ACM Awards 2021: Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Chris Stapleton and more to perform
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More than two dozen artists take to Nashville next week to perform as part of the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
The 2021 ACM Awards lineup includes country music heavyweights such as Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Eric Church and more. The lineup continues with Dan + Shay, Maren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Thomas Rhett, Little Big Town, Kane Brown and Carly Pearce.
Show co-hosts Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton will also perform, according to a release.
The ACM Awards air April 18 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and streaming service Paramount+. The show returns for a second year to famed Nashville venues the Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium and Bluebird Café.
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And while songs to be performed aren't yet released, the lineup could showcase a handful of all-star collaborations. The bill features Elle King — who released in February a duet single "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" with Lambert — and CeCe Winans, who Underwood enlisted to sing on her new gospel album, "My Savior."
Lambert collaborators Jack Ingram and Jon Randall are also slated to appear, presumably to highlight the trio's upcoming album "The Marfa Tapes." With Ryan Hurd and Morris on the bill, fans may hear a rendition of "Chasing After You," the couple's first studio duet.
Stapleton and Morris lead ACM nominations this year, with six each.
ACM Awards lineup
Kelsea Ballerini
Dierks Bentley
Lee Brice
Brothers Osborne
Kane Brown
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Eric Church
Luke Combs
Dan + Shay
Mickey Guyton
Ryan Hurd
Jack Ingram
Alan Jackson
Elle King
Miranda Lambert
Little Big Town
Ashley McBryde
Maren Morris
Carly Pearce
Jon Randall
Thomas Rhett
Blake Shelton
Chris Stapleton
The War and Treaty
Keith Urban
Carrie Underwood
CeCe Winans
Chris Young
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