Perfunctory Post on the 2020 ACM Awards Nominations
Like someone with the Coronavirus coughing in your face, here come the 2020 ACM Awards nominations. With Maren Morris and Thomas Rhett leading the pack of nominees with five nominations each, Justin Bieber receiving three nominations while folks like Tyler Childers, Cody Jinks, and others go ignored, oh, and Keith Urban being announced as the host this year, you might as well be getting news from the local doctor where you’re quarantine station is located.
A nomination for The Highwomen, Cody Johnson for Best New Male Artist (an award they hand out on a random Thursday via tweet), and Jon Pardi’s Heartache Medication are no real consolation for the rest of the awfulness on parade here. When you’re wondering if the Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus collaboration will beat out the Justin Bieber & Dan + Shay collaboration for an award, it’s an indication just how awful the ACM Awards really are.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Eric Church or Luke Combs should win it. Carrie Underwood is who everyone will demand wins it. Garth Brooks will eventually win it pissing everyone off, and he’s not even nominated.
Luke Bryan
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Carrie Underwood
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Neck and neck battle between Maren Morris and Kacey Musgraves because they talk the most shit on country fans on Twitter.
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Luke Combs will win this walking away, then walk out on stage to accept it with a solo cup in his hand, and BBQ sauce stain on his shirt.
Dierks Bentley
Luke Combs
Thomas Rhett
Chris Stapleton
Keith Urban
DUO OF THE YEAR
Dan + Shay secure their 7-figure endorsement deal with Vidal Sassoon after securing this most obvious of ACM picks.
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Maddie & Tae
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Hey! We don’t hate women! Look! We gave the Highwomen a nomination! (Old Dominion wins anyway.)
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion
The Highwomen
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Tenille Townes deserves this. Great mainstream artist. But it goes to Lindsay Ell as a consolation prize for having to date Bobby Bones for a spell.
Ingrid Andress
Gabby Barrett
Lindsay Ell
Caylee Hammack
Tenille Townes
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Morgan Wallen is “new”? Either way, he gets the nomination. Cool to see Cody Johnson nominated, but the mullet alone will mean Morgan comes out on top.
Jordan Davis
Russell Dickerson
Riley Green
Cody Johnson
Morgan Wallen
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Jon Pardi should win this if we’re taking about quality. Luke Combs should win this if were talking about commercial performance. But Maren Morris will win this as a way to keep the media off country’s back about the lack of women, and they’ll still slaughter a small forest after the ACMs to blame white old males for everything.
Center Point Road – Thomas Rhett
GIRL – Maren Morris
Heartache Medication – Jon Pardi
What You See Is What You Get – Luke Combs
Wildcard – Miranda Lambert
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Actually not an entirely terrible list of nominees. “God’s Country” is your frontrunnner.
“God’s Country” – Blake Shelton
“One Man Band” – Old Dominion
“Rainbow” – Kacey Musgraves
“Rumor” – Lee Brice
“What If I Never Get Over You” – Lady Antebellum
SONG OF THE YEAR
“10,000 Hours” should be a Single of the Year nominee, not Song of the Year. That sucks because it’s probably going to win, not giving Ashley McBryde a fair chance with an actual Song of the Year-caliber song.
“10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay feat. Justin Bieber
“Girl Goin’ Nowhere” – Ashley McBryde
“God’s Country” – Blake Shelton
“One Man Band” – Old Dominion
“Some of It” – Eric Church
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Ha! Video.
“10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay feat. Justin Bieber
“God’s Country” – Blake Shelton
“One Man Band” – Old Dominion
“Remember You Young” – Thomas Rhett
“Sugar Coat” – Little Big Town
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
Coronavirus, spare me now from having to witness the handing out of this award.
“10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay feat. Justin Bieber
“Dive Bar” – Garth Brooks feat. Blake Shelton
“Fooled Around and Fell in Love” – Miranda Lambert feat. Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, Tenille Townes, Caylee Hammack & Elle King
“Old Town Road” – Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus
“What Happens in a Small Town” – Brantley Gilbert feat. Lindsay Ell
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Ashley Gorley wins as part of the ACM Awards effort to emphasize the critical role women play in the success of country music. Voters only figure out later Ashley Gorley is a man.
Ashley Gorley
Michael Hardy
Hillary Lindsey
Shane McAnally
Josh Osborne
February 27, 2020 @ 10:39 am
Loved the commentary and analysis, thanks for the laughs!
February 27, 2020 @ 10:45 am
If girl going nowhere gets beat by 10000 hours I will riot
February 27, 2020 @ 10:52 am
Prepare your Molotov cocktails.
February 27, 2020 @ 1:20 pm
Oh Yeah, Roger That
February 28, 2020 @ 10:35 am
But won’t they both lose to Lil Nas X and Achy Breaky Dumbass?
March 7, 2020 @ 9:34 pm
Not only, as Trigger says, are cardigan cowboys Dan + Shay in the wrong category — Song of the Year rather than Single of the Year — in my opinion they shouldn’t even be eligible for nomination at a “country” awards night. What’s at all “country” about a synth pop duo featuring special-guest-additional-pop-artist Justin Bieber?
Just because something was built in Detroit, doesn’t mean it’s a car. Similarly, just because a song was recorded in Nashville doesn’t mean it’s country!
February 27, 2020 @ 10:48 am
You had me at Vidal Sassoon.
The best we can hope for is some comedy at this point.
Welcome to the 2020 “Accidentally Comedic Music” awards everyone.
February 27, 2020 @ 10:52 am
Thought you were going to say, “The best we can hope for is to die in our sleep before the ACM Awards” as a nod to Kenny.
February 27, 2020 @ 10:59 am
I’m gambling on comedy and mockery cracking the Matrix at some point.
February 27, 2020 @ 11:37 am
And P.S. I have to say that all jokes aside, this is an example of your lack of journalistic integrity. I came to Saving Country Music dot com to get the hard facts…. but NO, I have to hear your washed up opinions that do not compute with my mainstream programming. Just shut up and journalism!
February 27, 2020 @ 12:44 pm
This article is full of hard facts! 95% of the nominees are pure horse shit!
February 27, 2020 @ 1:13 pm
I’ll be reporting your ponyphobic comment to the CMASPLC.
February 27, 2020 @ 10:52 am
“Voters only figure out later Ashley Gorley is a man.”
Bwahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahah!
February 27, 2020 @ 10:56 am
Regarding your “Morgan Wallen is “new”? ” comment: do you remember when T G Sheppard got the new Artist award after he already had notched 14 #1 singles?
February 27, 2020 @ 1:41 pm
What organization bestowed him with that award? T.G Sheppard has never won an ACM Best New Male Vocalist or CMA Horizon award.
February 27, 2020 @ 2:05 pm
It was Music City News who awarded him this. I think around 1982, when he’d had several #1s already.
February 27, 2020 @ 10:58 am
Russell Dickerson is one of the most recent abominations to appear on the scene.
February 27, 2020 @ 1:37 pm
Nah…I think he fits right in…and deserves an “Abominable Countray Muzak award as much as anyone.
February 27, 2020 @ 11:22 am
LOL I choked on my alfredo reading the Ashley Gorley comment. Well played.
February 27, 2020 @ 11:27 am
Next edition must be held in Wuhan, so it will get VIRAL!
February 27, 2020 @ 2:53 pm
Too soon
February 27, 2020 @ 11:28 am
Remember when Brothers Osborne were winning as an antidote to Florida Georgia Line? Could they possibly win again? I fear the backlash against Boyfriend Country isn’t strong enough yet to lead to a Dan+Shay defeat.
February 27, 2020 @ 12:36 pm
*Should* they win? Maybe. They’ve had decent success over the past year and their music is pretty good even if it’s not that traditional.
*Could* they win? Hell no. Dan + Shay will obviously win due to their two massive singles this year and the continued erosion of this culture.
February 27, 2020 @ 1:47 pm
Dan + Shay is the biggest act in all of country music right now, right behind Luke Combs. Not sure how we got here, but we’re here. There is a 100% chance they win.
February 27, 2020 @ 2:28 pm
Yeah, Boyfriend Country reigns so Brothers Osborne winning is not gonna happen. I look forward to the day (for many reasons) that Boyfriend Country dies.
February 27, 2020 @ 11:29 am
You’re probably right about who wins album of the year. However, I am still pulling for Jon Pardi.
February 27, 2020 @ 12:33 pm
Hallelujah!! I pray he wins!!! Best mainstream God damn country album since Troubadour in 2008
February 28, 2020 @ 7:36 am
I honestly do think it will win either the CMA or ACM for album of the year. It has gotten a ton of love from critics and fans. He’s had one hit and will have more. Jon Pardi’s career has been a slow, steady climb, and I think he starts getting rewarded for it this year.
February 28, 2020 @ 1:54 pm
I feel that Ain’t Always the Cowboy (his next single) could be up for Song of the Year at future awards shows!!
March 7, 2020 @ 9:37 pm
Me too, Jared. Pardi for Album of the Year, and McBryde for Song of the Year, are the only two nominations I care about at all.
February 27, 2020 @ 11:36 am
Pray for Fooled Around and Fell in Love hahaha
February 27, 2020 @ 11:41 am
I’m also pulling for Pardi. But I have a question. Why do you think Tanya’s Grammy winning album wasn’t nominated? Or her song that also won? Why wasn’t Tyler Childers nominated. I would have picked that over Wildcard.
February 27, 2020 @ 11:48 am
Because they live in an alternative reality where American “Country” Music is Sam Hunt, Maren Morris, and Justine Bieber at the top of the charts
February 27, 2020 @ 11:52 am
*Justin*
February 27, 2020 @ 1:16 pm
I liked it better before you corrected the typo.
February 27, 2020 @ 1:49 pm
Tanya Tucker was never going to receive an ACM nomination, any more than Willie Nelson would. Should have she been considered? Of course. But I don’t look at it as a snub. It’s more par for the course from the ACMs.
February 27, 2020 @ 3:43 pm
”But I have a question. Why do you think Tanya’s Grammy winning album wasn’t nominated? Or her song that also won? Why wasn’t Tyler Childers nominated. I would have picked that over Wildcard.”
because its the ACMs ?????
February 27, 2020 @ 11:47 am
Off topic, but is anyone as pissed as me for the douche move FGL pulled on Carrie Underwood publicly requesting her participation on one of their crap new songs? Putting her in a no-win position like that really ticks me off.
And the ACMs are trash
February 27, 2020 @ 1:45 pm
* that awkward moment when Carrie doesn’t contact them back…*
FGL’s momentum is fading quickly… They are desperate for a big radio song, it’s been 2 years since they were relevant at radio
February 27, 2020 @ 11:48 am
“Like someone with the Coronavirus coughing in your face, here come the 2020 ACM Awards nominations.”
Laughing …
February 27, 2020 @ 12:13 pm
It really is the perfect metaphor too. Awards shows are already annoying, but add the “infection” of “this is country music” and there you go. The only thing that would make it better is if the sick person coughing in your face was lying and saying they weren’t sick.
February 27, 2020 @ 11:56 am
A list full of surprises, independent artists & real country music…not.
February 27, 2020 @ 12:07 pm
Omg, no words. #murderonmusicrow
February 27, 2020 @ 12:44 pm
Yeppers
February 27, 2020 @ 12:22 pm
I’ll be watching Wrestlemania 36 over this. That the ACMs have repeatedly counterprogramed to Wrestlemania the last few years makes me wonder about their target audience.
February 28, 2020 @ 10:49 am
I’ll be watching the XFL game, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, and then Curb Your Enthusiasm instead.
February 27, 2020 @ 12:29 pm
Dear lord they may have negative ratings this year
February 27, 2020 @ 12:30 pm
Heartache Medication should win Album.
Miranda has won Album of the Year for every album of hers since 2007…
I don’t think GIRL has a chance. Is it fair to say that Wildcard and Girl could cancel each other out?
Bring on the Pardi!!! Jon would greatly benefit from a win and TV time. He’s UMG’s only nomination, so I think there’s a good chance he could win
February 27, 2020 @ 2:00 pm
“I don’t think GIRL has a chance.”
Well, it did win the CMA for Album of the Year, so…
February 27, 2020 @ 3:00 pm
Yeah, but Maren’s Girl is now up against Miranda.. if a “girl” is going to win for female empowerment, it’s going to be Miranda. She’s won 5 ACMs for 5 different albums throughout the years.
In my opinion, this is a 2 way contest between Miranda and Jon.
February 27, 2020 @ 5:04 pm
Pardi and Combs have better albums. I am so perplexed that Wildcard was nominated. It had terrible sales/streaming numbers. It’s like a novelty album with 2 good songs. Geez at least Maren got 2#1s off her album. But how does it help to award the same artist even with mediocre work? It’s frustrating. There were much better albums this year. How do you promote new country artists when it’s the same ole same ole. And I should say I came to country music late and do I take your recommendations seriously. But some I just don’t get.
February 27, 2020 @ 5:57 pm
Ranking these albums based on overall quality:
1. Heartache Medication
2. Wildcard
3. What You See is What You Get
4. Girl
5. Center Point Road
February 27, 2020 @ 6:04 pm
Mediocre work? ????????♀️ Miranda’s Wildcard album was on every best of 2019 list there was. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s not good. I like Maren but her album is straight up pop. Go research Miranda’s discography and you’ll see why she gets nominated and quite often wins.
February 27, 2020 @ 6:52 pm
You are more than late to country music I’m not even sure you made it to the destination yet if you are “perplexed” that Wildcard got the nom. Apparently you’ve missed the memo of how women don’t get radio airplay. If people don’t hear it they dont buy it. Go to a Miranda concert and then come back and apologize. The woman is a trailblazer. She’s been kicking in country music doors doing it her own way. Writing and singing her own lyrics while playing a guitar. She’s the real deal. When you arrive at real country music give her a listen. Not pop country, not Lil Nas X, not Dan & Shay, not Florida Georgia Line, not Sam Hunt, not Kane Brown. REAL country music. Miranda, Eric Church, George Strait, Ashley McBryde. There are tons. Funny you like Pardi she took him out on tour with her as her opener 2 years ago. One of Pardi’s new songs is wrote by Miranda and Eric Church. Before you can criticize country music and noms you might want to listen to country music and not what the radio says is country. ????♀️????♀️????♀️
February 27, 2020 @ 12:35 pm
I’m sorry… But that Maren Morris chick is a BITCH.
She should change her name to Karen….
She’s always moody and seems entitled to something.
Her pop music sucks and her husband’s last name is Turd. Literally…
February 27, 2020 @ 1:01 pm
*Ryan Hurd, To A T = Ryan Turd (pun)
February 27, 2020 @ 1:22 pm
What would Karen mean?
February 27, 2020 @ 1:41 pm
“May I speak to the manager” – literally every Karen.
February 27, 2020 @ 1:49 pm
Ever see the Karen posts on social media? Karen is a typical name for a short-haired bitch who complains to management (sorry if your wife or mom’s name is Karen).
February 27, 2020 @ 2:07 pm
WTF does “short haired” have to do with being a bitch? I have short hair and I am a bitch but I am a bitch because I deal with incompetant men all day NOT because I have short hair……….unless………omg………now I have to grow my hair out….WTF!!!!!
February 27, 2020 @ 2:13 pm
https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/karen/
“Blonde bob haircut” to be exact.
February 27, 2020 @ 12:45 pm
TIL Ashley Gorley is a dude
February 27, 2020 @ 1:10 pm
Your predictions and commentary are DEAD ON!!
February 27, 2020 @ 1:10 pm
In this well-past ridiculous mess of way too many years of pop music being called country, the ACM & the CMA – two of the best country singer songwriters to come down the pike in many a year – Cody Jinks and Tyler Childers – were left in the dirt while a whole bunch of pop music was nominated; again. I am told real country is called ‘old school’ now, so that l am! Call me whatever, l don’t care – l know country when i hear it. ….. Cody and Tyler deserve to be played on mainstream radio and the powers-that-be will not!! And not listed for even ONE award. The lists are of mostly (not every one) pop singers singing pop songs year after year. I remember how we all went off the deep end the year Olivia Newton-John and John Denver won. (’73 or ’74 I think) ….. Look where radio & awards are now! Thank you Trigger for bringing Cody and Tyler to me. Without you l would not have known to buy their unbelievable CDs.
((And by the way, old-school Johnny Rodriguez and Gene Watson are still touring and making occasional albums.))
February 27, 2020 @ 1:17 pm
CODY JINKS not getting nominated is a P.O.S by the country music awards.. THE ONLY ONE with 2 #1 albums in back to back weeks and they don’t even hardly ever play HIM on radio ???? .. That’s ok I Just have ALL of his CD and don’t have to listen to the radio… I have had a GREAT last 12 months I have been to 2 of CODY JINKS show’s 2 of AARON LEWIS shows 1 ALLEN JACKSON 1 CODY JOHNSON 1and a few more… CODY JINKS IS MY FAVORITE ARTIST GOING NOW ????????????????????????????????????????????????
February 27, 2020 @ 2:18 pm
Predictions, based on what would piss off Trigger the most 😛
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Luke Bryan
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kelsea Ballerini
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Thomas Rhett
DUO OF THE YEAR
Florida Georgia Line
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Old Dominion
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Center Point Road – Thomas Rhett
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
“One Man Band” – Old Dominion
SONG OF THE YEAR
“10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay feat. Justin Bieber
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
“10,000 Hours” – Dan + Shay feat. Justin Bieber
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
“Old Town Road” – Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, obviously
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Shane McAnally, for his work with Old Dominion and Walker Hayes (“You Broke Up With Me”) 😛
February 27, 2020 @ 3:22 pm
I’m hoping for this exact thing to happen. Given that there’s no real way to redeem the show based on who they’ve nominated, at least we’ll get some entertaining stuff to read if all of this goes down…
February 28, 2020 @ 6:16 pm
Don’t forget…
Lifetime Achievement Award – Mitchell “Bitches” Tenpenny
February 27, 2020 @ 2:32 pm
But seriously…
ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Maren Morris will win because her album is the LEAST country of the nominees. It’s just a coincidence that’s she’s a woman.
Center Point Road – Thomas Rhett
GIRL – Maren Morris
Heartache Medication – Jon Pardi
What You See Is What You Get – Luke Combs
Wildcard – Miranda Lambert
February 27, 2020 @ 3:13 pm
What the hell? Where are all of the country music artists? Am I missing something here?
February 27, 2020 @ 3:38 pm
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
“Old Town Road” – Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus
i hope like hell this wins . the sooner the whole thing implodes the sooner we can start the rebuild . in a sane musical climate this piece of yellow dogbile would be the canary in the coal mine
February 27, 2020 @ 8:39 pm
I’ve been thinking and saying something similar to this for awhile.
It’s tricky because, like Tyler C and Trigger have said…the word Country should not be forfeited. But really something has to give. And rebuilding might be the only real option. The industry is too dumb and the activists disguised as journalists are trying to transform country into something completely unrecognizable. For the perfect example see exhibit a:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/breland-my-truck-video-954607/
Seriously, listen to this song from the “viral country star.” Now I’m not criticizing this song itself or the artist…god bless the dude. But RS pushing this as country is clown world. Like you, I say let it happen. Let the ACM /CMA version of country make them indistinguishable from pop and therefore render themselves obsolete. They’re digging their own grave.
February 28, 2020 @ 11:22 am
Breland is not a viral star. That article was clickbait bullshit. The video they used just went over 1 million views, and they posted that article over a week ago. The media is going to be obsessed with the “next Lil Nas X” for the next year, and it will be false every time. Anyone heard from Blanco Brown lately?
February 28, 2020 @ 11:39 am
You’re right, he’s not, but not for lack of trying on their part.
And just “that article” is “clickbait bullshit?”
February 27, 2020 @ 6:31 pm
Whatever and whoever wins, it will be a nod to the females as that is the current politically correct “in thing” to do. You know these award’s shows. Little Grammy wanna-be shows that follow their lead.
February 27, 2020 @ 7:12 pm
Neck and neck battle between Maren Morris and Kacey Musgraves because they talk the most shit on country fans on Twitter.
And this grade of snark, my man, is why I keep coming back here.
February 27, 2020 @ 8:05 pm
Hey guys… Help my write a “Boyfriend Country” standard song. I’ll start with:
Title: ” Give You the Moon ”
Verse 1: When I count the stars in our galaxy.
Miles away or to the nearest constellation.
I’d like this story to be the foundation.
Chorus: I can Give you the Moon,
But a Girl Like you, deserves something more….
Yeah, a Girl Like you deserves the world.
Verse 2: I might not have it all figured out,
But I want to know what we’re all about.
An alignment of grand desire,
I can hear Angels singing in heaven’s choir!!
Whoa Whoa Whoa
I can Give you the moon,
But girl give me time… For someday I’ll get down on one knee..
and together you’d complete my whole world.
February 27, 2020 @ 9:26 pm
And i’ll give you the Milky Waaaay …
Hey Hey Hey
I’ll give it to you every daaaay
February 28, 2020 @ 3:10 pm
And when we kiss in the same starlight
That shone on my pickup truck last night
And something still ain’t 100% right
I will give you the moon girl,
We will be dy-no-mite in that that moonlight
February 28, 2020 @ 7:02 pm
Okay, you and Arnold win.
This round …
Next time i won’t text the 1st smart-a**ed thing that pops into my brain.
If there ever is another challenge, will pour a nice glass of red, and think about it for 5 minutes
February 27, 2020 @ 8:42 pm
If “heartache medication” wins album of the year do you think they will start a savingbrocountrymusic.com website?
February 27, 2020 @ 10:22 pm
Now that right there is funny.
February 28, 2020 @ 7:30 am
LOL! – that would be a great trade off if Pardi gets the win
February 27, 2020 @ 9:55 pm
Love your commentary throughout the list, lol! Thanks for the laughs. Probably much more enjoyable than the show itself will be. And I was just watching the end of the ACM’s back in 1993 on Youtube in which the entire cast sang along to George Jones’ classic “The Race Is On” with the man himself. It was like watching a who’s who of early 90’s country all together on stage celebrating one of the genre’s greatest legends. Just goes to show how far things have (sadly) fallen since then.
February 27, 2020 @ 10:21 pm
“…and they’ll still slaughter a small forest after the ACMs to blame white old males for everything.” Hahahahahahahahahaha. Classic!
February 28, 2020 @ 4:48 am
for 18-34 female, during rush hour commute, to sell advertising and not deviate from dominant working formula — what would you write? Circle one:
a) you wouldn’t
b) something like Alan Jackson
c) instrumental music
d) I don’t know, ask Loretta
February 28, 2020 @ 9:35 am
if I HAD to cater to that demographic with that criteria I’d probably drink printer ink .
February 28, 2020 @ 12:35 pm
Ya.
February 28, 2020 @ 3:52 pm
For what it’s worth, if you haven’t seen the video performance for “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” – with Miranda Lambert , Ashley McBryde and company, I kind of liked it. Nice looking and sounding “behind the scenes” style video.
February 28, 2020 @ 4:44 pm
Trigger,
Usually I watch these lame award shows and follow your live blog to get me through them. I hereby resolve you of all live blog responsibility for the 2020 ACM Award show. Nobody should have to watch this! I won’t be!
February 28, 2020 @ 4:54 pm
Let’s just go rogue and give all the awards to Dolly Parton for still being around. It is a TOTAL win/win. Nobody would complain about that except MAYBE some kids under 25 and women over 45 who still think Bieber fever is going around.
February 28, 2020 @ 4:55 pm
Especially since awards shows are popularity contest where adults had out trophies to each, who is more popular in country music than Doll Parton?!
September 14, 2020 @ 8:23 pm
Trigger,
I’m going to list off all the names that have won the ACM Cliffie Stone Pioneer/Icon Award over the years and they are:
1969: Uncle Art Satherley
1970: Bob Wills
1971: Patsy Montana and Tex Ritter
1972: Bob Nolan, Stuart Hamblen and Tex Williams
1973: Cliffie Stone and Gene Autry
1974: Hank Williams, Sr.
1975: Johnny Bond, Merle Travis and Tennessee Ernie Ford
1976: Roy Roger
1977: Owen Bradley
1978: Sons Of The Pioneers
1979: Eddie Dean
1980: Patti Page
1981: Ernest Tubb
1982: Leo Fender
1983: Chet Atkins
1984: Eddy Arnold
1985: Roy Acuff
1986: Kitty Wells
1987: Minnie Pearl
1988: Roger Miller
1989: Buck Owens
1991: Johnny Cash
1992: Willie Nelson
1993: George Jones
1994: Charley Pride
1995: Loretta Lynn
1996: Merle Haggard
1997: Roy Clark
1998: Charlie Daniels
1999: Glen Campbell
2000: Tammy Wynette
2001: Barbara Mandrell
2002: Ronnie Milsap
2003: Alabama
2004: Ray Price
2005: Chris LeDoux
2006: Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Kris Kristofferson and Little Jimmy Dickens
2007: Dolly Parton, Don Williams, Harlan Howard and Waylon Jennings
2008: Brenda Lee, Conway Twitty, The Oak Ridge Boys and Porter Wagoner
2009: Jerry Reed, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis and Hank Williams, Jr.
2010: Marty Robbins and Mel Tillis
2011: Garth Brooks and Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
2012: Emmylou Harris, Billy Sherrill, Ricky Skaggs and Dwight Yoakam
2013: The Judds and Keith Whitley
2014: Bob Beckham
2016: Crystal Gayle, Tanya Tucker and The Statler Brothers
2017: George Strait
2018: Alan Jackson
2019: Brooks & Dunn and Martina McBride
What do you think?.