2011-Taylor Swift
2010-Taylor Swift
2009-Carrie Underwood
2008-Carrie Underwood
2007-Kenny Chesney
At a press conference yesterday, the Academy of Country Music announced some of the special performances on Sunday's show. They include:
- Tim McGraw will perform “Highway Don’t Care” with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban.
- Hunter Hayes will world premiere his new single “I Want Crazy,” and will be joined later by legendary music icon Stevie Wonder.
- Kelly Clarkson will perform “Don’t Rush.”
- Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentleyand Hunter Hayes will perform together live from ACM Fan Jam.
- Reba McEntire will introduce the George Strait and Garth Brooks performance. As previously announced, George and Garth will perform together for the first time ever to pay tribute to Dick Clark. Each will perform a version of one of their classic hits and then join together for a very special moment.
The ACM Awards air Sunday live from Las Vegas on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.






Inside, Blake dishes about his transition into the Hollywood spotlight, recalling a dinner with wife Miranda Lambert, his mother Dorothy, Christina Aguilera and her boyfriend in L.A. He says, “I wish I could have videoed that night -- my mom, who never leaves Tishomingo, and Christina Aguilera!” Blake says paparazzi swarmed in as they exited the restaurant. “We stepped out and couldn’t even see. My mom loved it. She’s waving, saying, ‘I’m the mom!’ It’s like how the hell did any of us get here? Me, much less my mom!”