It was March of 2019 that Carrie Underwood placed call to Ashley McBryde a couple of weeks before the 54th ACM Awards to let her know that she was named the New Female Artist of the Year.

The moment when Ashley gets the news from Carrie was captured on video…

This Sunday, April 18th, Ashley McBryde is once again an ACM nominee at the 56th Annual ACM Awards – she’s nominated in the categories of Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (Never Will), and Song of the Year (“One Night Standards”). To see if she wins, catch it live on CBS, 8 PM ET/ 7 PM CT , and available to stream live on Paramount Plus.

Here’s the music video for Ashley’s ACM nominated song, “One Night Standards.”

Photo Credit: Daniel Meigs