Amazon Prime Video<\/a>. Shania Twain hosts the ceremony; performers include Langley, Kacey Musgraves, Dan + Shay and more. <\/p>\nRead below for a full list of nominees and follow along throughout the ceremony for updated winners.<\/p>\n
[Winners marked in bold<\/strong>.]<\/p>\n2026 ACM Awards Winners and Nominees <\/p>\n
Entertainer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Luke Combs<\/li>\n
- Jelly Roll<\/li>\n
- Cody Johnson<\/li>\n
- Megan Moroney<\/li>\n
- Chris Stapleton<\/li>\n
- Morgan Wallen<\/li>\n
- Lainey Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Female Artist of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Kelsea Ballerini<\/li>\n
- Miranda Lambert<\/li>\n
- Ella Langley<\/li>\n
- Megan Moroney<\/li>\n
- Lainey Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Male Artist of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Luke Combs<\/li>\n
- Riley Green<\/li>\n
- Cody Johnson<\/li>\n
- Chris Stapleton<\/li>\n
- Zach Top<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Album of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Ain\u2019t in It for My Health \u2014 Zach Top<\/li>\n
- Cherry Valley \u2014 Carter Faith<\/li>\n
- Don\u2019t Mind If I Do (Deluxe) \u2014 Riley Green<\/li>\n
- I\u2019m the Problem \u2014 Morgan Wallen<\/li>\n
- Parker McCollum \u2014 Parker McCollum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Song of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cA Song to Sing,\u201d Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton (Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure)<\/li>\n
- \u201cAm I Okay?,\u201d Megan Moroney (Megan Moroney, Luke Laird, Jessie Jo Dillon)<\/li>\n
- \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d Ella Langley (Ella Langley, Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Joybeth Taylor)<\/li>\n
- \u201cI Never Lie,\u201d Zach Top (Zach Top, Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols)<\/li>\n
- \u201cSomewhere Over Laredo,\u201d Lainey Wilson (Lainey Wilson, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, Andy Albert, Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Single of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201c6 Months Later\u201d by Megan Moroney<\/li>\n
- \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d by Ella Langley<\/li>\n
- \u201cI Never Lie\u201d by Zach Top<\/li>\n
- \u201cSomewhere Over Laredo\u201d by Lainey Wilson<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Fall\u201d by Cody Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Group of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- 49 Winchester<\/li>\n
- Flatland Cavalry<\/li>\n
- Old Dominion<\/li>\n
- Rascal Flatts<\/li>\n
- The Red Clay Strays<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Duo of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Brooks & Dunn<\/li>\n
- Brothers Osborne<\/li>\n
- Dan + Shay<\/li>\n
- Muscadine Bloodline<\/li>\n
- Thelma & James<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
New Female Artist of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Avery Anna<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Mackenzie Carpenter<\/li>\n
- Dasha<\/li>\n
- Caroline Jones<\/li>\n
- Emily Ann Roberts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
New Male Artist of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Gavin Adcock<\/li>\n
- Vincent Mason<\/li>\n
- Shaboozey<\/li>\n
- Hudson Westbrook<\/li>\n
- Tucker Wetmore<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Music Event of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201cA Song to Sing\u201d \u2014 Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton<\/li>\n
- \u201cAmen\u201d \u2014 Shaboozey & Jelly Roll<\/li>\n
- \u201cDon\u2019t Mind If I Do\u201d \u2014 Riley Green feat. Ella Langley<\/li>\n
- \u201cTrailblazer\u201d \u2014 Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson<\/li>\n
- \u201cYou Had to Be There\u201d \u2014 Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Visual Media of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- \u201c6 Months Later\u201d by Megan Moroney<\/li>\n
- \u201cA Song to Sing\u201d by Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton<\/li>\n
- \u201cCuckoo\u201d by Stephen Wilson Jr.<\/strong><\/li>\n
- \u201cSomewhere Over Laredo\u201d by Lainey Wilson<\/li>\n
- \u201cThe Fall\u201d by Cody Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Artist-Songwriter of the Year <\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Ella Langley <\/li>\n
- Luke Combs <\/li>\n
- Megan Moroney <\/li>\n
- Morgan Wallen <\/li>\n
- Riley Green<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Songwriter of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Jessie Jo Dillon<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Ashley Gorley<\/li>\n
- Charlie Handsome<\/li>\n
- Chase McGill<\/li>\n
- Blake Pendergrass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ella Langley and Riley Green pose in the press room during the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[212074,18,37792,212073,117,19,17,15737,37793,37794,11556,337,100440,8537],"class_list":{"0":"post-485292","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-2026-acm-awards","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ella-langley","11":"tag-entertainer-of-the-year","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-jelly-roll","16":"tag-lainey-wilson","17":"tag-megan-moroney","18":"tag-morgan-wallen","19":"tag-music","20":"tag-nominees","21":"tag-winners"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116576150758297677","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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