2010 American Country Awards Winners

ARTIST AWARDS

Artist of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
WINNER: Carrie Underwood
Zac Brown Band

Male Artist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
WINNER: Brad Paisley
Keith Urban

Female Artist of the Year
Jewel
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
WINNER: Carrie Underwood

Duo/Group Artist of the Year
WINNER: Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band

Breakthrough Artist of the Year
WINNER: Easton Corbin
Danny Gokey
Jaron and The Long Road To Love
Jerrod Niemann
The Band Perry

Touring Artist of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Toby Keith
Martina McBride & Trace Adkins
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley
Rascal Flatts
George Strait & Reba McEntire
Sugarland
Taylor Swift
WINNER: Carrie Underwood

ALBUM AWARD

Album of the Year
“Doin’ My Thing,” Luke Bryan
“Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
“Revolution,” Miranda Lambert
“Haywire,” Josh Turner
WINNER: “Play On,” Carrie Underwood

SINGLE AWARDS

Single of the Year
“Do I,” Luke Bryan
“A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
WINNER: “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
“Gimme That Girl,” Joe Nichols
“Why Don’t We Just Dance,” Josh Turner

Single of the Year by a Male Artist
“Do I,” Luke Bryan
“Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“That’s How Country Boys Roll,” Billy Currington
“Gimme That Girl,” Joe Nichols
WINNER: “Why Don’t We Just Dance,” Josh Turner

Single of the Year by a Female Artist
“White Liar,” Miranda Lambert
“Wrong Baby Wrong,” Martina McBride
“Consider Me Gone,” Reba McEntire
“Didn’t Know How Much I Loved You,” Kellie Pickler
WINNER: “Cowboy Casanova,” Carrie Underwood

Single of the Year by a Duo or Group
WINNER: “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
“Little White Church,” Little Big Town
“Unstoppable,” Rascal Flatts
“Keep On Lovin’ You,” Steel Magnolia
“Toes,” Zac Brown Band

Single of the Year by a Breakthrough Artist
WINNER: “Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“Pray for You,” Jaron and The Long Road To Love
“Lover, Lover,” Jerrod Niemann
“Keep on Lovin’ You,” Steel Magnolia
“Beer on the Table,” Josh Thompson

VIDEO AWARDS

Music Video of the Year
“A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
WINNER: “Hillbilly Bone,” Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
“Why Don’t We Just Dance,” Josh Turner
“The Man I Want To Be,” Chris Young

Music Video by a Male Artist
“A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“Southern Voice,” Tim McGraw
WINNER: “Hillbilly Bone,” Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
“Why Don’t We Just Dance,” Josh Turner
“The Man I Want To Be,” Chris Young

Music Video by a Female Artist
“White Liar,” Miranda Lambert
“Consider Me Gone,” Reba McEntire
“Didn’t Know How Much I Loved You,” Kellie Pickler
WINNER: “Cowboy Casanova,” Carrie Underwood
“Work Hard, Play Harder,” Gretchen Wilson

Music Video by a Duo or Group
WINNER: “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
“American Honey,” Lady Antebellum
“Little White Church,” Little Big Town
“Keep on Lovin’ You,” Steel Magnolia
“Highway 20 Ride,” Zac Brown Band

Music Video by a Breakthrough Artist
“Giddy On Up,” Laura Bell Bundy
WINNER: “A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“Lover, Lover,” Jerrod Niemann
“Keep on Lovin’ You,” Steel Magnolia
“If I Die Young,” The Band Perry

SPECIAL AWARDS

Greatest Hits Award
Alan Jackson

Decade Award
Rascal Flatts

Video Visionary Award
Toby Keith