2011 ACM Awards

The 2011 ACM Awards brought about expected winners, but also a few surprises. Miranda Lambert brought home the most awards of the night — including the prestigious Top Female Vocalist and Single Record of the Year awards. Lady Antebellum continued to be acknowledged for their multi-platinum album ‘Need You Now’ and its title track (which earned them several Grammys early this year), bringing

Rihanna looked great as she was joined by Jennifer Nettles to perform a country version of her hit - California King Bed at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. It was a big night for Jennifer Nettles at the ACM Award show as her band Sugarland took home the ACM Duo of the Year award and she sang this duet with Rihanna...

Darius Rucker brought the MGM Grand to tears last night with a new song written and performed with campers from the ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, a camp for the developmentally disabled.  The campers sang backup on their new song - Music From The Heart, which received a standing ovation from the teary eyed audience.

The Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler lit up the stage at the 46th annual Academy of Country Music Awards last night from Las Vegas, Nevada. Sunday night, watching the show and chatting with many of you on the My Country facebook page, the one request I received over and over was to see an encore performance of Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler.

Taylor Swift can add yet another trophy to her already-full mantle. The 21-year-old singer won Entertainer of the Year at the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards, held Sunday evening in Las Vegas. The big winner of the night, though, was Miranda Lambert, whose Grammy-winning song ‘The House That Built Me’ took home awards for Single Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Video of the Year. Lamb

Between Taylor Swift winning Entertainer of the Year and Jennifer Nettles' epic duet with R&B superstar Rihanna, the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards was certainly a night to remember. Just in case you missed a second of tonight's telecast from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Taste of Country has put together a frame-by-frame gallery of the ceremony's best highlights.

The biggest stars in Hollywood and Nashville made the trip to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards. Among the many A-listers attending were Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, 'Dancing With the Stars' beauty Julianne Hough and, of course, Entertainer of the Year winner Taylor Swift.