--- description: From George Strait winning Entertainer of the Year to Miranda Lambert gushing about Sheryl Crow, here are some of the best moments. title: VIDEO: ACM Awards Best Moments in 2 Minutes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87e98b8ec87f845/69868937cd804d44f0cca22d/acms-1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: The 2014 ACM Awards' Best Moments in 2 Minutes by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2014 2:58 PM CUT  Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2014 2:58 PM CUT The biggest names in country music gathered in Las Vegas Sunday night for the 2014 Academy of Country Music Awards, a celebration of music and performance broadcast live on CBS. From George Strait winning Entertainer of the Year, to Miranda Lambert gushing about Trisha Yearwood and Sheryl Crow, here’s a quick look at some of the evening’s best moments. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/51613/acm-best-moments-in-2-minutes-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/51613/acm-best-moments-in-2-minutes-video/"},"headline":"VIDEO: The 2014 ACM Awards' Best Moments in 2 Minutes","datePublished":"2014-04-07T14:58:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:10:02.433Z","description":"The only award show that would include a harmonized, sing-along country version of \"Happy Birthday\" for Merle Haggard","url":"https://time.com/51613/acm-best-moments-in-2-minutes-video/","keywords":["Music","Taylor Swift","Fans"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87e98b8ec87f845/69868937cd804d44f0cca22d/acms-1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd87e98b8ec87f845/69868937cd804d44f0cca22d/acms-1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Academy of Country Music Awards 2014","caption":"","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","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/51613/acm-best-moments-in-2-minutes-video/","name":"VIDEO: The 2014 ACM Awards' Best Moments in 2 Minutes"}}]}] ```