ACM Awards 2021: Luke Bryan wins top award, but female acts own the night
By Mesfin Fekadu
A quick look at the incredible life of Dolly Parton.
NEW YORK - Carrie Underwood brought the Academy of Country Music Awards to church. Maren Morris won two honors, including song of the year. Miranda Lambert performed three times and held on to her record as the most decorated winner in ACM history. And Mickey Guyton, the first Black woman to host the awards show, gave a powerful, top-notch vocal performance.
Though female country stars didn’t compete for the night’s top prize – Luke Bryan was named entertainer of the year – they owned Sunday’s ACM Awards.
Luke Bryan wins top ACM Award, but female acts own the night In this June 5, 2019 file photo, Luke Bryan arrives at the CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. Paula Abdul is set to return as a guest judge on Monday night s first live episode of American Idol replacing Luke Bryan, who announced he tested positive for COVID-19. (Source: AP Photo/Sanford Myers) By Associated Press | April 18, 2021 at 6:54 AM CDT - Updated April 18 at 10:25 PM
NEW YORK (AP) â Carrie Underwood brought the Academy of Country Music Awards to church. Maren Morris won two honors, including song of the year. Miranda Lambert performed three times and held onto her record as the most decorated winner in ACM history. And Mickey Guyton, the first Black woman to host the awards show, gave a powerful, top-notch vocal performance.
By Taylor Fields
Apr 19, 2021
Chris Stapleton made everyone tear up during his performance at the 2021 Academy of Country Music Awards when he performed his emotional Maggie s Song alongside Maggie s Song is a tribute to Stapleton s late dog, and the song is a true story about how he and his wife Morgane rescued the pup from an abandoned shopping cart, forever making her a member of their family.
Performing live from The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Stapleton and Lambert, who is also a big advocate for animals, performed the somber Maggie s Song as Chris sang and played acoustic guitar, and Miranda joined him on vocals. They sang tear-jerking lyrics like, It was raining on a Monday/ The day that Maggie died/ She woke up and couldn’t use her legs/ So I laid down by her side/ She put her head on my hand/ Like she’d done so many times/ I told her she was a good dog/ Then I told her goodbye.
After winning Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2021 Academy of Country Music Awards, the Maren Morris spoke to reporters and shared the.