Steve Nedved
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May 09
Lainey + Ella prove ‘the girls are kicking down some barn doors’ at the 60th ACMs
John Shearer/Getty Images for ACM The Academy of Country Music Awards looked both forward and backward during a 60th anniversary show that celebrated six decades of the music of Nashville. Eighteen-time host Reba McEntire set the show in motion with a monster 12-minute medley of ACM songs of the year, doing Merle Haggard’s “Okie from …
May 09
60th Academy of Country Music Awards: The winners
Academy of Country Music The ACMs celebrated six decades of music Thursday, May 8, at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, with Reba McEntire presiding over the evening. Here’s the complete rundown of the winners: Entertainer of the yearLainey Wilson Female artist of the yearLainey Wilson Male artist of the yearChris Stapleton Group of the …
May 08
What Hurts the Most? It might be if Backstreet Boys don’t dance during their performance with Rascal Flatts
Academy of Country Music During Thursday night’s 60th Academy of Country Music Awards, Rascal Flatts will team up with Backstreet Boys to do a new version of “What Hurts the Most,” a song BSB almost recorded themselves nearly 20 years ago. “They were pitched that song way back in the day, and for whatever reason passed on it,” …
May 08
For Brothers Osborne, the ACMs ‘put wind in [their] sails’ when they ‘were really struggling’
Disney/Scott Kirkland For the past 11 years in a row, Brothers Osborne has been a contender for ACM duo of the year, something TJ and John still can’t quite comprehend. But John admits he’s not really focused on the stats: “I was actually thinking … I wonder if athletes are like, ‘My batting average right …
May 08
Wynonna’s bringing back ’80s + ’90s country in a superstar start to the 60th ACMs
Disney/Gregg DeGuire Tonight’s 60th Academy of Country Music Awards will start with a 12-minute performance that highlights six decades of ACM songs of the year. Wynonna Judd is just one of half-a-dozen superstars who’ll kickstart the historic show, though the exact details are under wraps. “Hmm. I can’t tell you anything, it would ruin the …
May 08
ACM winner Riley Green loves country music in the ‘Worst Way’
Disney/Randy Holmes Riley Green‘s already a winner heading into Thursday night’s 60th Academy of Country Music Awards, having clinched the visual media of the year trophy for “you look like you love me” with Ella Langley. The ACM surprised the pair with the news during their May 2 show in Tampa, Florida, so the “Worst …
May 08
The battle is on for winningest ACM group of all time, and the trophy could be headed to Odie’s
Disney/Frank Micelotta Has Old Dominion ever been in the running for ACM group of the year and not won? Well, it turns out, they’re not sure. “Maybe the first year that we won new artist,” Geoff Sprung offers as they try to figure it out. “We won new group one year,” Trevor Rosen remembers. “We …
May 08
Lainey Wilson’s ready for a ‘Trailblazer’ of a performance with Reba McEntire + Miranda Lambert
Disney/Larry McCormack These days, it’s hard to remember when reigning ACM entertainer of the year Lainey Wilson wasn’t one of country music’s biggest stars. But you can trace the beginning of her meteoric rise to March 2022 at the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards. “It was song of the year with ‘Things a Man …
May 08
‘What Hurts the Most’: How Backstreet Boys almost recorded a Rascal Flatts hit
Timothy Norris/Getty Images for Stagecoach Thursday night on Prime Video, Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts will team up to perform the country hit “What Hurts the Most” on the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards. What most people don’t know is that BSB almost recorded the breakup ballad themselves. “When we were recording kind of …
May 08
No rehearsal? No problem: Brothers Osborne’s prepping a Keith Urban tribute, sort of
Disney/Tanner Yeager TJ Osborne admits he’s caught between “a huge honor” and “a lot of pressure” as Brothers Osborne helps pay tribute to Keith Urban with the triple crown award on Thursday night’s 60th Academy of Country Music Awards. “Keith, I mean, he just could not be more professional and takes what he does very seriously,” …