The Academy of Country Music Responds to Shocking Entertainer of the Year Tie at This Year`s Awards: Exclusive
(WorldNews Music)

article-overlay-handle js-fitvids-content`> Had there been a live audience at the Academy of Country Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House on Wednesday (Sept. 16) night, there would have been a collective gasp when host Keith Urban announced that there was a tie for entertainer of the year. Instead, the internet lit up with posters questioning how could there be a tie for the biggest award of the night with Thomas Rhett and Carrie Underwood splitting the honor? And the next day, it was the talk of the town among many in the tight-knit Nashville music community. The double win marked the first tie in that category since the show began handing out the entertainer of the year trophy in 1971,...