Brothers Osborne, Maren Morris & Jon Pardi Win ACM Awards for Best New Duo, New Female Vocalist & New Male Vocalist

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey | March 14, 2017

In the lead-up to the ACM Awards show on April 2, the Academy of Country Music announced three ACM Award winners today (March 14).

New Vocal Duo/Group of the Year: Brothers Osborne
New Female Vocalist of the Year: Maren Morris
New Male Vocalist of the Year: Jon Pardi

These awards mark the first-ever ACM Award wins for Brothers Osborne, Maren and Jon.

Brothers Osborne are also nominated for Vocal Duo of the Year. Maren received an additional five nominations, including Female Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year (as artist and producer) and Single Record of the Year (as artist and producer).

It was also announced that Brothers Osborne, Maren and Jon will be performing during the ACM Awards show on April 2 in Las Vegas, which is hosted by Dierks Bentley and Luke Bryan.

New Male Vocalist of the Year

Jon Pardi
Kane Brown
Chris Janson
Chris Lane
Brett Young

New Female Vocalist of the Year

Maren Morris
Lauren Alaina
Cam
Brandy Clark
(four nominees only)

New Vocal Duo/Group of the Year

Brothers Osborne
A Thousand Horses
Dan + Shay
LOCASH
Maddie & Tae

Photos: Brothers Osborne courtesy UMG; Maren Morris by LeAnn Mueller/Sony Music; Jon Pardi courtesy UMG

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