{"id":940590,"date":"2026-05-06T02:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/940590\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T02:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:26:16","slug":"6-things-to-know-about-tucker-wetmore-2026-acm-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/940590\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Things to Know About Tucker Wetmore, 2026 ACM Award Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/tucker-wetmore\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/tucker-wetmore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucker Wetmore<\/a>, who was named the Academy of Country Music Awards\u2019 new male artist of the year on April 30, ahead of the 61st annual ACM Awards on May 17, is a fast-rising 26-year-old singer from Washington state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWetmore was performing in London last week when his mom, Sia, walked on stage and directed her son\u2019s (and the audience\u2019s) attention to the video screens on either side of the stage, on which <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/thomas-rhett\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/thomas-rhett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Rhett<\/a> announced that Wetmore was this year\u2019s recipient of the award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m at a loss for words right now for the first time in a long time,\u201d a clearly moved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXxxC09NdSt\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXxxC09NdSt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wetmore said<\/a>. \u201cI can\u2019t do any of this without you guys. I can\u2019t do any of this without that woman [mom] right there\u2026 Y\u2019all made this possible. Every single person in this venue. And there\u2019s countless more outside of this venue that I can\u2019t sit here and name because I\u2019d be here all night. Thank y\u2019all so much and thank you ACMs for this amazing honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLast summer, Wetmore was the opening act for Rhett, who is a nine-time ACM Award winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSeven past winners of the ACM Award for new male artist of the year have gone on to win ACM\u2019s entertainer of the year prize. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/merle-haggard\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/merle-haggard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merle Haggard<\/a>, who was the inaugural winner of new male artist of the year \u2013 not a bad start \u2013 won entertainer of the year in 1971. Other new male artist winners who stepped up the top prize are Mickey Gilley, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kenny-chesney\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kenny-chesney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenny Chesney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/luke-bryan\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/luke-bryan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke Bryan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/jason-aldean\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/jason-aldean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Aldean<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/keith-urban\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/keith-urban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Urban<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/chris-stapleton\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/chris-stapleton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Stapleton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere are six things to know about Tucker Wetmore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe ACM Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tInspired by a love for\u00a0Jerry Lee Lewis, he taught himself to play piano at age 11<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLewis, who achieved immortality in the 1950s with his classic hits \u201cWhole Lotta Shakin\u2019 Going On\u201d and \u201cGreat Balls of Fire,\u201d is one of just 18 musicians who have been voted into both the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Lewis was one of the inaugural inductees in the Rock Hall in 1986. He was inducted into the Country Hall in 2022, the year he died at age 87.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tHe had two songs on the hit soundtrack to Twisters<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWetmore got a lucky break in 2024 when he had two songs on the soundtrack to Twisters, which rose to No. 3 on Billboard\u2019s Top Country Albums chart and No. 7 on the all-genre Billboard 200. Tucker was represented with \u201cAlready Had It\u201d and as a featured artist on Conner Smith\u2019s \u201cSteal My Thunder.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\t<strong>His debut album contained three top three Country Airplay hits.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWetmore\u2019s 2024 EP Waves of Sunset led to his debut full-length in 2025, What Not To, which reached No. 4 on Top Country Albums and No. 15 on the Billboard 200. The album has spawned four singles, three of which reached the top three on Billboard\u2019s closely-watched Country Airplay chart \u2013 \u201cWind Up Missin\u2019 You,\u201d \u201c3,2,1\u201d and \u201cBrunette.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tHe cracked the Billboard Hot 100 with his first commercial single release<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWetmore debuted at No. 77 on the Hot 100 dated March 9, 2024 with \u201cWine Into Whiskey\u201d based on buzz generated on TikTok. The song also opened at No. 22 on Hot\u00a0Country\u00a0Songs. Wetmore first posted a clip of the song on his profile on Dec. 12, 2023. Users took its chorus lyric, which begins with the line \u201cI took a good thing and I turned it into goodbye,\u201d to accompany TikToks about their own relationship woes. The song peaked at No. 68, setting Wetmore up for future success.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tHe has opened tours for Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan &amp; Jordan Davis, in addition to Thomas Rhett<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis summer, Wetmore will join Davis, HARDY and Brooks &amp; Dunn on tour for select dates. He\u2019s also headlining his own The Brunette World Tour, named after his smash single.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tHe is also nominated at the upcoming American Music Awards<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe\u2019s vying for breakthrough country artist (where he\u2019s competing with Sam Barber and Zach Top) and best country album (where What Not To is vying with another debut album, Barber\u2019s Restless Mind, as well as BigXthaPlug\u2019s\u00a0I Hope You\u2019re Happy, Megan Moroney\u2019s\u00a0Cloud 9 and Morgan Wallen\u2019s\u00a0I\u2019m the Problem).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t<a class=\"c-logo lrv-a-unstyle-link u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-width-100p  u-max-width-100 u-height-26 u-max-width-130px@mobile-max u-margin-t-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-accent-l@desktop u-font-size-1205 a-font-accent-xs@mobile-max u-font-size-15@mobile-max u-line-height-22px@mobile-max lrv-u-text-align-center@mobile-max u-letter-spacing-0030@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-t-025 lrv-u-margin-a-00 u-padding-t-0125@mobile-max u-padding-b-0063@mobile-max\">Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-button lrv-u-cursor-pointer lrv-u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-background-color-black:hover lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover u-padding-lr-0.875 u-padding-tb-10 lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-align-items-center a-font-basic-fancy-xs u-margin-t-0.188 u-margin-b-0188 u-margin-b-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\tSign Up<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tucker Wetmore, who was named the Academy of Country Music Awards\u2019 new male artist of the year on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[262762,262763,14010,77,39012,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-940590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-academy-of-country-music-awards","9":"tag-acm-awards","10":"tag-awards","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-genre-country","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116525268345280738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}