ACM AWARDS 2023: Brothers Osborne Named Duo Of The Year

Artist: Brothers Osborne

Congrats to @brothersosborne, the #ACMawards Duo of the Year! ✨ pic.twitter.com/gET6CvSRyy

— ACM Awards (@ACMawards) May 12, 2023

Brothers Osborne were named Duo Of The Year at Thursday night’s (May 11th) ACM Awards. This is the pair’s fourth win in this category and seventh win overall. After their name was called, the duo made a brief, yet very grateful acceptance speech.

“I’m gonna keep this short and sweet myself, because I’m really hot and I’m really nervous and I’m trying to suck my belly in,” said T.J. “Thank you to everyone and thank you to the fans, we love you!”

John agreed. “Same. Exactly the same,” John Osborne joked. “My wife Lucie can’t be here tonight. We just had twins like seven weeks ago. So Lucie, Arthur, and Maybelle — I love y’all so much and just as much I love our country music community…We love you guys so much. Thank you.”

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Backstage, John talked about how grateful they both are for the award and to the country music community. “I walked backstage, and we get a million texts from friends, my wife, from family and stuff like that, and it reminds you constantly of where you came from and the journey that you took,” says John. “There will be a day where we won’t even be nominated, and that’s okay. The reality is nothing is permanent, and we’re fortunately in a position now where we can kind of swim and bask in the glory of something, and that being this country music community has lifted us on their shoulders for years now, and we’d be nothing without them and I’m very grateful for that.”

When asked how the duo were going to celebrate, a hungry TJ joked they were going to be “fancy like” with their pals, Old Dominion. “We heard Old Dominion (winner of ACM Group of the Year) is having a party at Applebee’s, which is incredible. I haven’t had their appetizer sampler in years, so I’m gonna break that streak tonight, (laughs) among many, many other things.”

The guys recently released three songs, including their current single, “Nobody’s Nobody.”

Brothers Osborne (ACM 2023 win) OC: …very grateful for that. :52
JOHN: “You know, it’s absolutely crazy. I mean, the best way for us to stay grounded is when it happens…it’s a blur on stage. You know, you have an idea of what you’re going to say, it never comes out right. And then, I walked backstage, and we get a million texts from friends, my wife, from family and stuff like that, and it reminds you constantly of where you came from and the journey that you took. There will be a day where we won’t even be nominated, and that’s okay. The reality is nothing is permanent, and we’re fortunately in a position now where we can kind of swim and bask in the glory of something, and that being this country music community has lifted us on their shoulders for years now, and we’d be nothing without them and I’m very grateful for that.”

Brothers Osborne (ACM 2023 celebration) OC: …other things. :20
TJ: “I’m hungry. I’m sure you are too, so I think we’re gonna go out and celebrate. We heard Old Dominion (winner of ACM Group of the Year) is having a party at Applebee’s, which is incredible. I haven’t had their appetizer sampler in years, so I’m gonna break that streak tonight, (laughs) among many, many other things.”