Ella Langley, Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen & Lainey Wilson Lead Nominations For 2025 ACM Awards

The 2025 Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards has announced its star-studded nominees for this year’s ceremony, with Ella Langley leading the charge and holding eight nominations to her name.

Langley, a first-time nominee at the ACM Awards, has been nominated for Female Artist of the Year and New Female Artist of the Year, while her song featuring Riley Green, you look like you love me, has picked up six nominations, including Single of the Year, Song of the Year (as an artist and songwriter), Music Event of the Year, and Visual Media of the Year (as an artist and director).

She isn’t the only one to pick up an impressive number of nominations: Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen, and Lainey Wilson are tied with seven nominations each.

Cody Johnson has received his second nomination for Entertainer of the Year and his third in a row for Song of the Year, with Dirt Cheap nominated for the prestigious award (as well as Single of the Year and Visual Media of the Year). Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen has been nominated for Entertainer of the Year for the third year running, and his collaborative track with Post Malone, I Had Some Help, is up for awards.

Lainey Wilson has received her first nomination for Artist-Songwriter of the Year, while her nominations for Song of the Year mark her fourth consecutive year being nominated and her seventh total nomination in the category.

In addition to the acts above, Luke Combs is in contention for a Triple Crown Award. If he adds the Entertainer of the Year award to his shelf, he’ll clinch the Triple Crown Award, as he’s already won the New Male Artist and Male Artist of the Year categories.

Meanwhile, Chris Stapleton has been nominated for six awards, Kacey Musgraves for three, and Kelsea Ballerini, Old Dominion, Brothers Osbourne, Little Big Town, Shaboozey, Rascal Flatts, and others have received nominations. The full list of nominees for the ACM Main Awards is below.

You can also see the Industry and Studio Recordings Awards nominees on the ACM website.

This year’s event will be hosted by 16-time ACM Award winner Reba McEntire. The 60th ACM Awards will stream exclusively on Prime Video on Thursday, 8 May, at 8 pm EDT/7 pm CDT/5 pm PDT from the Ford Centre at The Star, Frisco, Texas.

Limited tickets to the 60th ACM Awards are now available via SeatGeek. 

2025 ACM AWARDS NOMINEES

MAIN AWARDS:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

• Kelsea Ballerini

• Luke Combs

• Cody Johnson

• Jelly Roll

• Chris Stapleton

• Morgan Wallen

• Lainey Wilson

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Kelsea Ballerini

• Ella Langley

• Megan Moroney

• Kacey Musgraves

• Lainey Wilson

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Luke Combs

• Cody Johnson

• Jelly Roll

• Chris Stapleton

• Morgan Wallen

DUO OF THE YEAR

• Brooks & Dunn 

• Brothers Osborne 

• Dan + Shay 

• Muscadine Bloodline

• The War And Treaty

GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Flatland Cavalry

• Little Big Town 

• Old Dominion 

• Rascal Flatts

• The Red Clay Strays

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Kassi Ashton

• Ashley Cooke

• Dasha

• Ella Langley

• Jessie Murph

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR

• Gavin Adcock

• Shaboozey

• Zach Top

• Tucker Wetmore

• Bailey Zimmerman

NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR

• Restless Road

• The Red Clay Strays

• Treaty Oak Revival

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

● Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine) - Megan Moroney

Producer: Kristian Bush

Record Company-Label: Columbia Records / Sony Music Nashville

● Beautifully Broken - Jelly Roll

Producers: BazeXX, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Devin Dawson, Charlie Handsome, Ben Johnson, mgk, The Monsters & Strangerz, Austin Nivarel, SlimXX, Ryan Tedder,  Isaiah Tejada, Alysa Vanderheym

Record Company-Label: BBR Music Group / BMG Nashville / Republic Records

● Cold Beer & Country Music - Zach Top

Producer: Carson Chamberlain

Record Company-Label: Leo33

● F-1 Trillion - Post Malone

Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins

Record Company-Label: Mercury Records / Republic Records

● Whirlwind - Lainey Wilson

Producer: Jay Joyce

Record Company-Label: BBR Music Group / BMG Nashville

SINGLE OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

● A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shaboozey

Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry

Record Company-Label: American Dogwood / EMPIRE

● Dirt Cheap - Cody Johnson

Producer: Trent Willmon

Record Company-Label: CoJo Music LLC / Warner Music Nashville

● I Had Some Help - Post Malone, Morgan Wallen

Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins

Record Company-Label: Mercury Records / Republic Records

● White Horse - Chris Stapleton

Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton

Record Company-Label: Mercury Nashville

● you look like you love me - Ella Langley, Riley Green

Producer: Will Bundy

Record Company-Label: SAWGOD / Columbia Records

SONG OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]

● 4x4xU - Lainey Wilson

Songwriters: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson

Publishers: Louisiana Lady; One Tooth Productions; Reservoir 416; Songs of One Riot Music; Sony/ATV Accent

● The Architect - Kacey Musgraves

Songwriters: Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne

Publishers: Songs for Indy and Owl; Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing

● Dirt Cheap - Cody Johnson

Songwriter: Josh Phillips

Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing; Write or Die Music; Write the Lightning Publishing

● I Had Some Help - Post Malone, Morgan Wallen

Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters, Ryan Vojtesak

Publishers: Bell Ear Publishing; Master of my Domain Music; Poppy’s Picks; Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing; Universal Music Corporation

● you look like you love me - Ella Langley, Riley Green

Songwriters: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere

Publishers: Back 40 Publishing International; Langley Publishing; One Tooth Productions; Sony/ATV Tree; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

● Cowboys Cry Too - Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan

Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan, Alysa Vanderheym

Record Company-Label: Black River Entertainment

● I Had Some Help - Post Malone, Morgan Wallen

Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins

Record Company-Label: Mercury Records / Republic Records

● I’m Gonna Love You - Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood

Producer: Trent Willmon

Record Company-Label: CoJo Music LLC / Warner Music Nashville

● we don’t fight anymore - Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton

Producers: Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Carly Pearce

Record Company-Label: Big Machine Records

● you look like you love me - Ella Langley, Riley Green

Producer: Will Bundy

Record Company-Label: SAWGOD / Columbia Records

VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR [Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]

● 4x4xU - Lainey Wilson

Producer: Jennifer Ansell

Director: Dano Cerny

● Dirt Cheap - Cody Johnson

Producer: Dustin Haney

Director: Dustin Haney

● I’m Gonna Love You - Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood

Producers: Christen Pinkston, Wesley Stebbins-Perry

Director: Dustin Haney

● Think I’m In Love With You - Chris Stapleton

Producers: Wes Edwards, Angie Lorenz, Jamie Stratakis

Director: Running Bear (Stephen Kinigopoulos, Alexa Stone)

● you look like you love me - Ella Langley, Riley Green

Producer: Whale Tale Music

Directors: Ella Langley, John Park, Wales Toney

ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

• Luke Combs

• ERNEST

• HARDY

• Morgan Wallen

• Lainey Wilson

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

• Jessi Alexander

• Jessie Jo Dillon

• Ashley Gorley

• Chase McGill

• Josh Osborne