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This combination photo shows, from left, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett and Chris Stapleton, nominees for entertainer of the year at this years ACM Awards.
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In this Aug. 3, 2020 photo, Mickey Guyton is photographed during a remote portrait session in Los Angeles on Aug. 3, 2020, left, and Keith Urban appears at the 13th Annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn. on August 21, 2019. Guyton and Urban will host the Academy of Country Music Awards in April.
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Carrie Underwood appears at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Nov. 24, 2019, left, and CeCe Winans performs during the Dove Awards in Nashville, Tenn. on Oct. 15, 2019. Underwood will sing with gospel legend CeCe Winans on Sunday s Academy of Country Music Awards.
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Publishing date: Apr 18, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 2 minute read • Brothers Osborne perform Dead man s curve during the 56th Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, April 18, 2021. Photo by Wade Payne /REUTERS
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It was a big night for Maren Morris and Luke Bryan at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday.
Bryan, who was forced to pull out of a performance at the show after testing positive for COVID-19, picked up the event’s Entertainer of the Year prize, while Maren doubled up with the Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year honours.
Luke Bryan appears on screen accepting the award for entertainer of the year at the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, April 18, 2021, at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Carrie Underwood performs at the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Saturday, April 17, 2021, at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. The awards show airs on April 18 with both live and prerecorded segments. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) John Osborne, left, and T.J. Osborne, of Brothers Osborne, perform at the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, April 18, 2021, at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Brent Harrington/CBSBackstage in the virtual ACM Awards press room, country stars looked anxiously toward a horizon that promises a return to touring,.