43rd Academy of Country Music Awards

Date

May 18, 2008

Location

MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada

Hosted by

Reba McEntire

Most awards

Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley (2 each)

Most nominations

Kenny Chesney (7)

Television/radio coverage

Network

CBS

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The 43rd Academy of Country Music Awards were held on May 18, 2008, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada. The ceremony was hosted by ACM Award Winner Reba McEntire.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Rascal Flatts George Strait Keith Urban	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — Miranda Lambert 5th Gear — Brad Paisley Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates — Kenny Chesney If You’re Going Through Hell — Rodney Atkins Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift
Top Female Vocalist of the Year	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Carrie Underwood Miranda Lambert Martina McBride LeAnn Rimes Taylor Swift	Brad Paisley Rodney Atkins Kenny Chesney George Strait Keith Urban
Top Vocal Group of the Year	Top Vocal Duo of the Year
Rascal Flatts Diamond Rio The Eagles Emerson Drive Little Big Town	Brooks & Dunn Big & Rich Halfway To Hazard Montgomery Gentry Sugarland
Single Record of the Year	Song of the Year
“Stay” — Sugarland “Don’t Blink” — Kenny Chesney “Famous in a Small Town” — Miranda Lambert “Lost in This Moment” — Big & Rich “Watching Airplanes” — Gary Allan	“Stay” — Jennifer Nettles “Don’t Blink” — Casey Beathard, Chris Wallin “Lost in This Moment” — Keith Anderson, Rodney Clawson, John Rich “Moments” — Dave Berg, Annie Tate, Sam Tate “Watching You” — Rodney Atkins, Steve Dean, Brian White
Top New Male Vocalist	Top New Female Vocalist
Jack Ingram Luke Bryan Jake Owen	Taylor Swift Sarah Buxton Kellie Pickler
Top New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year	Video of the Year
Lady Antebellum Carolina Rain The Wreckers	"Online" — Brad Paisley "Don't Blink" — Kenny Chesney "Lost in This Moment" — Big & Rich "Stay" — Sugarland "Watching You" — Rodney Atkins
Vocal Event of the Year
“Find Out Who Your Friends Are” — Tracy Lawrence with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney “Because of You” — Reba McEntire with Kelly Clarkson “Shiftwork” — Kenny Chesney with George Strait “Till We Ain’t Strangers Anymore” — LeAnn Rimes with Bon Jovi “What You Give Away” — Vince Gill with Sheryl Crow

Performers

Performer(s)	Song(s)
Carrie Underwood	"Last Name"
Toby Keith	"She's a Hottie"
Brad Paisley	"I'm Still a Guy"
Miranda Lambert	"Gunpowder & Lead"
Rodney Atkins	"Watching You" "These Are My People" "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)" "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)"
Kenny Chesney George Strait	"Better as a Memory" "I Saw God Today" "Shiftwork"
Sugarland	"All I Want to Do"
Brooks & Dunn Reba McEntire	"Put a Girl in It"
Taylor Swift	"Should've Said No"
Trace Adkins	"You're Gonna Miss This"
Garth Brooks Trisha Yearwood	"The Thunder Rolls" "Callin' Baton Rouge" "Friends in Low Places" "We Shall Be Free" "The Dance" "Good Ride Cowboy" "In Another's Eyes" "More Than a Memory" "Rodeo" "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)"
Keith Urban	"Tu Compañía"
Rascal Flatts	"Every Day"
Carrie Underwood Brad Paisley	Eddy Arnold Tribute "Make the World Go Away"
Kellie Pickler	"Don't You Know You're Beautiful"
LeAnn Rimes	"Family"
Montgomery Gentry	"Back When I Knew It All"

Presenters

Presenter(s)	Notes
Poppy Montgomery Criss Angel	Single Record of the Year
Jason Alexander	Brad Paisley performance
Lady Antebellum	Top New Female Vocalist of the Year
Blake Shelton	Miranda Lambert performance
Little Big Town	Top New Duo or Vocal Group of the Year
Clay Walker Brad Mates	Top New Male Vocalist of the Year
Jewel John Rich	Album of the Year
Randy Owen	Las Vegas backstage
Julianne Hough Clint Black	Song of the Year
Brooks & Dunn	Present Home Depot Humanitarian Award for Rascal Flatts
Phil McGraw Robin McGraw	Top Vocal Duo of the Year
Kaley Cuoco Kimbo Slice	Top Vocal Group of the Year
David Spade	Rascal Flatts performance
Sara Evans	Kellie Pickler performance
Trisha Yearwood	Male Vocalist of the Year
Karolína Kurková Dwight Yoakam	Top Female Vocalist of the Year

References

Staff 3/4/2008, CMT com. "Kenny Chesney Tops List as Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood Reveal ACM Nominees". CMT News. Archived from the original on July 18, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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