Carrie Underwood Was Announced As A Performer At The 2021 ACM Awards
The 56th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards took place on April 18, 2021, and Carrie Underwood was one of the performers who graced the stage.
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there was not an audience for the show, which was hosted by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton.
Along with Carrie Underwood, both co-hosts took the stage to perform, as well as Miranda Lambert and Elle King, Lady A, Alan Jackson, Brothers Osborne, Chris Young ansd Kane Brown, Eric Church, Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd, Gabby Barrett, Blake Shelton, Carly Pearce and Lee Brice, Kelsea Ballerini and Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton and Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay, Little Big Town, Ashley McBryde, and Dierks Bentley with The War and Treaty and Larkin Poe.
Carrie Underwood Performed A Gospel Medley
Coming off the massive success of her first gospel album, My Savior, it’s no surprise that when Carrie Underwood took the stage at the 2021 ACM Awards that she would perform songs from that album.
My Savior was released on March 26, 2021 and became her ninth consecutive album to reach number one on the Top Country Albums chart. This made her the only artist in history to have nine albums in a row top this chart. It also debuted at number four on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart.
In the days leading up to the ACM Awards, Underwood’s performance and collaboration with gospel legend CeCe Winans was touted as “a must-see live performance.”
The performance began with Underwood in a gorgeous gold gown singing “Amazing Grace.” She moved into “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” and introduced the “legendary” Winans. The two powerhouse vocalists’ voices rang out in the empty halls of the Ryman Theater and it is already being called one of the greatest ACM performances of all time.
Watch the incredible performance below.
