The 2012 American Country Music Awards, hosted by Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth, took place on Monday night, Dec 10, in Las Vegas. It aired live on Fox.
The fan-based award show featured performances by a plethora of country music artists, some including, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, and Little Big Town.
Luke Bryan swept the award show winning nine awards, which included album of the year for “Tailgates and Tanlines,” artist of the year, and male artist of the year.
American Idol Alum Lauren Alaina won favorite new artist. Alania declared she couldn’t breathe while accepting the award and made sure to thank her fans and American Idol for their support.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Artist of the Year: Luke Bryan
Artist of the Year: Male – Luke Bryan
Artist of the Year: Female – Carrie Underwood
Artist of the Year: Group – Lady Antebellum
Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist – Jake Owen
Artist of the Year: New Artist – Lauren Alaina
Album of the Year – Luke Bryan, “Tailgates and Tanlines”
Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist – Brantley Gilbert, “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do”
Single of the Year – Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night to End”
Single of the Year: Male – Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night to End”
Single of the Year: Female – Miranda Lambert, “Over You”
Single of the Year: Group – Lady Antebellum, “We Owned the Night”
Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration – Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood, “Remind Me”
Single of the Year: New Artist – Hunter Hayes, “Wanted”
Music Video of the Year – Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night to End”
Music Video of the Year: Male – Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night to End”
Music Video of the Year: Female – Miranda Lambert, “Over You”
Music Video of the Year: Group or Collaboration – Little Big Town, “Pontoon”
Music Video of the Year: New Artist – Hunter Hayes, “Wanted”
Touring Artist of the Year – Jason Aldean
Song of the Year – Eric Church, “Springsteen”
Most Played Radio Track – Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night to End”
Most Played Radio Track: Male – Luke Bryan, “I Don’t Want This Night to End”
Most Played Radio Track: Female – Miranda Lambert, “Over You”
Most Played Radio Track: Group – Zac Brown Band, “Keep Me In Mind”
Most Played Radio Track: New Artist – Kip Moore, “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck”
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