Lainey Wilson is the reigning Female Artist of the Year after securing her second consecutive trophy at the 2024 ACM Awards. “Reba McEntire just gave me this thing,” she says in disbelief. “Speaking of Reba McEntire, I just wanna take a minute and I just wanna talk about the women in country music. A lot of the women who were in this category specifically are some of my best friends and people who have helped pull me over that wall.” “There are so many women in country music who have guided me without even knowing it. Before I ever even got a chance to shake their hand and get to know them,” s…