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Top Five ACM Entertainer-Winning Women

As we gear up for the 58th Annual ACM Awards tonight (5/11), our minds are on who will win the top award of the night, Entertainer of the Year. This…

Top Five ACM Entertainer-Winning Women
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As we gear up for the 58th Annual ACM Awards tonight (5/11), our minds are on who will win the top award of the night, Entertainer of the Year. This year (2023), there are seven nominees for the top honor, including Kane Brown, Jason Aldean, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton, and two women, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood.

The show will play out live in Allen, Texas, and it could be a big night for native Texan Miranda, a top nominee with nods for Album of the Year (Palamino), Female Artist, and Singer/ Songwriter of the Year.

Lambert is just one of a handful of women who have won the coveted Entertainer of the Year award. Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain, and Taylor Swift have also won the award. Paving the road for more women to win Entertainer of the Year, we look at the Top Five country music superstar women who have taken home the night's biggest honor.

Miranda Lambert - One Entertainer Win - 2021

Miranda Lambert

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The artist with the most ACM wins in the award show's history, Miranda was not in attendance when she finally won the Entertainer of the Year Award. She accepted the award live via video from where she performed in London.

Shania Twain - One Entertainer Win - 2000

Shania Twain


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No one was bigger in country music than Shania was in 2000, and her win for the top award that night was well-deserved.

Reba McEntire - One Entertainer Win - 1994

Reba


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Reba won her one and only Entertainer of the Year trophy from the ACM in 1994.

Taylor Swift - Two Entertainer Wins - 2010. 2011

Taylor Swift


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Taylor won Entertainer at the ACM twice and is the youngest person ever to win the honor. She was 21 years old in 2010 the first time she won.

Carrie Underwood - Three Entertainer Wins - 2008, 2009, 2019

Carrie Underwood


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Carrie is the only woman to win the Entertainer Honor three times. She was the first to win twice in a row in 2008 and 2009.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.