New Male Vocalist of the Year nominees Chris Janson and Chris Lane and New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year nominee LoCash respond to their 2017 ACM Awards nods.
In 1971, the Academy of Country Music Awards honored Merle Haggard with the first-ever Entertainer of the Year award. Since then, the coveted trophy has been bestowed on some of country music's best and brightest.
Chris Stapleton swept the 2016 ACM Awards on Sunday (April 3) when he went home with six trophies. Before he walked away the most awarded artist of the night, though, he was the most-fought-over artist when featured in Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan's monologue.