{"id":593334,"date":"2026-04-09T21:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593334\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:33:09","slug":"megan-moroney-miranda-lambert-lead-acm-awards-nominations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/593334\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert Lead ACM Awards Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMegan Moroney<\/a>, Miranda Lambert<\/a>, Ella Langley, and Lainey Wilson are among the most nominated artists in this year\u2019s race for the Academy of Country Music Awards<\/a>, the organization announced today.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the roster of nominations below. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe 61st ACM Awards<\/a> will stream live exclusively for a global audience across 240+ countries and territories on Prime Video on Sunday, May 17, at 8 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. CT\/5 p.m. PT from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Academy of Country Music, Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions announced the noms today.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe awards broadcast will also be available on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, as well as in the Amazon Music app.<\/p>\n

\n\tReturning to the Sunday night timeslot, the ACM Awards will feature performances, exclusive collaborations, and unexpected moments from the biggest country music stars, including performances by Cody Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Lainey Wilson, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, and Riley Green, with more to be announced in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n

\n\tNOMINEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE 61ST ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS:<\/p>\n

\n\tFemale artists lead with the most nominations, including Megan Moroney with nine nominations, followed by Miranda Lambert with eight nominations, and then followed by Ella Langley and Lainey Wilson, tied with seven nominations each.<\/p>\n

\n\tChris Stapleton<\/a>, the reigning Male Artist of the Year, receives the most nominations for a male artist with six total, including his fifth consecutive nomination for Entertainer of the Year and his 11th consecutive nomination for Male Artist of the Year (an award he\u2019s won five times).<\/p>\n

\n\tZach Top, the reigning New Male Artist of the Year, receives five nominations, including his first for Male Artist of the Year, Song of the Year (\u201cI Never Lie\u201d), both as an Artist and Songwriter, and for Single of the Year (\u201cI Never Lie\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\tCody Johnson receives his third consecutive nomination for Entertainer of the Year, as well as his fourth consecutive nomination for Visual Media of the Year (\u201cThe Fall\u201d).<\/p>\n

\n\tRiley Green receives four nominations, his third consecutive for Music Event of the Year, and his first-ever nominations for Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (Don\u2019t Mind If I Do (Deluxe), and Artist-Songwriter of the Year.<\/p>\n

\n\tMorgan Wallen receives his fourth consecutive nomination for Entertainer of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year, and his third nomination for Album of the Year (I\u2019m The Problem).<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke Combs receives his seventh consecutive nomination for both Entertainer of the Year and Male Artist of the Year. A win for Combs in the Entertainer category will also clinch the coveted Triple Crown Award, which consists of an Entertainer of the Year win, plus wins in an act\u2019s respective New Artist (Male, Female, Duo or Group) and Artist (Male, Female, Duo or Group) categories. <\/p>\n

\n\tFIRST TIME NOMINEES INCLUDE:<\/p>\n

\n\t49 Winchester<\/p>\n

\n\tAvery Anna<\/p>\n

\n\tMackenzie Carpenter<\/p>\n

\n\tCarter Faith<\/p>\n

\n\tCaroline Jones<\/p>\n

\n\tVincent Mason<\/p>\n

\n\tEmily Ann Roberts<\/p>\n

\n\tThelma & James (*MacKenzie Porter nominated for Music Event of the Year in 2022 with Dustin Lynch)<\/p>\n

\n\tHudson Westbrook<\/p>\n

\n\tStephen Wilson Jr.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe following is the full list of nominees for the ACM Main Awards categories:<\/p>\n

\t\tMAIN AWARDS:\t<\/p>\n

\n\tENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke Combs<\/p>\n

\n\tJelly Roll<\/p>\n

\n\tCody Johnson<\/p>\n

\n\tMegan Moroney<\/p>\n

\n\tChris Stapleton<\/p>\n

\n\tMorgan Wallen<\/p>\n

\n\tLainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tFEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

\n\tKelsea Ballerini<\/p>\n

\n\tMiranda Lambert<\/p>\n

\n\tElla Langley<\/p>\n

\n\tMegan Moroney<\/p>\n

\n\tLainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke Combs<\/p>\n

\n\tRiley Green<\/p>\n

\n\tCody Johnson<\/p>\n

\n\tChris Stapleton<\/p>\n

\n\tZach Top<\/p>\n

\n\tGROUP OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

\n\t49 Winchester<\/p>\n

\n\tFlatland Cavalry<\/p>\n

\n\tOld Dominion<\/p>\n

\n\tRascal Flatts<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Red Clay Strays<\/p>\n

\n\tDUO OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

\n\tBrooks & Dunn<\/p>\n

\n\tBrothers Osborne<\/p>\n

\n\tDan + Shay<\/p>\n

\n\tMuscadine Bloodline<\/p>\n

\n\tThelma & James<\/p>\n

\n\tNEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

\n\tAvery Anna<\/p>\n

\n\tMackenzie Carpenter<\/p>\n

\n\tDasha<\/p>\n

\n\tCaroline Jones<\/p>\n

\n\tEmily Ann Roberts<\/p>\n

\n\tNEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

\n\tGavin Adcock<\/p>\n

\n\tVincent Mason<\/p>\n

\n\tShaboozey<\/p>\n

\n\tHudson Westbrook<\/p>\n

\n\tTucker Wetmore<\/p>\n

\n\tALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)\/Producer(s)\/Record Company\u2013Label(s)]<\/p>\n

\n\tAin\u2019t In It For My Health \u2013 Zach Top<\/p>\n

\n\tProducer: Carson Chamberlain<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: Leo33<\/p>\n

\n\tCherry Valley \u2013 Carter Faith<\/p>\n

\n\tProducer: Tofer Brown<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: Gatsby Records \/ MCA<\/p>\n

\n\tDon\u2019t Mind If I Do (Deluxe) \u2013 Riley Green<\/p>\n

\n\tProducer: Dann Huff, Michael Knox<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m The Problem \u2013 Morgan Wallen<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Joey Moi, Charlie Handsome, Jacob Durrett<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: Big Loud Records<\/p>\n

\n\tParker McCollum \u2013 Parker McCollum<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Frank Liddell, Eric Masse<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: MCA<\/p>\n

\n\tSONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Songwriter(s)\/Publisher(s)\/Artist(s)]<\/p>\n

\n\tA Song To Sing \u2013 Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton<\/p>\n

\n\tSongwriters: Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure<\/p>\n

\n\tPublishers: I Wrote These Songs; Pink Dog Publishing; Songs for the Munch Music; Songs of Influence; Sony\/ATV Tree Publishing; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp<\/p>\n

\n\tAm I Okay? \u2013 Megan Moroney<\/p>\n

\n\tSongwriters: Megan Moroney, Luke Laird, Jessie Jo Dillon<\/p>\n

\n\tPublishers: Big Ass Pile of Dimes Music; Big Music Machine<\/p>\n

\n\tChoosin\u2019 Texas \u2013 Ella Langley<\/p>\n

\n\tSongwriters: Ella Langley, Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Joybeth Taylor<\/p>\n

\n\tPublishers: Bada Bing & Bada Langley Publishing; Little Louder Songs; Sony Music Publishing<\/p>\n

\n\tI Never Lie \u2013 Zach Top<\/p>\n

\n\tSongwriters: Zach Top, Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols<\/p>\n

\n\tPublishers: Music and Magazine Publishing; Rio Bravo Music Inc; Sony\/ATV Tree Publishing; Too Broke to Quit Music; Zach Top Music<\/p>\n

\n\tSomewhere Over Laredo \u2013 Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tSongwriters: Lainey Wilson, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, Andy Albert, Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg<\/p>\n

\n\tPublishers: Concord Sounds; Dtown Boogie Music; Emi Feist Catalog Inc; Songs Of Riser House; Songs Of Wild Cat Well Music; Sony\/ATV Countryside; Story Farmer; Tacklebox Music Publishing<\/p>\n

\n\tSINGLE OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)\/Producer(s)\/Record Company\u2013Label(s)]<\/p>\n

\n\t6 Months Later \u2013 Megan Moroney<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Kristian Bush<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: Sony Music Nashville \/ Columbia Records<\/p>\n

\n\tChoosin\u2019 Texas \u2013 Ella Langley<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Ella Langley, Miranda Lambert, Ben West<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: SAWGOD \/ Columbia Records<\/p>\n

\n\tI Never Lie \u2013 Zach Top<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Carson Chamberlain<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: Leo33<\/p>\n

\n\tSomewhere Over Laredo \u2013 Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Jay Joyce<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: BBR Music Group \/ BMG Nashville \/ Broken Bow Records<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Fall \u2013 Cody Johnson<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Trent Willmon<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: CoJo Music \/ Warner Records Nashville<\/p>\n

\n\tMUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)\/Producer(s)\/Record Company\u2013Label(s)]<\/p>\n

\n\tA Song To Sing \u2013 Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Dave Cobb<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: Republic Records<\/p>\n

\n\tAmen \u2013 Shaboozey & Jelly Roll<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Danny Majic, Nevin Sastry, Sean Cook<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: Empire<\/p>\n

\n\tDon\u2019t Mind If I Do \u2013 Riley Green feat. Ella Langley<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Dann Huff, Michael Knox<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment<\/p>\n

\n\tTrailblazer \u2013 Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Tony Brown, Reba McEntire<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: MCA<\/p>\n

\n\tYou Had To Be There \u2013 Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Kristian Bush<\/p>\n

\n\tRecord Company-Label: Sony Music Nashville \/ Columbia Records<\/p>\n

\n\tVISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Producer(s)\/Director(s)\/Artist(s)]<\/p>\n

\n\t6 Months Later \u2013 Megan Moroney<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Christen Pinkston & Wesley Stebbins-Perry<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector: CeCe Dawson, Megan Moroney<\/p>\n

\n\tA Song To Sing \u2013 Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: James Stratakis<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector: Alexa King Stone, Stephen Kinigopoulos<\/p>\n

\n\tCuckoo -Stephen Wilson, Jr.<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Tim Cofield<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector: Tim Cofield<\/p>\n

\n\tSomewhere Over Laredo \u2013 Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Katie Babbage<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector: TK McKamy<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Fall \u2013 Cody Johnson<\/p>\n

\n\tProducers: Christen Pinkston & Wesley Stebbins-Perry<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector: Dustin Haney<\/p>\n

\n\tSONGWRITER OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

\n\tJessie Jo Dillon<\/p>\n

\n\tAshley Gorley<\/p>\n

\n\tCharlie Handsome<\/p>\n

\n\tChase McGill<\/p>\n

\n\tBlake Pendergrass<\/p>\n

\n\tARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke Combs<\/p>\n

\n\tRiley Green<\/p>\n

\n\tElla Langley<\/p>\n

\n\tMegan Moroney<\/p>\n

\n\tMorgan Wallen<\/p>\n

\n\tNOMINEES IN NUMERICAL ORDER:<\/p>\n

\n\tMegan Moroney (9): Entertainer of the Year; Female Artist of the Year; Song of the Year (Artist and Songwriter nominations); Single of the Year, Music Event of the Year; Visual Media of the Year (Artist and Director nominations); Artist-Songwriter of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tMiranda Lambert (8): Female Artist of the Year; Song of the Year (\u201cA Song To Sing\u201d \u2013 Artist and Songwriter nominations); Song of the Year (\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d \u2013 Songwriter nomination); Single of the Year (Producer nomination); Music Event of the Year (\u201cA Song To Sing\u201d and \u201cTrailblazer\u201d); Visual Media of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tElla Langley (7): Female Artist of the Year; Song of the Year (Artist and Songwriter nominations); Single of the Year (Artist and Producer nominations); Music Event of the Year; Artist-Songwriter of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tLainey Wilson (7): Entertainer of the Year; Female Artist of the Year; Song of the Year (Artist and Songwriter); Single of the Year; Music Event of the Year; Visual Media of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tChris Stapleton (6): Entertainer of the Year; Male Artist of the Year; Song of the Year (Artist and Songwriter nominations); Music Event of the Year, Visual Media of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tZach Top (5): Male Artist of the Year; Album of the Year, Song of the Year (Artist and Songwriter nominations); Single of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tRiley Green (4): Male Artist of the Year; Album of the Year; Music Event of the Year; Artist-Songwriter of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tCody Johnson (4): Entertainer of the Year; Male Artist of the Year; Single of the Year; Visual Media of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke Combs (3): Entertainer of the Year; Male Artist of the Year; Artist-Songwriter<\/p>\n

\n\tMorgan Wallen (3): Entertainer of the Year; Album of the Year; Artist-Songwriter<\/p>\n

\n\tJelly Roll (2): Entertainer of the Year; Music Event of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tReba McEntire (2): Music Event of the Year; Music Event of the Year (Producer)<\/p>\n

\n\tShaboozey (2): New Male Artist of the Year; Music Event of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\t49 Winchester (1): Group of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tGavin Adcock (1): New Male Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tAvery Anna (1): New Female Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tKelsea Ballerini (1): Female Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tBrooks & Dunn (1): Duo of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tBrothers Osborne (1): Duo of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tMackenzie Carpenter (1): New Female Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tKenny Chesney (1): Music Event of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tDan + Shay (1): Duo of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tDasha (1): New Female Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tCarter Faith (1): Album of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tFlatland Cavalry (1): Group of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tCaroline Jones (1): New Female Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tVincent Mason (1): New Male Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tParker McCollum (1): Album of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tMuscadine Bloodline (1): Duo of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tOld Dominion (1): Group of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tRascal Flatts (1): Group of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Red Clay Strays (1): Group of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tEmily Ann Roberts (1): New Female Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tThelma & James (1): Duo of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tHudson Westbrook (1): New Male Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tTucker Wetmore (1): New Male Artist of the Year<\/p>\n

\n\tStephen Wilson Jr. (1): Visual Media of the Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Megan Moroney, Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, and Lainey Wilson are among the most nominated artists in this year\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[225589,17834,49,48,72508,75,70074,60787,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-593334","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-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-chris-stapleton","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-megan-moroney","15":"tag-miranda-lambert","16":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}