Keith Urban surprised Gabby Barett and Jimmie Allen with big news this morning! Gabby won New Female Artist of the Year while Jimmie Allen was named New Male Artist of the Year.
The 56th Academy of Country Music Awards will air live from Nashville on Sunday, April 18th.
Jimmie Allen was up against Travis Denning, Hardy, Cody Johnson and Parker McCollum. He was in the studio when he received the news and after watching the video of Keith Urban he shouted, “Stop playin’!” before going back to watch it again.
Take a look:
Congratulations to @JimmieAllen on being named ACM New Male Artist of the Year! 👏
Watch to see how Jimmie reacted when he got the news from #ACMawards host @KeithUrban!
📆 Jimmie will be performing at the #ACMawards on Sunday, April 18th on @CBS—don’t miss it! pic.twitter.com/8Zb9gK4436
— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 8, 2021
Gabby was visibly shocked saying “This made the whole year for me.”
Congratulations to @GabbyBarrett_ on being named ACM New Female Artist of the Year!✨#ACMawards host @KeithUrban surprised her with the news—watch to see her adorable reaction!
📆 Don’t miss Gabby’s performance at the #ACMawards on Sunday, April 18th on @CBS! pic.twitter.com/Jk49priFD1
— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 8, 2021