\n\t[Awarded to songwriter(s)\/publisher(s)\/artist(s)]<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cA Song To Sing\u201d \u2013 Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton; Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure; Publishers: I Wrote These Songs; Pink Dog Publishing; Songs for the Munch Music; Songs of Influence; Sony\/ATV Tree Publishing; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cAm I Okay?\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney; Songwriters: Megan Moroney, Luke Laird, Jessie Jo Dillon; Publishers: Big Ass Pile of Dimes Music; Big Music Machine<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d \u2013 Ella Langley; Songwriters: Ella Langley, Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Joybeth Taylor; Publishers: Bada Bing & Bada Langley Publishing; Little Louder Songs; Sony Music Publishing<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI Never Lie\u201d \u2013 Zach Top; Songwriters: Zach Top, Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols; Publishers: Music and Magazine Publishing; Rio Bravo Music Inc; Sony\/ATV Tree Publishing; Too Broke to Quit Music; Zach Top Music<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cSomewhere Over Laredo\u201d \u2013 Lainey Wilson; Songwriters: Lainey Wilson, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, Andy Albert, Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg; Publishers: Concord Sounds; Dtown Boogie Music; Emi Feist Catalog Inc; Songs of Riser House; Songs of Wild Cat Well Music; Sony\/ATV Countryside; Story Farmer; Tacklebox Music Publishing<\/p>\n
\n\tNewman:\u00a0Each one of these songs showed a new or different facet of the performer. Additionally, the performers are also the songwriters in all nominees, which is not always the case. If Wilson\u2019s \u201cSomewhere Over Laredo\u201d wins, the songwriters of 1939\u2019s The Wizard of Oz\u2019s \u201cSomewhere Over the Rainbow\u201d will become ACM Award winners since Wilson\u2019s song very lightly interpolates the classic, which is just a wacky notion. Lambert has two chances here as songwriter\/performer on \u201cA Song to Sing\u201d and Lambert\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d which she co-wrote. \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d has become a phenomenon and seems impossible to beat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tWinner:\u00a0\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tNicholson: Each of these songs found the artist challenging themselves artistically, whether that\u2019s the sultry \u201970s vibe of the Stapleton\/Lambert collab \u201cA Song to Sing,\u201d Moroney trading the scathing romantic takedowns of her debut album for the optimism of the title track to her sophomore project, or Wilson wrapping in melody and other elements from the classic \u201cSomewhere Over The Rainbow\u201d into her hit \u201cSomewhere Over Laredo.\u201d Fans immediately took to Top\u2019s \u201cI Never Lie,\u201d as they did with Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas.\u201d But given the enduring power of Langley\u2019s smash hit, \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d seems primed for the winner\u2019s circle. <\/p>\n
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