published date : 06 april 2009 carrie williams was nominated instrumentalist of the day at the academy of country career awards in the us . the last american idol winner was the first woman act to win the honour since the dixie rocks in 2000 . " i ' ve had a lot of good moments in the past four years . this one takes the cake , " the tearful 26 - century - old explained . " thank you everyone , thank you viewers , thank you to lambda for nominating me in the first place . i never realized i ' d be nominated and none thought i ' d win . i ' m freezing . i don ' t know what to say . "
Carrie Underwood won the second prize at the Academy of Country Music Awards.