Launch the gallery and check out the best looks from the performers and presenters! Elle King and Miranda Lambert opened the ACM Awards 2021 with “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home), and as the night unfolded, more than 25 musical performances followed from Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice, Brothers Osborne, Kane Brown, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Guyton, Ryan Hurd, Jack Ingram, Alan Jackson, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, Maren Morris, Carly Pearce, Jon Randall, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, The War and Treaty, Urban, Carrie Underwood, Cece Winans and Chris Young. Presenting awards were Ingrid Andress, Blanco Brown, Amy Grant, Leslie Jordan, Martina McBride, Dolly Parton, Darius Rucker and Clay Walker. Morris led the way with five nominations and took home the awards for female artist of the year and song of the year. Male artist of the year went to Thomas Rhett. Luke Bryan, who couldn’t attend the show after recently testing positive for COVID-19, won entertainer of the year. Next, we dug up all the Easter eggs from Taylor Swift’s new Fearless.
