Carrie Underwood To Perform At ACM Awards, New Artist Winners Announced

LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 02: Recording artist Carrie Underwood performs onstage during the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on April 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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The Academy of Country Music has revealed the winners of the New artist categories for the 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.

Luke Combs, LANCO and Ashley McBryde have been named New Male Artist of the Year, New Group of the Year and New Female Artist of the Year, respectively. The winners each received a surprise phone call from Carrie Underwood, who won the 2005 New Female Vocalist category at the 2006 ACM Awards.

Speaking of Carrie, she will be performing at the ACM Awards as well as the new winners Luke Combs, LANCO and Ashley McBryde.

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Previously announced ACM Awards performers including Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Brothers Osborne, Kane Brown, Brandi Carlile, Eric Church, Kelly Clarkson, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Reba McEntire, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton and George Strait along with ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade Award honoree Jason Aldean.

The ACM awards will be handed out on Sunday, April 7 on CBS.

-Nancy Brooks

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Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media GroupAuthor

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

Carrie Underwood To Perform At ACM Awards, New Artist Winners Announced

The Academy of Country Music has revealed the winners of the New artist categories for the 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Luke Combs, LANCO and Ashley McBryde have…

Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

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