{"id":49031,"date":"2026-05-20T06:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=49031"},"modified":"2026-05-20T06:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:43:49","slug":"ella-langley-dominates-2026-acm-awards-cody-johnson-takes-entertainer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/05\/ella-langley-dominates-2026-acm-awards-cody-johnson-takes-entertainer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley Dominates 2026 ACM Awards; Cody Johnson Takes Entertainer Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ella Langley<\/strong>\u00a0dominated the 2026\u00a0<strong>Academy Of Country Music Awards<\/strong>\u00a0on Sunday night, taking home 5 trophies from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her sweeping victories included female artist of the year, artist songwriter of the year, single and song of the year for &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas,&#8221; and music event of the year for her collaboration on Riley Green&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Mind if I Do.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">She is the moment! \ud83e\udd29 Congrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ellalangleymsic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ellalangleymsic<\/a>, taking home the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ACMawards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ACMawards<\/a> for Female Artist of the Year! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/28O6hgSRtu\">pic.twitter.com\/28O6hgSRtu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ACM Awards (@ACMawards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACMawards\/status\/2056218217925001372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cody Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0claimed the top honour, entertainer of the year, along with best male vocalist.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/codyjohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@codyjohnson<\/a> had us entertained all year! 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