Thursday, March 28, 2024

How Country Singer Mickey Guyton Made History This Week at the ACM Awards (Watch)

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Mickey Guyton performs her single “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?” at the ACM Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 (Grand Ole Opry, Nashville)

*Black history was made Wednesday night in Nashville.

Singer-songwriter Mickey Guyton, among the very few Black artists in country music, became the first Black woman to perform solo at the Academy of Country Music Awards. And if that wasn’t enough, her solo performance took place at country music’s holy ground, The Grand Ole Opry.

The Texas native was introduced by Tim McGraw and accompanied on the historic stage by Keith Urban, who played piano for her performance of “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?” from her album “Bridges.”

Watch below:

Guyton said she was first bitten by the country bug at 8-years-old, after watching LeAnn Rimes perform the national anthem at a Texas Rangers game.

Below, Guyton talks with ET Canada about her pioneering performance.

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