This year, the ACM Awards will be taking place at The Ford Center in Frisco on May 11th and it will be star-studded. The show will be streamed live on Amazon Prime Video and will feature Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks as hosts of the show. Hardy and Lainey Wilson leadi the pack. Miranda Lambert breaks the record for most nominations held in the “Female Artist of the Year” category. This will mark her 17th nod, surpassing Reba who previously held the record with 16 nominations. Dickies Arena and Billy Bob’s Texas were also nominated. New County 96.3 was lucky enough to be nominated for Major Market Radio Station of the Year for this years awards too.
Here are the nominees for 2023:
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Miranda Lambert
Chris Stapleton
Carrie Underwood
Morgan Wallen
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ashley McBryde
Carly Pearce
Lainey Wilson
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Kane Brown
Luke Combs
Jordan Davis
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
DUO OF THE YEAR
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War and Treaty
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Lady A
Little Big Town
Midland
Old Dominion
Zac Brown Band
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Priscilla Block
Megan Moroney
Caitlyn Smith
Morgan Wade
Hailey Whitters
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Zach Bryan
Jackson Dean
ERNEST
Dylan Scott
Nate Smith
Bailey Zimmerman
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
[Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville – Ashley McBryde Producer: John Osborne Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville
Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson Producer: Jay Joyce Record Company-Label: Broken Bow Records
Growin’ Up – Luke Combs Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton Record Company-Label: Columbia Records
Mr. Saturday Night – Jon Pardi Producers: Jon Pardi, Bart Butler, Ryan Gore Record Company-Label: Capitol Records Nashville
Palomino – Miranda Lambert Producers: Jon Randall, Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Mikey Reaves Record Company-Label: Vanner Records/RCA Records Nashville
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
[Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]
Heart Like A Truck – Lainey Wilson Producer: Jay Joyce Record Company-Label: Broken Bow Records
Never Wanted To Be That Girl – Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde Producers: Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally Record Company-Label: Big Machine Records/Warner Music Nashville
She Had Me At Heads Carolina – Cole Swindell Producer: Zach Crowell Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville
Thank God – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown Producer: Dann Huff Record Company-Label: RCA Nashville
‘Til You Can’t – Cody Johnson Producer: Trent Willmon Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville/CoJo Music
SONG OF THE YEAR
[Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
Sand In My Boots – Morgan Wallen Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Josh Osborne, Michael Hardy Publishers: Relative Music Group; Sony/ATV Accent; Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing; Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
She Had Me At Heads Carolina – Cole Swindell Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Cole Swindell, Jesse Frasure, Mark D. Sanders, Thomas Rhett, Tim NicholsPublishers: Ashley Gorley Publishing Designee; Be A Light Publishing; Colden Rainey Music; EMI Blackwood Music Inc; Songs Of Roc Nation Music; Sony Tree Publishing; Telemitry Rhythm House Music; Universal Music Corp; WC Music Corp; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp
‘Til You Can’t – Cody Johnson Songwriters: Ben Stennis, Matt Rogers Publishers: Anthem Canalco Publishing; Dead Aim Music; The Stennis Mightier Music
wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson Songwriters: Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt, Michael Hardy, Renee Blair Publishers: Humerus Publishing Global; Nontypical Music; Pile of Schmidt Songs; Rednecker Music; Relative Music Group; Round Hill Verses Publishing; Sony/ATV Accent; Sony/ATV Tree Publishing; The Money Tree Vibez; WC Music Corp; Who Wants to Buy My Publishing
You Should Probably Leave – Chris Stapleton Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Chris DuBois, Chris StapletonPublishers: One77 Songs; Sea Gayle Music; Songs of Southside Independent Music Publishing; Spirit Two Nashville; WC Music Corp
VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR
[Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]
HEARTFIRST – Kelsea Ballerini Producers: Christen Pinkston & Wesley Stebbins-Perry Director: P Tracy
She Had Me At Heads Carolina – Cole Swindell Producer: Troy JacksonDirector: Spidey Smith
Thank God – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown Producer: Luke ArreguinDirector: Alex Alvga
‘Til You Can’t – Cody Johnson Producer: Maddy Hayes Director: Dustin Haney
wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson Producer: Inkwell Productions Director: Justin Clough
What He Didn’t Do – Carly Pearce Producer: Ryan ByrdDirector: Alexa Campbell
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Nicolle Galyon
Ashley Gorley
Chase McGill
Josh Osborne
Hunter Phelps
ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Luke Combs
ERNEST
HARDY
Miranda Lambert
Morgan Wallen
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
At the End of a Bar – Chris Young with Mitchell Tenpenny Producers: Chris DeStefano, Chris Young Record Company-Label: RCA Nashville
She Had Me At Heads Carolina [Remix] – Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina Producer: Zach CrowellRecord Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville
Thank God – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown Producer: Dann Huff Record Company-Label: RCA Nashville
Thinking ‘Bout You – Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter Producer: Zach Crowell Record Company-Label: Broken Bow Records
wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson Producers: Derek Wells, HARDY, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records
The 2023 Studio Recording Awards and Industry Awards will be presented to recipients at the 16th Academy of Country Music Honors, a special event held annually in August at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. This year’s show will be held Aug. 23, with more details to be announced in the coming months.