ACM Awards: 6 Great Performances

As always, there were great performances at the ACM Awards at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas earlier tonight. All of the artists, both new and legendary, brought their A game. But here was the best of the best.

Stapleton performed "Watch You Burn," a song about the gunman who killed 60 country music fans at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting in Las Vegas. As usual, Stapleton didn't need to say anything, the music did the talking and it was an incredibly powerful moment.

Thanks to her TV show, we know that Kelly Clarkson can pretty much cover anyone. But she really went for it tonight, performing Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." Dolly, who hosted the show, said that the performance brought her to tears, and that Whitney Houston would be proud.

Gabby Barrett covered Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance," a song that she performed on 'American Idol' back in 2018.

Who doesn't love a little church! Breland's "Praise the Lord" got the crowd to its feet, and that was before superstar Thomas Rhett joined him.

Whew, that song stings no matter how many times you hear it. But this stripped down version stung even more. It was a different version than the one we're used to, but still excellent.

They had two great performances, actually: first their song "Skeletons," which saw the Brothers and their band sticking with their glow in the dark motif, and their show-closing cover of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" with Brittney Spencer (Ms. Sinatra tweeted about it, saying, "Loved what @brothersosborne and @BrittNicx did with Boots on the @ACMawards tonight! I’m always flattered when young people find me. I’m glad the song still has a life of its own."