Rhett Akins has just won the inaugural ACM Songwriter of the Decade Award.
This is one of seven new ACM Decade Awards, which include Song of the Decade (Miranda Lambert 'The House That Built Me), Album of the Decade, Artist-Songwriter of the Decade, Breakout Artist of the Decade, Single of the Decade and Music Event of the Decade. More winners will be announced over the next several weeks.