The Academy of Country Music Awards, Country Music’s most awaited event, will take place on May 16 at the Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas. Country Music’s biggest names will come together to celebrate the best and brightest stars of the genre at the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards.
Reba McEntire will host this year’s festivities. Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Kane Brown, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Thomas Rhett and Chris Stapleton will rock the stage with their scintillating performances.
Luke Combs leads the pack with eight nominations, including Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Single of the Year. Tennessee Orange hitmaker Megan Moroney is the most nominated female artist with six nominations. Morgan Wallen also earned six nominations this year including album of the year for 'One Thing At A Time', which spent 19 weeks as no 1 on the All Genre Billboard 200 Chart, setting a new record for the Country album. Wallen is also nominated for Single of the Year for 'Last night', which is the longest running no 1 solo song in the history of Billboard Hot 100 with 16 weeks on top.
So who will actually walk away with the night’s coveted trophies? Check out the list of nominations for this year’s awards
Entertainer of the Year
Chris Stapleton
Cody Johnson
Jelly Roll
Kane Brown
Lainey Wilson
Luke Combs
Morgan Wallen
Female Artist of the Year
Ashley McBryde
Kacey Musgraves
Kelsea Ballerini
Lainey Wilson
Megan Moroney
Male Artist of the Year
Chris Stapleton
Cody Johnson
Jelly Roll
Luke Combs
Morgan Waller
Duo of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and The Treaty
Group of the Year
Flatland Cavalry
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
New Female Artist of the Year
Ashley Cooke
Hannah Ellis
Kissi Ashton
Kylie Morgan
Megan Moroney
New Male Artist of the Year
Conner Smith
Dylan Scott
Ernest
Kameron Marlowe
Nate Smith
New Duo or Group of the Year
Neon Union
Restless Road
Tirgilly Road
Album of the Year
Gettin Old - Luke Combs
Higher - Chris Stapleton
Leather - Cody Johnson
One Thing At A Time - Morgan Wallen
Rolling up the Welcome Mat (For Good) - Kelsea Ballerini
Single of the Year
Burn It Down - Parker McCollum
Fast Car - Luke Combs
Last Night - Morgan Wallen
Need A Favor - Jelly Roll
Next Thing You Know - Jordan Davis
Song of the Year
Fast Car - Luke Comb
Heart Like A Truck - Lainey Wilson
Next Thing You Know - Jordan Davis
Tennessee Orange - Megan Moroney
The Painter – Cody Johnson
Music Event of the Year
Can’t Break Up Now - Old Dominion & Megan Moroney
Different ‘Round Here - Riley Green ft Luke Combs
I Remember Everything - Zach Bryan ft Kasey Musgraves
Man Made A Bar - Morgan Wallen Ft Eric Church
Save Me - Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson
Visual Media of the Year
Burn It Down - Parker McCollum
Human - Cody Johnson
In Your Love - Tyler Childers
Next Thing You Know - Jordan Davis
Tennessee Orange - Megan Moroney
Songwriter of the Year
Ashley Gorley
Chase McGill
Hillary Lindsey
Jessie Jo Dillion
Josh Thompson
Artist-Songwriter of the Year
Chris Stapleton
Ernest
Hardy
Morgan Wallen
Zach Bryan
