ACM Awards: 5 Iconic Modern Memories With Alabama, Taylor Swift, George Strait, and More
Country music fans can catch the moment live when the 60th ACM Awards air Thursday at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Twitch and Prime Video.
The Academy of Country Music celebrates 60 years of the ACM Awards tonight with a 12-minute show opening, celebrating six decades of ACM Songs of the Year. The all-star performance includes Clint Black, Dan + Shay, Wynonna Judd, Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, and Sugarland in what will surely be one of the nightâs unforgettable moments.
Country music fans can catch the moment live when the 60th ACM Awards air Thursday at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Twitch and Prime Video. Reba McEntire will host the newly expanded two-and-a-half-hour show.
In the spirit of looking back, here are five unforgettable moments of the ACM Awardsâ modern era.
Taylor Swift released her debut single âTim McGrawâ in 2006, and in 2007 she met McGraw for the first time on live television as she sang the song in front of him and his wife Faith Hill at the ACM Awards.
âHi, Iâm Taylor,â said the teenager, then extended her hand to McGraw, who shook it and hugged her. She was 17 years old.
Could there have been a bigger flex for Carrie Underwood in 2011 than when Steven Tyler learned the words to her song âUndo Itâ and sang it with her on the ACM Awards? Underwood started the song, and then Tyler sauntered on stage and joined her for the high-octane performance. They followed up with an intense, foot-stomping version of âWalk This Way.â
Paisley stunned country music radio executives in 2011 when he did an interpolation of Alabamaâs âMountain Musicâ at an industry event and then brought the band, whom everyone thought had retired, on stage to finish the song with him. A few weeks later, he did it again at the ACM Awards. Paisleyâs âOld Alabamaâ not only earned them a hit, but reunited the band for good. Thirteen years later, original member Jeff Cook is gone, but the Country Music Hall of Fame group still plays shows.
George Strait is one of country musicâs most beloved living country music legends â and in 1990, he debuted one of his most iconic songs on the ACM Awards. Strait wore a black bow tie and black cowboy hat when he sang the sentimental âLove Without End, Amenâ on the 25th ACM Awards.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill put their new love on display in 1997, along with Hillâs growing baby bump, at the ACM Awards. The couple performed their first joint single and eventual smash hit âItâs Your Love,â romantically staring into each otherâs eyes.
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