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Lainey Wilson and Chris Stapleton Win Top ACM Awards, Post Malone Gets a Big Look
Lainey Wilson and Chris Stapleton won the top prizes at the 2024 ACM Awards while Post Malone, Jelly Roll, host Reba McEntire and others performed.
What was striking about this year’s awards was the number of non-traditional country artists who performed: Dua Lipa joined Stapleton and his wife Morgane on “Think I’m in Love With You,” Avril Lavigne showed off her powerful pipes singing with Nate Smith (while wearing a System of a Down hoodie, no less), Noah Kahan sang with Kelsea Ballerini, and Gwen Stefani channeled a literal purple iris with the dress she wore to sing “Purple Irises” with husband Blake Shelton. But he was shouted out several times during the show by McEntire, who spoke of their friendship and said how much Nashville loves him, and the two of them performed an a capella verse of the Allman Brothers’ hit “Ramblin’ Man” in tribute to the song’s singer and writer Dickey Betts, who passed away earlier this year. Toby Keith was honored by Jason Aldean, and other performers included Jelly Roll, Kane Brown (singing Ray Charles’ “Georgia on My Mind”), Thomas Rhett, Parker McCollum and more.
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