Miranda Lambert Tells Ella Langley She Won ACM’s New Female Artist Of The Year Award

During her set at Rock the Country in Knoxville on Friday (April 25), Ella Langley was surprised with her first ACM Award for New Female Artist of the Year through a congratulatory video from Miranda Lambert, the winningest artist in ACM history. Langley is the top-nominated artist for the upcoming 60th ACM Awards with eight nods, and the 25-year-old rising country star expressed her gratitude in an emotional video after the show. “Every day of my life I’ve prayed about this and thought about it. Literally everything I’ve ever done was to be able to do this,” a teary Langley said. Lambert, who called Langley “my soul sister in country music,” won New Female Artist of the Year in 2007, one year after Carrie Underwood took home the award, and one year before Taylor Swift did. Langley is also nominated for Female Artist of the Year and has nods in four categories for “you look like you love me,” her Billboard Country Airplay No. 1 hit featuring Riley Green. (Billboard)