ACM Announces HARDY, Lainey Wilson Are Early Winners
The Academy of Country Music has announced two more early winners: HARDY has won the Artist/Songwriter Award. HARDY, along with Lainey Wilson, won the Visual Media award for their dramatic…
The Academy of Country Music has announced two more early winners: HARDY has won the Artist/Songwriter Award. HARDY, along with Lainey Wilson, won the Visual Media award for their dramatic "Wait In The Truck" video. The ACMs take place in Texas tonight (5/11) on Amazon Prime starting at 7 pm ET with hosts Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks.
The ACM posted the winners on Instagram. They wrote in the first winner's post, "The most nominated artist at the 58th #ACMawards has just been named Artist-Songwriter of the Year! Congrats, @hardy. Don't miss his performance. Free to stream LIVE tomorrow on @PrimeVideo."
See that post here.
The ACMs then posted the Visual Media of the Year winner, writing, "'wait in the truck' by newly announced Artist-Songwriter of the Year @hardy featuring @laineywilsonmusic just won Visual Media of the Year! Congratulations to you both, #ACMawards."
Lainey posted the news of her latest award win on her Insta Stories writing, "Grateful. Love you @hardy."
See that post here.
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Earlier this week (5/9), ACM announced the winners for the New Male and New Female Artists of the Year. Zach Bryan won in the New Male Artist category, and Hailey Whitters won in the New Female Artist category.
The ACM posted to their Instagram for Zach, "Something in the orange tells us that @zachlanebryan is the WINNER of ACM New Male Artist of the Year! Congratulations! #ACMawards."
See that post here.
For Hailey's win, the ACM posted, "The ACM New Female Artist of The Year is... @haileywhitters! We can't wait for her DEBUT #ACMawards performance — FREE to stream Thursday on @PrimeVideo!"
See that post here.
Zach posted the news of his win on his Insta stories writing, "Thank you so much, guys."
The Academy of Country Music announced nominations for the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards this morning (4/13), and HARDY and Lainey Wilson were the most nominated artists this year.
Hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, the ACM Awards will stream live on Prime Video on Thursday, May 11 at 8 p.m. EDT/7 p.m. CDT/5 p.m. PDT from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
As we count down the days to country music's next award show, we take a look at some of 2023 most prominent nominees and those who just may make history this year.
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HARDY
Bryan Steffy/Getty ImagesHARDY leads with seven nominations, including Song of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year. HARDY shares three of his nominations with fellow artist and collaborator Lainey Wilson for their song "Wait in the Truck."
Lainey Wilson
Rich Fury/Getty ImagesLainey Wilson receives the most nods for a female artist with six nominations, including Female Artist of the Year. She is nominated in more categories than any other artist. Last year, Wilson won in both categories she was nominated in.
Miranda Lambert
Erika Goldring/Getty ImagesThe most-awarded artist in ACM history, Miranda Lambert, receives her record-breaking 17th Female Artist of the Year nomination (passing Reba McEntire with 16) and four other nominations. Lambert's five nominations allow her to break more records following her Triple Crown Award presented at ACM Honors in the fall.
Luke Combs
Jason Davis/Getty ImagesThis is the fourth year in a row that Luke Combs is nominated for both Male Artist and Entertainer of the Year.
Chris Stapleton
David Becker/Getty ImagesChris Stapleton receives four nominations, including his eighth consecutive nomination for Male Artist of the Year. He and Luke Combs are nominees for Entertainer of the Year. A win for either artist in this category will also clinch the coveted Triple Crown Award, which consists of an Entertainer of the Year win, plus wins in an act's respective New Artist (male, female, or duo or group) and Artist (Male, female, duo or group) categories.
Kane Brown
Bryan Steffy/Getty ImagesKane Brown receives his first-ever nominations for Entertainer of the Year and Male Artist of the Year.
Kane and Katelyn Brown
Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesKane Brown and Katelyn Brown receive three nominations together for their song "Thank God" in the Single, Music Event, and Visual Media of the Year categories. This marks Katelyn's first nominations, and with an additional two solo nominations, this year brings Kane's total nominations to 14.
Cole Swindell
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesCole Swindell receives first-time nominations in three categories, including Single of the Year, Visual Media of the Year, and Music Event of the Year, in which he shares a nomination with his collaborator and fellow artist Jo Dee Messina, who receives her first nomination in 22 years.
Morgan Wallen
Erika Goldring/Getty ImagesMorgan Wallen receives four nods, including his first nomination for Entertainer of the Year, bringing his career total to nine. Last year he took home ACM Album of the Year.
Cody Johnson
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesCody Johnson receives three nominations this year, making this the most ACM Award nominations he has ever received.
