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May 12
Academy of Country Music Airing on Prime Video and hosted by global superstars Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks from Frisco, TX Thursday night, the 2023 ACM Awards got the night’s celebration of country music started with Keith Urban and his ever-fitting track “Texas Time.” The party didn’t stop there, with other country legends and stars taking their turn to perform for the live …
May 12
Academy of Country Music The 58th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, streamed live on Prime Video Thursday night from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Here are the winners in the main categories: ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Chris Stapleton FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR Lainey Wilson …
May 11
Mickey Bernal/Getty Images Winning ACM New Female of the Year still “doesn’t feel real” to Hailey Whitters. The Shueyville, Iowa, native earned her first ACM nomination this year, then won the first time she was nominated. This laudable feat is something few new artists can boast, and it’s certainly one that Hailey is still pinching herself about. “I’ve been in …
May 11
ABC/Connie Chornuk Cole Swindell is a five-time nominee at the 2023 ACM Awards. This achievement, as big as it is, still feels surreal to Cole, whose smash hit “She Had Me At Heads Carolina” earned the nods. “I was in disbelief,” Cole tells ABC Audio while recalling how he felt when he got the big news. “I always wondered what that …
May 11
Terry Wyatt/Getty Images Carly Pearce and Trisha Yearwood will share the ACM stage to perform a special medley on Thursday, May 11. This joint performance arrives on the heels of Trisha’s celebratory 25th anniversary of winning ACM Female Vocalist of the Year. “We figured out that this year is her 25th anniversary of when she was crowned Female Vocalist of …
May 11
ABC/Michael Le Brecht II Jimmie Allen‘s former day-to-day manager is suing him for sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, sex trafficking and emotional distress, according to an extensive new expose by Variety. The woman, who is in her early 20s and identified only as “Jane Doe,” filed the lawsuit Thursday, May 11, in federal court in Tennessee. She alleges …
May 11
Nathan Congleton/NBC Texas native Cody Johnson is set to perform at the 2023 ACM Awards, which is held in his home state this year. The song he’s been tasked with by the ACM, however, is not his monster hit “‘Til You Can’t,” which received three ACM nominations, or his current single “Human,” which just entered the top 10 on the country charts. “[When] …
May 11
ABC/Randy Holmes It’s a week of milestones and firsts for newcomer Bailey Zimmerman. On Thursday, May 11, Bailey will attend and perform at the 2023 ACM Awards, and on Friday, May 12, he’ll release his highly anticipated debut album, Religiously. Has Bailey wrapped his head around the record-high moments coming up? Well, sort of. “It kind of set in today that I …
May 11
Todd Owyoung/NBC It’s not often artists get to release a full-length concept album. But Ashley McBryde got that opportunity in 2022 when she dropped Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, which is up for Album of the Year at the 2023 ACM Awards. That record was more than a passion project for Ashley. In hindsight, the singer says it’s taught her valuable life …
May 11
Nathan Congleton/NBC Jordan Davis is up for Male Artist of the Year at the 2023 ACM Awards. Though this is his first time receiving a nod in that category, he’s already planned where to keep the trophy, should he win. “It’s going front and center,” Jordan tells ABC Audio. “It’s going to be right there in the front. Truly, to come away with …
