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Jason Aldean was this year's recipient of the ACM's Artist of the Decade award. \"Well, that's the reason I wear the cowboy hat,\" he said after being presented the award from last year's recipient, George Strait.

Dan + Shay were also big winners, nabbing three awards, including top Duo and Single and Song of the Year honors for \"Tequila.\" While collecting their Duo of the Year trophy, Shay Mooney called it \"probably the greatest night of my life, besides the night I married my wife and had a baby.\" Afterward, host Reba McEntire dubbed the evening \"Dan + Shay's excellent adventure.\"

Thomas Rhett, who walked off with Male Vocalist honors for the second straight year, kicked off his acceptance speech by joking, \"Gonna give this to Dan + Shay so they can go home with four.\" He went on to thank his \"smoking hot\" wife, Lauren, who was sitting in the audience.

It's @KaceyMusgraves' golden evening! Congratulations on your Female Artist of the Year win! #ACMawards pic.twitter.com/f8QI0wvg19

— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 8, 2019

Kacey Musgraves was also a multiple-award winner, taking home Female Vocalist of the Year honors as well as Album of the Year for \"Golden Hour.\" While picking up her female artist award, the singer had some words of encouragement for artists still struggling to get their music heard.

\"This award goes out to any woman or girl, or anybody really, that is maybe being told that her perspective or style is too different to work,\" she said, adding, \"Just stay at it, it'll work out.\"

The night included several ACM Flashbacks from Brooks & Dunn, George Strait and Miranda Lambert. Other performances included Little Big Town, delivering a touching version of their new song, \"Daughters.\" Urban delivered a powerful version of \"Burden,\" his new song, written by Irish singer Foy Vance.

Congratulations, @ChrissyMetz on your live television performance debut! #ACMawards pic.twitter.com/i6gYUp4KAw

— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 8, 2019

\"This Is Us\" star Chrissy Metz, joined by Carrie Underwood, Lauren Alaina, Mickey Guyton and Maddie & Tae, performed the uplifting anthem “I’m Standing with You,” the Diane Warren-penned song from to the upcoming film \"Breakthrough.\"

As promised, Reba McEntire, hosting the show for a record 16th time, avoided politics in her opening monologue. But she did take a shot at the male-heavy nominees' list. After welcoming everyone to the ceremony -- or as she called it, \"Reba Las Vegas\" -- she noted that it had recently snowed in Las Vegas. \"It was so cold,\" she said, that \"it froze us women out of Entertainer of the Year.\"

Here is the full list of winners:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEARKeith Urban

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEARKacey Musgraves

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEARThomas Rhett

DUO OF THE YEARDan + Shay

GROUP OF THE YEAROld Dominion

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Ashley McBryde

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Luke Combs

NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR LANCO

ALBUM OF THE YEAR \"Golden Hour\" – Kacey Musgraves

SINGLE OF THE YEAR \"Tequila\" – Dan + Shay

SONG OF THE YEAR \"Tequila\" – Dan + Shay

VIDEO OF THE YEAR \"Drunk Girl\" – Chris Janson

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR\"Burning Man\" – Dierks Bentley featuring Brothers Osborne

SONGWRITER OF THE YEARShane McAnally

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