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Awards
Academy Of Country Music Awards announced
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 7 April 2009
This year’s Academy Of Country Music Awards have been presented at a ceremony in Las Vegas, with former American Idol Carrie Underwood taking the top prize of Entertainer Of The Year, as well as Best Female Vocalist. Accepting the Entertainer Of The Year award, Underwood, who also performed two songs at the show, said: “Thank you, God. I never thought I’d be nominated, I never thought I would win. I don’t know what to say. I’ve got nothing”.
Kenny Chesney, who had won the flagship award for the last four years in a row, criticised the ceremony’s organisers for changing the way the title was chosen, allowing fans to pick their favourite entertainer, rather than just asking members of the Academy Of Country Music.
Anyway, here are the winners in full:
Entertainer Of The Year – Carrie Underwood
Female Vocalist – Carrie Underwood
Male Vocalist – Brad Paisley
New Artist – Julianne Hough
Vocal Group – Rascal Flatts
Vocal Duo – Sugarland
New Female Vocalist – Julianne Hough
New Male Vocalist – Jake Owen
New Due Or Vocal Group – The Zac Brown Band
Single Of The Year – Trace Adkins, You’re Gonna Miss This
Album Of The Year – Taylor Swift, Fearless
Song Of The Year – Jamey Johnson, In Colour
Vocal Event Of The Year – Brad Paisley & Keith Urban, Start A Band
Music Video Of The Year – Brad Paisley, Waitin’ On A Woman
