USA: KENNY ROGERS GIVEN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE 36TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

Record ID: 860948

  • Title: USA: KENNY ROGERS GIVEN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE 36TH ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
  • Date: 8th May 2001
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, (MAY 9, 2001) (REUTERS) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) LEE ANN WOMACK BACKSTAGE SAYING: "I'm amazed, it's wonderful. It's taken my career to a new level and if I didn't dance before, I'm certainly dancing now."
  • Embargoed: 23rd May 2001 13:00
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  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
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  • Country: USA
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  • Story Text: The 36th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards was held in Los Angeles, California (May 9) celebrating top country music artists and honoring country music icon Kenny Rogers.
    The country music world honored its female stars on Wednesday as Texas trio the Dixie Chicks, and acclaimed singer Lee Ann Womack nabbed top prizes at the 36th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. The Dixie Chicks and Womack each won three trophies, with the Chicks taking the coveted entertainer of the year prize. The other multiple winner was Toby Keith, who won two prizes, the first of his eight-year career. The Oklahoma native went into the event with six nominations, tying with Womack for the most nods. As the evening progressed, it looked as if Keith would be shut out, but then he won the album and male vocalist categories in close succession. Backstage, he told reporters he was disappointed that the album's title track, "How Do You Like Me Now?!" did not win the single and song races.
    The song and single awards went instead to Womack's "I HopeYou Dance," which she performed with backing group Sons of the Desert. The song, an anthem celebrating hope and triumph, was also named vocal event of the year.
    "If I didn't dance before, I'm certainly dancing now," Texas native Womack said backstage.
    In addition to entertainer of the year, the Dixie Chicks won the vocal group prize for the third consecutive year and the video prize. The group was represented at the show by fiddle player Martie Seidel, who said singer Natalie Maines was tending her baby son, while Seidel's sister, Emily Robison, was at home trying to "make a baby."
    Faith Hill was named top female vocalist for the third year in a row, while Brooks & Dunn took home the duo prize.
    Veteran crooner Kenny Rogers received the previously announced Career Achievement Award.
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