ACM Awards Honors 'Triple Crown' Winner Keith Urban In Star-Powered Tribute

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Keith Urban is officially a Triple Crown winner.

The Academy of Country Music presented the "Somebody Like You" musician with the Triple Crown Award at the 60th ACM Awards on Thursday (May 8), adding Urban to a long list of country superstars who have received the coveted honor. The award follows him winning the ACM's Top New Male Vocalist (2001), Male Vocalist of the Year (2005, 2006) and Entertainer of the Year (2019) over the course of his career. He's the first artist to receive the award during the ACMs since 2010.

Several of his fellow country music stars joined together to celebrate the achievement with a tribute to the "Days Go By" hitmaker, with Chris Stapleton, Megan Moroney and Brothers Osborne teaming up for a star-powered performance.

Moroney kicked off the performance in the round, singing stripped down rendition of "Stupid Boy" before Stapleton impressed both Urban and his wife Nicole Kidman with "Blue Ain't Your Color." The Practical Magic actress was so into the performance that she embraced her husband and gazed lovingly at him as she sang along.

Brothers Osborne took the energy up a notch with "Where the Blacktop Ends," eventually recruiting the original singer himself to join the band on stage. Urban picked up a guitar for an epic solo and launched into a face-off with John Osborne, each showing off their impressive skills before ending the set with a bang.

Urban remained humble as he accepted the Triple Crown honor, first thanking his wife and their daughters, Sunday and Faith, before showing gratitude to his team for all of their hard work, admitting there's "no such thing as a self-made man."

Other past Triple Crown winners include Carrie Underwood, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Brooks & Dunn, Merle Haggard, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean and Miranda Lambert, among others.

Led by Reba McEntire, who returned to host the show for the 18th time, the 60th ACM Awards featured a host of incredible performances from Lainey Wilson, Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Alan Jackson, Kelsea Ballerini, Cody Johnson and more as well as a "Songs of the Decades" throwback to open the show. The night will also see collaborations from Rascal Flatts and Backstreet Boys, Brooks & Dunn and Cody Johnson, and Jelly Roll and Shaboozey.

See who won big during country music's party of the year and catch all of the jaw-dropping fashion.


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