Keith Urban joined an elite group of country music legends on Thursday night (May 8), when he was honored with the Academy of Country Music’s coveted Triple Crown Award during the 60th ACM Awards.
The prestigious accolade celebrates artists who have achieved wins in three of the ACM’s most prestigious categories. Urban completed his Triple Crown journey with previous wins as ACM’s Top New Male Vocalist (2001), Male Vocalist of the Year (2005, 2006) and Entertainer of the Year (2019). He is the first artist to receive this honor during the ACM Awards since Carrie Underwood in 2010 at the 45th ACM Awards.
To mark the milestone, Urban’s impact and legacy was celebrated with a special medley of performances featuring some of today’s most acclaimed artists.
Megan Moroney – “Stupid Boy”
First to take the stage in this special portion of the show was Megan Moroney. Dressed in a dazzling white jumpsuit, the songstress strummed her rhinestone guitar and delivered Urban’s 2008 hit, “Stupid Boy.” The Australian singer/songwriter alongside his wife, Nicole Kidman who was also present in the audience, could be seen smiling and singing along to the signature tune.
Chris Stapleton – “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
Next up was Chris Stapleton, who perfectly captured the groovy, sultry nature of Urban’s 22nd No. 1 hit of 2016, “Blue Ain’t Your Color.” His soulful vocals soared alongside the rich accompaniment of his band, and he raised the bar even higher with an impressive run at Urban’s signature guitar riffs.
Brothers Osborne – “Where The Blacktop Ends”
Stapleton ended with a loud “we love you, Keith” before Brothers Osborne brought the party with their high-energy delivery of “Where The Blacktop Ends” off Urban’s 1991 self-titled project. This performance would not have been complete without Keith Urban jumping in to do what he does best with an electric guitar in hand.
The trio of artists ended the tribute on a lively note that had the audience dancing and singing along to in full force. The, Brothers Osborne stepped back up to the mic to officially present the “Straight Lines” singer with his award.
Urban made sure to start his acceptance speech by thanking each of the artists and their bands who helped pay tribute to him just moments before. As he looked around and took in the immense amount of love and support from the country music community, he was clearly overcome with emotion.
He took a moment to collect himself before saying, “I was to thank the ACM for this, and my wife, Nicole Mary, is here tonight. I love you baby and our girls, Sunday and Faith watching at home tonight, I love you both too. And I have a massive team that I couldn’t possibly thank by name, but I want to thank my team for working so insanely hard behind the scenes because there’s no such thing as a self-made man. I want to thank my road band and my road family and I want to say a special thanks to all the fans that have been coming out to see us play. Really appreciate it.”
Wrapping up, he shared gratitude for a few more essential groups of people and shared his excitement to head back on the road at the end of May for his headlining High and Alive World Tour.
“Country Radio, my record company, Capital Records, and the most amazing promo team out there, thank you for kicking it on ‘Straight Line.’ We’re going to be out on tour at the end of this month, High and Alive World Tour. Thank you so much. We’ll see you soon.”
Keith Urban now joins the elite list of past Triple Crown winners, which includes Carrie Underwood, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Brooks & Dunn, Merle Haggard, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert, among others.
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The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards also featured performances by Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton, Eric Church, Brothers Osborne, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson, Kelsea Ballerini, Ella Langley, Zach Top and Megan Moroney.
The show also included a series of collaborations and milestone moments. Wynonna Judd led a powerful 12-minute medley celebrating ACM Songs of the Year from the past six decades, joined by Reba McEntire, Clint Black, Sugarland, Dan + Shay, and LeAnn Rimes. Meanwhile The Backstreet Boys joined forces with Rascal Flatts, Jelly Roll teamed up with Shaboozey and Brooks & Dunn stole the show alongside Cody Johnson.
Reba McEntire hosted the two-and-a-half-hour, commercial-free event, which streamed live to a global audience in over 240 countries and territories on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, direct from the Dallas Cowboys’ world headquarters at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
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