At the 58th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, the top prize, entertainer of the year, was handed out to Chris Stapleton, even as Lainey Wilson and Hardy won in the the greatest number of cate…
won in the the greatest number of categories, with four each — two of which they shared for the duet “Wait in the Truck.”
The two categories where Wilson and Hardy shared a win were visual media of the year and music event of the year. Separately, Wilson won female artist of the year, and Hardy won best artist-songwriter. “I can’t believe I just met Dolly Parton, first of all,” exulted Lainey Wilson, accepting for best female artist. “I’m up here because of people like Dolly Parton paving the way.” She also praised her fellow nominees, who missed a lot of weddings, a lot of funerals — not that I want to go to all of them anyway.” She encouraged “little girls” watching to believe in their dreams, with a caveat: “If you wanna be a dreamer, you better be a do-er.
After an opening number by Keith Urban, “Texas Time,” hosts Brooks and Parton did an opening comedy routine that got underway in earnest when Brooks called his co-host “the GOAT.” She led an actual goat out on a wagon, then got a bit racier as she relayed that Brooks had agreed with wife Trisha Yearwood that Parton could be her “hall pass,” then that Yearwood had supposedly earned the same pass. The punchline landed with the “T” in Goat standing for “threesome.
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