Don’t mess with Texas! The 58th Academy of Nation Music Awards honors the brightest stars within the style – and the complete checklist of nominees and winners is jam-packed with movie star names.
The Thursday, Could 11, occasion might be held on the Ford Heart in Frisco, Texas, and cohosted by legendary nation music superstars Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks. The duo are comparatively new to the gig — this yr marks Parton’s second time internet hosting whereas Brooks is making his emcee debut — however neither are strangers to the ceremony. The “Jolene” songstress, 77, has gained a complete of 13 ACMs through the years, whereas the Oklahoma native has taken residence a powerful 22 — six of which had been for the night time’s most coveted award, Entertainer of the Yr. (He was additionally honored as ACM Artist of the Decade for the ‘90s.)
“The truth that they might even ask is flattering and the truth that I get to host with Ms. Parton is unbelievable,” Brooks, 61, advised Billboard in March. “The shock of the night time is you’re gonna see this lovely lady carry this 260-pound ass all night time.”
This yr, a lot of fan favourite hitmakers are up for the night time’s most prestigious trophy together with Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood and Morgan Wallen.
Successful Entertainer of the Yr for the “Final Evening” artist, 29 — who was beforehand banned from the awards present after TMZ revealed a video of him saying the N-word in February 2021 — could be a spotlight of an in any other case tough few months. The Voice alum was just lately pressured to cancel a lot of concert events — together with his scheduled 2023 ACMs efficiency — on account of an harm on his vocal cords.
“After 10 days of vocal relaxation, I carried out three exhibits final weekend in Florida and by the third one I felt horrible,” the Tennessee native shared by way of Instagram earlier this month. “So I went in and bought scoped yesterday, they usually advised me that I reinjured my vocal cords and that I’ve vocal fold trauma. Their recommendation is that I’m going on vocal relaxation for six weeks, in order that’s what I’m gonna do.” The “Wasted on You” singer additionally shared that he “tore up my lat [muscle]” throughout a present in Australia, including, “I’ve been making an attempt to work by that quietly, however this break day is gonna assist me get that again proper as effectively.”
Whereas Wallen gained’t be taking the stage on Thursday, different performers are able to rock out. Lambert, 39, Aldean, 46, Brown, 29, Combs, 33, Cole Swindell, Keith City and Lainey Wilson — who has six nominations and is the second-most nominated act at this yr’s ACMs — are just some of the artists slated to carry out. Parton, for her half, will shut out the present with the debut of her new single.
“I’m doing my first rock ’n’ roll track, ‘World on Hearth,’ which has an awesome message,” the 9 to five star, who was inducted into the Rock ’n Roll Corridor of Fame in November 2022, advised the Los Angeles Instances in Could. “That’ll hopefully be my second. However we’re gonna simply let it circulate. What my coronary heart says do, I do it.”
The 2023 ACM Awards will stream reside on Amazon Prime Video on Could 11 at 7 p.m. ET. See the complete checklist of ACM Awards nominees and winners under:
Entertainer of the Yr
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Miranda Lambert
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Morgan Wallen
Feminine Artist of the Yr
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Carly Pearce
Lainey Wilson
Male Artist of the Yr
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Jordan Davis
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Duo of the Yr
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The Warfare and Treaty
Group of the Yr
Girl A
Little Huge City
Midland
Previous Dominion
Zac Brown Band
New Feminine Artist of the Yr
Priscilla Block
Megan Moroney
Caitlyn Smith
Morgan Wade
Hailey Whitters
New Male Artist of the Yr
Zach Bryan
Jackson Dean
ERNEST
Dylan Scott
Nate Smith
Bailey Zimmerman
Album of the Yr
Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville by Ashley McBryde
Bell Backside Nation by Lainey Wilson
Growin’ Up by Luke Combs
Mr. Saturday Evening by Jon Pardi
Palomino by Miranda Lambert
Single of the Yr
“Coronary heart Like a Truck” by Lainey Wilson
“By no means Wished to Be That Woman” by Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde
“She Had Me at Heads Carolina” by Cole Swindell
“Thank God” by Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
“‘Til You Can’t” by Cody Johnson
Music of the Yr
“Sand in My Boots” by Morgan Wallen
“She Had Me at Heads Carolina” by Cole Swindell
“‘Til You Can’t” by Cody Johnson
“Wait within the Truck” by HARDY that includes Lainey Wilson
“You Ought to Most likely Depart” by Chris Stapleton
Visible Media of the Yr
“HEARTFIRST” by Kelsea Ballerini
“She Had Me at Heads Carolina” by Cole Swindell
“Thank God” by Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
“‘Til You Can’t” by Cody Johnson
“Wait within the Truck” by HARDY that includes Lainey Wilson
“What He Didn’t Do” by Carly Pearce
Songwriter of the Yr
Nicolle Galyon
Ashley Gorley
Chase McGill
Josh Osborne
Hunter Phelps
Artist — Songwriter of the Yr
Luke Combs
ERNEST
HARDY
Miranda Lambert
Morgan Wallen
Music Occasion of the Yr
“On the Finish of a Bar” by Chris Younger with Mitchell Tenpenny
“She Had Me at Heads Carolina” [Remix] by Cole Swindell and Jo Dee Messina
“Thank God” by Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown
“Considering ‘Bout You” by Dustin Lynch that includes MacKenzie Porter
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“Wait within the Truck” by HARDY that includes Lainey Wilson
