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The Georgia native, who also served as the ceremony’s co-host, beat out a slew of country heavyweights, including Garth Brooks and Miranda Lambert, to claim the fan-voted award for the second time in three years. Despite missing out on the evening’s top honor, Lambert racked up four awards of her own, including album and song of the year. “I don’t even realize what’s happening tonight,” said Lambert, reported AP. “I love my job so much. I will never not love my job.” The awards ceremony, which is typically held in Las Vegas, [broke](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/20/us-music-countrymusicawards-idUSKBN0NB03S20150420) the Guinness Book of World Records for the most attended live awards show with more than 70,000 guests, according to co-host Blake Shelton. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3827833/academy-of-country-music-awards-luke-bryan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3827833/academy-of-country-music-awards-luke-bryan/"},"headline":"Luke Bryan Snags Top Honor at the ACM Awards","datePublished":"2015-04-20T06:47:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:30:32.434Z","description":"Miranda Lambert picks up album and song of the year","url":"https://time.com/3827833/academy-of-country-music-awards-luke-bryan/","keywords":["celebrities","Music","Dallas"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ed01df97048220b/6987ebcf428a9e3766ccafd0/470411418.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ed01df97048220b/6987ebcf428a9e3766ccafd0/470411418.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"50th Academy Of Country Music Awards - Press Room","caption":"50th Academy Of Country Music Awards - Press Room","creditText":"C Flanigan—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3827833/academy-of-country-music-awards-luke-bryan/","name":"Luke Bryan Snags Top Honor at the ACM Awards"}}]}] ```