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…
Lainey Wilson has won the ACM Award for Female Artist of the Year! The Louisiana native, who kicked off the ceremony with a performance of “God Blessed Texas” and her current single, “Hang Tight Honey,” also won in the same category in 2023. Wilson was nominated in the category along with Megan Moroney, Ashley McBryde, Kelsea Ballerini and Kacey…
Old Dominion is continuing their reign as the ACM Vocal Group of the Year in 2024. The five-man group has won in the category every year since 2017, an honor that is not lost on them. “I think one thing that we have been trying to do over the past year or two is really make it a point ot…
Lainey Wilson kicked off the 2024 ACM Awards with an energetic performance of “God Blessed Texas.” The song, originally recorded by Ricochet, was a nod to the ACM Awards being held, for the second year in a row, in Frisco, Texas. Wilson followed that performance with her brand-new single, “Hang Tight Honey,” the debut single from her forthcoming third…
Jelly Roll debuted a brand-new song on the ACM Awards. The Nashville native performed “Liar,” a song from a forthcoming new album. Nominated for a total of four ACM Awards ahead of the ceremony, Jelly Roll hinted that he would be debuting a new song during the ceremony, one year after his performance of “Save Me” with Lainey Wilson,…
