![]() ![]() ![]() … I’ve never thought of myself as somebody who would win this award.” “By any imaginable metric, I don’t deserve this. Stapleton owned the stage at the end of the night, winning the ACMs' top honor. “If you’re going to be a dreamer, you better be a do-er.” “For the little girls watching this, this stands for hard work,” Wilson said, referencing her trophy. Because of people like Dolly Parton, paving the way.” She gave credit to the female artists who preceded her and the sacrifices she knew they had all made: “I’m up here because of y’all. “I can’t believe I just met Dolly Parton, first of all,” Wilson said. When she won female artist of the year, co-host Dolly Parton handed her the trophy. She said people often tell her how much the album means to their lives, and she said writing them “saved mine.” Wilson called the album a “labor of love” and said she wrote 300 songs during the pandemic. She won album of the year for “Bell Bottom Country,” accepting the honor slightly breathless after performing her song “Grease.” ![]() Wilson performed twice Thursday –- back-to-back –- and delivered heartfelt speeches after her wins, which put her next to fellow winners and country music legends. FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Lainey Wilson was seemingly everywhere at the Academy of Country Music Awards, collecting four trophies on a night that saw Chris Stapleton win the entertainer of the year honor. ![]()
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