Ashley McBryde can now be called Dr. McBryde. The “Light On in The Kitchen” singer received her Honorary Doctorate of Music degree from her alma mater, Arkansas State University. McBryde attended Arkansas State on a French horn scholarship, later dropping out to pursue music full-time instead, after trying to juggle her studies while performing. “Earning a degree in music…
Keith Urban took home the Triple Crown Award at the 2025 ACM Awards. The 57-year-old was eligible because he won Top New Male Vocalist in 2001, Male Vocalist of the Year in 2005 and 2006 and Entertainer of the Year in 2019. To be honored with the Triple Crown Award, last given during the ACM Awards to Carrie Underwood…
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It’s doubtful there was a dry eye at the 2025 ACM Awards when Alan Jackson performed. The 66-year-old sang “Remember When,” a song Jackson wrote by himself, which was released in 2003. Images of Jackson’s legendary career flashed behind him, as Jackson fought back tears while singing the emotional song. Jackson’s performance came right before he was given the inaugural Alan…
Ella Langley was the most nominated artist heading into the 2025 ACM Awards, and she also walked away with the most wins. Langley won a total of five trophies, including ACM New Female Artist of the Year, as well as ACM Single of the Year, ACM Music Event of the Year, and ACM Visual Media of the Year (as…
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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…
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…
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…
