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ACM Female Artist Of The Year: Kacey Musgraves

Kacey Musgraves took the Academy of Country Music’s Female Vocalist of the Year tonight. This was Kacey’s first win in this category. she expressed that she didn’t expect it at all;…

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 07: Kacey Musgraves accepts the Female Artist of the Year award onstage during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Kacey Musgraves took the Academy of Country Music's Female Vocalist of the Year tonight.

This was Kacey's first win in this category. she expressed that she didn't expect it at all; Miranda Lambert has won the award every year since 2010. Musgraves said, "This award goes out to any women or girl that is maybe being told that her style is too different to work. Stay with it, it will happen."

It was a great night for Musgraves who also won the Album of the Year ACM honor for "Golden Hour."

-Nancy Brooks

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.