GET YOUR ACMs VOTE ON: A NOMINATIONS REFRESHER
Final-round voting is now underway for the ACM Awards, so we thought we'd put this here roundup back on your radar.
Newcomer Ella Langley (SAWGOD/Columbia) leads this year’s pack with eight nominations, edging out Morgan Wallen (Big Loud/Mercury/Republic), Lainey Wilson (Broken Bow) and Cody Johnson (Cojo/Warner Music Nashville), who came away with seven apiece.
Chris Stapleton (Mercury/Nashville), with six nods, and Riley Green (Nashville Harbor/BMLG) and Post Malone (Mercury/Republic), with five each, also have good shots at picking up some hardware at the 60th edition of the awards, which will stream live from Frisco, Texas' Ford Center at the Star on Prime Video 5/8. Reba McEntire will return for her 18th rodeo as host of the dick clark productions event.
Langley’s eight nominations include six for “you look like you love me," her honky-tonk duet with Green, for which she is up for Single of the Year, Song of the Year as an artist and songwriter, Music Event of the Year and Visual Media of the Year as an artist and director.
Johnson notched his second nomination for Entertainer of the Year and his third consecutive nod for Song of the Year, for “Dirt Cheap." Wallen earned his third consecutive nomination for Entertainer of the Year, as well as four for his collaboration with Post Malone on “I Had Some Help,” which includes a songwriter nomination for Wallen.
Wilson earns nods in six categories, including her first for Artist-Songwriter of the Year. Her nomination for Song is her fourth consecutive and her seventh in the category, including artist and songwriter recognition.
The seven nominees for the prestigious Entertainer of the Year award are Wallen, Stapleton, Wilson, Luke Combs (River House/Columbia Nashville), Jelly Roll (BBR/Republic) and Kelsea Ballerini (Black River/Big Machine).
2025 ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kelsea Ballerini
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Jelly Roll
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kelsea Ballerini
Ella Langley
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Lainey Wilson
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Jelly Roll
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
DUO OF THE YEAR
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Muscadine Bloodline
The War and Treaty
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Flatland Cavalry
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
The Red Clay Strays
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kassi Ashton
Ashley Cooke
Dasha
Ella Langley
Jessie Murph
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Gavin Adcock
Shaboozey
Zach Top
Tucker Wetmore
Bailey Zimmerman
NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Restless Road
The Red Clay Strays
Treaty Oak Revival
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine), Megan Moroney (producer: Kristian Bush)
Beautifully Broken, Jelly Roll (producers: BazeXX, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Devin Dawson, Charlie Handsome, Ben Johnson, mgk, The Monsters & Strangerz, Austin Nivarel, SlimXX, Ryan Tedder, Isaiah Tejada, Alysa Vanderheym)
Cold Beer & Country Music, Zach Top (producer: Carson Chamberlain)
F-1 Trillion, Post Malone (producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins)
Whirlwind, Lainey Wilson (producer: Jay Joyce)
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)," Shaboozey (producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry)
“Dirt Cheap," Cody Johnson (producer: Trent Willmon)
“I Had Some Help," Post Malone, Morgan Wallen (producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins)
“White Horse," Chris Stapleton (producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton)
“you look like you love me," Ella Langley, Riley Green (producer: Will Bundy)
SONG OF THE YEAR
“4x4xU," Lainey Wilson (songwriters: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson)
“The Architect," Kacey Musgraves (songwriters: Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne)
“Dirt Cheap," Cody Johnson (songwriter: Josh Phillips)
“I Had Some Help," Post Malone, Morgan Wallen (songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters, Ryan Vojtesak)
“you look like you love me," Ella Langley, Riley Green (songwriters: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere)
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
"Cowboys Cry Too," Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan (producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan, Alysa Vanderheym)
"I Had Some Help," Post Malone, Morgan Wallen (producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins)
"I’m Gonna Love You," Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood (producer: Trent Willmon)
"we don’t fight anymore," Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton (producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Carly Pearce)
"you look like you love me," Ella Langley, Riley Green (producer: Will Bundy)
VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR
“4x4xU," Lainey Wilson (director: Dano Cerny)
“Dirt Cheap," Cody Johnson (director: Dustin Haney)
“I’m Gonna Love You," Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood (director: Dustin Haney)
“Think I’m in Love With You," Chris Stapleton (director: Running Bear [Stephen Kinigopoulos], Alexa Stone)
“you look like you love me," Ella Langley, Riley Green (directors: Ella Langley, John Park, Wales Toney)
ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Luke Combs
ERNEST
HARDY
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Jessi Alexander
Jessie Jo Dillon
Ashley Gorley
Chase McGill
Josh Osborne