The nominees for the 2024 ACM Awards have been announced, and while there were plenty of pleasant surprises (including Cody Johnson‘s first Entertainer of the Year nomination), there were also several surprising omissions, from artists who were more than worthy of being nominated. Keep reading to see who should have been nominated this year, but inexplcably was not. 1. Chris Young…
The nominations for the 2024 ACM Awards are out, and there are plenty of happy surprises. From first-time nominations to formerly overlooked artists, keep reading to find ten artists who have much to celebrate. 1. Cody Johnson’s Entertainer of the Year Nomination Cody Johnson‘s career seems to be on a rapid ascent, and it’s great that the music industry…
We now know when and where the 2024 ACM Awards will be held. The live ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 16, from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The ceremony will stream live exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. “Frisco, Texas and The Star District proved to be the perfect new home for the evolution…
Chris Stapleton is officially the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year. The singer-songwriter was stunned when he took the stage to accept the honor, later reflecting on the significance of taking home the night’s highest honor. “I’m humbled by it,” Stapleton said backstage at the ACM Awards. “And I feel very thankful to the people that voted for me…
Lainey Wilson‘s path to becoming a country music superstar was paved with a lot of roadblocks and setbacks. The Louisiana native moved to Nashville when she was just 19 years old, living in a camper trailer for years while she struggled to get anyone to listen to her music. Now, with four new ACM Awards to add to her…
Dolly Parton closed out the 2023 ACM Awards by performing her brand-new rock song, “World on Fire.” The song is from her forthcoming, 30-track Rockstar album, which will be released on November 17. Ahead of her performance, the 77-year-old admitted she was anxious about performing the song live for the first time. “I’m excited, a little bit nervous, in…
Talk about a surprise performance. Ed Sheeran ahd already been announced as a performer for the 2023 ACM Awards, but no one expected Luke Combs to join him on stage. The two singers collaborated on “Life Goes On,” from Sheeran’s latest Subtract album, out now. After his performance, Garth Brooks, who hosted the live ceremony alongside Dolly Parton, asked…
For the first time ever, Chris Stapleton is the reigning ACM Awards Entertainer of the Year. The father of five has been nominated a total of five times, winning in the category for the first time this year — a victory that he admits he did not expect. “By any imaginable metric, I don’t deserve this, but thank you,” Stapleton…
If the 2023 ACM Awards belonged to anyone, it belonged to Lainey Wilson. The Louisiana native won ACM Awards for Music Event of the Year and Visual Media of the Year, both for her “wait in the truck” duet with HARDY, as well as Female Artist of the Year and Album of the Year, the latter for her 2022 Bell Bottom Country…
Lainey Wilson won the ACM Award for Female Artist of the Year! Wilson, who also won Music Event of the Year and Visual Media of the Year with HARDY, for their “wait in the truck” duet, along with Album of the Year (for Bell Bottom Country), was stunned by a win in this category. “First of all I want…
