{"id":649676,"date":"2026-05-18T04:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/649676\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T04:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:22:19","slug":"2026-acm-awards-winners-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/649676\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 ACM Awards Winners: Full List"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tElla Langley<\/a> swept every prize she was nominated for at Sunday night\u2019s (May 17) 2026 Academy of Country Music Awards<\/a>, going seven-for-seven on the night, including female artist of the year.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe top prize of entertainer of the year went to Cody Johnson, who also won male artist of the year earlier in the evening.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe ACM Awards<\/a> were back in Las Vegas, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, after the last three years at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. They also had a brand-new host in country superstar Shania Twain, who took over after repeat host Reba McEntire the past two years.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee all the night\u2019s biggest winners below:<\/p>\n

\t\tEntertainer of the Year\t<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tWINNER: Cody Johnson<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

\t\tFemale Artist of the Year\t<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tWINNER: Ella Langley<\/p>\n

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

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

\t\tMale Artist of the Year\t<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tWINNER: Cody Johnson<\/p>\n

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

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

\t\tGroup of the Year\t<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

\n\tWINNER: The Red Clay Strays<\/p>\n

\t\tDuo of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNER: Brooks & Dunn<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

\t\tAlbum of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\t[Awarded to artist(s)\/producer(s)\/record Company\u2013label(s)]<\/p>\n

\n\tAin\u2019t In It For My Health \u2013 Zach Top; Producer: Carson Chamberlain; Record Company-Label: Leo33<\/p>\n

\n\tCherry Valley \u2013 Carter Faith; Producer: Tofer Brown; Record Company-Label: Gatsby Records \/ MCA<\/p>\n

\n\tDon\u2019t Mind If I Do (Deluxe) \u2013 Riley Green; Producers: Dann Huff, Michael Knox; Record Company-Label: Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m The Problem \u2013 Morgan Wallen; Producers: Joey Moi, Charlie Handsome, Jacob Durrett; Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNER: Parker McCollum \u2013 Parker McCollum; Producers: Frank Liddell, Eric Masse; Record Company-Label: MCA<\/p>\n

\t\tSong of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\t[Awarded to songwriter(s)\/publisher(s)\/artist(s)]<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA Song To Sing\u201d \u2013 Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton; Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure; Publishers: 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\t\u201cAm I Okay?\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney; Songwriters: Megan Moroney, Luke Laird, Jessie Jo Dillon; Publishers: Big Ass Pile of Dimes Music; Big Music Machine<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNER: \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d \u2013 Ella Langley; Songwriters: Ella Langley, Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Joybeth Taylor; Publishers: Bada Bing & Bada Langley Publishing; Little Louder Songs; Sony Music Publishing<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI Never Lie\u201d \u2013 Zach Top; Songwriters: Zach Top, Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols; Publishers: Music and Magazine Publishing; Rio Bravo Music Inc; Sony\/ATV Tree Publishing; Too Broke to Quit Music; Zach Top Music<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSomewhere Over Laredo \u2013 Lainey Wilson; Songwriters: Lainey Wilson, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson, Andy Albert, Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg; Publishers: 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

\t\tSingle of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\t [Awarded to Artist(s)\/Producer(s)\/Record Company\u2013Label(s)]<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c6 Months Later\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney; Producer: Kristian Bush; Record Company-Label: Sony Music Nashville \/ Columbia Records<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNER: \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d \u2013 Ella Langley; Producers: Ella Langley, Miranda Lambert, Ben West; Record Company-Label: SAWGOD \/ Columbia Records<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI Never Lie\u201d \u2013 Zach Top; Producer: Carson Chamberlain; Record Company-Label: Leo33<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSomewhere Over Laredo\u201d \u2013 Lainey Wilson; Producer: Jay Joyce; Record Company-Label: BBR Music Group \/ BMG Nashville \/ Broken Bow Records<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Fall\u201d \u2013 Cody Johnson; Producer: Trent Willmon; Record Company-Label: CoJo Music \/ Warner Records Nashville<\/p>\n

\t\tVisual Media of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\t[Awarded to Producer(s)\/Director(s)\/Artist(s)]<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c6 Months Later\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney; Producers: Christen Pinkston, Wesley Stebbins-Perry; Director: CeCe Dawson, Megan Moroney<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA Song To Sing\u201d \u2013 Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton; Producer: James Stratakis; Director: Alexa King Stone, Stephen Kinigopoulos<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNER: \u201cCuckoo\u201d -Stephen Wilson, Jr.; Producer: Tim Cofield; Director: Tim Cofield<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSomewhere Over Laredo\u201d \u2013 Lainey Wilson; Producer: Katie Babbage; Director: TK McKamy<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Fall\u201d \u2013 Cody Johnson; Producers: Christen Pinkston & Wesley Stebbins-Perry; Director: Dustin Haney<\/p>\n

\t\tMusic Event of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\t[Awarded to Artist(s)\/Producer(s)\/Record Company\u2013Label(s)]<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA Song To Sing\u201d \u2013 Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton; Producer: Dave Cobb; Record Company-Label: Republic Records<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAmen\u201d \u2013 Shaboozey & Jelly Roll; Producers: Danny Majic, Nevin Sastry, Sean Cook; Record Company-Label: Empire<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNER: \u201cDon\u2019t Mind If I Do\u201d \u2013 Riley Green feat. Ella Langley; Producer: Dann Huff; Record Company-Label: Nashville Harbor Records & Entertainment<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTrailblazer\u201d \u2013 Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson; Producers: Tony Brown, Reba McEntire; Record Company-Label: MCA<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou Had To Be There\u201d \u2013 Megan Moroney & Kenny Chesney; Producer: Kristian Bush; Record Company-Label: Sony Music Nashville \/ Columbia Records<\/p>\n

\t\tSongwriter of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNER: Jessie Jo Dillon<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

\t\tArtist-Songwriter of the Year\t<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tWINNER: Ella Langley<\/p>\n

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

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

\t\tNew Male Artist of the Year\t<\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tShaboozey<\/p>\n

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

\n\tWINNER: Tucker Wetmore<\/p>\n

\t\tNew Female Artist of the Year\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWINNER: Avery Anna<\/p>\n

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

\n\tDasha<\/p>\n

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

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

\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ella Langley swept every prize she was nominated for at Sunday night\u2019s (May 17) 2026 Academy of Country…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[28679,10546,88,64964,498],"class_list":["post-649676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-acm-awards","tag-awards","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-country","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}