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Keith Urban Wins ACM Entertainer of the Year For The First Time

The night’s top award at the Academy of Country Music was handed to Keith Urban; it’s the first time he has won Entertainer of the Year at the ACMs. Keith…

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 07: Keith Urban accepts the Entertainer 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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The night's top award at the Academy of Country Music was handed to Keith Urban; it's the first time he has won Entertainer of the Year at the ACMs.

Keith thanked his kids, his team and even Brooks & Dunn, wh0 presented him with the award (along with the show's host, Reba McEntire), congratulating them on their Country Music Hall of Fame induction.

An elated Keith said, "God bless Sunday and Faith (his daughters), country radio. God bless every one of you."

Keith is also the reigning Entertainer of the Year at the CMAs.

-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.