Going into the 2025 ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, Ella Langley led the pack of nominations with seven nods, while Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson followed behind with six each.
Can we get a “yee-haw” for these ACM Award winners?
The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards brought the best and brightest of the genre, with legendary singer Reba McEntire taking on hosting duties for her 16th time at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on May 8.
This year, the competition was fierce as newcomer Ella Langley led the pack of nominees with seven nods, including Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for her and Riley Green‘s duet “You Look Like You Love Me.”
Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson followed closely behind with seven nominations each.
As for the big honors, Keith Urban was named the recipient of the ACM Triple Crown Award, highlighting his past achievements in the New Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year categories. (Urban won his first awards in each category in 2001, 2005 and 2019, respectively.)
The prestigious award was last handed out 15 years ago, when Carrie Underwood took home the prize at the 2010 ceremony.
To marked Urban’s special milestone, Chris Stapleton, Megan Moroney and Brothers Osborne were asked by the ACM perform a special tribute celebrating his decades-long career.
But they weren’t the only performers slated to hit the stage on country music’s big night. After all, the line-up also included Backstreet Boys, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Shaboozey, Rascal Flatts and Eric Church.
And if there weren’t enough star power already, the list of presenters were just as packed with big names, including Lionel Richie, Wynonna Judd, Rita Wilson, Carly Pearce, Lionel Richie, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Parker McCollum and newly-minted The Masked Singer winner Gretchen Wilson.
For a complete of nominees and winners at the 2025 ACM Awards, keep reading.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
DUO OF THE YEAR
GROUP OF THE YEAR
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
SONG OF THE YEAR
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR
ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Source: www.eonline.com