2025 ACM Award Winners

Thursday, the Academy of Country Music (ACM), Prime Video, and Dick Clark Productions (DCP) hosted the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards and celebrated industry luminaries as well as rising stars and recognized the year’s biggest accomplishments. 16-time ACM Award-winning entertainment icon, Reba McEntire, hosted the two and a half hour commercial-free event, which streamed live for an international audience across 240+ countries and territories exclusively on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch from the world headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.

The Academy’s highest honor, Entertainer of the Year, was awarded to Lainey Wilson, marking her second year in a row earning the coveted title. Ella Langley led the night in total wins with five awards, followed by Wilson with four wins. The show celebrated Country Music’s biggest stars and emerging talent and featured 16 show-stopping performances from 26 artists, including exclusive collaborations and legendary tributes that captivated fans worldwide.

Following is the full list of winners in the 15 categories voted on by Academy members:

MAIN AWARDS:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

• Lainey Wilson

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Lainey Wilson

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Chris Stapleton

DUO OF THE YEAR

• Brooks & Dunn

GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Old Dominion

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Ella Langley

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Zach Top

NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

• The Red Clay Strays

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

• Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson

Producer: Jay Joyce

Record Company-Label: BBR Music Group / BMG Nashville

SINGLE OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

• you look like you love me – Ella Langley, Riley Green

Producer: Will Bundy

Record Company-Label: SAWGOD / Columbia Records

SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]

• “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson

Songwriter: Josh Phillips

Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing; Write or Die Music; Write the Lightning Publishing

VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]

• you look like you love me – Ella Langley, Riley Green

Producer: Will Bundy

Record Company-Label: SAWGOD / Columbia Records

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

• Jessie Jo Dillon

ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

• Lainey Wilson

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

• you look like you love me – Ella Langley, Riley Green

Producers: Will Bundy

Record Company-Label: SAWGOD / Columbia Records

Performance Highlights:

• Chris Stapleton, Megan Moroney, and Brothers Osborne paid tribute to Keith Urban – who was honored with the coveted ACM Triple Crown Award – by covering some of his greatest hits, including “Stupid Boy,” “Blue Ain’t Your Color,” and “Where The Blacktop Ends,” during which Keith joined Brothers Osborne on stage.
• The show featured exclusive collaborations, including Brooks & Dunn with Cody Johnson performing their hit “Red Dirt Road,” Jelly Roll and Shaboozey teaming up with a choir of sixteen for “Amen,” Miranda Lambert bringing Ella Langley onstage for a fiery rendition of “Kerosene” to celebrate the song’s 20th anniversary, and Rascal Flatts and Backstreet Boys collaborating for a jam-packed set that included “What Hurts the Most,” “I Dare You,” “Larger Than Life,” and “Life is a Highway.”
• Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson debuted their upcoming track, “Trailblazer,” together for the first time exclusively on the ACM stage.
• The star-packed lineup also included individual performances by Alan Jackson (“Remeber When”), Blake Shelton (“Texas,” which hit No. 1 on the country charts earlier this week), Chris Stapleton (“It Takes a Woman”), Cody Johnson (“The Fall”), New Female Artist of the Year Winner Ella Langley (“weren’t for the wind”), Eric Church (“Hands of Time”), Jelly Roll (“Heart of Stone”), Kelsea Ballerini (“Baggage”), Lainey Wilson (“Whirlwind”), Miranda Lambert (“Run”), and New Male Artist of the Year Winner Zach Top (“Use Me”).

Tonight’s presenters included Blake Shelton (five-time ACM Award-winning artist), Carly Pearce (four-time ACM Award-winning artist), Clint Black (six-time ACM Award-winning artist), Crystal Gayle (four-time ACM Award-winning artist), ERNEST (five-time ACM Award nominee), Gabby Barrett (ACM Award-winning artist), Gretchen Wilson (two-time ACM Award-winning artist), Jordan Davis (two-time ACM Award-winning artist), Kristian Bush of Sugarland (five-time ACM Award-winning duo), Lee Ann Womack (five-time ACM Award-winning artist), Lionel Richie (two-time ACM Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, and American Idol judge), Little Big Town (eight-time ACM Award-winning group), Martina McBride (four-time ACM Award-winning artist), Parker McCollum (two-time ACM Award-winning artist), Riley Green (two-time ACM Award-winning artist), Rita Wilson (singer-songwriter and actress), Sara Evans (ACM Award-winning artist), The Oak Ridge Boys (three-time ACM Award-winning group), Wynonna Judd (eight-time ACM Award-winning artist), Chase Elliott (NASCAR driver), and Amber Anderson and Kelly Sutton (Amazon Music’s co-hosts of the Country Heat Weekly Podcast).

For a complete list of past and present wins and nominations, please visit ACMcountry.com and search the ACM Awards Database located on the Homepage.

Established in 1966, the Academy of Country Music Awards is the longest-running Country Music awards show and made history in 2022 as the first major awards ceremony to exclusively livestream, in collaboration with Prime Video. The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards is produced by Dick Clark Productions (DCP). Raj Kapoor is executive producer and showrunner, with Patrick Menton as co-executive producer. Damon Whiteside serves as executive producer for the Academy of Country Music, and Jay Penske and Barry Adelman serve as executive producers for DCP. John Saade will also continue to serve as consulting producer for Amazon MGM Studios.

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