The 56th Academy of Country Music Awards 2021: The Complete List of Winners

The 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards was held on Sunday in Nashville. The ACM Awards were co-hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton. 

The first award of the evening went to Old Dominion, for group of the year, followed by recognition for Morris as singer and co-writer of the song of the year. Luke Bryan won entertainer of the year, but he was unable to attend due to testing positive for Covid-19 last week. 

Here is the list of all the winners and nominees of the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards:

Entertainer of the Year

• Luke Bryan - WINNER

• Eric Church

• Luke Combs

• Thomas Rhett

• Chris Stapleton

 

Female Artist of the Year

• Maren Morris - WINNER

• Kelsea Ballerini

• Miranda Lambert

• Ashley McBryde

• Carly Pearce

 

Male Artist of the Year

• Thomas Rhett - WINNER

• Dierks Bentley

• Luke Combs

• Eric Church

• Chris Stapleton

 

Duo of the Year

• Dan + Shay - WINNER

• Brooks & Dunn

• Brothers Osborne

• Florida Georgia Line

• Maddie & Tae

 

Group of the Year

• Old Dominion - WINNER

• Lady A

• Little Big Town

• The Cadillac Three

• The Highwomen

 

New Female Artist of the Year

• Gabby Barrett - WINNER

• Ingrid Andress

• Tenille Arts

• Mickey Guyton

• Caylee Hammack

 

New Male Artist of the Year

• Jimmie Allen - WINNER

• Travis Denning

• HARDY

• Cody Johnson

• Parker McCollum

 

Album of the Year

• Starting Over – Chris Stapleton - WINNER

• Born Here Live Here Die Here – Luke Bryan

• Mixtape Vol. 1 – Kane Brown

• Never Will – Ashley McBryde

• Skeletons – Brothers Osborne

 

Single of the Year

• I Hope You’re Happy Now – Carly Pearce & Lee Brice - WINNER

• Bluebird – Miranda Lambert

• I Hope – Gabby Barrett

• More Hearts Than Mine – Ingrid Andress

• The Bones – Maren Morris

 

Song of the Year

• The Bones – Maren Morris - WINNER

• Bluebird – Miranda Lambert

• One Night Standards – Ashley McBryde

• Some People Do – Old Dominion

• Starting Over – Chris Stapleton

 

Video of the Year

• Worldwide Beautiful – Kane Brown - WINNER

• Better Than We Found It – Maren Morris

• Bluebird – Miranda Lambert

• Gone - Dierks Bentley

• Hallelujah – Carrie Underwood and John Legend

 

Music Event of the Year

• I Hope You’re Happy Now – Carly Pearce & Lee Brice - WINNER

• Be A Light – Thomas Rhett featuring Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, Keith Urban

• Does To Me – Luke Combs feat. Eric Church

• Nobody But You – Blake Shelton ft. Gwen Stefani

• One Beer – HARDY ft. Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson

• One Too Many – Keith Urban, P!nk