Winners have been announced for the star-studded inaugural AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS which aired LIVE tonight on FOX from Nashville's Music City Center. Jason Aldean was named Artist of the Year, while hosts Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan scored the most awards of the evening with three each.
Florida Georgia Line won Group/Duo of the Year and won two additional awards for "This Is How We Roll" featuring Luke Bryan in the categories of Digital Song of the Year and Collaboration of the Year. Bryan was also awarded Male Vocalist of the Year.Miranda Lambert won Female Vocalist of the Year and performed the title track from her hit album, "Platinum." Eric Church's "The Outsiders" was named Album of the Year and Kip Moore won Breakthrough Artist of the Year Presented by Samsung Galaxy, the only fan-voted award of the night. Song of The Year went to "Beat of The Music" from hit maker Brett Eldredge, who also performed the awarding-winning song on the telecast.Kenny Chesney performed "Til It's Gone," and was then presented with the Groundbreaker Award from actor and friend Vince Vaughn. The Groundbreaker Award recognizes an artist who has consistently pushed the boundaries and is a trailblazer in the realm of concerts, musical accomplishment, creative innovation and connecting with fans across the United States.MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR
SONG OF THE YEAR
[Awarded to the Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s]
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG GALAXY
COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
[Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company-Label(s)]
DIGITAL SONG OF THE YEAR
GROUNDBREAKER AWARD
NASH ICON AWARD
The AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS is produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro (CEO, dick clark productions), Mike Mahan (President, dick clark productions), Mark Bracco (Executive Vice President, Programing and Development, dick clark productions), John Dickey (Executive Vice President of Content and Programming, Cumulus), Richard Godfrey ("MTV Europe Music Awards") and Tom Forrest ("CMT Crossroads") are executive producers. Baz Halpin is co-executive producer.
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