Reba McEntire is returning to host the ACM Awards in 2025. The Country Music Hall of Fame member, who also hosted the ACM Awards in 2024, has been tapped to return to host next year’s ceremony, in honor of the 60th anniversary of the event. The news of McEntire’s return to the ACM Awards in 2025 was announced in…
Dan + Shay are still riding high after their ACM Awards win for Duo of the Year at the ACM Awards. Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney walked away with the trophy, a welcome endorsement for the pair that almost gave up on their shared career. “We just wanted to hop on here and say thank you to each and…
Reba McEntire not only hosted the ACM Awards, for the 17th time, but she also closed out the show. The 69-year-old sang her new single, “I Can’t,” which she debuted on The Voice last week. “I love the lyrics of this song,” McEntire said, explaining why she chose to record it for her next album. “I love the melody….
The 2024 ACM Awards are here! Chris Stapleton won the most ACM Awards of the night, with four wins, including Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, for Higher (both as artist and producer), and Artist-Songwriter of the Year. He was followed by Lainey Wilson with three wins, for Female Artist of the Year, Music Event of the…
Toby Keith was honored at the ACM Awards with a performance of “Should’ve Been A Cowboy,” by Jason Aldean. Prior to his performance, Blake Shelton, who presented Keith with the Country Icon Award at the People’s Choice Country Awards last fall, praised the future Country Music Hall of Fame member. “As a friend, a fan, and a fellow Okie,…
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani took the stage together to perform their new duet, “Purple Irises” at the ACM Awards. The song is from Stefani’s next album. “We love this song so much,” Shelton said when the song was released. “It’s a song Gwen wrote with a couple of friends of hers, and I fell in love with it the…
Lainey Wilson is the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year. The singer-songwriter, who won in the same category at the CMA Awards last fall, also won Female Artist of the Year and Music Event of the Year, the latter for her “Save Me” collaboration with Jelly Roll. “These past few years for us has just been a complete whirlwind,”…
Chris Stapleton is the ACM Male Artist of the Year. Stapleton, who also won Album of the Year, for Higher, and Artist-Songwriter of the Year at the ACM Awards, praised his fellow nominees in the category, including Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson and Morgan Wallen. “When I listened to so many great guys in that category, I’m happy…
Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson have won yet another award for their “Save Me” collaboration. The pair won the ACM Award for Music Event of the Year, a full-circle moment for the singers, who debuted the song on the ACM Awards stage in 2023. “I’m gonna keep this short and sweet, ’cause Jelly’s gonna get up here and preach,”…
Chris Stapleton has won the ACM Award for Album of the Year, for his latest Higher album, released in November. “What an honor, thank you,” Stapleton said. “Thank you to the Academy, thank you to my producer, my lovely wife, Morgane, and Dave Cobb, and all the guys in the band who have been with me so long making…
