Lainey Wilson dazzled at the 59th Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards, held on May 16th and broadcast live on Amazon from The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, TX, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Representing BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville, Wilson captured three awards and delivered some of the night's standout moments.

Wilson opened the ACMs with a rendition of "God Blessed Texas," which seamlessly transitioned into the broadcast debut of her latest single, "Hang Tight Honey." Her electrifying performance set the tone for what would be "Country Music's Party of the Year." By the end of the evening, Lainey was the most awarded female artist of the night, taking home the prestigious Entertainer of the Year award. She also won Female Artist of the Year and Music Event of the Year for "Save Me," her collaboration with Jelly Roll.

In her Entertainer of the Year acceptance speech, Wilson said, "These past few years for us has been a complete whirlwind. I have been in Nashville for 13 years doing this. First of all, I want to say thank you so much, Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you to my team who fights for me every single day, who works so hard. My band - they show up. WME for booking me, all the time, everywhere. Y'all I remember being a little girl and I would climb out on the top of our roof. I'd open my window and climb out. I'd count all the stars and I'd look up and see the planes flying over my little town of 200 people. I'd dream about being up there in one of those planes and this year it is so crazy. We have already toured the UK, Europe & Australia and we're about to start our American leg. The funny thing is that I still feel like that little girl.I really do. I feel like I still climb out on the roof and I look at the stars, except I feel like I'm a little more eye level with them now. Everybody in this category has loved on me and believed in me, took me out on the road, sang songs with me, wrote with me, encouraged me every step of the way and I love y'all for that. I have the best fans in the world. Thank you so much. God bless y'all."

Jelly Roll, a first-time nominee, won his first ACM Award for Music Event of the Year for "Save Me" with Wilson. During the broadcast, Jelly Roll also premiered a new, fiery unreleased song titled "Liar."

Following her success at the ACM Awards, Wilson performed on BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland on May 18th, alongside Elbow, Idles, Sam Morton, and Myles Smith, for the first episode of the 64th series. The full episode is available on BBC iPlayer. Watch Wilson's performance of "Country's Cool Again" here and her cover of Hank Williams' "Lost Highway" with Jools Holland here.

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