The 2017 ACM Award winners were announced during a live telecast from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, April 2, at 8:00pm Eastern/7:00pm Central (tape delayed on the west coast) on the CBS Television Network. For the second year in a row the event was co-hosted by country music stars Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan.
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ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
X — Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Florida Georgia Line
Carrie Underwood
Keith Urban
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Kelsea Ballerini
X — Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Dierks Bentley
X — Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Big and Rich
X — Brothers Osborne
Dan and Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie and Tae
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Eli Young Band
X — Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
Lady Antebellum
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
“Black,” Dierks Bentley
“Dig Your Roots,” Florida Georgia Line
“Hero,” Maren Morris
“Ripcord,” Keith Urban
X — “The Weight of These Wings,” Miranda Lambert
SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR
“Blue Ain’t Your Color,” Keith Urban
X — “H.O.L.Y.,” Florida Georgia Line
“Humble and Kind,” Tim McGraw
“My Church,” Maren Morris
“Vice,” Miranda Lambert
SONG OF THE YEAR
“Blue Ain’t Your Color,” Keith Urban
X — “Die a Happy Man,” Thomas Rhett
“Humble and Kind,” Tim McGraw
“Kill a Word,” Eric Church feat. Rhiannon Giddens
“Tennessee Whiskey,” Chris Stapleton
“Vice,” Miranda Lambert
VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
“Different for Girls,” Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King
“Forever Country,” Artists of Then, Now & Forever
X — “May We All,” Florida Georgia Line feat. Tim McGraw
“Setting the World on Fire,” Kenny Chesney feat. Pink
“Think of You,” Chris Young feat. Cassadee Pope
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
“Fire Away,” Chris Stapleton
X — “Forever Country,” Artists of Then, Now & Forever
“Humble and Kind,” Tim McGraw
“Peter Pan,” Kelsea Ballerini
“Vice,” Miranda Lambert
NEW FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Lauren Alaina
Cam
Brandy Clark
X — Maren Morris
NEW MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Kane Brown
Chris Janson
Chris Lane
X — Jon Pardi
Brett Young
NEW VOCAL DUO/GROUP OF THE YEAR
A Thousand Horses
X — Brothers Osborne
Dan and Shay
LoCash
Maddie and Tae
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Ashley Gorley
Luke Laird
Hillary Lindsey
Shane McAnally
X — Lori McKenna
