NEW YORK (AP) — Ella Langley leads the nominees for the 2025 Academy of Nation Music Awards with eight nominations.
The primary-time nominee’s nods embrace feminine artist of the 12 months and feminine new artist.
Notably, there aren’t any nods for Beyoncé’s landmark “Cowboy Carter,” which won the Grammy for both album of the year and country album of the year last month. Miranda Lambert’s “Postcards from Texas” was additionally not nominated.
The nominations for the sixtieth annual ACM Awards had been introduced Thursday. The awards ceremony will happen Might 8 on the Ford Middle at The Star in Frisco, Texas, simply north of Dallas. Reba McEntire will as soon as once more host.
Six of Langley’s nominations stem from her smash hit “You Look Like You Love Me” with Riley Inexperienced. It’s up for single of the 12 months, track of the 12 months as each an artist and songwriter, music occasion of the 12 months and visible media of the 12 months as an artist and director.
Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Morgan Wallen intently observe Langley’s nominations with seven every. Chris Stapleton has six nominations; Riley Inexperienced and Put up Malone are tied with 5.
Johnson, Wilson, Wallen and Stapleton are up for the evening’s prime class, entertainer of the 12 months. Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs and Jelly Roll are additionally nominated for the award.
Wilson took house the prize final 12 months, turning into one of many few ladies to earn the trophy. Lambert was named entertainer of the 12 months in 2022. In 2020, Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett tied for the title — a primary ever. Underwood’s win was the primary for a lady since 2012, when Taylor Swift gained the class.
If Combs wins the class, he could have achieved the ACMs’ Triple Crown Award — which is made up of profession wins within the entertainer of the 12 months, new artist (male, feminine, duo or group) and artist (male, feminine, duo or group) classes.
Final 12 months, Wallen earned six nominations — a change from just some years in the past. In 2021, he was declared ineligible by the ACMs after he was caught on digital camera utilizing a racial slur. In 2022 and 2023, he acquired 4 nominations.
Within the album of the 12 months class, Megan Moroney’s “Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine)” faces off in opposition to Wilson’s “Whirlwind,” Jelly Roll’s “Beautifully Broken,” Zach High’s “Cold Beer & Country Music” and Put up Malone’s “F-1 Trillion.”
And within the single of the 12 months class, Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” competes with Johnson’s “Dirt Cheap,” Malone and Wallen’s “I Had Some Help,” Stapleton’s “White Horse” and Langley and Inexperienced’s “You Look Like You Love Me.”
Along with Langley, different first-time nominees embrace Gavin Adcock, Dasha, Noah Kahan, Jessie Murph, Muscadine Bloodline, Shaboozey, Zach High, The Pink Clay Strays, Treaty Oak Revival, and Tucker Wetmore.
The 2025 ACM Awards will stream on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch Reside on Might 8 at 8 p.m. EDT.
