>> Claudine: FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, WELCOME TO THE A.C.M.
AWARDS!
AND NOW, PLEASE WELCOME THE NOMINEES FOR ENTERTAINER OF
THE YEAR: CARRIE UNDERWOOD, THOMAS RHETT, LUKE COMBS, ERIC
CHURCH, AND TO START THINGS OFF, LUKE BRYAN.
WHAT'S UP GUYS.
WE'RE HERE AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY RIGHT HERE IN NASHVILLE,
TENNESSEE, THE ACM AWARDS.
'S GOING TO GET YOU DANCING TONIGHT!
♪ MY DADDY SPENT HIS LIFE LOOKIN' UP AT THE SKY
♪ HE CUSS, KICK THE DUST, SAYIN' "SON, IT'S WAY TOO DRY"
♪ IT CLOUDS UP IN THE CITY THE WEATHER MAN COMPLAINS
♪ BUT WHERE I COME FROM RAIN IS A GOOD THING
♪ RAIN MAKES CORN CORN MAKES WHISKEY
♪ WHISKEY MAKES MY BABY FEEL A LITTLE FRISKY
♪ BACK ROADS ARE BOGGIN' UP MY BUDDIES PILE UP IN MY TRUCK
♪ WE HUNT OUR HUNNIES DOWN WE TAKE 'EM INTO TOWN
♪ START WASHIN' ALL OUR WORRIES DOWN THE DRAIN
♪ RAIN IS A GOOD THING LADY AS AND GENTLEMEN, MY GOOD
BUDDY, ERIC CHURCH.
♪ EARLY MONDAY MORNIN' TO FRIDAY AT FIVE
♪ MAN, I WORK, WORK, WORK BUT I DON'T CLIMB, CLIMB, CLIMB
♪ BOSS MAN CAN SHOVE THAT OVERTIME UP HIS CAN
♪ ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PUT A DRINK IN MY HAND
♪ I FILL IT UP I THROW IT DOWN
♪ I GOT A 40-HOUR WEEK WORTH OF TROUBLE TO DROWN
♪ NO NEED TO COMPLICATE IT I'M A SIMPLE MAN
♪ ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PUT A DRINK IN MY HAND
♪ YEAH, THE PARKING LOT IS MUDDY I CAN'T GET TO THE DOOR
♪ I TAKE MY JACKED-UP DROP 'ER DOWN IN 4X4
♪ YEAH, CHILL DOWN A LONG NECK AND WARM UP THE BAND
♪ ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS PUT A DRINK IN MY HAND
♪ FILL IT UP OR THROW IT DOWN
♪ I'M ABOUT TO TEAR A NEW ONE IN ♪ ALL YOU GOTTA DO
IS PUT A DRINK IN MY HAND ♪ >> PLEASE MAKE WELCOME MY
FELLOW-- LUKE.
♪ SUNDAY MORNING, MAN SHE WOKE UP FIGHTIN' MAD
♪ BITCHIN' AND MOANIN' ON AND ON 'BOUT THE TIME I HAD
♪ AND BY TUESDAY, YOU COULD SAY THAT GIRL WAS GOOD AS GONE
♪ AND THEN WHEN THURSDAY CAME AROUND, I WAS ALL ALONE
♪ SO I WENT FOR A DRIVE TO CLEAR MY MIND
♪ ENDED UP AT A SHELL ON I-65 THEN I WON A HUNDRED BUCKS ON A
♪ SCRATCH-OFF TICKET BOUGHT TWO 12-PACKS
♪ AND A TANK OF GAS WITH IT SHE SWORE THEY WERE A
♪ WASTE OF TIME OH, BUT SHE WAS WRONG
♪ I WAS CALLER NUMBER FIVE ON THE RADIO STATION
♪ WON A FOUR-DAY, THREE-NIGHT BEACH VACATION
♪ DEEP SEA, SEÑORITA FISHING DOWN IN PANAMA
♪ AND I AIN'T GOTTA SEE MY EX- FUTURE-MOTHER-IN-LAW ANYMORE
♪ OH LORD, WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS
AND NOW OVER TO THE RYE MANMAN-- RYMAN FOR
MR. THOMAS RHETT.
♪ HEY GIRL, YOU MAKE ME WANNA WRITE A SONG
♪ SIT YOU DOWN I'LL SING IT TO YOU
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG I'VE HAD A MELODY IN MY HEAD
♪ SINCE SHE WALKED IN HERE AND KNOCKED ME DEAD
♪ YEAH GIRL, YOU MAKE ME WANNA WRITE A SONG
♪ AND IT GOES LIKE OOH
♪ WHAT I WOULDN'T DO TO WRITE MY NAME ON YOUR HEART
♪ GET YOU WRAPPED IN MY ARMS BABY, ALL AROUND YOU
♪ AND IT GOES LIKE HEY
♪ GIRL I'M BLOWN AWAY YEAH, IT STARTS WITH A SMILE
♪ AND IT ENDS WITH AN ALL-NIGHT- LONG SLOW KISS
♪ YEAH, IT GOES LIKE THIS ♪ >> THANK YOU SO MUCH!
WE'RE GOING TO THROW IT BACK TO CARRIE UNDERWOOD AT THE OPRY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ RIGHT NOW, SHE'S PRO'BLY UP
SINGIN' ♪ SOME WHITE TRASH VERSION
OF SHANIA KARAOKE ♪ RIGHT NOW, SHE'S PRO'BLY
SAYIN' "I'M DRUNK" ♪ AND HE'S A THINKIN' THAT HE'S
GONNA GET LUCKY ♪ RIGHT NOW, HE'S PRO'BLY DABBIN
ON ♪ THREE DOLLARS WORTH OF THAT
BATHROOM POLO ♪ OH, AND HE DON'T KNOW
I DUG MY KEY INTO THE SIDE ♪ OF HIS PRETTY LITTLE SOUPED-UP
FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE ♪ CARVED MY NAME INTO HIS
LEATHER SEATS ♪ I TOOK A LOUISVILLE SLUGGER
TO BOTH HEADLIGHTS ♪ SLASHED A HOLE IN ALL FOUR
TIRES ♪ MAYBE NEXT TIME HE'LL THINK
BEFORE HE CHEATS ♪ OH, MAYBE NEXT TIME HE'LL
THINK BEFORE HE CHEATS ♪ OHHHH, BEFORE HE CHEATS
OHHHH ♪ >> Claudine: WELCOME TO THE 55th
ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, A NIGHT OF HEART AND
HITS LIVE FROM NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.
THIS EVENING WE BRING YOU 23 PERFORMANCES FROM THE BIGGEST
STARS IN COUNTRY FROM THREE OF THE MOST ICONIC VENUES HERE IN
MUSIC CITY.
FROM THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE: KANE BROWN, LUKE BRYAN, ERIC
CHURCH, DAN AND SHAY, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, MICKEY GUYTON
FEATURING KEITH URBAN, MORGAN WALLEN, AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD,
WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
AT THE HISTORIC RYMAN AUDITORIUM: KELSEA BALLERINI,
GABBY BARRETT, RILEY GREEN, MAREN MORRIS, OLD DOMINION,
THOMAS RHETT FEATURING JON PARDI AND TENILLE TOWNES.
AND FROM LEGENDARY BLUEBIRD CAFÉ: JIMMIE ALLEN, LUKE COMBS,
MIRANDA LAMBERT AND TIM McGRAW.
PLUS, TWO UNFORGETTABLE DUETS FROM BLAKE SHELTON AND GWEN
STEFANI, AND KEITH URBAN WITH PiNK.
AND A VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY THE ONE AND ONLY TRISHA
YEARWOOD.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS, TAYLOR SWIFT RETURNS TO
THE ACM STAGE WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF HER HIT
SONG "BETTY."
NOW, PLEASE WELCOME YOUR HOST FOR THE EVENING, KEITH URBAN!
>> Keith: ALL RIGHT!
WHOOO!
AMAZING.
WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THE 55th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY
MUSIC AWARDS.
NOW AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS SHOW WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE
IN LAS VEGAS IN APRIL BUT WAS POSTPONED DUE TO LOCKDOWN BUT
TONIGHT WE'RE BACK.
OF COURSE DUE TO THE COVID WAR THAT WE ARE LIVING IN RIGHT NOW
WE WANTED AN AUDIENCE HERE BUT WE HAVE EVERY ONE OF YOU
WATCHING, WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING FROM RIGHT NOW, THANK
YOU SO MUCH EVERY ONE OF YOU.
AFTER DECADES OF BEING IN LAS VEGAS AND LOS ANGELES THE ACM
AWARDS ARE RIGHT HERE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, THE HOME
OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, BY THE WAY, AND PART OF BEING HOME IS
CELEBRATING THREE ICONIC LOCATIONS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN FOR
MANY OF US.
TONIGHT OUR SHOW IS GOING TO COME FROM THE HISTORIC RYMAN
AUDITORIUM, THE LEGENDARY BLUEBIRD CAFE AND OF COURSE
RIGHT HERE AT THIS COUNTRY MUSIC TREASURE, THE GRAND OLE OPRY
HOUSE.
EVERY THEY GREW UP DREAMING AND HEARING OF THESE GREAT PLACE, I
A AND NOW THE HONOR OF APPEARING AT THEM.
WITH ALL THAT SAID, THIS HAS BEEN AN UNPREDICTABLE AND
UNSETTLING YEAR FOR EVERYONE.
EVEN AS OF RIGHT NOW OUR FRIENDS OUT WEST ARE BATTLING HORRIFIC
WILDFIRES, OUR FOLKS ON THE GULF COAST ARE THREATENED BY
HURRICANES.
WE WANT TO SEND OUR LOVE, THOUGHTS AND OUR PRAYERS OUT
TOVE REE ONE OF YOU AFFECTED RIGHT NOW.
AND OF COURSE WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF TRYING TO FIGHT TWO
PANDEMICS.
COVID-19 AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE.
FAR TOO MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST TO BOTH.
THE EXAMPLE SET BY OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS,
ALONG WITH THE VOICES CRYING OUT FOR EQUALITY IN ALL WALKS OF
LIFE, HAVE ECHOED AROUND THE WORLD AND RIGHT HERE IN OUR
COUNTRY.
THEY INSPIRE US TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS
THESE CHALLENGES AM COUNTRY MUSIC IS MANY THINGS TO MANY
PEOPLE, BUT AT ITS CENTER, AT ITS CORE, AT ITS HEART I BELIEVE
IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY.
THE SONGS, THE STORIES, AND THE ARTUSES TELLING THEM BRING US
HEALING, COMFORT AND THEY BRING HOPE.
WE SURE COULD USE SOME OF THAT RIGHT ABOUT NOW, DON'T YOU
THINK?
TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE WITH SOME CLASSIC
MUSIC MOMENTS, INCREDIBLE COLLABORATIONS AND POWERFUL
PERFORMANCES AND THE BEST WAY TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT I AM
TALKING ABOUT IS TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE VERY TALENTED JIMMIE
ALLEN WITH HIS DEBUT ACM PERFORMANCE AT THE BLUEBIRD
CAFE.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LONG LEGS, CUTOFF JEANS
PULLIN' ME IN LIKE A MAGNET ♪ YOUR EYES LOCKED ON ME
I KNEW RIGHT THEN ♪ I HAD TO HAVE YOU
'CAUSE RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR
♪ OF THIS HOLE-IN-THE-WALL ON A BACK STREET
♪ I KNEW I HAD TO GET CLOSE TO YOU
♪ GIRL, WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
WHAT YOU DRINKIN'?
♪ YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG?
♪ IF YOU'RE THINKIN' WHAT I'M THINKIN'
♪ WE AIN'T GONNA BE IN THIS BAR TOO LONG
♪ WE'LL BE SNEAKIN' ON OUT TO YOUR CAR
♪ STEALIN' KISSES OUT THERE IN THE DARK
♪ YEAH, IT MIGHT BE TOO SOON TO SAY, "I LOVE YOU"
♪ BUT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME WANT TO
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ SOFT HANDS TOUCHIN' ON ME LIGHTIN' ME UP LIKE A BONFIRE
♪ YOUR LIPS ARE MAKIN' ME THINK THIS IS GONNA BE AN ALL-NIGHTER
♪ 'CAUSE RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CROWD
♪ YOU'RE THE CENTER OF THE WORLD ON A BARSTOOL
♪ AND OH YEAH, I HAD TO GET CLOSE TO YOU
♪ GIRL, WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
WHAT YOU DRINKIN'?
♪ YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG?
♪ IF YOU'RE THINKIN' WHAT I'M THINKIN'
♪ WE AIN'T GONNA BE IN THIS BAR TOO LONG
♪ WE'LL BE SNEAKIN' ON OUT TO YOUR CAR
♪ STEALIN' KISSES OUT THERE IN THE DARK
♪ YEAH, IT MIGHT BE TOO SOON TO SAY, "I LOVE YOU"
♪ BUT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME WANT TO
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
YEAH ♪ WE'LL BE SNEAKIN' ON OUT TO
YOUR CAR, CAR, CAR ♪ STEALIN' KISSES OUT THERE IN
THE DARK, DARK, DARK ♪ GIRL, WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
WHAT YOU DRINKIN'?
♪ YEAH, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG?
♪ IF YOU'RE THINKIN' WHAT I'M THINKIN'
♪ WE AIN'T GONNA BE IN THIS BAR TOO LONG
♪ WE'LL BE SNEAKIN' ON OUT TO YOUR CAR
♪ STEALIN' KISSES OUT THERE IN THE DARK
♪ YEAH, IT MIGHT BE TOO SOON TO SAY, "I LOVE YOU"
♪ BUT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME WANT TO
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
GIRL YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME WANT TO,
WANT TO ♪ YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME WANT TO
I WANT YOU, YEAH ♪ >> Claudine: AT THE RYMAN
AUDITORIUM, OLD DOMINION, LAST YEAR'S A.C.M. VOCAL GROUP
OF THE YEAR.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ BEEN FLYING SOLO FOR SO LONG NOBODY'S SINGING THE HARMONY
♪ UP THERE JUST ME AND MY SHADOW NO BASS, NO GUITAR, NO
♪ TAMBOURINE AND I FOUND YOU LIKE A MELODY
♪ YOU WERE SINGING IN THE SAME KEY AS ME
♪ WE HAD 'EM DANCING IN THE STREETS
♪ I DON'T WANNA BE A ONE MAN BAND
♪ I DON'T WANNA BE A ROLLING STONE, ALONE
♪ ARE WE WRITTEN IN THE STARS BABY
♪ ARE WE WRITTEN IN THE SAND ♪ PUTTING MILES ON A RUN-DOWN
VAN ♪ BABY, WE COULD TAKE OUR OWN
SHOW ON THE ROAD ♪ YOU GOTTA LOVE LIKE THERE'S NO
SUCH THING AS BROKEN HEARTS ♪ I'LL LAY DOWN THE BEAT, YOU
CARRY THE TUNE ♪ I KNOW YOU AIN'T IN LOVE WITH
HIM, BREAK UP WITH HIM ♪ SO BEFORE WE TURN IN, I CAN'T
MAKE YOU LOVE ME ♪ LET'S BE BROWN-EYED GIRL,
SWEET CAROLINE, FREE-FALL AND ♪ SMALL TOWN SATURDAY NIGHT
BEFORE YOU LOSE THAT LOVING ♪ FEELING
LET'S GO DANCING ON THE CEILING ♪ KEEP ON LIVING THAT TEENAGE
DREAM ♪ PARADISE CITY WHERE THE GRASS
IS GREEN ♪ PRETTY SOON I'LL BE SO
LONESOME I COULD CRY ♪ BUT THAT'S A SONG FOR ANOTHER
TIME ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ THAT'S A SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME
THAT'S A SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME ♪ ♪ ♪
THAT'S A SONG FOR ANOTHER TIME
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ WELL IT WAS DOWN SOME STREET WE COULDN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE
♪ WE WERE SMOKING A LITTLE FROM ♪ TEQUILA WAS CHEAP BUT THE FLOW
WE WERE FEELING WAS REAL ♪ NEITHER ONE OF US LOOKING FOR
THREE LITTLE WORDS ♪ UNLESS THOSE THREE WORDS WERE
"DO NOT DISTURB" ♪ CHECKOUT WAS S'POSED TO BE
NOON BUT WE SLEPT IN 'TIL THREE ♪ SHE KEPT THE HOTEL KEY
SLIPPED IT IN HER PURSE, I GUESS ♪ I GUESS IT MAKES HER THINK OF
ME ♪ AND THAT NIGHT WE LEFT OUR
HEARTS ON OUR SLEEVES AND THE ♪ CLOTHES ALL OVER THE FLOOR
WE BOTH KNOW WE CAN'T OPEN THE ♪ DOOR NO MORE
SHE KEPT THE HOTEL KEY ♪ I KNOW IT'S A DRAG, I KNOW
IT'S A GRIND ♪ I KNOW THAT A DOLLAR AIN'T
WORTH A DIME ♪ I KNOW YOU GET TIRED, I KNOW
YOU GET DOWN ♪ I KNOW YOU GET SICK OF THIS
SOUL SUCKING TOWN ♪ SHE LEFT THE LIGHTS
SHE LEFT THE CROWD ♪ SHE LEFT THE WORLD AND LOCKED
IT OUT ♪ SHE LEFT A PICTURE IN MY HEAD
SHE LEFT THE NIGHT I CAN'T ♪ FORGET
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ OPEN SKY, GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN,
TAKE THE TOP OFF THE CJ-7 ♪ LET THAT SURFSIDE SAN ANNE
WIND MESS UP YOUR HAIR ♪ AND LET THAT WINDSHIELD FRAME
THE OCEAN ♪ RADIO KEEP COAST-TO-COASTIN'
IF WE DON'T GET WHERE WE'RE ♪ GOING, BABY I DON'T CARE
I'M ALREADY THERE ♪ 'CAUSE I'M STUCK ON YOU,
YOU'RE STUCK ON ME ♪ I NEVER GOTTA WONDER WHERE MY
HONEY BE ♪ I AIN'T SAVIN' ALL MY SUGAR
FOR A SATURDAY NIGHT ♪ SEVEN DAYS A WEEK I GOT AN
APPETITE ♪ THE SUNSETS LIKE A TANGERINE
LET'S FIND A ROAD WE'VE NEVER ♪ SEEN
DON'T WASTE ANOTHER MILE OR A ♪ MINUTE NOT KISSIN' ME
LIFE IS SHORT, MAKE IT SWEET ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ LIFE IS SHORT, MAKE IT SWEET OH YEAH ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Claudine: AND NOW, AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE, A.C.M.
WINNERS CLINT BLACK AND LISA HARTMAN BLACK.
>> WOW, WE NEED TO GET DRESSED UP MORE OFTEN.
>> WE DO >> WE WANT TO THANK THE
ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC FOR HAVING THIS CELEBRATION HERE
IN MUSIC CITY USA.
>> AND WE WANT TO THANK NASHVILLE AND THE ENTIRE STATE
OF TENNESSEE FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY.
>> AND WE WANT TO THANK THESE NOMINEES FOR CONTINUING THE
TRADITION OF DYNAMIC DUOS IN COUNTRY MUSIC.
>> Claudine: FOR DUO OF THE YEAR, THE NOMINEES ARE:
BROOKS & DUNN.
BROTHERS OSBORNE.
DAN AND SHAY.
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE.
MADDIE AND TAE.
AND THE A.C.M. DUO OF THE YEAR GOES TO...
DAN AND SHAY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> OH MY GOODNESS, THIS IS
AMAZING.
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START OFF THE NIGHT, FIRST OF ALL I KNOW I
WILL START RAMBLING BECAUSE THESE THINGS MAKE ME SO NERVOUS.
IT IS MY WIFE'S BIRTHDAY, ABBEY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I WISH YOU WERE HERE, I MISS YOU SO MUCH.
I LOVE YOU, HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER, I WILL BE
HOME SOON.
THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VOTING FOR
US, THIS IS AMAZING.
WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COUNTRY MUSIC FAMILY.
THE COUNTRY MS.-- MUSIC FANS ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD, THANK YOU
FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT US AND MAKE OUR DREAMS COME TRUE, WE
LOVE YOU, COUNTRY RADIO THANK YOU FOR PLAYING OUR RECORDS, OUR
TEAM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
>> HANNA,ASKER, I I LOVE YOU ♪ ♪ ♪
GUYS, THANK YOU Y'ALL SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
7 >> Claudine: OUR CELEBRATION IN
NASHVILLE CONTINUES WITH ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE
LUKE BRYAN, NEXT.
PLUS, WE'LL HEAD BACK TO THE HISTORIC RYMAN AUDITORIUM FOR A
PERFORMANCE BY KELSEA BALLERINI.
AND LATER, A DEBUT FROM BLAKE SHELTON AND GWEN STEFANI,
AND TAYLOR SWIFT PERFORMS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS!
THE 55th A.C.M. AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: THE 55th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.
SPONSORED BY FORD.
BUILT FORD PROUD.
>> Claudine: WE'RE BACK, FROM NASHVILLE
HERE'S ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE LUKE BRYAN PERFORMING“
ONE MARGARITA.” ♪ EVERYBODY HERE AIN'T FROM HERE
BUT WE'RE HERE DOIN' OUR THING ♪ LETTIN' GO A LITTLE
LITTLE BY LITTLE ♪ SIPPIN' ON A FROZEN DRINK
TIKI BARS TIK'N ♪ POURIN' ALL WEEKEND
CLOUDS AIN'T LEAKIN' NO RAIN ♪ TWO PIECES SHAKIN'
WHITE CAPS A-BREAKIN' ♪ WE AIN'T FEELIN' NO PAIN
IT GOES LIKE ♪ ONE MARGARITA, TWO MARGARITA,
THREE MARGARITA, SHOT ♪ DON'T WORRY 'BOUT TOMORROW
LEAVE ALL YOUR SORROW ♪ OUT HERE ON THE FLOATIN' DOCK
WHEN THAT SUN LAYS DOWN ♪ WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY
ONE MORE BAREFOOT ROUND ♪ ONE MORE LAST CHANCE TO SAY
"HEY, SEÑORITA ♪ DON'T YOU THINK WE NEED A
SALT AND A BUFFETT SONG?" ♪ ONE MARGARITA, TWO MARGARITA,
THREE MARGARITA, WE'LL BE GONE ♪ ICE BLUE SKIES
SHADES ON THE EYES ♪ TO TUCK THE BLOODSHOT AWAY
HAIR OF THE DOG ♪ SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG
BUT WHO CARES ♪ WE GOT ALL DAY
PALM TREES A-LEANIN' ♪ SUNBURN SCREAMIN'
BUT WE'LL ALL BE ALRIGHT, AFTER ♪ ONE MARGARITA, TWO MARGARITA,
THREE MARGARITA, SHOT ♪ DON'T WORRY 'BOUT TOMORROW
LEAVE ALL YOUR SORROW ♪ OUT HERE ON THE FLOATIN' DOCK
WHEN THAT SUN LAYS DOWN ♪ WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY
ONE MORE BAREFOOT ROUND ♪ ONE MORE LAST CHANCE TO SAY
"HEY, SEÑORITA ♪ DON'T YOU THINK WE NEED A
SALT AND A BUFFETT SONG?" ♪ ONE MARGARITA, TWO MARGARITA,
THREE MARGARITA, WE'LL BE GONE ♪ ♪ ♪
WE'LL BE GONE
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
TIKI BARS TIK'N ♪ POURIN' ALL WEEKEND
CLOUDS AIN'T LEAKIN' NO RAIN ♪ TWO PIECES SHAKIN'
WHITE CAPS A-BREAKIN' ♪ WE AIN'T FEELIN' NO PAIN
IT GOES LIKE
♪ ONE MARGARITA, TWO MARGARITA, THREE MARGARITA, SHOT
♪ DON'T WORRY 'BOUT TOMORROW LEAVE ALL YOUR SORROW
♪ OUT HERE ON THE FLOATIN' DOCK WHEN THAT SUN LAYS DOWN
♪ WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY ONE MORE BAREFOOT ROUND
♪ ONE MORE LAST CHANCE TO SAY "HEY, SEÑORITA
♪ DON'T YOU THINK WE NEED A SALT AND A BUFFETT SONG?"
♪ ONE MARGARITA, TWO MARGARITA, THREE MARGARITA, WE'LL BE GONE
♪ WE'LL BE GONE ♪ WE'LL BE GONE
WE'LL BE GONE ♪ >> Claudine: PLEASE WELCOME
THE A.C.M. NATIONAL ON-AIR PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR,
BOBBY BONES.
>> LIKE MOST STORYTELLERS, SONGWRITERS WRITE FROM THE
HEART, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, AND, HOPEFULLY, THEIR MUSIC
MAKES A CONNECTION WITH THE LISTENER.
THROUGH THE AIRWAVES AND STREAMING, THESE NEXT NOMINEES
MADE SOME BIG-TIME CONNECTIONS.
>> Claudine: FOR SONG OF THE YEAR, THE NOMINEES ARE...“
10,000 HOURS” BY DAN AND SHAY WITH JUSTIN BIEBER.“
GIRL GOIN' NOWHERE” BY ASHLEY McBRYDE.“
GOD'S COUNTRY” BY BLAKE SHELTON.“
ONE MAN BAND” BY OLD DOMINION.“ SOME OF IT” BY ERIC CHURCH.
THEY'RE ALL SUCH GOOD SONGS.
AND THE A.C.M. SONG OF THE YEAR GOES TO...“
ONE MAN BAND” BY OLD DOMINION.
I DON'T WANT TO BE A ONE-MAN BAND.
♪ I DON'T WANT TO BE A ROLLING STONE ALONE PUTTING MILES ON A
RUNDOWN VAN.
♪ BABY, WE CAN TAKE OUR OWN.
♪.
>> WE'RE SMILING.
WOW.
MAN.
THAT'S A BIG ONE.
MAN, THERE IS JUST-- SONG WRITING IS WHAT GOT US HERE.
THIS IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD SAY BUT WE'RE SITTING HERE
IN THIS EMPTY ROOM AND I CAN HEAR ANDREW OUR FRIEND THAT
PASSED AWAY.
I CAN HEAR HIM SAYING, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
LIKE HE USED TO YELL THAT AT US.
AND I CAN FEEL-- I CAN FEEL YOUR DAD, SMILING.
CAN I FEEL HOW PROUD HE IS RIGHT NOWMENT I CAN FEEL YOUR BROTHER.
I CAN FEEL HIM, I CAN FEEL THEM ALL.
THEY ARE SO PROUD.
AND THIS IS SUCH AN HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS IN THEIR PRESENCE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
>> Claudine: NOW, AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM, FEMALE ARTIST OF THE
YEAR NOMINEE KELSEA BALLERINI.
>> WHAT'S UP, EVERYBODY?
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS TONIGHT, THIS IS SO
SPECIAL, ESPECIALLY HERE AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM.
AND I PICKED THIS SONG BECAUSE-- I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I
FEEL LIKE, THIS YEAR, WE CAN ALL USE A DRINK.
( LAUGHS ) ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ HOLE IN THE BOTTLE
THAT BOTTLE OF WINE ♪ ♪ ♪
HOLE IN THE BOTTLE ♪ IT AIN'T MY FAULT
SO DON'T BLAME ME ♪ I SWEAR I JUST CAME HERE TO
UNWIND AND HAVE ONE DRINK ♪ THE WAY IT LOOKS
AIN'T WHAT YOU THINK ♪ THIS CABERNET HAS A WAY OF
VANISHING ON ME ♪ THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTLE
LEAKING ALL THIS WINE ♪ IT'S ALREADY EMPTY AND
IT AIN'T EVEN SUPPER TIME ♪ HONEY, NO, I DON'T MISS HIM
IN FACT, IT SLIPPED MY MIND ♪ THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTLE
OF WINE ♪ I KEEP MY COOL
PLAY BY ALL THE RULES ♪ AND I SWEAR TEN MINUTES AGO
THAT BOTTLE WAS FULL ♪ BUT I WON'T CRY
ABOUT LOVE GONE WRONG ♪ 'CAUSE TEARS WOULD WATER DOWN
THIS RUBY RED I'M SIPPING ON ♪ THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTLE
LEAKING ALL THIS WINE ♪ IT'S ALREADY EMPTY AND
IT AIN'T EVEN SUPPER TIME ♪ HONEY, NO, I DON'T MISS HIM
IN FACT, IT SLIPPED MY MIND ♪ THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTLE
OF WINE ♪ AW, YEAH!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
HOLE IN THE BOTTLE ♪ THAT BOTTLE OF WINE
♪ ♪ ♪ HOLE IN THE BOTTLE
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I WENT AND GOT A NEW ONE
'CAUSE THE OTHER ONE WAS BROKEN ♪ NOW THIS ONE'S HALFWAY GONE
AND IT'S BARELY EVEN OPEN ♪ THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTLE
LEAKING ALL THIS WINE ♪ IT'S ALREADY EMPTY AND
THANK GOD SOMEWHERE IT'S 5:00 ♪ HONEY, NO, I DON'T MISS HIM
IN FACT, IT SLIPPED MY MIND ♪ THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTLE
OF WINE ♪ YOU MAY ASK ME WHERE IT'S
GOING ♪ BUT I CAN'T EVEN FIND
THE HOLE IN THE BOTTLE OF WINE ♪ >> CHEERS!
>> Claudine: LET'S RETURN, LIVE, TO THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE, AND
RUNAWAY JUNE.
>> THIS SUMMER, THE WORLD WAS IN LOCKDOWN.
>> BUT "A.C.M. LIFTING LIVES," THE PHILANTHROPIC ARM OF THE
ACADEMY, STAYED BUSY.
>> THEY FOUND NEW WAYS TO KEEP THE MUSIC GOING-- AND WE GOT TO
BE PART OF IT!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> THE ANNUAL ACM LIFTING LIVES CAMP WENT VIRTUAL GIVING THOSE
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL MUCH NEEDED CREATIVE FUN WITH COUNTRY MUSIC.
>> HERE'S TO HAPPINESS.
>> YEAH!
>> THE CAMPERS WROTE AN ORIGINAL SONG PRODUCED BY ROD COPPERMAN,
THIS YEAR'S LIFTING LIVES AWARD WINNER FOR SERVICE TO THE
CHARITY AND THE MUSICAL MEDICINE CONTINUES WITH THE LIFTING LIVES
COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND WHICH IS ALREADY GETTING MORE THAN 1.7
MILLION DOLLARS TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC COMMUNITY.
>> THANKS TO THE ACMS LIFTING LIVES COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND I
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS ON TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY.
>> ACM LIFTING LIVES, IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF
MUSIC.
♪ >> Claudine: NEXT, THANKS TO OUR
FRIENDS AT FORD, WE'LL RETURN TO THE LEGENDARY BLUEBIRD CAFÉ FOR
AN ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE BY MIRANDA LAMBERT.
PLUS, MORGAN WALLEN SINGS HIS NUMBER ONE HIT, “WHISKEY
GLASSES.” AND LATER, CARRIE UNDERWOOD,
SALUTES THE WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO
THE 95th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY.
THE A.C.M. AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: NEXT UP FROM THE BLUEBIRD CAFE, MIRANDA LAMBERT.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: WELCOME BACK.
NOW, FROM NASHVILLE'S LEGENDARY BLUEBIRD CAFÉ,
WINNER OF MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR, MIRANDA LAMBERT.
'S SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AT THE LEGENDARY BLUE BIRD PERFORMING
WITH MY GOOD FRIENDS AND COWRITERS LUKE DICK AND NATALIE
HEMBY, WE ARE GOING O TO DO THE SONG LIKE WE WROTE THE SONG,
DOING BUT BIRD'S BLUE BIRD.
HERE WE GO.
♪ YEAH, I'M A TURNER I TURN PAGES ALL THE TIME
♪ DON'T LIKE WHERE I'M AT 34 WAS BAD
♪ SO I JUST TURN TO 35 YEAH, I'M A KEEPER
♪ I KEEP DIGGING DOWN FOR THE DEEP
♪ LIKE THE RECORDS I'M PLAYING THEY MIGHT KEEP YOU WAITING
♪ BUT YOU KNOW I'M GONNA PLAY 'EM FOR KEEPS
♪ AND IF THE HOUSE JUST KEEPS ON WINNING
♪ I GOT A WILDCARD UP MY SLEEVE AND IF LOVE KEEPS GIVING ME
♪ LEMONS I'LL JUST MIX 'EM IN MY DRINK
♪ AND IF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD STOPS SINGING
♪ AND ALL THE STARS GO DARK I'LL KEEP A LIGHT ON IN MY SOUL
♪ KEEP A BLUEBIRD IN MY HEART ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ WELL, I'M A GIVER YEAH, AND I'M STILL
♪ GIVING 'EM HELL FORGIVING'S PRETTY HARD
♪ SO I MADE AN ART OUT OF FORGETTING 'EM WELL
♪ YEAH, I'M A RHYMER I CAN TURN TWENTY CENTS INTO
A TEN ♪ AND IF I GET CONFUSED
AND I START TO LOSE ♪ I RHYME A DIME 'TIL
IT ALL MAKES SENSE ♪ AND IF THE HOUSE JUST
KEEPS ON WINNING ♪ I GOT A WILDCARD UP MY SLEEVE
AND IF LOVE KEEPS GIVING ME ♪ LEMONS
I'LL JUST MIX 'EM IN MY DRINK ♪ AND IF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
STOPS SINGING ♪ AND ALL THE STARS GO DARK
I'LL TURN A LIGHT ON IN MY SOUL KEEP A BLUEBIRD IN MY HEART
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ AND IF THE HOUSE JUST
KEEPS ON WINNING ♪ I GOT A WILDCARD UP MY SLEEVE
AND IF LOVE KEEPS GIVING ME ♪ LEMONS
I'LL JUST MIX 'EM IN MY DRINK ♪ AND IF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
STOPS SINGING ♪ AND ALL THE STARS GO DARK
I'LL KEEP A LIGHT ON IN MY SOUL ♪ KEEP A BLUEBIRD IN MY HEART
I'LL KEEP A LIGHT ON IN MY SOUL KEEP A BLUEBIRD IN MY HEART
♪ KEEP A BLUEBIRD IN MY HEART ♪ ♪ ♪
AND THE BLUEBIRD SINGS ♪
>> Keith: FANTASTIC, MIRANDA.
> HEY THERE.
>> Keith: HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M GOOD, I MISS YOU OVER THERE.
>> Keith: YEAH, I MISS YOU OVER THERE TOO.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU.
I LOVE THAT SONG.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU DID IT WITH NATALIE AND LUKE, SHOUT OUT
TO BOTH OF THEM.
>> WELL, HE SAID HI.
KEITH SAYS HI.
>> Keith: WHAT A PERFECT VENUE TO PLAY WITH THE WRITERS, BY THE
WAY, AND FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW, MIRANDA ALSO WON THE VOCAL
EVENT OF THE YEAR.
CONGRATS.
>> YEAH, WITH MY GIRL PALS, SO EXCITED.
>> Keith: AND THIS MAKES MIRANDA, THIS IS YOUR 35th
ACM AWARD, 35, THAT MEANS MIRANDA HAS WON MORE A.C.M.S
THAN ANY HUMAN WHO HAS EVER WALKED THE PLANET OR VENUS.
THAT IS SPECIAL.
>> I LIKE THAT.
SOUNDS BETTER WHEN YOU ARE SAYING IT LIKE THAT, IT MAKES IT
A BIG DEAL.
>> Keith: YOU ARE THE LIFE ON VENUS, CONGRATULATIONS, MIRANDA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Keith: AND NOW HERE IS AN A
AND NOW, HERE IS NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEE MORGAN
WALLEN.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ POOR ME POUR ME ANOTHER DRINK
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA FEEL A THING
♪ NO MORE, HELL NAH I JUST WANNA SIP 'TIL
♪ THE PAIN WEARS OFF POOR ME
♪ POUR ME ANOTHER ROUND LINE 'EM UP AND KNOCK 'EM DOWN
♪ TWO MORE, LET'S GO 'CAUSE I AIN'T EVER
♪ HURT LIKE THIS BEFORE DON'T WANNA THINK ABOUT HER
♪ OR WEAR A RING WITHOUT HER DON'T WANNA HIT THE KARAOKE BAR
♪ CAN'T SING WITHOUT HER SO MAKE THEM DRINKS STRONG
♪ 'CAUSE, BROTHER, SHE'S GONE AND IF I'M EVER GONNA MOVE ON
♪ I'MA NEED SOME WHISKEY GLASSES 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA SEE
♪ THE TRUTH SHE'S PROBABLY MAKING OUT
♪ ON THE COUCH RIGHT NOW WITH SOMEONE NEW
♪ YEAH, I'MA NEED SOME WHISKEY GLASSES
♪ IF I'M GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH IF I'MA BE SINGLE
♪ I'MA NEED A DOUBLE SHOT OF THAT HEARTBREAK PROOF
♪ AND SEE THE WORLD THROUGH WHISKEY GLASSES
♪ AIN'T NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT SIP AROUND THE TRUTH
♪ AND SEE THE WORLD THROUGH WHISKEY GLASSES
♪ I NEED A BETTER VIEW WHERE I DON'T DRINK TO YOU
♪ LAST CALL I SWEAR THIS WILL BE
♪ MY LAST CALL NOW I AIN'T DRUNK DIALING
♪ NO MORE AT 3:00 AM MR. BARTENDER, HIT ME AGAIN
♪ DON'T WANNA THINK ABOUT HER OR WEAR A RING WITHOUT HER
♪ DON'T WANNA HIT THE KARAOKE BAR
♪ CAN'T SING WITHOUT HER SO MAKE THEM DRINKS STRONG
♪ 'CAUSE, BROTHER, SHE'S GONE AND IF I'M EVER GONNA MOVE ON
♪ I'MA NEED SOME WHISKEY GLASSES 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA SEE
♪ THE TRUTH SHE'S PROBABLY MAKING OUT
♪ ON THE COUCH RIGHT NOW WITH SOMEONE NEW
♪ YEAH, I'MA NEED SOME WHISKEY GLASSES
♪ IF I'M GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH IF I'MA BE SINGLE
♪ I'MA NEED A DOUBLE SHOT OF THAT HEARTBREAK PROOF
♪ AND SEE THE WORLD THROUGH WHISKEY GLASSES
♪ AIN'T NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT SIP AROUND THE TRUTH
♪ OH, SEE THE WORLD THROUGH WHISKEY GLASSES
♪ I NEED A BETTER VIEW WHERE I DON'T DRINK TO YOU
♪ LINE 'EM UP, LINE 'EM UP LINE 'EM UP, LINE 'EM UP
♪ KNOCK 'EM BACK, KNOCK 'EM BACK KNOCK 'EM BACK, KNOCK 'EM BACK
♪ FILL 'EM UP, FILL 'EM UP FILL 'EM UP, FILL 'EM UP
♪ 'CAUSE IF SHE AIN'T EVER COMING BACK
♪ LINE 'EM UP, LINE 'EM UP LINE 'EM UP, LINE 'EM UP
♪ KNOCK 'EM BACK, KNOCK 'EM BACK KNOCK 'EM BACK, KNOCK 'EM BACK
♪ FILL 'EM UP, FILL 'EM UP FILL 'EM UP, FILL 'EM UP
♪ 'CAUSE IF SHE AIN'T EVER COMING BACK
♪ I'MA NEED SOME WHISKEY GLASSES 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA SEE
♪ THE TRUTH SHE'S PROBABLY MAKING OUT
♪ ON THE COUCH RIGHT NOW WITH SOMEONE NEW
♪ YEAH, I'MA NEED SOME WHISKEY GLASSES
♪ IF I'M GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH IF I'MA BE SINGLE
♪ I'MA NEED A DOUBLE SHOT OF THAT HEARTBREAK PROOF
♪ AND SEE THE WORLD THROUGH WHISKEY GLASSES
♪ AIN'T NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT SIP AROUND THE TRUTH
♪ OH, SEE THE WORLD THROUGH WHISKEY GLASSES
♪ I NEED A BETTER VIEW WHERE I DON'T DRINK TO YOU
♪ AIN'T NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT SIP AROUND THE TRUTH
♪ OH, SEE THE WORLD THROUGH WHISKEY GLASSES
♪ I NEED A BETTER VIEW WHERE I DON'T DRINK TO YOU
>> Claudine: GRACING THE OPRY HOUSE RUNWAY, HERE IS
MODEL LILY ALDRIDGE.
>> THE NOMINEES IN THIS NEXT CATEGORY PROVE THE EXPRESSION“
THERE'S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.” THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK SHOWS
THE GREATNESS THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN TALENTED
PEOPLE COMBINE THEIR GIFTS AND WORK TOGETHER.
>> Claudine: FOR GROUP OF THE YEAR, THE NOMINEES ARE...
LADY A.
LITTLE BIG TOWN.
MIDLAND.
OLD DOMINION.
THE HIGHWOMEN.
AND THE A.C.M. GROUP OF THE YEAR GOES TO...
OLD DOMINION.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
HERE WE ARE AGAIN.
HEY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CAMERA IS, BUT HEY, EVERYBODY.
WE MISS YOU.
WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM.
SONY, RCA, PARADIGM.
BUT I THINK EVERYBODY HERE WOULD BE OKAY IF I SENT THIS ONE OUT
TO OUR ROAD CREW WHO REALLY IS GETTING HIT HARD RIGHT NOW IN
THESE WEIRD TIMES.
WE LOVE YOU GUYS, YOU WORK SO HARD FOR US.
WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU, THANK YOU TO OUR FANS,
THANK YOU COUNTRY RADIO.
YEAH!
>> THANK YOU.
>> Claudine: COUNTRY MUSIC IS THE BIGGEST RADIO FORMAT IN
THE U.S., AND THE ACADEMY CONGRATULATES THE ROB AND HOLLY
SHOW, WYCD DETROIT, AS ONE OF THIS YEAR'S A.C.M. COUNTRY RADIO
WINNERS.
>> Claudine: SUPERSTAR COLLABORATIONS ARE HEADING TO
NASHVILLE, WHEN THOMAS RHETT IS JOINED BY JON PARDI AT THE
RYMAN, BLAKE SHELTON DUETS WITH GWEN STEFANI, AND KEITH URBAN
PERFORMS WITH P!NK.
PLUS, CARRIE UNDERWOOD SALUTES DOLLY, REBA, LORETTA, PATSY,
BARBARA AND MARTINA.
THEN, LUKE COMBS GOES ACOUSTIC AT THE BLUEBIRD CAFÉ, THANKS TO
FORD.
AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS, TAYLOR SWIFT PERFORMS ON
OUR STAGE.
THE 55th A.C.M. AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: THE 55th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.
SPONSORED BY UBRELVY.
>> Claudine: CARRIE UNDERWOOD WHEN WE CONTINUE.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: WE'RE BACK IN NASHVILLE WITH THE 55th A.C.M.
AWARDS.
NOW, ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE THOMAS RHETT IS JOINED
BY JON PARDI AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM.
♪ YOU'RE ALL ALONE AT A PARTY, YOU WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
♪ BUT YOU AIN'T GOT A CLUE HOW TO ASK
♪ YOU AND YOUR GIRL HAD A FIGHT AND NOW SHE'S SAYIN' GOODBYE
♪ SHE RAN UPSTAIRS AND PACKED HER BAGS
♪ IT COULD BE RAININ' ON YOUR PERFECT VACATION
♪ YOU COULD BE STRESSED ABOUT YOUR WORK SITUATION
♪ AIN'T GOTTA LISTEN TO ME, BUT ALL I'M SAYIN'
♪ AIN'T NOTHING THAT A BEER CAN'T FIX
♪ AIN'T NO PAIN IT CAN'T WASH AWAY
♪ FROM THE MOMENT THAT IT HITS YOUR LIPS
♪ MAKES THOSE CLOUDS LOOK A LITTLE LESS GRAY
♪ OH, YOU COULD BE LONELY, OR HEARTBROKEN
♪ OR HUNGOVER FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE
♪ TURN THAT FROWN INTO A SMILE REAL QUICK
♪ THERE AIN'T NOTHING THAT A BEER CAN'T FIX
♪ YOU'RE ON A LAKE AND YOU'RE FISHIN'
♪ IT'S HOT AND ALL THAT YOU'RE GETTIN'
♪ IS A LITTLE NIBBLE HERE AND THERE
♪ YOU'RE SITTTIN', WATCHIN' YOUR TEAM LOSIN' THAT CHAMPIONSHIP
♪ RING AND YOU'RE FEELIN LIKE LIFE
♪AIN'T FAIR IT COULD BE RAININ' ON YOUR
♪ PERFECT VACATION YOU COULD BE STRESSED ABOUT YOUR
♪ WORK SITUATION AIN'T NOTHING THAT A BEER CAN'T
♪ FIX AIN'T NO PAIN IT CAN'T WASH AWAY
♪ FROM THE MOMENT THAT IT HITS YOUR LIPS
♪ MAKES THOSE CLOUDS LOOK A LITTLE LESS GRAY
OH, YOU COULD BE LONELY, ♪ HEARTBROKEN
OR HUNGOVER FROM THE NIGHT ♪ BEFORE
TURN THAT FROWN INTO A SMILE ♪ REAL QUICK
AIN'T NOTHING THAT A BEER CAN'T ♪ FIX
YEEHAW ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ IT COULD BE RAININ' ON YOUR
PERFECT VACATION ♪ YOU COULD BE STRESSED ABOUT
YOUR WORK SITUATION ♪ AIN'T GOTTA SAVE IT FOR NO
SPECIAL OCCASION ♪ AIN'T NOTHING THAT A BEER
CAN'T FIX ♪ AIN'T NO PAIN IT CAN'T WASH
AWAY, NO ♪ FROM THE MOMENT THAT IT HITS
YOUR LIPS ♪ MAKES THOSE CLOUDS LOOK A
LITTLE LESS GRAY ♪ OH, YOU COULD BE LONELY
HEARTBROKEN ♪ OR HUNGOVER FROM THE NIGHT
BEFORE ♪ TURN THAT FROWN INTO A SMILE
REAL QUICK ♪ IT MIGHT TAKE ONE OR IT MIGHT
TAKE SIX ♪ DRINK IT DOWN, IT'LL DO THE
TRICK ♪ AIN'T NOTHING THAT A BEER
CAN'T FIX ♪ NO, SIR
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Claudine: PERFORMING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE A.C.M.
AWARDS, BLAKE SHELTON AND GWEN STEFANI.
>> HEY, GUYS, BLAKE HERE, AND I HOPE EVERYONE OUT THERE IS DOING
THEIR BEST TO STAY HEALTHY.
GWEN AND I WISH THAT WE COULD BE IN NASHVILLE TONIGHT, BUT WE
COULDN'T.
BUT, THROUGH THE MAGIC OF TELEVISION...
VOILA!
WELCOME BACK TO THE BLUEBIRD CAFE, EVERYBODY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A
ROLLING STONE ♪ WITH A RECKLESS STREAK
YEAH, THE GRASS NEVER GETS ♪ TOO GROWN
UNDERNEATH MY FEET ♪ THE CITY LIGHTS
SOUTHERN STARS ♪ NO SUCH THING AS
GONE TOO FAR ♪ I'M RUNNING
WIDE OPEN ♪ I WAS BORN WITH MY FEET IN
MOTION ♪ BUT SINCE I MET YOU, I SWEAR
I COULD BE HAPPY ANYWHERE ♪ ANY MAPPED-OUT LOCATION
YOU'RE ALWAYS MY DESTINATION ♪ YOU'RE THE ONLY THING THAT
I'M CHAINED TO ♪ I COULD BE HAPPY ANYWHERE
I COULD BE HAPPY ANYWHERE WITH YOU
♪ YOU'RE THE BEAUTY YOU'RE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
♪ AND MY MIND IS FADED THE BLUE SKY OVER TELLURIDE
♪ NEXT TO YOU'S KINDA OVERRATED THE WINDING ROAD, LET IT TWIST
♪ MY HOME'S WHEREVER YOUR HEART IS
♪ I'M RUNNING WIDE OPEN
♪ I WAS BORN WITH MY FEET IN MOTION
♪ BUT SINCE I MET YOU, I SWEAR I COULD BE HAPPY ANYWHERE
♪ ANY MAPPED-OUT LOCATION YOU'RE ALWAYS MY DESTINATION
♪ YOU'RE THE ONLY THING THAT I'M CHAINED TO
♪ I COULD BE HAPPY ANYWHERE I COULD BE HAPPY ANYWHERE
WIH YOU ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ SO GIRL, I HOPE YOU KNOW
WHEREVER YOU GO, I GO, I KNOW ♪ I'M RUNNING
WIDE OPEN ♪ I WAS BORN WITH MY FEET IN
MOTION ♪ BUT SINCE I MET YOU, I SWEAR
I COULD BE HAPPY ANYWHERE ♪ ANY MAPPED-OUT LOCATION
YOU'RE ALWAYS MY DESTINATION ♪ YOU'RE THE ONLY THING THAT
I'M CHAINED TO ♪ I COULD BE HAPPY ANYWHERE
I COULD BE HAPPY ANYWHERE ♪ WITH YOU ♪
>> LET'S GO BACK TO THE OPRY, EVERYBODY.
>> Keith: ALL RIGHT, NICELY DONE, BLAKE, NICE TO SEE YOU, HI
GWEN, HOPE YOU STAY SAFE OUT THERE.
THIS YEAR IS THE 95th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GRAND OLE
OPRY.
WHEN I WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE FAMILY IN 2012, IT WAS ONE OF
THE GREATEST HONORS OF MY WHOLE CAREER.
HELPING US CELEBRATE THIS LEGENDARY INSTITUTION IS A VERY
CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE AND SHE HAS BEEN AN OPRY LANDER SINCE 2008,
CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
>> THANK YOU, KEITH.
PATSY >> PATSY AND LORETTA.
MARTINA AND BARBARA.
REBA AND DOLLY.
THESE STRONG VOICES HAVE ECHOED DOWN TO ME AND ALL OF THE OTHER
FEMALE ARTISTS WHO STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS.
THEY ARE SOME OF MY HEROES, AND I'M SO HONORED TO STAND
ALONGSIDE THEM AS A FELLOW MEMBER OF THE GRAND OLE OPRY.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THESE LEGENDARY LADIES, AS
WE CELEBRATE THE OPRY'S 95th ANNIVERSARY.
♪ CRAZY DO, DO, DO
♪ I'M CRAZY FOR FEELIN' SO LONELY
♪ I'M CRAZY CRAZY FOR FEELIN' SO BLUE
I KNEW YOU'D LOVE ME AS LONG AS YOU
WANTED I'M CRAZY FOR TRYIN'
AND CRAZY FOR CRYIN' AND I'M CRAZY FOR LOVIN'
YOU ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ YOU'VE COME TO TELL ME
SOMETHING YOU SAY I OUGHT TO KNOW
♪ THAT HE DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE AND I'LL HAVE TO LET HIM GO
♪ YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA TAKE HIM OH, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN
♪ 'CAUSE YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH TO TAKE MY MAN
♪ WOMEN LIKE YOU THEY'RE A DIME A DOZEN
♪ YOU CAN BUY 'EM ANYWHERE FOR YOU TO GET TO HIM
♪ I'D HAVE TO MOVE OVER AND I'M GONNA STAND RIGHT HERE
♪ IT'LL BE OVER MY DEAD BODY SO GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN
♪ 'CAUSE YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH TO TAKE MY MAN
♪ NO, YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH TO TAKE MY MAN ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ I REMEMBER WEARIN' STRAIGHT-LEG LEVI'S
♪ FLANNEL SHIRTS EVEN WHEN THEY WEREN'T IN STYLE
♪ I REMEMBER SINGIN' WITH ROY ROGERS
♪ AT THE MOVIES WHEN THE WEST WAS REALLY WILD
♪ I WAS LISTENIN' TO THE OPRY WHEN ALL OF MY FRIENDS
♪ WERE DIGGIN' ROCK 'N ROLL AND RHYTHM & BLUES
♪ I WAS COUNTRY WHEN COUNTRY WASN'T COOL
♪ YEAH, I WAS COUNTRY WHEN COUNTRY WASN'T COOL ♪
♪ WHY'D YOU COME IN HERE LOOKIN' LIKE THAT
♪ IN YOUR COWBOY BOOTS AND YOUR PAINTED-ON JEANS
♪ ALL DECKED OUT LIKE A COWGIRL'S DREAM
♪ WHY'D YOU COME IN HERE LOOKIN' LIKE THAT
♪ HERE COMES MY BABY DRAGGIN' MY HEART BEHIND
♪ HE'S DRIVIN' ME CRAZY WHO SAYS LOVE IS BLIND
♪ HE'S GOT A WANDERIN' EYE AND A TRAVELIN' MIND
♪ BIG IDEAS AND A LITTLE BEHIND OUT WITH A DIFFERENT WOMAN EVERY
NIGHT ♪ BUT I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS
MINE ♪ WHY'D YOU COME IN HERE
LOOKIN' LIKE THAT ♪ IN YOUR COWBOY BOOTS AND YOUR
PAINTED-ON JEANS ♪ ALL DECKED OUT LIKE A
COWGIRL'S DREAM ♪ WHY'D YOU COME IN HERE
LOOKIN' LIKE THAT ♪ WHY'D YOU COME IN HERE
LOOKIN' LIKE THAT ♪ WHEN YOU COULD STOP TRAFFIC IN
A GUNNEY SACK ♪ WHY, YOU'RE ALMOST GIVIN' ME A
HEART ATTACK ♪ WHEN YOU WALTZ RIGHT IN HERE
LOOKIN' LIKE THAT ♪ WHY'D YOU COME IN
HERE ♪ LOOKIN' LIKE THAT ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ WELL, THEY HUNG MY BROTHER BEFORE I COULD SAY
♪ THE TRACKS HE SAW WHILE ON HIS WAY
♪ TO ANDY'S HOUSE AND BACK THAT NIGHT WERE MINE
♪ AND HIS CHEATIN' WIFE HAD NEVER LEFT TOWN
♪ THAT'S ONE BODY THAT'LL NEVER BE FOUND
♪ YOU SEE, LITTLE SISTER DON'T MISS WHEN SHE AIMS HER GUN
♪ THAT'S THE NIGHT THAT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA
♪ THAT'S THE NIGHT THAT THEY HUNG AN INNOCENT MAN
♪ WELL, DON'T TRUST YOUR SOUL TO NO BACKWOODS SOUTHERN LAWYER
♪ 'CAUSE THE JUDGE IN THE TOWN'S GOT BLOODSTAINS ON HIS HANDS ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ AND WITH A BROKEN WING OOOH
SHE STILL SINGS OOOH
♪ SHE KEEPS AN EYE ON THE SKY OOOH
WITH A BROKEN WING ♪ SHE CARRIES HER DREAMS
MAN, YOU OUGHTA SEE HER FLY ♪ AND WITH A BROKEN WING
♪ SHE CARRIES HER DREAMS MAN, YOU OUGHTA SEE HER
♪ FLY ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Claudine: "A.C.M. LIFTING
LIVES" AND LEGENDARY CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE ARE LAUNCHING A
COUNTRY EVENT FEATURING RARE ITEMS FROM DOLLY PARTON, TRISHA
YEARWOOD, TIM McGRAW AND MORE.
100% OF PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND.
>> Claudine: WHEN WE COME BACK, LUKE COMBS AND FORD TEAM UP FOR
A SPECIAL MOMENT FOR A DESERVING GROUP OF NASHVILLE VETERANS.
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR TENILLE TOWNES PERFORMS AT THE
RYMAN.
AND LATER, KANE BROWN, TIM McGRAW, PLUS, KEITH URBAN
PERFORMS WITH SUPERSTAR P!NK.
THEN, TAYLOR SWIFT RETURNS TO COUNTRY MUSIC, AND THE GRAND OLE
OPRY HOUSE STAGE, WITH A SONG FROM HER NUMBER ONE ALBUM,“
FOLKLORE!” THE 55th A.C.M. AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: WELCOME BACK TO THE A.C.M. AWARDS.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE LUKE COMBS JOINS US NOW AT THE
BLUEBIRD CAFÉ.
>> THANKS TO FORD, I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART
OF SOMETHING REALLY COOL WITH A GROUP OF VETERANS.
IT WAS AN HONOR AND A DAY THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS AND VETERANS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
ME, SO TEAMING UP WITH FORD I'M ON MY WAY TO VISIT A GROUP OF
VETERANS WHO ARE PART OF AN AWESOME ORGANIZATION CALLED
GUITARS FOR VETERANS.
>> FORD HELPS VETERANS COPE WITH PTSD BY TEACHING THEM HOW TO
PLAY GUITAR, MUSIC TRULY HAS THE POWER TO HEAL HEEL AND I'M
HONORED TO DO THIS WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA I'M COMING OR THAT I AM BRINGING A TRUCKLOAD
OF GUITARS.
>> WHERE DID THAT TRUCK COME FROM?
>> HEY Y'ALL.
>> OH MAN!
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> I HAVE ANOTHER SURPRISE FOR Y'ALL, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND
FORD I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU THESE CUSTOM PROUD TO HONOR
GUITARS, YOU CAN COME AND CHECK THESE THINGS OUT.
>> I WILL PASS THEM OUT.
>> NICE.
>> GOODNESS.
LOOK AT THIS.
>> HI, Y'ALL, LET'S PLAY A LITTLE MUSIC.
>> ♪ CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SAY A
PRAYER.
♪ IT'S OKAY BOY, I AIN'T SCARED.
♪ I WON'T BE HERE.
♪.
>> WE THE HEALING POWER, THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE BY TAR FOR VETS
PROGRAM, WHAT A DAY, IT CAN'T BE BEAT.
>> DAYS LIKE TODAY ARE SO AWESOME, JUST BEING ABLE TO GIVE
BACK TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO US, I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
I HOPE THEY DID TOO.
THANK YOU, VETERANS.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY PARTNERSHIP WITH FORD AND GUITAR
FOR VETS, HOW CAN IT HELP GO TO FORD.COM.
>> I KNOW IT'S BEEN A CRAZY YEAR FOR EVERYBODY AND THERE HAVE BB
BRIGHT SPOTS I'M SURE FOR ALL OF US.
AN ONE OF THE BIGGEST BRIGHT SPOTS IN MY ENTIRE LIFE WAS
GETTING MARRIED THIS YEAR.
I WANT TO PLAY YOU A SONG THAT I WROTE FOR MY WIFE BEFORE WE WERE
MARRIED.
THIS IS MY NEW SINGLE CALLED BETTER TOGETHER.
♪ A 40 HP JOHNSON ON A FLAT-BOTTOM METAL BOAT
♪ COKE CANS AND B.B. GUNS BARBED WIRE AND OLD FENCE POSTS
♪ EIGHT-POINT BUCKS IN AUTUMN AND FRESHLY-CUT CORN FIELDS
♪ ONE ARM OUT THE WINDOW AND ONE HAND ON THE WHEEL
♪ SOME THINGS JUST GO BETTER TOGETHER
♪ AND PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE
♪ AND A SUNRISE SUNDAY DRIVES AND TIME TO KILL
♪ WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS OLD GUITAR
♪ IF IT AIN'T GOT NO STRINGS OR POURING YOUR HEART INTO
♪ A SONG THAT YOU AIN'T GONNA SING?
♪ IT'S A MATCH MADE UP IN HEAVEN LIKE GOOD OLE BOYS AND BEER
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGHT HERE
♪ YOUR LICENSE IN MY WALLET WHEN WE GO OUT DOWNTOWN
♪ YOUR LIPSTICK STAINED EVERY COFFEE CUP
♪ THAT I GOT IN THIS HOUSE THE WAY YOU SAY
♪ "I LOVE YOU, TOO" IS LIKE RAIN ON AN OLD TIN ROOF
♪ AND YOUR HAND FITS RIGHT IN TO MINE LIKE A NEEDLE IN A GROOVE
♪ SOME THINGS JUST GO BETTER TOGETHER
♪ AND PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE
♪ AND A SUNRISE SUNDAY DRIVES AND TIME TO KILL
♪ WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS OLD GUITAR
♪ IF IT AIN'T GOT NO STRINGS OR POURING YOUR HEART INTO
♪ A SONG THAT YOU AIN'T GONNA SING?
♪ IT'S A MATCH MADE UP IN HEAVEN LIKE GOOD OLE BOYS AND BEER
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGHT HERE
♪ SOMETIMES WE'RE OIL AND WATER BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT
♪ ANY OTHER WAY AND IF I'M BEING HONEST
♪ YOUR FIRST AND MY LAST NAME WOULD JUST SOUND BETTER TOGETHER
♪ AND PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL LIKE A CUP OF COFFEE
♪ AND A SUNRISE SUNDAY DRIVES AND TIME TO KILL
♪ WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS OLD GUITAR
♪ IF IT AIN'T GOT NO STRINGS OR POURING YOUR HEART INTO
♪ A SONG THAT YOU AIN'T GONNA SING?
♪ IT'S A MATCH MADE UP IN HEAVEN LIKE GOOD OLE BOYS AND BEER
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGHT HERE
♪ AND ME AS LONG AS YOU'RE RIGHT HERE ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> AND NOW, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE AN INCREDIBLE
PERFORMER WHO HAS A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD.
TAKING THE STAGE AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM, HERE'S THE NEW
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR, TENILLE TOWNES.
>> I AM HUMBLED TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR FROM THE ACADEMY, AND SO
PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS COUNTRY MUSIC COMMUNITY.
I AM SO THRILLED TO BE HERE PLAYING A SONG THAT WAS INSPIRED
BY A YOUNG GIRL STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE, HOLDING
ONTO A CARDBOARD SIGN.
IT'S A REMINDER THAT WE'VE ALL GOT A STORY, AND I THINK
ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES, WE REALLY NEED EACH OTHER.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ I DRIVE HOME THE SAME WAY TWO LEFT TURNS OFF
THE INTERSTATE ♪ AND SHE'S ALWAYS STANDING AT
THE STOPLIGHT ON 18th STREET ♪ SHE COULD BE A SARAH
SHE COULD BE AN EMILY ♪ AN OLIVIA, MAYBE CASSIDY
WITH THE SHAKY HANDS ON ♪ THE CARDBOARD SIGN
AND SHE'S LOOKIN' AT ME ♪ BET SHE WAS SOMEBODY'S
BEST FRIEND ♪ LAUGHING, OH, BACK WHEN
SHE WAS SOMEBODY'S SISTER ♪ COUNTIN' CHANGE AT
THE LEMONADE STAND ♪ PROBABLY SOMEBODY'S
HIGH SCHOOL FIRST KISS ♪ OH, DANCIN' IN A GYM WHERE
THE KIDS ALL TALK ABOUT ♪ SOMEDAY PLANS
NOW THIS LIGHT'LL TURN GREEN AND ♪ I'LL HAND HER A COUPLE DOLLARS
AND I'LL WONDER IF SHE GOT LOST ♪ OR THEY FORGOT HER
SHE'S SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER ♪ SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER
SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER ♪ SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER
♪ OH, I DON'T KNOW THE REASONS WHY
♪ I'M THE ONE WHO'S DRIVING BY AND SHE'S THE ONE
♪ ON THE CORNER OF 18th STREET OF 18th STREET
♪ SHE'S SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER YEAH
♪ SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER ♪ >> Claudine: WE'RE ON OUR WAY
BACK TO THE RYMAN FOR BREAKOUT STAR GABBY BARRETT, NEXT.
AND, DAN AND SHAY PERFORM AT THE COMING UP, KANE BROWN, MAREN
MORRIS, KEITH URBAN JOINS MICKEY THE 55th A.C.M. AWARDS, LIVE,
FROM NASHVILLE.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: THE 55th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.
SPONSORED BY FORD.
>> Claudine: DAN + SHAY COMING UP.
THIS IS CBS.
♪ ♪ ♪ WILL WELCOME BACK TO THE ACM
AWARDS, NOW AT THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I
I HOPE SHE MAKES YOU SMILE ♪ THE WAY YOU MADE ME SMILE
ON THE OTHER END OF A PHONE ♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY
DRIVING ALONE ♪ OH BABY, I
I HOPE YOU HEAR A SONG ♪ THAT MAKES YOU SING ALONG
AND GETS YOU THINKING 'BOUT HER ♪ THEN THE LAST SEVERAL MILES
TURN INTO A BLUR, YEAH ♪ I HOPE YOU BOTH FEEL THE
SPARKS BY THE END OF THE DRIVE ♪ YOU KNOW SHE'S THE ONE
BY THE END OF THE NIGHT ♪ YOU NEVER EVER FELT MORE FREE
TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT ♪ YOU'RE SO HAPPY
YEAH ♪ I HOPE SHE COMES ALONG AND
WRECKS EVERY ONE OF YOUR PLANS ♪ YOU SPEND YOUR LAST DIME TO
PUT A ROCK ON HER HAND ♪ SHE'S WILDER THAN YOUR
WILDEST DREAMS ♪ SHE'S EVERYTHING YOU'RE EVER
GONNA NEED ♪ AND THEN I HOPE SHE CHEATS
LIKE YOU DID ON ME, YEAH ♪ AND THEN I HOPE SHE CHEATS
YEAH, LIKE YOU DID ON ME ♪ I HOPE WHAT GOES
COMES ALL THE WAY AROUND ♪ I HOPE SHE MAKES YOU FEEL
THE SAME WAY ABOUT HER ♪ THAT I FEEL ABOUT YOU
RIGHT NOW ♪ I HOPE YOU BOTH FEEL THE
SPARKS BY THE END OF THE DRIVE ♪ YOU KNOW SHE'S THE ONE
BY THE END OF THE NIGHT ♪ YOU NEVER EVER FELT MORE FREE
TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT ♪ YOU'RE SO HAPPY
YEAH ♪ I HOPE SHE COMES ALONG AND
WRECKS EVERY ONE OF YOUR PLANS ♪ YOU SPEND YOUR LAST DIME
TO PUT A ROCK ON HER HAND ♪ SHE'S WILDER THAN YOUR
WILDEST DREAMS ♪ SHE'S EVERYTHING YOU'RE EVER
GONNA NEED ♪ AND THEN I HOPE SHE CHEATS
LIKE YOU DID ON ME, YEAH ♪ AND THEN I HOPE SHE CHEATS
YEAH ♪ >> Claudine: XFINITY CUSTOMERS,
CATCH A BONUS PERFORMANCE BY GABBY BARRETT.
JUST SAY “A.C.M. AWARDS” INTO YOUR XFINITY VOICE REMOTE.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE FOR A.C.M. AWARD
WINNERS DAN AND SHAY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ALL MY FRIENDS FINALLY
CONVINCED ♪ ME TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE
TO HELP ME FORGET ♪ TO HELP ME MOVE ON
THEN I HEARD YOU'RE BACK IN TOWN ♪ IN A CROWD OF STRANGERS AND
LOVERS ♪ SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE
COMING, SO ♪ I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED
I SHOULD PROBABLY TURN ♪ OFF MY PHONE
I SHOULD QUIT WHILE I'M AHEAD ♪ I SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE
YOU ALONE ♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW IN THE MORNING
I'LL BE CALLING ♪ SAYING SORRY FOR THE THINGS I
SAID ♪ SO I
YEAH ♪ I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED
SO I DON'T UNDO ♪ THE "GOT OVER YOU"
THAT IT TOOK SO LONG TO FIND ♪ 'CAUSE ALL IT WOULD TAKE
IS SEEING YOUR FACE ♪ AND I'D FORGET
♪ I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED I SHOULD PROBABLY TURN
♪ OFF MY PHONE I SHOULD QUIT WHILE I'M AHEAD
♪ I SHOULD PROBABLY LEAVE YOU ALONE
♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW IN THE MORNING I'LL BE CALLING
♪ SAYING SORRY FOR THE THINGS I SAID
♪ SO I YEAH
♪ I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED BEFORE I QUESTION MY DECISION
♪ IS IT LOVE?
I KNOW IT ISN'T ♪ NOW I'M ALL UP IN MY HEAD
AGAIN ♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW I DON'T
HAVE THE SELF-CONTROL ♪ TO WALK AWAY IF YOU WALK IN
OH ♪ I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW
I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED ♪ OOH-AH, I'M ALL UP IN MY HEAD
OOH-AH, I SHOULD GO TO BED ♪ OOH-AH, I'M ALL UP IN MY HEAD
I SHOULD GO TO BED ♪ IN A CROWD OF STRANGERS AND
LOVERS ♪ SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE
COMING, SO ♪ I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO BED ♪
>> Claudine: BACK TO THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM FOR NEW MALE ARTIST
WINNER RILEY GREEN.
>> THIS AWARD IS SUCH AN HONOR.
BUT I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM WITHOUT A LOT OF HELP.
I WANT TO THANK THE FANS, COUNTRY RADIO, MY TEAM HERE IN
NASHVILLE, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS BACK HOME, AND MOST OF ALL THE
TWO MEN THAT INSPIRED ME TO WRITE THIS NEXT SONG.
BUFORD GREEN AND LENDON BONDS, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ I WISH GIRLS YOU LOVED NEVER GAVE BACK DIAMOND RINGS
♪ I WISH EVERY PORCH HAD A SWING WISH KIDS STILL LEARNED TO SAY
♪ "SIR" AND "MA'AM" HOW TO SHAKE A HAND
♪ I WISH EVERY STATE HAD A BIRMINGHAM
♪ I WISH EVERYBODY KNEW ALL THE WORDS TO "MAMA TRIED"
♪ AND I WISH MONDAY MORNINGS FELT JUST LIKE FRIDAY NIGHTS
♪ AND I WISH EVEN CARS HAD TRUCK BEDS
♪ EVERY ROAD WAS NAMED COPPERHEAD
♪ AND COOLERS NEVER RUN OUT OF COLD BUD LIGHT
♪ AND I WISH HIGH SCHOOL HOME TEAMS NEVER LOST
♪ AND BACK ROAD DRINKIN' KIDS NEVER GOT CAUGHT
♪ AND I WISH THE PRICE OF GAS WAS LOW, AND COTTON WAS HIGH
♪ AND I WISH HONKY TONKS DIDN'T HAVE NO CLOSING TIME
♪ AND I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED I WISH GRANDPAS NEVER DIED ♪
>> Claudine: THERE ARE MORE THA 2,000 COUNTRY RADIO STATIONS
ACROSS THE NATION, AND THE ACADEMY SALUTES "THE BIG DAVE
SHOW," WUBE CINCINNATI, AS ONE OF THIS YEAR'S A.C.M. COUNTRY
RADIO WINNERS.
UP NEXT, PERFORMANCES BY KANE BROWN AND MAREN MORRIS.
AND STILL TO COME, TIM McGRAW, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, ERIC
CHURCH, TRISHA YEARWOOD, AND KEITH URBAN DUETS WITH P!NK.
PLUS, TAYLOR SWIFT MAKES AN EXCITING RETURN WHEN SHE
PERFORMS "BETTY" ON OUR STAGE.
THE 55th A.C.M. AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: THE 55th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.
SPONSORED BY PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE.
SAVE WHEN YOU BUNDLE AUTO, HOME OR MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE.
>> Keith: WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
EVERY NOW AND THEN AN ARTIST GIVES US A SONG THAT REALLY
NEEDS IT, THAT INSPIRES POSITIVE CHANGE, MAYBE A HOPE FOR A
BETTER FUTURE.
HERE TO PERFORM ONE OF THOSE VERY SONGS IS KANE BROWN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, KEITH.
I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO LOVE EVERYBODY.
AND THIS IS A SONG THAT I WROTE FOR IT.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ WHITE CHURCHES BLACK CHURCHES
♪ DIFFERENT PEOPLE SAME HEARSES
♪ IT'S KINDA HARD TO FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER
♪ LAYING DOWN IN THE GROUND SIX UNDER
♪ AT EVERY SHOW I SEE MY PEOPLE
♪ THEY AIN'T THE SAME BUT THEY'RE ALL EQUAL
♪ ONE LOVE, ONE GOD, ONE FAMILY YOU'RE MISSING EVERY COLOR
♪ IF YOU'RE ONLY SEEING BLACK AND WHITE
♪ TELL ME HOW YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE YOUR MIND
♪ IF YOUR HEART'S UNMOVABLE WE AIN'T THAT DIFFERENT
♪ FROM EACH OTHER FROM ONE TO ANOTHER
♪ I LOOK AROUND AND SEE WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL
♪ THANK GOD, THANK GOD THANK GOD, THANK GOD, THANK GOD
♪ OH, THANK GOD, THANK GOD THANK GOD, THANK GOD, THANK GOD
♪ COAST TO COAST, CITY TO CITY REACH OUT YOUR HANDS IF
♪ YOU'RE WITH ME STILL GOT SOME WORK BUT
♪ WE STILL GOT A DREAM EVERY SHADE, EVERY HEART
♪ COME TOGETHER AND SING OH, THANK GOD, THANK GOD
THANK GOD, THANK GOD, THANK GOD ♪ YOU'RE MISSING EVERY COLOR
IF YOU'RE ONLY SEEING BLACK ♪ AND WHITE
TELL ME HOW YOU'RE GONNA ♪ CHANGE YOUR MIND
IF YOUR HEART'S UNMOVABLE ♪ WE AIN'T THAT DIFFERENT
FROM EACH OTHER ♪ FROM ONE TO ANOTHER
I LOOK AROUND ♪ AND SEE WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL
ONE LOVE, ONE GOD, ONE FAMILY ♪ ONE FAMILY, Y'ALL, C'MON
ONE LOVE, ONE GOD, ONE FAMILY ♪ ONE LOVE, ONE GOD, ONE FAMILY
ONE LOVE, ONE GOD, ONE FAMILY YOU'RE MISSING EVERY COLOR
♪ IF YOU'RE ONLY SEEING BLACK AND WHITE
♪ TELL ME HOW YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE YOUR MIND
♪ IF YOUR HEART'S UNMOVABLE WE'RE NOT THAT DIFFERENT
♪ WE AIN'T THAT DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER
♪ FROM ONE TO ANOTHER I LOOK AROUND
♪ AND SEE WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL LOOK AROUND AND SEE
♪ WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL SO BEAUTIFUL
♪ WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL
LOOK AROUND AND SEE ♪ WORLDWIDE BEAUTIFUL ♪
>> Claudine: PLEASE WELCOME CAM, WITH OUR NEXT AWARD OF THE
NIGHT.
>> AS THESE NEXT NOMINEES REMIND US, THE SWEET THINGS IN LIFE
AREN'T ALWAYS THE ONES THAT MAKE US BETTER PEOPLE.
IT'S OFTEN THE BURDENS WE'RE GIVEN, THE LONGING AND
HEARTACHE, THE CHATTER AND, ULTIMATELY, OUR FAITH THAT MAKE
US STRONGER.
>> Claudine: FOR SINGLE OF THE YEAR, THE NOMINEES ARE...“
GOD'S COUNTRY” BY BLAKE SHELTON.“
ONE MAN BAND” BY OLD DOMINION.“ RAINBOW” BY KACEY MUSGRAVES.“
RUMOR” BY LEE BRICE.“ WHAT IF I NEVER GET OVER YOU”
BY LADY A.
>> AND THE A.C.M. SINGLE OF THE YEAR GOES TO...“
GOD'S COUNTRY.” BLAKE SHELTON.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> AS YOU KNOW BLAKE SHELTON IS IN LOS ANGELES TONIGHT SO LET'S
GO THERE NOW.
>> HOLY COW, SINGLE OF THE YEAR!
THIS IS A COMPLETE SHOCK AND AN ABSOLUTE HONOR.
I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO THANK SCOTS HENDRICKS FOR PRODUCING
THIS RECORD AND BRINGING THIS SONG TO MY ATTENTION.
THANK YOU TO WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK
YOU DO, THE PROMOTION STAFF, EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
THANKS FOR CONTINUING TO SHOW PROP ME UP AFTER 20 YEARS OF
DOING THIS.
AND OBVIOUSLY COUNTRY RADIO FOR PLAYING THE CRAP OUT OF NOT ONLY
THIS SONG BUT YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD TO ME WITH ALL MY SINGLES
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU TO MY MANAGEMENT AND THANK YOU TO THE FANS AND THANK
YOU GWEN STEFANI FOR CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE ME TO KEEP DOING
THIS AND KEEP TRYING AND BEING MY INSPIRATION.
AND THANK YOU GOD, THANK YOU EVERYBODY, SINGLE OF THE YEAR!
YES!
>> NOW AT THE RYMAN >> Claudine: NOW, AT THE RYMAN
AUDITORIUM, FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEE MAREN MORRIS.
♪ SMOKE WAS COMIN' OFF MY JACKET AND YOU DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND
♪ I LEFT A LONG TRAIL OF ASHES AND YOU SAID, "I LIKE YOUR
STYLE" ♪ NOW, HEARTBREAK AIN'T A
COMPETITION, BUT I TOOK IT IN A ♪ LANDSLIDE
THE SKELETONS I WANTED TO BURY, ♪ YOU LIKED OUT IN THE LIGHT
YOU DIDN'T SAVE ME ♪ YOU DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED
SAVING ♪ YOU DIDN'T CHANGE ME
YOU DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED ♪ CHANGING
MY WINGS ARE FRAYED AND WHAT'S ♪ LEFT OF MY HALO'S BLACK
LUCKY FOR ME, YOUR KIND OF ♪ HEAVEN'S BEEN TO HELL AND BACK
TO HELL AND BACK ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ I WONDER HOW YOU TREASURE WHAT
ANYONE WOULD CALL A FLAW ♪ YOU SAY A PEARL WITHOUT THE
PRESSURE WOULDN'T BE A PEARL AT ♪ ALL
WHEN MY DEMONS COME A-CALLIN', ♪ YOU DON'T EVEN BAT AN EYE
I DON'T SCARE YOU, AND I GUESS ♪ THAT'S WHY
YOU DIDN'T SAVE ME ♪ YOU DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED
SAVING ♪ YOU DIDN'T CHANGE ME
YOU DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED ♪ CHANGING
MY WINGS ARE FRAYED AND WHAT'S ♪ LEFT OF MY HALO'S BLACK
LUCKY FOR ME, YOUR KIND OF ♪ HEAVEN'S BEEN TO HELL AND BACK
TO HELL AND BACK ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ SMOKE WAS COMING OFF MY JACKET
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AND I LEFT A LONG TRAIL OF
ASHES ♪ YOU DIDN'T SAVE ME
YOU DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED SAVING ♪ YOU DIDN'T CHANGE ME
YOU DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED ♪ CHANGING
MY WINGS ARE FRAYED AND WHAT'S ♪ LEFT OF MY HALO'S BLACK
LUCKY FOR ME, YOUR KIND OF ♪ HEAVEN'S BEEN TO HELL AND BACK
TO HELL AND BACK ♪ TO HELL AND BACK ♪
>> Claudine: COUNTRY RADIO HAS MORE THAN 76 MILLION LISTENERS,
AND THE ACADEMY CONGRATULATES STEVE AND JESSICA, WFLS
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA AS ONE OF THIS YEAR'S A.C.M. COUNTRY
RADIO WINNERS.
>> Claudine: NEXT UP, TAYLOR SWIFT PERFORMS “BETTY” FROM
HER RECORD-BREAKING ALBUM“ FOLKLORE.”
AND, A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE FROM ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE,
ERIC CHURCH.
LATER, THANKS TO FORD, WE'LL RETURN TO THE LEGENDARY BLUEBIRD
CAFÉ FOR AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE BY TIM MCGRAW.
AND TRISHA YEARWOOD PERFORMS A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE COUNTRY
MUSIC STARS WE LOST THIS YEAR.
THE 55th A.C.M. AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: THE 55th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.
SPONSORED BY JARDIANCE.
>> Claudine: NEXT, DARIUS PRESENTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: THE A.C.M. AWARDS ARE BACK, FROM NASHVILLE.
HERE TO PERFORM “BETTY” FROM HER RECORD-BREAKING NEW ALBUM
"FOLKLORE," TWO-TIME A.C.M.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, TAYLOR SWIFT!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ BETTY, I WON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS
♪ ABOUT WHY YOU SWITCHED YOUR HOMEROOM
♪ BUT I THINK IT'S 'CAUSE OF ME
♪ BETTY, ONE TIME I WAS RIDIN' ON A SKATEBOARD
♪ WHEN I PASSED YOUR HOUSE IT'S LIKE I COULDN'T BREATHE
♪ YOU HEARD THE RUMORS FROM INEZ
♪ YOU CAN'T BELIEVE A WORD SHE SAYS
♪ MOST TIMES, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS TRUE
♪ THE WORST THING THAT I EVER DID
♪ WAS WHAT I DID TO YOU BUT IF I JUST SHOWED UP
♪ AT YOUR PARTY WOULD YOU HAVE ME
♪ WOULD YOU WANT ME WOULD YOU TELL ME TO
♪ GO-- MYSELF OR LEAD ME TO THE GARDEN
♪ IN THE GARDEN WOULD YOU TRUST ME
♪ IF I TOLD YOU IT WAS JUST A SUMMER THING
♪ I'M ONLY 17 I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
♪ BUT I KNOW I MISS YOU ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ BETTY, I KNOW WHERE IT
ALL WENT WRONG ♪ YOUR FAVORITE SONG
WAS PLAYIN' FROM THE ♪ FAR SIDE OF THE GYM
I WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND ♪ I HATE THE CROWDS
YOU KNOW THAT PLUS ♪ I SAW YOU DANCE WITH HIM
YOU HEARD THE RUMORS ♪ FROM INEZ
YOU CAN'T BELIEVE ♪ A WORD SHE SAYS
MOST TIMES, BUT THIS TIME ♪ IT WAS TRUE
THE WORST THING THAT ♪ I EVER DID
WAS WHAT I DID TO YOU ♪ BUT IF I JUST SHOWED UP
AT YOUR PARTY ♪ WOULD YOU HAVE ME
WOULD YOU WANT ME ♪ WOULD YOU TELL ME TO
♪ OR LEAD METO THE GARDEN IN THE GARDEN
♪ WOULD YOU TRUST ME IF I TOLD YOU IT WAS
♪ JUST A SUMMER THING I'M ONLY 17
♪ I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING BUT I KNOW I MISS YOU
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ I WAS WALKIN' HOME ON
BROKEN COBBLESTONES ♪ JUST THINKIN' OF YOU
WHEN SHE PULLED UP ♪ LIKE A FIGMENT OF MY
WORST INTENTIONS ♪ SHE SAID, JAMES, GET IN
LET'S DRIVE, THOSE DAYS ♪ TURNED INTO NIGHTS
SLEPT NEXT TO HER ♪ BUT I DREAMT OF YOU
ALL SUMMER LONG ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ BETTY, I'M HERE ON YOUR DOORSTEP
♪ AND I PLANNED IT OUT FOR WEEKS NOW BUT
♪ IT'S FINALLY SINKIN' IN BETTY, RIGHT NOW IS
♪ THE LAST TIME I CAN DREAM ABOUT WHAT
♪ HAPPENS WHEN YOU SEE MY FACE AGAIN
♪ THE ONLY THING I WANNA DO IS MAKE IT UP TO YOU
♪ SO I SHOWED UP AT YOUR PARTY ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ YEAH, I SHOWED UP
AT YOUR PARTY ♪ YEAH, I SHOWED UP
AT YOUR PARTY ♪ WILL YOU HAVE ME
WILL YOU LOVE ME ♪ WILL YOU KISS ME
ON THE PORCH ♪ IN FRONT OF ALL
YOUR STUPID FRIENDS ♪ IF YOU KISS ME
WILL IT BE JUST ♪ LIKE I DREAMED IT
WILL IT PATCH YOUR ♪ BROKEN WINGS
I'M ONLY 17 ♪ I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
BUT I KNOW I MISS YOU ♪ STANDIN' IN YOUR CARDIGAN
KISSIN' IN MY CAR AGAIN ♪ STOPPED AT A STREETLIGHT
YOU KNOW I MISS YOU ♪ KISSIN' IN MY CAR AGAIN
♪ STOPPED AT A STREETLIGHT YOU KNOW I MISS YOU ♪
>> Claudine: HERE'S A.C.M.
WINNER DARIUS RUCKER WITH OUR NEXT AWARD.
>> I'M HONORED TO BE A BOARD MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC, LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN NASHVILLE.
IT'S THE ONLY MUSEUM DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND CELEBRATING
THE MANY MUSIC GENRES CREATED, INFLUENCED AND INSPIRED BY
AFRICAN AMERICANS.
I'M SO PROUD OF THE ACADEMY'S SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO A MORE
INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
COUNTRY MUSIC DRAWS ON MANY INFLUENCES FROM THE SOUNDS THOSE
GROUPS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS.
FROM GOSPEL MUSIC TO SOUL AND EVEN THE BLUES, THOSE INFLUENCES
ARE EVIDENT ACROSS ALL OF THE ALBUMS IN THIS NEXT CATEGORY.
I'M PROUD TO PRESENT THE AWARD THAT HONORS THE BEST BODY OF
WORK OF LAST YEAR.
>> Claudine: FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR, THE NOMINEES ARE...“
CENTER POINT ROAD” BY THOMAS RHETT.“
GIRL” BY MAREN MORRIS.“ HEARTACHE MEDICATION” BY JON
PARDI.“ WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET”
BY LUKE COMBS.“ WILDCARD” BY MIRANDA LAMBERT.
>> AND THE A.C.M. ALBUM OF THE YEAR GOES TO...“
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.” LUKE COMBS
♪ CUZ I'M LEAVING.
♪ IT DON'T MEAN I WON'T BE RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE.
♪.
>> OH MAN, OKAY.
THIS IS GOT TO BE REALLY QUICK FROM WHAT I HEAR.
I'M AT THE BLUEBIRD RIGHT NOW A PLACE I ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY.
BEFORE I MOVED TO TOWN.
I JUST WANT TO THANK MY MANAGEMENT TEAM, MY FAMILY, MY
WIFE ANY COAL, FOR BEING-- NIK OHL FOR BEING THE INSPIRATION,
MY PRODUCER SCOTT FOR WORKING ON THIS, THIS ALBUM WAS HELL TO
MAKE BUT WE DID T I KNOW ARE YOU OUT THERE WATCHING SOMEWHERE,
ALL THE FANS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOVING THIS ALBUM, THANK YOU
SO MUCH, WOW.
#R.
>> Keith: CONGRATS, LUKE.
TONIGHT I TALKED WITH BLANCA BROWN, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
HERE WITH US BUT SAS SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW SHE WAS INVOLVED IN
A SIER-- VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT BUT WE HEAR HE IS ON THE WAY TO
RECOVERY AND THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS.
OUR HEARTS WITH ARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF PLAYING WITH THIS NEXT GUY AW FEW TIMES
AND DOING CRAZY COLLABORATIONS AM HE IS AN AMAZING SONGWRITER,
RIVETTING LIVE PERFORMER, TO ME HIS ACT AND ARTIST, THIS GUY IS
AN ARTIST.
SPECIAL RENDITION OF JOHNNY CASH'S RAGGED OLD FLAG.
I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF MY MATE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR AWARD
NOMINEE ERIC CHURCH.
♪ I WALKED THROUGH A COUNTY COURTHOUSE SQUARE
♪ ON A PARK BENCH AN OLD MAN WAS SITTING THERE
♪ I SAID, YOUR OLD COURTHOUSE IS KINDA RUN DOWN
♪ HE SAID, NAW, IT'LL DO FOR OUR LITTLE TOWN
♪ I SAID, YOUR OLD FLAGPOLE HAS LEANED A LITTLE BIT
♪ AND THAT'S A RAGGED OLD FLAG YOU GOT HANGING ON IT
♪ HE SAID, HAVE A SEAT AND I SAT DOWN
♪ IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR LITTLE TOWN?
♪ I SAID, I THINK IT IS HE SAID, I DON'T LIKE TO BRAG
♪ BUT WE'RE KINDA PROUD OF THAT RAGGED OLD FLAG
♪ YOU SEE, WE GOT A LITTLE HOLE IN THAT FLAG THERE
♪ WHEN WASHINGTON TOOK IT ACROSS THE DELAWARE
♪ AND IT GOT POWDER-BURNED THE NIGHT THAT FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
♪ SAT WATCHING IT WRITING SAY CAN YOU SEE
♪ AND IT GOT A BAD RIP INNEW ORLEANS
♪ WITH PACKINGHAM AND JACKSON TUGGIN' AT ITS SEAMS
♪ AND IT ALMOST FELL AT THE ALAMO
♪ BESIDE THE TEXAS FLAG, BUT SHE WAVED ON THOUGH
♪ SHE GOT CUT WITH A SWORD AT CHANCELLORSVILLE
♪ AND SHE GOT CUT AGAIN AT SHILOH HILL
♪ THERE WAS ROBERT E. LEE BEAUREGARD, AND BRAGG
♪ AND THE SOUTH WIND BLEW HARD ON THAT RAGGED OLD FLAG
♪ ON FLANDERS FIELD IN WORLD WAR I
♪ SHE GOT A BIG HOLE FROM A BERTHA GUN
♪ SHE TURNED BLOOD RED IN WORLD WAR II
♪ SHE HUNG LIMP AND LOW A TIME OR TWO
♪ SHE WAS IN KOREA AND VIETNAM SHE WENT WHERE SHE WAS SENT
♪ BY HER UNCLE SAM AIL SHED
RED BLOOD.
AND IN HER OWN GOOD LAND HERE, SHE'S BEEN ABUSED.
S IN HER OWN GOOD LAND HERE
♪ SHE'S BEEN ABUSED SHE'S BEEN BURNED, DISHONORED
♪ DENIED, AND REFUSED AND THE GOVERNMENT
♪ FOR WHICH SHE STANDS IS SCANDALIZED
♪ THROUGHOUT THE LAND AND SHE'S GETTING THREADBARE
♪ AND SHE'S WEARING THIN BUT SHE'S IN GOOD SHAPE
♪ FOR THE SHAPE SHE'S IN 'CAUSE SHE'S BEEN THROUGH
♪ THE FIRE BEFORE AND I BELIEVE SHE CAN TAKE
♪ A WHOLE LOT MORE SO WE RAISE HER UP EVERY MORNING
♪ WE TAKE HER DOWN EVERY NIGHT WE DON'T LET HER
♪ TOUCH THE GROUND AND WE FOLD HER UP RIGHT
♪ ON SECOND THOUGHT I DO LIKE TO BRAG
♪ 'CAUSE I'M MIGHTY PROUD OF THAT RAGGED OLD FLAG ♪
♪ TAKE ME ON UP TO DETROIT CITY
♪ JAILS ARE FULL THE FACTORIES EMPTY
♪ MOMMA'S CRYING YOUNG BOYS DYING
♪ UNDER THAT RED, WHITE AND BLUE STILL FLYING
♪ DROP ME OFF IN BALTIMORE WHERE EVERY OTHER WINDOW'S
♪ GOT A PLYWOOD BOARD WHERE DREAMS BECOME
♪ DRUGS AND GUNS THE ONLY WAY OUT IS TO
♪ SHOOT OR RUN STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG
♪ YEAH TAKE THAT ONE TO NUMBER ONE
♪ YEAH AND GET THE WHOLE WORLD
♪ SINGING ALONG, YEAH STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG
♪ YEAH OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH
♪ SING ABOUT THE MAN COMING BACK FROM WAR
♪ 23 GOING ON 54 HE LOST A FRIEND
♪ HIS SIGHT, HIS HANDS BABY GIRL HE'LL NEVER
♪ SEE AGAIN STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG
♪ YEAH TAKE THAT ONE TO NUMBER ONE
♪ YEAH AND GET THE WHOLE WORLD
♪ SINGING ALONG, MAN STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG
♪ YEAH OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH
♪ OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH I LIGHT THE ARROW
♪ PULL THE BOW SHOOT THAT FIRE
♪ RIGHT THROUGH MY SOUL HIT MY PRIDE
♪ FIST UP HIGH I WANNA FEEL THE RUSH
♪ I WANNA FEEL ALIVE C'MON, I WANNA POUND THE DASH
♪ STOMP THE GAS DRIVE TOO FAST
♪ ROCK ME HARD STOP MY HEART
♪ AND BLOW THE SPEAKERS RIGHT OUT OF THIS CAR
♪ STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG, YEAH
♪ TAKE THAT ONE TO NUMBER ONE YEAH, NUMBER ONE
♪ AND GET THE WHOLE WORLD SINGING ALONG, MAN
♪ STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG, YEAH
♪ STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG
♪ TAKE THAT ONE TO NUMBER ONE I COULD SING THIS
♪ ALL NIGHT LONG, YEAH STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG
♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ GIMME ONE ABOUT THE
TEACHER WHO'S ♪ TRYIN' TO CHANGE
A LIFE OR TWO ♪ SHE'LL BE ROCKING OUT
ALL NIGHT WITH YOU ♪ TOMORROW SHE'LL BACK
IN A RED BRICK SCHOOL ♪ WHERE KIDS ARE CLIMBING
OFF THE WALLS ♪ IT'S SCARY WALKING
DOWN THE HALLS ♪ SHE'S UNDERPAID
SHE'S OVERWORKED ♪ COME ON, MAN
SHOUT ONE OUT TO HER ♪ STICK THAT IN
YOUR COUNTRY SONG, C'MON ♪ TAKE THAT ONE TO NUMBER ONE
YEAH ♪ AND GET THE WHOLE WORLD
SINGING ALONG ♪ STICK THAT IN
YOUR CONTRY SONG ♪ STICK THAT IN
YOUR COUNTRY SONG ♪ TAKE THAT ONE TO NUMBER ONE
AND GET THE WHOLE WORLD ♪ SINGING ALONG, MAN
STICK THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY SONG ♪ YEAH
OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH ♪ STICK THAT IN
YOUR COUNTRY SONG, YEAH ♪ OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH
AND GET THE WHOLE WORLD ♪ SINGING ALONG, SINGING ALONG
OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH ♪ STICK THAT IN A COUNTRY SONG
OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH ♪ >> Claudine: NEXT, TIM McGRAW
PERFORMS AT THE BLUEBIRD CAFÉ.
PLUS, KEITH URBAN JOINS COUNTRY MUSIC BREAKOUT MICKEY GUYTON.
AND COMING UP, KEITH AND P!NK DEBUT THEIR NEW SINGLE, AND
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, AND TRISHA YEARWOOD PERFORMS AN
UNFORGETTABLE TRIBUTE.
THE 55th A.C.M. AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
FOR ME THIS IS ALL ABOUT BREAKING EXPECTATIONS
AND THAT IS WHY I AM ALL IN FOR THOSE CHANGING THE PERSPECTIVE
TO CREATE A LITTLE HOPE, LIKE WELLS FARGO TEAMING UP WITH
FEEDING AMERICA TO TURN SOME OF THEIR LOCATIONS INTO DRIVEUP
FOOD BANKS.
HELPING PROVIDE 50 MILLION MEALS TO FAMILIES IN NEED.
WITH A NEW PERSPECTIVE WE MIGHT FIND A LITTLE HOPE.
>> Claudine: THE 55th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.
SPONSORED BY WELLS FARGO.
HELPING FAMILIES IN NEED BY TURNING KEY LOCATIONS INTO
DRIVE-UP FOOD BANKS.
>> Claudine: WELCOME BACK TO THE BLUEBIRD CAFE.
WITH “I CALLED MAMA” FROM HIS NUMBER ONE ALBUM “HERE ON EART”"
IS 18-TIME A.C.M. AWARD WINNER, TIM McGRAW.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND ABOUT A FRIEND
♪ IT'S NEWS NO ONE EVER WANTS TO HEAR
♪ IT HIT ME LIKE A PUNCH IT TOOK MY BREATH
♪ HE WAS JUST GETTING INTO HIS BEST YEARS
♪ YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT'LL SHAKE YOU UP
♪ WAKE YOU UP SO I STOPPED OFF AT A TEXACO
♪ BOUGHT A SLIM JIM AND A COKE PARKED OUT BY THE WATER
♪ JUST TO WATCH THAT RIVER FLOW GRABBED MY GUITAR FROM
♪ THE BACK SEAT WROTE A SONG JUST FOR ME
♪ AND I SUNG IT FOR THE BLUE SKY AND A COUPLE LIVE OAK TREES
♪ I THOUGHT OF HOME I GRABBED MY PHONE
♪ FROM MY POCKET AND I CALLED MAMA
♪ AND IT RANG A COUPLE TIMES AND SHE PICKED UP
♪ I CAN ALWAYS HEAR HER SMILE WHEN I CALL
♪ I JUST CALLED TO TELL YOU THAT I LOVED YOU
♪ I WAS MISSIN' YOU AND DAD AND HOME, THAT'S ALL
♪ I GOT TO REALLY THINKIN' THIS MORNIN'
♪ 'BOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT SO I STOPPED OFF AT A TEXACO
♪ BOUGHT A SLIM JIM AND A COKE PARKED OUT BY THE WATER
♪ JUST TO WATCH THAT RIVER FLOW GRABBED MY GUITAR
♪ FROM THE BACK SEAT WROTE A SONG JUST FOR ME
♪ AND I SUNG IT FOR THE BLUE SKY AND A COUPLE LIVE OAK TREES
♪ I THOUGHT OF HOME GRABBED MY PHONE
♪ FROM MY POCKET AND I CALLED MAMA
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ AND FROM NOW ON I AIN'T GONNA WAIT SO LONG
♪ TO STOP OFF AT A TEXACO BUY A SLIM JIM AND A COKE
♪ PARK OUT BY THE WATER JUST TO WATCH THAT RIVER FLOW
♪ GRAB MY GUITAR FROM THE BACK SEAT
♪ WRITE A SONG JUST FOR ME I'LL SING IT FOR THE BLUE SKY
♪ AND A COUPLE LIVE OAK TREES AND THINK OF HOME
♪ GRAB MY PHONE FROM MY POCKET INSTEAD OF SAYING
♪ TOMORROW I'M GONNA AND I CALL MAMA
♪ AND I CALL MAMA ♪ >> AS A SON, A HUSBAND, A
PROUD FATHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS, AND AS A HUMAN BEING, I AM
ENLIGHTENED AND INSPIRED BY WOMEN EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THEIR STRENGTH CHANGES ME FOR THE BETTER.
EVERY OPPORTUNITY IN LIFE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO WOMEN.
THIS NEXT SONG SPEAKS TO THE QUESTIONS WE FACE WHILE TRYING
TO CREATE THE CHANGES THAT ALLOW OUR DAUGHTERS TO BE
WHOMEVER THEY WANT TO BE.
PERFORMING “WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL HER?” HERE'S MICKEY GUYTON
JOINED BY KEITH URBAN.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ SHE THINKS LIFE IS FAIR GOD HEARS EVERY PRAYER
♪ AND EVERYONE GETS THEIR EVER AFTER
♪ SHE THINKS LOVE IS LOVE AND IF YOU WORK HARD
THAT'S ENOUGH ♪ SKIN'S JUST SKIN AND IT
DOESN'T MATTER ♪ AND THAT HER FRIEND'S OLDER
BROTHER'S ♪ GONNA KEEP HIS HANDS TO
HIMSELF ♪ AND THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA
BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE TELLS ♪ BUT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL
HER WHEN SHE'S WRONG
♪ WILL YOU JUST SHRUG AND SAY IT'S BEEN THAT WAY ALL ALONG
♪ WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL HER WHEN SHE FIGURES OUT
♪ THAT ALL THIS TIME YOU BUILT HER UP
♪ JUST SO THE WORLD COULD LET HER DOWN
♪ YEAH, WHAT DO YOU TELL HER WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL HER
♪ DO YOU JUST LET HER PRETEND THAT SHE COULD BE THE PRESIDENT
♪ WOULD IT HELP US GET THERE ANY FASTER
♪ DO YOU LET HER THINK THE DECK'S NOT STACKED
♪ IF YOU'RE GAY OR STRAIGHT OR WHITE OR BLACK
♪ YOU JUST DREAM AND ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
♪ BUT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL HER
WHEN SHE'S WRONG ♪ WILL YOU JUST SHRUG AND SAY
IT'S BEEN THAT WAY ALL ALONG ♪ WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL HER
WHEN SHE FIGURES OUT ♪ THAT ALL THIS TIME YOU
BUILT HER UP ♪ JUST SO THE WORLD COULD
LET HER DOWN ♪ YEAH, WHAT DO YOU TELL HER
MMM, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL HER ♪ DO YOU TELL HER NOT TO FIGHT
IS IT WORTH THE SACRIFICE ♪ CAN YOU LOOK HER IN THE FACE
AND PROMISE HER THAT THINGS'LL CHANGE
♪ WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL HER MAYBE YOU CAN'T
♪ CAUSE THERE AIN'T NO WAY YOU CAN EXPLAIN
♪ WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HELL DO YOU TELL HER
♪ WHAT THE HELL DO YOU TELL HER OH, OHH
♪ WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL HER WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL HER? ♪
>> Claudine: THE ACADEMY SALUTES OUR PARTNERS AT COUNTRY RADIO,
AND WE CONGRATULATE CLAY AND COMPANY, WYRK BUFFALO NEW YORK,
AS ONE OF THIS YEAR'S A.C.M.
COUNTRY WINNERS.
P!NK JOINS KEITH FOR THEIR NEW SONG, "ONE TOO MANY."
PLUS, THE AWARD FOR MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR.
AND STILL TO COME, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, AND A SPECIAL
"IN MEMORIAM" PERFORMANCE BY TRISHA YEARWOOD.
THE 55th A.C.M. AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: NEXT, LAUREN ALAINA PRESENTS MALE ARTIST OF THE
YEAR.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: WE'RE BACK LIVE IN NASHVILLE WITH THE 55th ACM
AWARDS.
ONCE AGAIN, FROM THE BLUEBIRD CAFE, HERE IS 35-TIME ACM WINNER
MIRANDA LAMBERT.
>> I ONCE HAD THE PLEASURE OF DOING A DUET WITH KEITH URBAN.
THE SONG IS CALLED “WE WERE US,” AND WE HAD A BLAST DOING
IT.
NOW, KEITH HAS A BRAND NEW DUET WITH SUPERSTAR P!NK, AND IT'S
FEATURED ON HIS NEW ALBUM, "THE SPEED OF NOW: PART 1," COMING
OUT THIS FRIDAY.
THEY FOUND A WAY TO PERFORM THIS SONG TOGETHER, BRIDGING THE GAP
BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS AND TIME ZONES.
AND, I'M SURE THEY HAD A BLAST COMING UP WITH IT.
HERE'S KEITH URBAN AND P!NK WI“" ONE TOO MANY.”
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ DON'T REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT LAST NIGHT
♪ WOKE UPON A COUCH SUNRISE SAW THE LIVING ROOM THROUGH
♪ THESE BLOODSHOT EYES OF MY MIND
♪ COLD SOBER YOU DIDN'T LIKE THAT
♪ I CAME HOME LATE 4:00 A.M. BUT IT'S
♪ A FRIDAY, BABE AND I'VE BEEN WORKIN' HARD
♪ CAN'T YOU GIVE ME SOME SPACE 'STEAD SHOUTIN' OUT
♪ "OH MY GOD" OH, OH YEAH
♪ OH, OH YEAH I GO OUT WITH
♪ SOME NEW FRIENDS BUT IT JUST MAKES ME
♪ MISS YOU MORE, MORE I SPENT ALL MY MONEY
♪ DRINKIN' ON MY OWN, YEAH IN THIS BAR JUST SAT HERE
♪ STARIN' AT MY PHONE AND I KEEP SECOND GUESSIN'
♪ WHERE DID I GO WRONG I KNOW I'M PROUD
♪ BUT I'VE HAD ONE TOO MANY COME TAKE ME HOME
♪ NOW I'M THE ONE THAT'S CRYIN' I DIDN'T WANNA CALL
♪ I DIDN'T WANNA FIGHT I SWEAR THAT I WAS TRYIN'
♪ YEAH, BUT EVERYBODY FALLS WHEN THEIR HEAD'S A LITTLE HIGH
♪ AND I NEVER MEANT TO GET SO OUT MY MIND
♪ WITH YOU PLAYIN' COOL JUST PRETENDIN' IT'S FINE
♪ OH, WE'VE BEEN 'ROUND 'ROUND, 'ROUND THIS
♪ TOO MANY TIMES BEFORE OH, OH YEAH
♪ OH, OH YEAH I GO OUT WITH
♪ SOME NEW FRIENDS BUT IT JUST MAKES ME
♪ MISS YOU MORE, MORE I SPENT ALL MY MONEY
♪ DRINKIN' ON MY OWN, YEAH IN THIS BAR JUST SAT HERE
♪ STARIN' AT MY PHONE AND I KEEP SECOND GUESSIN'
♪ WHERE DID I GO WRONG I KNOW I'M PROUD
♪ BUT I'VE HAD ONE TOO MANY COME TAKE ME HOME
♪ I DON'T KNOW HOW LUCKY HOW LUCKY I AM, I AM, I AM
♪ NO, I GUESS SOMETIMES I SHOULD GIVE MORE OF
♪ A DAMN, A DAMN, A DAMN ABOUT YOU
♪ I DON'T KNOW HOW LUCKY HOW LUCKY
♪ I AM, I AM, I AM, NO I KNOW WE'RE BOTH STUBBORN
♪ PUSH EACH OTHERS' BUTTONS I'D RATHER DO IT WITH YOU, BUT
♪ I SPENT ALL MY MONEY DRINKIN' ON MY OWN, YEAH
♪ IN THIS BAR JUST SAT HERE STARIN' AT MY PHONE
♪ I SPENT ALL MY MONEY DRINKIN' ON MY OWN, YEAH
♪ IN THIS BAR JUST SAT HERE STARIN' AT MY PHONE, YEAH
♪ AND I KEEP SECOND GUESSIN' WHERE DID I GO WRONG
♪ I KNOW I'M PROUD BUT I'VE HAD ONE TOO MANY
♪ COME TAKE ME HOME ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪
COME TAKE ME HOME
♪ YEAH, I'VE HAD ONE TOO MANY ♪
>> Claudine: NOW, AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE, ACM WINNER
LAUREN ALAINA HAS OUR NEXT AWARD.
>> IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FIVE OF THE MOST AMAZING MEN IN COUNTRY
MUSIC, YOU'LL FIND THEM IN THIS NEXT CATEGORY.
NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE VOICES IN
THE BUSINESS, THEY'VE EACH GOT THE CHARM AND CHARISMA TO
CAPTURE THE HEARTS OF THEIR FANS.
>> Claudine: FOR MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR, THE NOMINEES ARE...
DIERKS BENTLEY.
LUKE COMBS.
THOMAS RHETT.
CHRIS STAPLETON.
KEITH URBAN.
>> AND THE A.C.M. MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR GOES TO...
LUKE COMBS.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> THIS IS A LOT TO PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN MY LIFE, MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE,
AND THE FANS, MAN, I MEAN YOU GUYS ARE-- HAVE DONE
EVERYTHING FOR ME AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I CAN'T WAIT TO KEEP
WORKING AND KEEP MAKING YOU PROUD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU COUNTRY MUSIC.
I LOVE YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU.
>> Claudine: COMING UP, TRISHA YEARWOOD TAKES THE STAGE AT THE
GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE WITH A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THE COUNTRY
MUSIC STARS WE'LL NEVER FORGET.
THE AWARDS FOR FEMALE ARTIST AND ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR.
PLUS, FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE.
THE 55th A.C.M. AWARDS.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: TRISHA YEARWOOD WHEN WE CONTINUE.
THIS IS CBS.
>> Claudine: WELCOME BACK TO THE 55th A.C.M. AWARDS, LIVE,
AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE IN NASHVILLE.
NOW, WITH OUR NEXT AWARD, HERE'S GOSPEL GREAT CECE WINANS.
>> THEY ARE FIERY, YET MEASURED.
THEY ARE FIERCE, YET VULNERABLE.
THEY HAVE POWERFUL VOICES, NOT ONLY WHEN THEY'RE SINGING, BUT
WHEN SPEAKING OUT FOR EQUALITY.
AND, THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER THE COUNTRY CHARTS.
>> Claudine: FOR FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR, THE NOMINEES ARE...
KELSEA BALLERINI.
MIRANDA LAMBERT.
MAREN MORRIS.
KACEY MUSGRAVES.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
>> AND THE A.C.M. FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR GOES TO...
MAREN MORRIS.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ THIS IS SO WEIRD TALKING TO TO ONE BUT I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE
THO THANK I.
I WILL TRY TO MAKE IT SHORLT.
THIS IS AN AWARD I WOULD I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET TO WIN SO
THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS.
THANK YOU TO MY BEAUTIFUL HUSBAND AND MY NEW BABY BOY.
HAZE, WHO IS DEFINITELY ASLEEP RIGHT NOW I HOPE.
OH MY GOD, I HAVE TO PEE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I'M NEVER GOING TO FORGET THIS.
THANK YOU TO SONNY, THANK YOU TO MY TEAM, JANET AT RED DS LIGHT,
THANK YOU CAA, THANK YOU COUNTRY MUSIC AND VOTE!
>> Claudine: OUR NEXT ARTIST HAS A VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FOR
US TONIGHT.
HERE'S TRISHA YEARWOOD.
>> THIS YEAR, THE COUNTRY MUSIC WORLD LOST SOME CHERISHED
MEMBERS, FROM A FIDDLER AND A GAMBLER, TO A CRICKET AND A“
PICKUP MAN;” FROM A STATLER BROTHER, TO “THE ONE YOU SLIP
AROUND WITH.” WE ALSO SAID GOODBYE TO THE
TALENTS WHO WROTE THE SONGS, THE MUSICIANS WHO PLAYED THEM, THE
EXECUTIVES WHO FOSTERED THEM, AND THE RADIO D.J.S WHO PROMOTED
THEM.
THIS SONG IS FOR THOSE FRIENDS AND EVERYONE WHOSE EARTHLY
PRESENCE IS MISSED, BUT WHOSE MEMORY WILL BE WITH US FOR ALL
TIME.
♪ WHEN YOU CAN'T WALK AND THERE'S CHAINS
♪ 'ROUND YOUR SOUL THE BURDEN'S TOO HEAVY
♪ AND YOU'VE RUN OUT OF ROAD AND YOU'RE PRAYING OUT LOUD
♪ AS YOU STUMBLE THROUGH THE RAIN AND SNOW
♪ I'LL WALK OUT AND FIND YOU I'LL CARRY YOU HOME
♪ WHEN YOU CAN'T SPEAK 'CAUSE THE WORDS ARE TOO STRONG
♪ AND EVERY TIME THAT YOU TRY IT JUST COMES OUT ALL WRONG
♪ WHEN YOUR HEART'S SCREAMING OUT, BUT
♪ NO ONE CAN HEAR YOUR SONG OH, I'LL SING IT FOR YOU
♪ I'LL CARRY YOU HOME I'LL CARRY YOU HOME
♪ I'LL CARRY YOU HOME SO REST YOUR HEART EASY
♪ I'LL CARRY YOU HOME SO WANDER THIS WORLD NOW
♪ FEARLESS AND FREE CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN
♪ AND SAIL EVERY SEA BUT IF YOU WANDER TOO FAR
♪ INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN YOU KNOW I WILL FIND YOU
♪ I'LL CARRY YOU HOME I'LL CARRY YOU HOME
♪ I'LL CARRY YOU HOME SO REST YOUR HEART EASY
♪ I'LL CARRY YOU HOME I'LL CARRY YOU HOME
♪ SO REST YOUR HEART EASY I'LL CARRY YOU HOME
♪ REST YOUR HEART EASY I'LL CARRY YOU HOME ♪
>> Claudine: THE 55th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS.
SPONSORED BY FORD.
BUILT FORD PROUD.
>> Claudine: WELCOME BACK.
AND NOW, WITH THEIR 17th NUMBER ONE SINGLE "I LOVE MY COUNTRY,"
HERE IS FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE.
♪ ♪ ♪ WHAT'S UP, Y'ALL KNOW THE BOYS
CAME TO ROCK, BROKEN FOOT AND ALL.
♪ ♪ ♪ OUT HERE, AIN'T NOTHIN'
♪ BUT WOODS AND WATER DROP A DEER FROM A STAND
♪ CATCH A FISH WITH A BOBBER DRINK A BEER OUT THE CAN
♪ LIQUOR OUT THE BOTTLE HOW THE GOOD LORD INTENDED IT
♪ YES HE DID I LOVE MY COUNTRY
♪ I LOVE MY COUNTRY SIX STRINGS AND FIDDLES
♪ WHISKEY FROM KENTUCKY WE KEEP IT FUNKY
♪ WE LIKE HOW IT SOUNDS MONDAY TO SUNDAY
♪ YEAH, I LOVE MY COUNTRY UP LOUD AND PROUD
♪ ROLLIN' INTO TOWN HANGIN' OUT THE WINDOW
♪ LIKE A BLUETICK HOUND AIN'T SORRY, AIN'T NOTHIN'
♪ TO BE SORRY ABOUT I LOVE MY COUNTRY AND
♪ I LOVE MY COUNTRY UP LOUD BARBECUE, STEAK FRIES
♪ STYROFOAM PLATE DATE NIGHT GEORGE STRAIT SINGING
♪ GREATS WHILE WE TURNING UP SITTING LAKESIDE
♪ THAT PEDAL STEEL SHE STRAIGHT SLIDING
♪ OVER HERE TO ME SHE DO THAT ALABAMA SHAKE
♪ LIKE YOU AIN'T EVER SEEN I LOVE MY COUNTRY
♪ I LOVE MY COUNTRY SIX STRINGS AND FIDDLES
♪ WHISKEY FROM KENTUCKY WE KEEP IT FUNKY
♪ WE LIKE HOW IT SOUNDS MONDAY TO SUNDAY
♪ YEAH, I LOVE MY COUNTRY UP LOUD AND PROUD
♪ ROLLIN' INTO TOWN HANGIN' OUT THE WINDOW
♪ LIKE A BLUETICK HOUND AIN'T SORRY, AIN'T NOTHIN'
♪ TO BE SORRY ABOUT I LOVE MY COUNTRY AND
♪ I LOVE MY COUNTRY UP LOUD I LOVE MY COUNTRY UP LOUD
♪ I'M TALKING WAY UP LOUD I LIKE POP, AND ROCK, AND RAP
♪ I LIKE SKYNYRD AND GOIN' OUT DOWNTOWN
♪ WHEN I'M WITH HER LIKE DRIVIN' TOO FAST
♪ DOWN A FOUR LANE ROAD BUT DAMN SURE NOWHERE CLOSE
♪ TO THE WAY THAT I LOVE MY COUNTRY
♪ I LOVE MY COUNTRY SIX STRINGS AND FIDDLES
♪ WHISKEY FROM KENTUCKY WE KEEP IT FUNKY
♪ WE LIKE HOW IT SOUNDS MONDAY TO SUNDAY
♪ YEAH, I LOVE MY COUNTRY UP LOUD AND PROUD
♪ ROLLIN' INTO TOWN HANGIN' OUT THE WINDOW
♪ LIKE A BLUETICK HOUND AIN'T SORRY, AIN'T NOTHIN'
♪ TO BE SORRY ABOUT I LOVE MY COUNTRY AND
♪ I LOVE MY COUNTRY UP LOUD YEAH, BABY
♪ WOO I LOVE MY COUNTRY UP LOUD
♪ YEAH, WAY UP LOUD AIN'T THAT RIGHT, A.C.M.S, THANK
YOU GUYS SO MUCH, WE LOVE Y'ALL.
YEAH!
>> Keith: WHOOO!
KILLING IT, ROCK 'N' ROLL STYLE.
OKAY, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT TO MY GIRLS, WATCHING AT HOME TONIGHT,
I LOVE YOU GUYS AND I MISS YOU.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS TIME TO PRESENT THE ACM AWARD, TALKING
ABOUT ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR.
TOP HONOR.
THISSIER'S NOMINEES HAVE HAD TO WAIT AN EXTRA FIVE MONTHS, WHICH
TECHNICALLY MEANS I AM THE LONGEST REIGNING ENTERTAINER OF
A GIVEN YEAR.
I WILL TAKE IT.
BUT I WILL NOW HAPPILY TURN IT OVER TO ONE OF THESE INCREDIBLE
ARTISTS.
>> Claudine: FOR ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, THE NOMINEES ARE...
LUKE BRYAN.
ERIC CHURCH.
LUKE COMBS.
THOMAS RHETT.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
>> Keith: AND THE WINNER OF THE A.C.M. ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
IS...
WE HAVE A TIE.
THIS HAS GOT TOO GOT TO BE A FIRST I DON'T KNOW IF I AM GOING
TO GET-- I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT.
A TIE FOR THE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, TWO ARTISTS HAVE WON IN.
THE FIRST ARTIST TONIGHT TO RECEIVE THE ENTERTAINER OF THE
YEAR AWARD, THOMAS RHETT.
♪ LOOK WHAT GOD GAVE.
♪ SHE WALKED IN THE ROOM.
♪ LIKE HE ANSWERED MY PRAYER.
♪.
>> WHOOO!
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS.
KEITH, WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?
>> OKAY, HAVE I 27 SECONDS, THANK YOU SO THE LORD, JESUS
CHRIST, MY LORD AND SAFFIER, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY WIFE, MY
BABY GIRL, WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW, WILL AND GRAY, I LOVE YOU,
EDDIE JAMES I LOVE YOU, LENNON I LOVE YOU.
TO MY MANAGEMENT, MY RECORD LABEL, TO MY PUBLISHERS, TO LIVE
NATION, EVERYONE THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE, TO MY BAND AND CREW
WHO PUT IN COUNTLESS HOURS JUST MAKING OUR SHOW WHAT ST.
THANK YOU TO THE FANS, THANK YOU TO THE A.C.M.S, I LOVE YOU, I
LOVE YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> Keith: CONGRATS, TR.
MAN, THIS IS CRAZY.
TIED WITH TR TONIGHT AS ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR, CARRIE
UNDERWOOD.
♪ I BELIEVE YOU AND ME AS SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
♪ AND I.
♪.
>> 2020 MAN.
THANK YOU GOD, SO MUCH.
ALL GLORY, GLORY TO GOD.
TANK YOU TO THE ACM, NOT JUST FOR THIS, BUT FOR PUTTING ME IN
SUCH INCREDIBLE COMPANY.
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH THOMAS RHETT AND JUST
TO HAVE MY NAME MENTIONED WITH HIS AND LUKE AND LUKE AND ERIC
CHURCH, I AM BEYOND HONORED.
THANK YOU UMG, THANK YOU AUSTRALIAN AND MY TEAM.
THANK YOU FANS FOR COMING OUT TO SEE US, SPENDING YOUR
HARD-EARNED MONEY, BAND, CREW, EVERYBODY THAT MAKES THIS SHOW
HAPPEN.
YOU GUYS, HOLD ON, IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
JUST HOLD ON.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY HERE PUTTING ON THE A.C.M.S TONIGHT.
YOU GUYS MADE US ALL FEEL SAFE AND YOU WORKED SO HARD AND I'M
JUST REALLY GLAD THAT WE GOT TO CELEBRATE.
THNK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
GOD BLESS.
>> Keith: CONGRATS, CARRIE, AND TR.
SO GOOD.
GUY, DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME TONIGHT, AT HOME?
I HOPE SO.
WE HAD SUCH A GREAT NIGHT TONIGHT.
I GOT A NEW ALBUM COMING OUT THIS FRIDAY CALLED THE SPEED OF
NOW PART 1.
AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS OUT ON THE ROAD, WHEREVER YOU ARE
LIVING VERY, VERY SOON.
WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT ON THE ROAD AGAIN, GOOD NIGHT,
EVERYBODY.
GOD BLISS FROM THE A-- GOD BLESS FROM THE A.C.M.S.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
♪ I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
♪ THE LIFE I LOVE IS MAKING MUSIC WITH MY FRIENDS.
♪ I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
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♪ ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
♪ LIKE A DOWN THE HIGHWAY.
♪ WE'RE BEST OF FRIENDS.
♪ INSISTING THAT THE WORLD IS GOING OUR WAY.
♪ ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
♪ I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
♪ THE LIFE I LOVE IS MAKING MUSIC WITH MY FRIENDS.
♪ I CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN.
♪