Sony Music Nashville artists and staff celebrated the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards with a post-show gathering in Las Vegas on Sunday night (4/7). RCA Nashville’s Miranda Lambert walked away as the night’s top honoree, with four ACM trophies, including her fourth consecutive win as Female Vocalist of the Year. Lambert now joins Reba and Loretta Lynn as the only other artists to be named ACM Female Vocalist of the Year four or more times.
Pictured (L-R): Love and Theft’s Stephen Barker Liles; Angie Johnson; Love and Theft’s Eric Gunderson; Miranda Lambert; Sony Music Nashville Chairman & CEO Gary Overton; Pistol Annies’ Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley; and Kristen Kelly. Photo: Jeniffer LaRocca
Pictured (L-R): Sony Music Nashville Chairman & CEO Gary Overton and Miranda Lambert. Photo: Jeniffer LaRocca
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UMG Nashville collected plenty of heavy metal during the Academy of Country Music Awards, with Luke Bryan picking up the evening’s top honor, Entertainer of the Year, and Little Big Town winning Vocal Group of the Year and Video of the Year (“Tornado”).
UMG Chairman/CEO Mike Dungan and Luke Bryan
Pictured (L-R): Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman, UMG Chairman/CEO Mike Dungan, Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet
Pictured (L-R): Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Eric Paslay
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Most of the staff from Big Machine Label Group went to the Academy of Country Music Awards, as well as most of the artists, judging from the size of their afterparty. While Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, The Band Perry and Florida Georgia Line performed during the show, FGL also picked up the award for New Artist of the Year.
Front Row: Jimmy Harnen, Andrew Kautz, George Briner, RaeLynn, Erik Powell, Kris Lamb, John Zarling, Jack Purcell. Back Row: Neil Perry, Reid Perry, Lois Lewis, Kimberly Perry, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Scott Borchetta, Sandi Spika Borchetta, Cassadee Pope, Greg Bates, Mike Molinar, James Young, Jackie Campbell, Kelly Rich, Chris Thompson, Mandy McCormack, Allison Jones, Mike Eli, Jon Jones.
Pictured (L-R): BMLG President/CEO Scott Borchetta, Brian Kelley, Tyler Hubbard, Republic Nashville President/BMLG Exec. VP Jimmy Harnen
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Warner Music Nashville’s Hunter Hayes, Sheryl Crow, Ashley Monroe, Blake Shelton, Big and Rich’s Big Kenny and Brett Eldredge celebrate after the ACM Awards.
Pictured (L-R): Scott Hendricks (SVP A&R, WMN), Hunter Hayes, Blake Shelton, Ashley Monroe, Peter Strickland(EVP/GM, WMN), John Esposito(President & CEO, WMN), Sheryl Crow, Big Kenny Alphin, Brett Eldredge
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