Taylor Swift & Miranda Lambert Lead 46th Annual ACM Award Winners

Winners have been announced for the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, a star-studded ceremony broadcast live on the CBS Television Network from MGM GRAND in Las Vegas. Fans named Taylor Swift Entertainer of the Year, the evening’s biggest honor. This is the first year that Taylor Swift has been named Entertainer of the Year. This year marked a record breaking year with nearly 600,000 fans casting their vote for Entertainer of the Year, making it the largest vote ever for this category.

Swift is the eighth and youngest female to take the award in the 40 year history of this category; previous winners include Loretta Lynn in 1975, Dolly Parton in 1977, Barbara Mandrell in 1980, Reba McEntire in 1994, Shania Twain in 1999, The Dixie Chicks in 2000 and Carrie Underwood in 2008 & 2009.

Miranda Lambert won Female Vocalist of the Year and Brad Paisley won Male Vocalist of the Year. This is Lambert’s second consecutive win as Female Vocalist of the Year and Paisley’s fifth consecutive win as Male Vocalist of the Year. Lambert won four awards during tonight’s telecast, making her the
night’s top winner. Sugarland won Vocal Duo of the Year; the group who headlined the first-ever ACM Fan Jam tonight accepted their award from the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Lady Antebellum won Vocal Group of the Year; the group’s second consecutive win in this category. The Band Perry was honored as New Artist of the Year in tonight’s broadcast.

Nearly 155,000 fans casted their online and text votes for the New Artist of the Year category, making it the largest fan vote for this category. Following is the list of winners in the 14 categories voted on by the membership (excluding the Entertainer of the Year and New Artist categories, which were voted on by a combination of professional ACM members and fans):

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Taylor Swift

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Brad Paisley

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Miranda Lambert

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Sugarland

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lady Antebellum

NEW SOLO VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Previously Announced)
Eric Church

NEW VOCAL DUO or GROUP OF THE YEAR (Previously Announced)
The Band Perry

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
The Band Perry

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]
Need You Now - Lady Antebellum (Capitol Records Nashville)
Produced by: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley

SINGLE RECORD OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]
The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville)
Produced by: Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke

SONG OF THE YEAR [Award to Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Composers: Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin
Publishers: Built On Rock (ASCAP), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (BMI),
Tomdouglasmusic (BMI)

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Producer: Trent Hardville
Director: Trey Fanjoy

VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
As She’s Walking Away – Zac Brown Band Featuring Alan Jackson
Southern Ground/ Roar / Bigger Picture / Atlantic)
Produced by: Zac Brown, Keith Stegall