{"id":31559,"date":"2025-03-28T05:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/uncategorized\/2025\/03\/nominees-announced-for-the-2025-acm-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T06:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:37:40","slug":"nominees-announced-for-the-2025-acm-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2025\/03\/nominees-announced-for-the-2025-acm-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominees Announced For The 2025 ACM Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Academy of Country Music unveiled the full list of 2025 ACM Awards nominations, led by singer Ella Langley with eight total nods.<\/p>\n<p>Six of her nominations are for \u201cyou look like you love me,\u201d her hit collaboration with Riley Green, which is up for both Single and Song of the Year. Langley is also up for Female Artist and New Female Artist of the Year.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHuaJuLsuUm\/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>Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen, and Lainey Wilson are close behind with seven nods, while Chris Stapleton has six, Green and Post Malone each have five, and Kelsea Ballerini has four, including her first nod for Entertainer of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Other nominees for Entertainer of the Year include Luke Combs, Johnson, Jelly Roll, Stapleton, Wallen, and Wilson, who took home the honor last year.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHuYttXMfpP\/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>Stapleton received his 10th consecutive nomination for Male Artist of the Year, and Kacey Musgraves received her ninth nomination for Female Artist of the Year, which she won in 2019, while Ballerini is nominated for the eighth time, though she has yet to win in that category.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHukF8Xs7lX\/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>The 2025 ACM Awards is taking place on May 8, with host Reba McEntire and featuring performances by Wilson, Blake Shelton and Eric Church.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"insta-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHq-9ToRt5f\/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>The full list of nominees is below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Entertainer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kelsea Ballerini<br \/>\nLuke Combs<br \/>\nCody Johnson<br \/>\nJelly Roll<br \/>\nChris Stapleton<br \/>\nMorgan Wallen<br \/>\nLainey Wilson<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Female<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kelsea Ballerini<br \/>\nElla Langley<br \/>\nMegan Moroney<br \/>\nKacey Musgraves<br \/>\nLainey Wilson<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Male<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Luke Combs<br \/>\nCody Johnson<br \/>\nJelly Roll<br \/>\nChris Stapleton<br \/>\nMorgan Wallen<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Duo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Brooks &amp; Dunn<br \/>\nBrothers Osborne<br \/>\nDan + Shay<br \/>\nMuscadine Bloodline<br \/>\nThe War And Treaty<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Group<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Flatland Cavalry<br \/>\nLittle Big Town<br \/>\nOld Dominion<br \/>\nRascal Flatts<br \/>\nThe Red Clay Strays<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New Female<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kassi Ashton<br \/>\nAshley Cooke<br \/>\nDasha<br \/>\nElla Langley<br \/>\nJessie Murph<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New Male<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gavin Adcock<br \/>\nShaboozey<br \/>\nZach Top<br \/>\nTucker Wetmore<br \/>\nBailey Zimmerman<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New Duo or Group<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Restless Road<br \/>\nThe Red Clay Strays<br \/>\nTreaty Oak Revival<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Album<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Am I Okay? (I&#8217;ll Be Fine), Megan Moroney<br \/>\nBeautifully Broken, Jelly Roll<br \/>\nCold Beer &amp; Country Music, Zach Top<br \/>\nF-1 Trillion, Post Malone<br \/>\nWhirlwind, Lainey Wilson<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Single<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy),\u201d Shaboozey<br \/>\n\u201cDirt Cheap,\u201d Cody Johnson<br \/>\n\u201cI Had Some Help,\u201d Post Malone, Morgan Wallen<br \/>\n\u201cWhite Horse,\u201d Chris Stapleton<br \/>\n\u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d Ella Langley, Riley Green<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Song<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c4x4xU,\u201d Lainey Wilson, writers: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Wilson<br \/>\n\u201cThe Architect,\u201d Kacey Musgraves, writers: Shane McAnally, Musgraves, Josh Osborne<br \/>\n&#8220;Dirt Cheap,\u201d Cody Johnson, writer: Josh Phillips<br \/>\n\u201cI Had Some Help,\u201d Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, writers: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters, Ryan Vojtesak<br \/>\n\u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d Ella Langley, Riley Green, writers: Green, Langley, Aaron Raitiere<\/p>\n<p><em>Music Event<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCowboys Cry Too,\u201d Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan<br \/>\n\u201cI Had Some Help,\u201d Post Malone, Morgan Wallen<br \/>\n\u201cI&#8217;m Gonna Love You,\u201d Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood<br \/>\n&#8220;We Don&#8217;t Fight Anymore,\u201d Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton<br \/>\n\u201cYou Look Like You Love Me,\u201d Ella Langley, Riley Green<br \/>\nVisual Media<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Artist-Songwriter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Luke Combs<br \/>\nErnest<br \/>\nHardy<br \/>\nMorgan Wallen<br \/>\nLainey Wilson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ella Langley Leads Nominations At 2025 ACM Awards, Followed By Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen, And Lainey Wilson","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":31560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3425,123,268,76,3995,88,65,2991,78,6174,182,361,246,5729],"class_list":["post-31559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country-music-news","tag-academy-of-country-music","tag-acm-awards","tag-chris-stapleton","tag-cody-johnson","tag-jelly-roll","tag-kacey-musgraves","tag-kelsea-ballerini","tag-lainey-wilson","tag-luke-combs","tag-mordan-wallen","tag-post-malone","tag-reba","tag-riley-green","tag-you-look-like-you-love-me"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 19:25:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country959.com\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2025\/03\/nominees-announced-for-the-2025-acm-awards\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31559"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31564,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31559\/revisions\/31564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}