Many of the awards at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards, presented on Thursday (May 16) at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, went as expected. Lainey Wilson's second straight win as female artist of the year was a foregone conclusion. Old Dominion's seventh straight win as group of the year was also no surprise.
There was a bit of suspense in the duo of the year category. The award has alternated between Dan + Shay and Brothers Osborne for eight years. Dan + Shay, whose visibility has been boosted this year by being coaches The voice, He won. (Those two twins are tied with four wins each.)
The fact that Reba McEntire was an able host was also no surprise. This was his 17th time hosting or co-hosting the show, so he knows what he's doing. (He announced at the end of the ceremony that he would return next year to host the 60th annual ACM Awards.)
That's not to say there weren't boos or surprises at this year's ACM Awards, which were produced by Dick Clark Productions.
Morgan Wallen went 0-6 on the night. The highly publicized incident in which he allegedly threw a chair off the roof of a sixth-story building in Nashville may have cost him some votes.
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Snub: Morgan Wallen
Wallen lost to Chris Stapleton in three categories: album of the Year, Male Artist of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year. This is the second year in a row that Wallen has been skipped to the second division. He lost last year to Hardy.
One thing at a timeIts loss for album of the year was surprising because the album reached the top Advertising signThe three most recent country albums before One thing at a time to achieve this feat – by Carrie Underwood Some HeartsTaylor Swift's Fearless and Wallen's Dangerous: The Double album – walked away with the ACM Award for album of the Year.
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Surprise: Jordan Davis
Jordan Davis' hit “Next Thing You Know” won song of the year, beating out Tracy Chapman's “Fast Car,” which most pundits expected to win. “Fast Car” won the CMA Award for Song of the Year last fall. Davis co-wrote “Next Thing You Know” with Chase McGill, Greylan James and Josh Osborne. It's the second win in this category for Osborne, who co-wrote the Old Dominion hit “One Man Band,” which won four years ago.
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Snub: Jelly roll
Jelly Roll won his first ACM Award, Music Event of the Year for “Save Me” (featuring Lainey Wilson). But he missed out on two awards that some pundits thought he would win – male artist of the year and single of the year for “Need a Favor.”
Trivia Note: An instrumentalist nicknamed “Jelly Roll” won two ACM Awards in the '00s. Kirk “Jelly Roll” Johnson won the top instrument player of the year in 2004 and again in 2009.
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Snubs: Cody Johnson, Kelsea Ballerini, Zach Bryan
Wallen wasn't the only artist who entered the show with a large number of nominations to be completely eliminated. Others fitting that description were Cody Johnson, who got five nods. Kelsea Ballerini, who had three; and Zach Bryan, who also had three. For all three of them, and Wallen too, maybe next year.
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