“I never thought of myself as somebody who’d win this award,” mentioned Stapleton throughout his acceptance speech
Entertainer of yr at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards goes to Chris Stapleton!
The “You Should Probably Leave” singer-songwriter took residence the coveted honor at the annual nation music awards present, beating out fellow nominees Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and Morgan Wallen.
“Well, I’m shocked — truly. By any imaginable metric I don’t deserve this, but thank you,” mentioned Stapleton, 45, throughout his acceptance speech. “There’s so many other great people in this category. I stand up, and I play music. That’s what I try to do every night. I write songs, and I make records.”
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He continued, “I never thought of myself as somebody who’d win this award. I’m so grateful for each and every person who works so hard to make us able to do what we do — my wife Morgane, thank you.”
Stapleton then thanked his document label, administration firm and “all the guys on the road, touring.”
“I”m actually at a loss of what to say, however I would like to say, my children sitting at residence, they provide up quite a bit of my time, quite a bit of my spouse’s time so we are able to do that,” he concluded, dedicating the award to his and Morgane’s five kids: Ada, Waylon, Macon, Samuel and another son, whose name has not been revealed. “This is for them.”
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The Grammy winner was also up for male artist of the year and song of the year for “You Should Probably Leave” at this year’s show.
Stapleton has previously been nominated for entertainer of the year at the ACM Awards four times — in 2022, 2021, 2019 and 2018. His latest album Starting Over was released in 2020 and has spawned two No. 1 Billboard Hot Country Songs chart singles: “Starting Over” and “You Should Probably Leave.”
The 2023 ACM Awards, co-hosted by Garth Brooks and Dolly Parton, aired reside on Prime Video from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The ceremony will stream for free on Amazon Freevee on Friday.
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