As Dierks Bentley looks towards Sunday’s ACM Awards ceremony, the singer says he’s excited to still be a part of the show, 16 years after winning his first trophy. “My first ACM was back in 2005. To still be invited, still be nominated for some of these bigger awards and…
Lee Brice is making his full-song performance debut on the ACM stage during the awards show on Sunday night, and he’s planning to make it count. “I performed a piece of ‘I Drive Your Truck,’ like,’ 10 years ago at a commercial bumper on the ACMs. That’s the only time…
Back at the 2020 CMA Awards last November, Carly Pearce had plans to perform “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” her hit single, with her duet partner Lee Brice. But Lee had to skip the awards show at the last second after a positive COVID-19 test. Though Lady A’s Charles Kelley…
TJ Osborne, one half of country duo Brothers Osborne, recently came out as a gay man. He's the first mainstream artist signed to a major country label to do so, and his brother and band mate, John Osborne, admits he wasn’t sure that country fans were ready to accept an…
The ACM Awards aren’t until Sunday, but Jimmie Allen’s already a winner: He was named this year’s New Male Artist of the Year ahead of the ceremony. He’s the first solo Black performer in ACM history to win a New Artist trophy, and he’s not the only trailblazer so far…
Ashley McBryde won ACM New Female Artist of the Year back in 2019, and this year, she’s got a chance to build on that resume. The “One Night Standards” singer is up for Female Artist of the Year at Sunday night’s ACM Awards show. The singer knows she’s up against…
Sunday night’s ACM Awards show is fast approaching, and the Academy of Country Music has officially unveiled the presenters who will announce winners at the show. Dolly Parton, Darius Rucker, Ingrid Andress, Blanco Brown and Martina McBride are among the presenters, in a group that also includes Amy Grant, Leslie…
Maren Morris and her husband and fellow artist, Ryan Hurd, are doing something new at this weekend’s ACM Awards: For the first time, they’re performing at an awards show together, bringing their new duet, “Chasing After You,” to the stage. “When we got the word that we were gonna perform…
"Ex's and Oh's" singer Elle King is five months pregnant, but that's not stopping her from opening the Academy of Country Music Awards Sunday night with her pal Miranda Lambert: They'll be singing their current duet, "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)." But Elle says it's ironic that she'll…
On this date in 1982, a country group had a number-one hit on the country charts with their now-classic single “Dixieland Delight.” Can you name them? ANSWER: Alabama. Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
