Sony Music Nashville celebrated the 47th Annual ACM Awards with a post-show party at Cili. Columbia Records’ Miranda Lambert took home her third Album of The Year honor as well as her third award for Female Vocalist of the Year.
Top Row: Norbert Nix (VP National Promotion BNA/Columbia Nashville), Jim Catino (VP A&R), Lisa Ramsey-Perkins (Sr. Director A&R), Chris Young, Miranda Lambert, Love and Theft's Eric Gunderson and Stephen Barker Liles, Paul Barnabee (SVP Marketing), Bradley Gaskin, Lesly Tyson (VP National Promotion Arista Nashville). Bottom Row: Caryl Healey (VP Sales), Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Matt Burr, Grace Potter, Gary Overton (Chairman & CEO), Sara Evans, Lacey Buchanan, Jake Owen, Keith Gale (VP National Promotion RCA). Photo Credit - Edyta Sokolowska
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Warner Music Nashville’s Blake Shelton took home his first ACM Male Vocalist of the Year award last night. Both he and labelmate Hunter Hayes performed during the broadcast, with Shelton reprising his co-hosting role. Hayes was nominated for New Artist of the Year.
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Big Machine Label Group’s 2012 ACM winners pose for a photo at the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas last night after the awards. Eli Young Band won a trophy for Song of the Year while Taylor Swift took home the coveted Entertainer of the Year trophy for the second year in a row.
L-R: Chris Thompson, Mike Eli, Taylor Swift, Jon Jones, Scott Borchetta, James Young, Jimmy Harnen
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Capitol Records Nashville celebrated Lady Antebellum’s Vocal Group of the Year win and a night full of stellar performances at the Academy of Country Music Awards with a dinner at Aureole in Mandalay Bay.
Standing (L-R): Capitol Records Nashville COO Tom Becci, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood, Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, former Capitol Records Nashville President & CEO Mike Dungan, Jon Pardi, Dierks Bentley, Eric Paslay, Little Big Town's Jimi Westbrook and Darius Rucker; Seated (L-R): Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild, Capitol Records Nashville SVP Marketing Cindy Mabe, Little Big Town's Kimberly Schlapman, Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, Little Big Town's Phillip Sweet, Kelleigh Bannen and Capitol Records Nashville SVP Promotion Steve Hodges.
