{"id":15083,"date":"2021-06-16T05:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T09:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/acm-honors-announced\/"},"modified":"2021-06-16T05:34:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T09:34:05","slug":"acm-honors-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2021\/06\/acm-honors-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"ACM Honors Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan + Shay, Luke Combs, Loretta Lynn, Toby Keith, Lady A and Rascal Flatts are among the honorees at this year&#8217;s ACM Honors, taking place on August 25th at Nashville&#8217;s Ryman Auditorium.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQJttv2Nby0\/embed\/captioned\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:0;\"  class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe>\n<p>Loretta, as well as songwriters Gretchen Peters and the late Curly Putman, are receiving the ACM Poet&#8217;s Award, which honours songwriters &#8220;for outstanding and longstanding musical and\/or lyrical contributions throughout their career, with special consideration given to a song or songs\u2019 impact on the culture of country music.<\/p>\n<p>Dan + Shay will receive the ACM Jim Reeves International Award, which honours &#8220;outstanding contributions to the acceptance of country music throughout the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rascal Flatts will receive the ACM Cliffie Stone Icon Award for &#8220;advanc(ing) the popularity of the genre through their contributions in multiple facets of the industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lady A will be presented with the ACM Gary Haber Lifting Lives Award, in recognition of their &#8220;devot(ion) to improving lives through the power of music &#8230; 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