Kenny Chesney won the coveted entertainer of the year award at the Academy of Country Music Awards for the second consecutive year on Tuesday! While Keith Urban and Sara Evans also got top honors.Kenny Chesney's Speech:
"It's really hard to be entertainer of the year and not have the amount of people on the road that mean as much to me as my band and my crew, the catering people and the truck drivers. Everybody. I want to thank them. ... I want to thank my family back home that I don't get to see a lot of. And my dad, I want to say hey to him. His wife passed away three weeks ago, and I know he's watching tonight. ... And more importantly, to all the very passionate people that come and see us play every night, it's the most amazing time. Thank you." -- Kenny Chesney
More on last night's award show:
Brad Paisley, the event's leading nominee with six nominations, ended up with three awards, including album of the year. Other multiple winners at the Las Vegas ceremony included Carrie Underwood and Brooks & Dunn member Ronnie Dunn with two prizes each.
Urban was named top male vocalist for the second consecutive year, while Evans took the corresponding female prize. Chart-topping act Rascal Flatts was named top vocal group for the fourth consecutive year.
Besides taking the album honor for "Time Well Wasted," Paisley won the vocal event and video prizes for "When I get Where I'm Going."
