Los Angeles – Country music’s The Zac Brown Band won the Best New Artist award at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday. Lead by artist Zac Brown, the band was the only country music group nominated in the overall category. Other nominees included Keri Hilson, MGMT, Silversun Pickups and the Ting Tings.
During televised award show, the band performed snippets of “America the Beautiful”, their debut single “Chicken Fried” and “Dixie Lullaby” a collaboration with artist Leon Russell. Zac Brown, donning his signature beanie cap, concluded their performance with an aggressive acoustic guitar picking.
The band’s major-label debut, “The Foundation”, reached to No. 17 on the U.S. pop chart.
