Luke Combs, Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen Top Academy of Country Music Awards Nominations
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Luke Combs, Megan Moroney and Morgan Wallen topped this year’s nominations for the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards.
Combs tallied up a total of eight nominations for the awards ceremony, including nods for entertainer of the year and album of the year, while Moroney and Wallen logged six nods each. Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson — all of whom are contending for entertainer of the year — scored five nominations each.
Notably, first-time nominees included Jelly Roll, who received an impressive four nods for the awards show, including entertainer of the year, and Tracy Chapman, who received a nod for writing “Fast Car,” after Combs released his version of the hit 1988 song in 2023. Kassi Ashton, Tyler Childers, Ashley Cooke, Hannah Ellis, Flatland Cavalry, Kameron Marlowe, Kylie Morgan, Neon Union, Restless Road, Conner Smith and Tigirlily Gold also received their first nominations.
The Academy of Country Music Awards, which is produced by the Academy of Country Music (ACM) and Dick Clark Productions, is set to stream exclusively on Prime Video on Thursday, May 16 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/5 p.m. PT from The Star’s Ford Center at in Frisco, Texas.
The red carpet will be available to stream an hour prior to the ceremony on Prime Video, the Amazon Music Channel on Twitch and Amazon Live. The full stream of the ceremony will be available following the livestream on Prime Video and will available the next day on Amazon Freevee and the Amazon Music app.
Check out the full list of nominations below:
Entertainer of the year:
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson
Female artist of the year:
Kelsea Ballerini
Ashley McBryde
Megan Moroney
Kacey Musgraves
Lainey Wilson
Male artist of the year:
Luke Combs
Jelly Roll
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Duo of the year:
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War And Treaty
Group of the year:
Flatland Cavalry
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
New female artist of the year:
Kassi Ashton
Ashley Cooke
Hannah Ellis
Kylie Morgan
Megan Moroney
New male artist of the year:
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Kameron Marlowe
Dylan Scott
Conner Smith
Nate Smith
New duo or group of the year:
Neon Union
Restless Road
Tigirlily Gold
Album of the year:
Gettin’ Old – Luke Combs
Higher – Chris Stapleton
Leather – Cody Johnson
One Thing At A Time – Morgan Wallen
Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good) – Kelsea Ballerini
Single of the year:
Burn It Down – Parker McCollum
Fast Car – Luke Combs
Last Night – Morgan Wallen
Need A Favor – Jelly Roll
Next Thing You Know – Jordan Davis
Song of the year:
Fast Car – Luke Combs
Heart Like A Truck – Lainey Wilson
Next Thing You Know – Jordan Davis
The Painter – Cody Johnson
Tennessee Orange – Megan Moroney
Music event of the year:
Can’t Break Up Now – Old Dominion, Megan Moroney
Different ‘Round Here – Riley Green (Ft. Luke Combs)
I Remember Everything – Zach Bryan (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
Man Made A Bar – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church)
Save Me – Jelly Roll (with Lainey Wilson)
Visual media of the year:
Burn It Down – Parker McCollum
Human – Cody Johnson
In Your Love – Tyler Childers
Next Thing You Know – Jordan Davis
Tennessee Orange – Megan Moroney
Songwriter of the year:
Jessie Jo Dillon
Ashley Gorley
Hillary Lindsey
Chase McGill
Josh Thompson
Artist-songwriter of the year:
Zach Bryan
ERNEST
HARDY
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
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