Awards ACM Awards: Morgan Wallen Wins Album of the Year One Year After Controversy By Mona Khalifeh 9:02 PM PST, March 7, 2022 This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. 03:17HARDY and His Fiancé Cried More for Morgan Wallen’s ACMs Win (Ex…01:48Breland Teases His 2022 ACM Awards Performance With Thomas Rhett…02:47Maren Morris Ready to 'Give Birth' to New Record 'Humble Quest' …01:38Blake Lively Jokes She'll Direct Beyoncé After Landing ACM Nom f…02:01Old Dominion Spoke ACMs Win into Existence (Exclusive)01:48Lainey Wilson's ACMs Win Inspires Her to Bust Down Doors (Exclus…01:40Lainey Wilson Says Her ‘Journey Is Beginning’ After ACMs Best Ne…01:52'90 Day Fiancé': Loren and Alexei's Son Shai Meets His Baby Brot…01:45Parker McCollum Shares What His ACM New Male Artist Win Means to…02:23Carly Pearce’s Houseguests Have to Acknowledge ACMs Wins on Mant…03:14‘The Real Husbands of Hollywood’ Cast Says ‘Housewives’ Parody H…03:13Chad Ochocinco on Fatherhood and Who He Predicts Will Win Super …03:18Ciara and Russell Wilson on Whether They’ll Have More Kids (Excl…02:16'Proud Family:' Keke Palmer, Billy Porter and More Introduce The…01:50Blake Lively and More Stars Support Michael Kors During New York…01:37How Channing Tatum Came to Direct and Star in His New Film ‘Dog’…03:24Adele Performs ‘I Drink Wine’ and Takes Home 3 Trophies at 2022 …02:03Joseph Gordon-Levitt Fanboys Over His ‘Super Pumped: The Battle …03:45'Yellowstone's Kevin Costner Shares His Hope for Dutton Family A… Morgan Wallen won big at the Academy of Country Music Awards Monday night. The 28-year-old singer took home the Album of the Year Award for Dangerous: The Double Album, one year after his major controversy. Wallen, who was nominated for four ACM awards Monday, was banned from the academy's 2021 show after he was caught on camera last February, using a racial slur. Wallen has since apologized. Soon after the video of the incident was made public, Wallen was suspended indefinitely from his label, Big Loud Records, and dropped from WME, according to multiple reports. Radio stations, including those owned by iHeartMedia, Entercom and Cumulus Media, removed Wallen's music from their playlists.Wallen shared his gratitude for being given the honor in his acceptance speech, thanking the songwriters, producers and musicians that played on the album, as well as his family and his fans for showing him "grace along the way" as he worked to overcome the controversy. "I'd also like to thank my good lord and savior Jesus Christ, my family, my friends, my team in Nashville, country radio and everyone who has shown me grace along the way," Wallen said. "Most importantly, I have to address my fans personally and directly: thank you, thank you, thank you!"Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ACMAfter Monday's show, ET's Cassie DiLaura spoke to another big winner and Wallen's best friend, HARDY, who took home the Songwriter of the Year Award. The 31-year-old songwriter shared what it meant for him to see Wallen take home the monumental win."Me and my fiancé cried I think, more over that award than this one," HARDY said of Wallen's big win. "It means a lot for him. We all know what happened. It means a lot. He works very hard. He deserves that award.""For those that don't know, your peers, our coworkers vote for who should win this award," he continued. "To know that the entire country music industry voted for him to win that, means that people have his back again. And that's very important. Everybody deserves a second chance, deserves a chance to fight for themselves and that's exactly what's happened. So this was bigger than that award for him. It meant a lot and I am very proud of him." The 57th Academy of Country Music Awards streamed live on Prime Video March 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Check out the full winners list here!RELATED CONTENT Thomas Rhett Exposes His Own Wardrobe Malfunction on ACM Red Carpet! Miranda Lambert Wins Entertainer of the Year Award at 2022 ACM Awards Kelly Clarkson Honors Dolly Parton With ACM Awards Tribute Performance Parker McCollum Shares What His ACM New Male Artist Win Means to Him (Exclusive) This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Related Gallery2022 ACM Awards: Red Carpet Arrivals
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