Last year Mickey Guyton performed on the Academy of Country Music Awards with Keith Urban, and she's excited to be hosting the biggest night of Country Music with him this year. "As I've said before 'if you can see it, you can be it,'. She's honored to step onto the ACM stage as the first-ever Black woman to host the show.
In March, Mickey Guyton made history as the first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy in the Country Music category for Best Country Solo Performance. Although she didn't win the Grammy, she certainly won the hearts of many with her performance during the Grammys. A song she wrote and decided to release it on her Instagram page during the time of George Floyd's death with the Black Lives Matter protests bringing much needed attention for Social Justice. 'Black Like Me' message made a huge impact in the Country Music world, and received big love across the country and beyond. Receiving a Grammy nomination even without strong radio support at the time.
Mickey Guyton (Candace Mycale Guyton) was born 6/17/83 in Arlington Texas, the 2nd oldest of 4 children. Her family moved around Texas a lot due to her dad's engineer career. The word is when Mickey attended a Texas Rangers game seeing LeAnn Rimes sing the national anthem inspired her to become a singer. It's been a journey with her rising star to get where she is now. A successful country singer who's happily married and a new mama to baby boy Grayson. Now her voice and empowering messages through song are inspiring many others. No surprise she's the talk of the table...
This Sunday starting at 7pm on CBS catch Mickey Guyton making history hosting the 56th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. She will also perform, and could walk away with an award as the New Female Artist of the Year. 'if you can see it, you can be it,'. - Mickey Guyton.
