Rising country star Jimmie Allen arrives at Sunday's ACM Awards ceremony as an early winner. The artist received a pre-ceremony award for New Male Artist
The 56th Academy of Country Music Awards, airing Sunday night on CBS, hosted by
Keith Urban and
Mickey Guyton.
Bryan took home the big award of the night, Entertainer of the Year. Accepting the award remotely from Los Angeles, where he s recovering from COVID-19, he acknowledged that it has been a rough year and promised fans that he, his band and his crew will be back on the road soon.
Morris, who walked off with Female Artist and Song of the Year for her hit, The Bones, became emotional as she accepted the latter trophy and shouted out her co-writers and husband. She credited husband