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The 2024 ACM Awards aired on Thursday night (May 16), and the event was a Who's Who of all of the biggest stars in country music — with a few very notable exceptions.Who Were the Big Winners at the 2024 ACM Awards?Lainey Wilson was the biggest winner at the 2024 ACM Awards, taking home Music Event of the Year (alongside Jelly Roll), Female Artist of the Year and the night's most […]

Lainey Wilson may be the newly crowned 2024 ACM Entertainer of the Year, but she's still the same little girl in Baskin, La. sitting on her rooftop casting her dreams up in the stars.Before the show, Taste of Country asked Wilson if she's still dreaming after checking so many career boxes over the last few years."I am still dreaming, because the truth is I've just — from the beginning I […]

Lainey Wilson is Entertainer of the Year once again. The "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" singer was the big winner at the 2024 ACM Awards.She topped six other country hitmakers, all of whom, she says, supported her on her journey. After thanking God, her team and band, Wilson recalled sitting on the roof of her home in Baskin, La., gazing at the stars and watching airplanes fly by."I'd dream about being […]

Cody Johnson's "Dirt Cheap" isn't about being thrifty. The lyrics to his new country ballad will hit the hearts of anyone who's a parent, and most of those who just have one.Josh Phillips wrote "Dirt Cheap," found on Johnson's critically acclaimed Leather album. Country fans should be familiar with the theme: a businessman comes knocking, but a property owner isn't selling. Justin Moore, Montgomery Gentry and (in a different kind of […]

Jason Aldean turned to one of Toby Keith's for a tribute during Thursday night's ACM Awards. The legend's son and — for the first time — wife watched from the crowd.Keith, who died from complications of stomach cancer on Feb. 5, was a good friend of Aldean's. One of his final public appearances was at an Aldean concert last year.Related: 2024 ACM Awards Red Carpet Pictures: See Country Music's Best DressedSeated on stools, […]

Toby Keith's family wanted to make sure their feelings about Jason Aldean's performance at the 2024 ACM Awards were clear.The singer's wife Tricia and his three kids Shelley, Krystal and Stelen were in the audience to see Aldean perform a toned-down version of "Should've Been a Cowboy," Keith's first hit single. Tears streamed down their faces as the song closed.Aldean and Keith were good friends, with the legend surprising the […]

Lainey Wilson choked up a tiny bit accepting the Female Artist of the Year award at the ACMs on Thursday (May 16), and we're pretty sure we know why.The "Hang Tight Honey" singer mentioned her father, Brian Wilson. His two-year-long health battle has been the source of many tears, but recently, she told Taste of Country that the news is good from home.Maybe that's why she and her mother were having […]

Sara Evans will not be attending the 2024 ACM Awards because she is sick. The country singer turned to social media to share the news, using a heartbroken emoji."Hey everyone," she writes. "Unfortunately I have been super sick this week. I was hoping to feel better, but I am not able to make it to the ACM Awards tonight and I have to reschedule my shows in Rocky Mount, VA […]

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