Watch Carrie Underwood Surprise Luke Combs, Ashley McBryde & Lanco With ACM Awards

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey | March 25, 2019

The ACM Awards may be two weeks away, but the Academy is already handing out hardware.

Over the weekend, Carrie Underwood phoned Luke Combs, Ashley McBryde and Lanco to let them know they had won ACM Awards for New Artist of the Year in their respective categories.

Watch Carrie surprise Luke, Ashley and Lanco with the news.

Over the weekend, @carrieunderwood delivered the very happy news to @lukecombs, @AshleyMcBryde, and @LancoMusic that they are the New Artist winners! 🏆 Catch their performances on the #ACMawards Sunday, April 7 at 8/7c LIVE on @CBS. pic.twitter.com/lmqAqeO53a

— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) March 25, 2019

The ACM Awards, which will be hosted by Reba McEntire, will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7 at 8 p.m. ET. on CBS.

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Danielle Bradbery
Lindsay Ell
Ashley McBryde WINNER
Carly Pearce

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Jimmie Allen
Luke Combs WINNER
Jordan Davis
Michael Ray
Mitchell Tenpenny

NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
High Valley
LANCO WINNER
Runaway June

photos by Tammie Arroyo, AFF-USA.com

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