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Lainey Wilson took home the night’s highest honor at the 2025 ACM Awards, for the second year in a row. Wilson was crowned Entertainer of the Year, a category that also included Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll. Chris Stapleton and Morgan Wallen. “I love every single one of you in this category,” Wilson said during her acceptance…
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Alan Jackson received the inaugural Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award, during the 2025 ACM Awards ceremony. Jackson was given the honor by host Reba McEntire, after he gave a moving performance of “Remember When.” “Thank you all. Thank everybody so much,” Jackson said from stage. “It’s quite an honor. A few years ago, one of my fans named their…
Keith Urban is the latest recipient of the ACM Triple Crown Award. Urban was given the trophy during the live ACM Awards ceremony, after he was honored with performances by Megan Moroney, Chris Stapleton and Brothers Osborne. “I want to thank the ACM Academy for this, and my wife, Nicole Mary, who is here tonight,” Urban said when accepting…
Congratulations to Cody Johnson and his wife, Brandi! The couple are expecting their third child, and first son. “We’re having a little boy!” Johnson tells People. “We decided to make this our announcement to the world and our gender reveal as well.” Johnson loves being a girl dad, but admits he is looking forward to having a son. “My…
The 2025 ACM Awards are history! Lainey Wilson won the night’s highest honor, Entertainer of the Year, taking home the trophy for the second year in a row. She also won Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, for Whirlwind, and Artist-Songwriter of the Year. Ella Langley, who was the most nominated heading into the ceremony, won…
Rascal Flatts are heading into tonight’s ACM Awards as a nominee, for the first time since 2016. The trio, made up of Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney, are nominated for Vocal Group of the Year, a category they once won seven years in a row. Not only are Rascal Flatts nominated, but they will also perform….
Kenny Chesney and Megan Moroney are opening up about their “You Had to Be There” duet, out on Friday, May 9. The song was written by Moroney for Chesney, as a Christmas gift, trying to convey what it meant to her to join him on his Sun Goes Down Tour “We played it like eight times in a row.,” Chesney…
Lainey Wilson will perform at the 2025 ACM Awards with two of her musical heroes. The “Bell Bottoms Up” singer will perform a brand-new song, “Trailblazer,” with Reba McEntire and Miranda Lambert during the live show. “I’m so excited,” Wilson gushes to Country Now. “Reba had the idea to try to do a song together. Me, Miranda and Brandy Clark…
Blake Shelton‘s For Recreational Use Only album is out on Friday, May 9. The record includes a song with Craig Morgan, “Heaven Sweet Home,” which Shelton says was inspired by the tragic loss of Morgan’s son Jerry Greer, who passed away in 2016 after a boating accident. Greer was 19 years old when he passed away. “I recorded that…
Gretchen Wilson is the Season 13 winner of FOX‘s The Masked Singer! The “Redneck Woman” singer stumped the judges by performing as Pearl, singing songs like Dolly Parton’s “Here You Come Again,” Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love For You,” The Pretenders’ “I’ll Stand By You” and more. Andy Grammer was the runner-up on The Masked Singer. Other contestants…
