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ERIC CHURCH


                                                                                       ENTERTAINER, MALE VOCALIST
                                                                                    AND MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR


                                                               Year in Review

                                                               Wrapped up his 62-stop Holdin’ My Own Tour in September
                                                               Released 61 Days in Church set to Apple Music featuring batches of live
                                                               recordings from his tour
                                                               “Kill A Word” featuring Rhiannon Giddens remained on the Billboard Hot
                                                               100 Chart for 15 weeks
       NOMINATED ARTISTS


















                                                               LUKE COMBS


                                                                                           NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR



                                                               Year in Review
                                                               Announced his 2017 headlining Don’t Tempt Me With A Good Time Tour in
                                                               October in Los Angeles
                                                               RIAA Gold-certified smash debut single “Hurricane” stormed into the
                                                               No. 1 spot at Country radio in a record-breaking 24 weeks on the
                                                               MediaBase chart and 30 weeks on the Billboard Country charts

                                                               Became the fastest debut artist to No. 1 at Country radio since 2015  Photo credits: Eric Church – John Peets; Luke Combs – Matthew Berinato






















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