53rd Academy of Country Music Awards

The 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 15, 2018. Nominations were announced on March 1, 2018, with Chris Stapleton leading the nominations with five. Reba McEntire returned as host for the first time in six years, making it the fifteenth time she has hosted the show.

Winners and Nominees

The winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Jason Aldean * Garth Brooks * Luke Bryan * Chris Stapleton * Keith Urban	From A Room: Volume 1 — Chris Stapleton *The Breaker — Little Big Town *California Sunrise — Jon Pardi *Happy Endings — Old Dominion *Life Changes — Thomas Rhett
Female Artist of the Year	Male Artist of the Year
Miranda Lambert Kelsea Ballerini Reba McEntire * Maren Morris *Carrie Underwood	Chris Stapleton Jason Aldean Thomas Rhett * Keith Urban *Chris Young
Group of the Year	Duo of the Year
Old Dominion * Lady Antebellum * LANCO * Little Big Town * Midland	Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line LOCASH Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"Body Like a Back Road" — Sam Hunt * "Better Man" — Little Big Town * "Broken Halos" — Chris Stapleton * "Drinkin' Problem" — Midland * "I'll Name the Dogs" — Blake Shelton	"Tin Man" — Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall * "Better Man" — Taylor Swift * "Body Like a Back Road" — Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne * "Female" — Ross Copperman, Nicolle Galyon and Shane McAnally * "Whiskey and You" — Lee Thomas Miller and Chris Stapleton
New Female Artist of the Year	New Male Artist of the Year
Lauren Alaina Danielle Bradbery Carly Pearce *RaeLynn	Brett Young Kane Brown Luke Combs Devin Dawson Russell Dickerson
New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year	Video of the Year
Midland High Valley LANCO LOCASH Runaway June	"It Ain’t My Fault" — Brothers Osborne * "Black" — Dierks Bentley * "Legends" — Kelsea Ballerin * "Marry Me" — Thomas Rhett * "We Should Be Friends" — Miranda Lambert
Vocal Event of the Year	Songwriter of the Year
"The Fighter" — Keith Urban * "Craving You" — Thomas Rhett * "Dear Hate" — Maren Morris * "Funny (How Time Slips Away)" — Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson * "What If's" — Kane Brown	Rhett Akins * Ashley Gorley * Hillary Lindsey * Shane McAnally * Josh Osborne

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