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 YearAlbum of the Year

  • ' – Chris Stapleton
  • *The Breaker – Little Big Town
  • *California Sunrise – Jon Pardi
  • *Happy Endings – Old Dominion
  • *Life Changes – Thomas Rhett
    • Female Artist of the YearMale 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 YearDuo of the Year
  • Old Dominion
  • * Lady Antebellum
  • * LANCO
  • * Little Big Town
  • * Midland
  • Brothers Osborne
  • *Dan + Shay
  • *Florida Georgia Line
  • *LOCASH
  • *Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
    • Single of the YearSong 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, Jon Randall
  • * "Better Man" – Taylor Swift
  • * "Body Like a Back Road" – Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
  • * "Female" – Ross Copperman, Nicolle Galyon and Shane McAnally
  • * "Whiskey and You" – Lee Thomas Miller, Chris Stapleton
    • New Female Artist of the YearNew 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 YearVideo 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
    • Musical Event of the YearSongwriter of the Year
  • "The Fighter" – Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood
  • * "Craving You" – Thomas Rhett Featuring Maren Morris
  • * "Dear Hate" – Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill
  • * "Funny " – Glen Campbell And Willie Nelson
  • * "What Ifs" – Kane Brown featuring Lauren Alaina
  • Rhett Akins'''
  • * Ashley Gorley
  • * Hillary Lindsey
  • * Shane McAnally
  • * Josh Osborne

    • Performances

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    Presenters

    See also