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.
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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”).
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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.
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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.
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