60th Academy of Country Music Awards
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| 60th Academy of Country Music Awards | |
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| Date | May 8, 2025 |
| Location | Ford Center at The Star, Frisco, Texas |
| Hosted by | Reba McEntire |
| Most wins | Ella Langley (5) |
| Most nominations | Ella Langley (7) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Prime Video |
The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards were held on May 8, 2025, at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Reba McEntire returned as host.[1]
Triple Crown Award
On November 2, 2023, the Academy of Country Music announced that it would renew its partnership with Prime Video through 2025.[2][3] Reba McEntire hosted the ceremony for the eighteenth time. In press releases, ACM started that the ceremony would "celebrate six decades of Country Music and feature unforgettable performances by the genre's most legendary and multi-award-winning stars".[4] Radio personality Bobby Bones conducted candid interviews with artists throughout the show.
First time nominee, Ella Langley, led with seven nominations, including one as a director of her music video, she was followed by Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen, and Lainey Wilson with six nominations each.[5] Langley would win the most awards of the ceremony with five, two as both an artist of her music video and as a director.[6]
On May 5, 2025, ACM announced that Keith Urban would be honored with the ACM Triple Crown Award. The honor distinguishes the achievement of an artist, duo or group who have received all of the ACM's three artist awards, the New Artist award, Male/Female Artist or Duo/Group award, and Entertainer of the Year awards.[7]
Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award
During the ceremony, Reba McEntire surprised the audience with announcement of the inaugural Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award.[8] Along with a special performance by Alan Jackson, the award's eponymous and inaugural honoree. The award will continue to recognize an iconic artist, duo, or group that has achieved both national and international prominence and stature through concert performances, philanthropy, record sales, streaming numbers, and public representation.[9]
Winners and nominees
The nominees were revealed on March 27, 2025.[10] The eligibility period for submissions for the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards ran from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024.[11]
Special awards
| Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award | Triple Crown Award |
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Performers
| Performer(s) | Song |
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| Reba McEntire Clint Black Wynonna Judd LeAnn Rimes Little Big Town Dan + Shay |
Songs of the Decades Medley "Okie From Muskogee" "Rhinestone Cowboy" "Why Not Me" "Blue" "Girl Crush" "Tequila" |
| Eric Church | "Hands of Time" |
| Miranda Lambert Ella Langley |
"Run" "Kerosene" |
| Zach Top | "Use Me" |
| Blake Shelton | "Texas" |
| Lainey Wilson | "Whirlwind" |
| Kelsea Ballerini | "Baggage" |
| Chris Stapleton | "It Takes a Woman" |
| Ella Langley | "Weren't for the Wind" |
| Alan Jackson | Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award "Remember When" |
| Jelly Roll Shaboozey |
"Heart of Stone" "Amen" |
| Megan Moroney Chris Stapleton Brothers Osborne Keith Urban |
Honoring Triple Crown Award winner Keith Urban "Stupid Boy" "Blue Ain't Your Color" "Where the Blacktop Ends" |
| Cody Johnson Brooks & Dunn |
"The Fall" "Red Dirt Road" |
| Reba McEntire Miranda Lambert Lainey Wilson |
"Trailblazer" |
| Rascal Flatts Backstreet Boys |
"What Hurts the Most" "I Dare You" "Larger than Life" "Life Is a Highway" |