Carrie Underwood On ACM Entertainer: ‘I’d Be Lying If I Said I Didn’t Want It’

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

September 16th, 2020 9:55 AM

Carrie Underwood won the Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year award both in 2008 and 2009 and has been a nominee every year since.

Underwood, who will kick off the show tonight (9/16) along with the other four Entertainer nominees, said of her nomination, “I personally feel like, ‘Entertainer [of the Year], it’s everything, right? So, I feel like people kind of narrow it down to tours, but I feel like there’s so many more components to it.”

She adds, “I’m blessed and lucky to be nominated, obviously, and [I’m in] fantastic company. It would be amazing, but of course, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want it. (laughs) Sorry boys.”

The ACM Awards will air live on CBS from various iconic locations around Nashville. Keith Urban will host and it all kicks off at 8PM ET.

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  Carrie Underwood performs onstage during 2016 Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 30, 2016 in Indio, California.

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  Carrie Underwood performs onstage at the 2018 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 6, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Mike Fisher and Isaiah Michael Fisher attend as Carrie Underwood is honored with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 20, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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  Carrie Underwood and her road trainer, Eve Overland lead a group workout to celebrate the line’s Fall/Winter 17 collection at West Edge on September 11, 2017 in New York City.

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  Carrie Underwood attends the 2017 CMT Music Awards at the Music City Center on June 7, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher attend the 52nd annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 14, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Carrie Underwood performs onstage during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  Co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood speak onstage at the 51st annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  Carrie Underwood, Mario Vasquez, Mikalah Gordon, Jessica Sierra, (back row) Constantine Maroulis, Nadia Turner, Bo Bice, Vonzell Solomon, Anthony Fedorov, Lindsey Cardinale, Anwar Robinson and Scott Savol pose at a party to celebrate the "American Idol" Top 12 Finalists at Astra West on March 9, 2005 in West Hollywood, California.
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  American Idol contestant, Carrie Underwood poses for photographs at a party to celebrate the "American Idol" Top 12 Finalists at Astra West on March 9, 2005 in West Hollywood, California.

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

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