
Last night the American Country Awards took place at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The show was hosted by Trace Adkins and Kristen Chenoweth and there were performances by some of country music's hottest stars. Luke Bryan kicked off the show with his performance of, "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye." When the hosts took the stage, Trace was carrying Kristen in a baby sling. After Chenoweth got out of the sling, Adkins then mentioned that Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott was expecting a baby and called her up to give her the sling. Scott walked up to the stage from her seat and accepted the oversized baby-sling graciously. Trace took a break from his hosting duties and performed, "What's Your Name," with the legendary rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd. At one point, Chenoweth dressed up like the reality show star Honey Boo Boo and joined her co-host on stage. The magicians Penn and Teller joined Lauren Alaina on stage to present the award for Single of the Year: Female and they used a magic trick and Trace's hat to reveal the winner. They put cards with the nominees into the host's hat and the winning card with Miranda Lambert's name on it appeared to levitate out of the hat. Keith Urban took the stage with seven of the talented kids from the Grammy Foundation's "Grammy Camp" and they performed, "Crossroads." The night closed with Kristen coming out on stage dressed up like Santa Claus while Adkins was dressed in an elf outfit as they introduced Lady A, who performed a Christmas song from their, On This Winter's Night, album. Luke had the biggest night taking home nine trophies including the top prize Artist of the Year.
List of winners at the American Country Awards:
Artist of the Year
Luke Bryan
Artist of the Year: Male
Luke Bryan
Artist of the Year: Female
Carrie Underwood
Artist of the Year: Group
Lady Antebellum
Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist
Jake Owen
Artist of the Year: New Artist
Lauren Alaina
Album of the Year
Luke Bryan, "tailgates & tanlines"
Single of the Year
Luke Bryan, "I Don’t Want This Night To End"
Single of the Year: Male
Luke Bryan, "I Don’t Want This Night To End"
Single of the Year: Female
Miranda Lambert, "Over You"
Single of the Year: Group
Lady Antebellum, "We Owned The Night"
Single of the Year: New Artist
Hunter Hayes, "Wanted"
Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist
Brantley Gilbert, "You Don’t Know Her Like I Do"
Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration
Brad Paisley featuring Carrie Underwood, "Remind Me"
Touring Artist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Music Video of the Year
Luke Bryan, "I Don’t Want This Night To End"
Music Video: Male
Luke Bryan, "I Don’t Want This Night to End"
Music Video: Female
Miranda Lambert, "Over You"
Music Video: Group or Collaboration
Little Big Town, "Pontoon"
Music Video: New Artist
Hunter Hayes, "Wanted"
Song of the Year
Eric Church, "Springsteen" (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde and Ryan Tyndell)
Most Played Radio Track
Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night To End"
Most Played Radio Track: Male
Luke Bryan, "I Don't Want This Night To End"
Most Played Radio Track: Female
Miranda Lambert, "Over You"
Most Played Radio Track: Group
Zac Brown Band, "Keep Me In Mind"
Most Played Radio Track: New Artist
Kip Moore, "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck"





