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Miranda Lambert. (AP)
Miranda Lambert. (AP)

Arlington - Miranda Lambert won four awards, including album and song of the year, but Luke Bryan took the night's top prize at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

Sunday night was a repeat of the Country Music Association Awards in November, where Lambert won multiple prizes but lost the big award to Bryan.

Lambert was the sole female nominated for entertainer of the year; other nominees included Garth Brooks, Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line, who won two awards Sunday.

Lambert won her fourth album of the year, her sixth female vocalist of the year and twice for third single record of the year (she won twice this year as a performer and songwriter of Automatic.)

She also accepted the 50th Anniversary Milestone Award, given to her by Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara. (Lambert wrote a song for their new film, Hot Pursuit.)

It was also a memorable night for Taylor Swift, who made it a family affair.

The singer was one of seven recipients of the 50th Anniversary Milestone Award. Her mother, who recently announced she is battling cancer, presented her daughter with the award.

"I am so happy I learned how to write songs in a town like Nashville," said Swift, who released her first full-blown pop album, 1989, last year.

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