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Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood, and Luke Combs were the big winners at the almost virtual Academy of Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday night (September 16, 2020).Rhett and Underwood were both named Entertainer of the Year at the close of the event, which featured a mix of live, virtual and pre-taped segments.Rhett’s prize was his second – he also picked up the Video of the Year gong at a pre-ceremony prizegiving at the beginning of the week.Combs also doubled up with the

Turns out, Academy Of Country Music president Damon Whiteside was just as “shocked” as we were following Wednesday’s ACM Awards.

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Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett for entertainer of the year.While the award is a hallowed one among country musicians and fans alike, some fans weren’t terribly pleased to see it split between the two crooners.“Of course they had to make the ACM Awards Entertainer a Tie and make sure a man still won, couldn’t let a well deserving, hard working woman have it this year on her own,” said one viewer on Twitter. “Over this s–t.”“ACM Awards with a TIE for Entertainer of the Year?! Participation

Chris Willman Music WriterCarrie Underwood opened her acceptance speech for the Academy of Country Music’s 2020 entertainer of the year prize with a pleased sigh of a statement: “2020, man.”Her slightly quizzical exultation had to do with the fact that she had tied with Thomas Rhett for the ACM Awards’ top prize, proving that, for her at least, not all the weirdnesses of this year are bad weirdnesses.“I am more than happy to share this with Thomas Rhett,” she said in her speech, after

The Academy of Country Music Awards left fans stunned when, for the first time in its history, the evening ended in a tie between Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett for entertainer of the year. While the award is a hallowed one among country musicians and fans alike, some fans weren't terribly pleased to see it split between the two crooners.

Carrie Underwood thinks her historic ACM Entertainer of the Year Award tie with Thomas Rhett is totally 2020 — but he couldn't be more shocked. «My heart is just racing so hard right now. I just saw Carrie in the hallway, actually, and I don't know what to say,» Rhett told ET's Rachel Smith backstage after host Keith Urban announced the pair's big wins on Wednesday night.

For the first time ever, there has been a tie in the Entertainer of the Year category at the ACM Awards!

And the Entertainer of the Year award goes to… two people! In a surprise twist that even threw host Keith Urban for a loop, the big, final category of the 2020 ACM Awards was a tie!

goes too… two people! In a surprise twist that even threw host Keith Urban for a loop, the big, final category of the 2020 ACM Awards was a tie!«We have a tie. This has got too got to be a first!» Urban said, stunned.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe 55th Academy of Country Music Awards tonight saw Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood tie as  Entertainers of the Year, with Luke Combs winning Album of the Year and Blake Shelton taking home the Single of the Year honors.The ACMs were supposed to be held on Sunday, April 5 in Las Vegas.