Luke Bryan, Loretta Lynn, Alabama and Eric Church were honored recently with special achievement awards from the Academy of Country Music.
Lynn received the Crystal Milestone Award for her 50-year country music career and Bryan received the Gene Weed Special Achievement Award. Alabama received the Career Achievement Award.
"I got a kiss from Loretta, so I am still pretty excited about that," Bryan said after getting a smooch from Lynn on the red carpet before the event. "It's an amazing year. I have been blessed that every year in my life for the past several years have been even bigger than the last. It's fun to come out and celebrate nights like this where even more important people in the industry get recognized."
Alabama was also honored with a medley of their tracks performed by Jason Aldean.
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