over fan voting? That could turn into Nashville's own Biggie/2pac feud. God I love me a good ACM scandal.

  • Chris Molanphy

    That's quite an upset for Lambert - she still, two albums in, hasn't been fully embraced by the Nashville establishment, or at least the Country Radio-Industrial Complex.


    I read a short item in the new Billboard that her label's still fighting to get her a Top 10 single. The truly awesome "Gunpowder and Lead" just moved a couple of notches into the Top 20 this week.

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