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| Artist/Song/Album Name | Award Category | Year | Credits | Winner |
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| Angie Ward | On-Air Personality of the Year - Major Market | 2023 | Winner | |
| Steve, Ben and Nikki - Steve Stroud, Ben Walker and Nikki Thomas WXBQ-FM - Bristol, VA |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Small Market | 2023 | Winner | |
| WXTU-FM Philadelphia, PA |
Radio Station of the Year - Major Market | 2023 | Winner | |
| WUBE-FM Cincinnati, OH |
Radio Station of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Winner | |
| Tim McGraw | ACM Icon Award | 2023 |
Tim McGraw has been at the forefront of Country Music for nearly three decades. Through performing, producing and high-profile acting roles, McGraw has weathered the changes of Country Music to remain one of its most recognizable superstars. The Louisiana native moved to Nashville in 1989, just as a wave of new artists began taking over the Country charts. McGraw kicked off his career success with mid-‘90s hits like, “Don’t Take the Girl,” “Not a Moment Too Soon,” and “I Like It, I Love It,” which all spent multiple weeks at No. 1. McGraw collected his first of 21 ACM Award trophies in 1994 for Top New Male Vocalist and Album of the Year (Not a Moment Too Soon). The ACM then bestowed Single, Song, Vocal Event and Video of the Year awards to his 1997 smash duet with his wife Faith Hill, “It’s Your Love.” McGraw concluded the decade with back-to-back Male Vocalist trophies. However, his biggest radio hit lay ahead: 2004’s “Live Like You Were Dying,” named ACM Single and Song of the Year. With “I Called Mama” in 2020, he entered his fourth decade of radio success. One of Country Music’s most collaborative artists, McGraw co-produced Jo Dee Messina’s breakout albums and recorded ACM Award-winning hits with Kenny Chesney & Tracy Lawrence (“Find Out Who Your Friends Are”), Florida Georgia Line (“May We All”), and Taylor Swift & Keith Urban (“Highway Don’t Care”). He joined the ACM Award-winning Yellowstone franchise in the lead role of James Dillard Dutton on 1883. McGraw’s 17th studio album Standing Room Only will be released on August 25. |
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| Chris Stapleton | Male Artist of the Year | 2023 | Kentucky-born Chris Stapleton is one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians. Over the course of his acclaimed career, he has released four albums, including 2020’s Starting Over and has collaborated with Adele, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, P!nk and Santana among many others. He has won eight GRAMMY Awards and 15 ACM Awards including Artist-Songwriter of the Decade for the 2010s, six Album of the Year awards for Traveller, From A Room: Volume 1, and Starting Over (as an artist and producer for each album), three Male Vocalist of the Year awards, two Song of the Year awards for “Nobody To Blame” (as an artist and songwriter), New Male Vocalist of the Year and the ACM Spirit Award which Stapleton received at the 15th Annual ACM Honors in 2022. Most recently, Stapleton won Entertainer of the Year for the first time at the 58th ACM Awards, qualifying him for the ACM Triple Crown Award, and solidifying his name in the history books as one of the most celebrated artists of his generation. In addition to his work as a musician, Stapleton and his wife, Morgane, are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart. | Winner |
| Chris Stapleton | ACM Triple Crown Award | 2023 | Kentucky-born Chris Stapleton is one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians. Over the course of his acclaimed career, he has released four albums, including 2020’s Starting Over and has collaborated with Adele, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, P!nk and Santana among many others. He has won eight GRAMMY Awards and 15 ACM Awards including Artist-Songwriter of the Decade for the 2010s, six Album of the Year awards for Traveller, From A Room: Volume 1, and Starting Over (as an artist and producer for each album), three Male Vocalist of the Year awards, two Song of the Year awards for “Nobody To Blame” (as an artist and songwriter), New Male Vocalist of the Year and the ACM Spirit Award which Stapleton received at the 15th Annual ACM Honors in 2022. Most recently, Stapleton won Entertainer of the Year for the first time at the 58th ACM Awards, qualifying him for the ACM Triple Crown Award, and solidifying his name in the history books as one of the most celebrated artists of his generation. In addition to his work as a musician, Stapleton and his wife, Morgane, are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart. | Winner |
| Chris Stapleton | Artist-Songwriter of the Year | 2023 | Kentucky-born Chris Stapleton is one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians. Over the course of his acclaimed career, he has released four albums, including 2020’s Starting Over and has collaborated with Adele, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, P!nk and Santana among many others. He has won eight GRAMMY Awards and 15 ACM Awards including Artist-Songwriter of the Decade for the 2010s, six Album of the Year awards for Traveller, From A Room: Volume 1, and Starting Over (as an artist and producer for each album), three Male Vocalist of the Year awards, two Song of the Year awards for “Nobody To Blame” (as an artist and songwriter), New Male Vocalist of the Year and the ACM Spirit Award which Stapleton received at the 15th Annual ACM Honors in 2022. Most recently, Stapleton won Entertainer of the Year for the first time at the 58th ACM Awards, qualifying him for the ACM Triple Crown Award, and solidifying his name in the history books as one of the most celebrated artists of his generation. In addition to his work as a musician, Stapleton and his wife, Morgane, are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart. | Winner |
| Troy Vollhoffer | ACM Lifting Lives Award | 2023 | Troy Vollhoffer has been chosen to receive the Lifting Lives Award, honoring the contributions of Gary Haber, known as a business manager and past president of ACM Lifting Lives. This award is presented to a Country Music artist, duo/group, or industry professional who is devoted to improving lives through the power of music, has a generosity of spirit, and is committed to serving others. It is voted on by the ACM Lifting Lives Board of Directors. ACM Lifting Lives Executive Director Lyndsay Cruz congratulates this year’s recipient and says, “This recognition for Troy is so well deserved and is a testament of his generosity and commitment to helping others. As a longtime board member and former Chair, his support has had a huge impact on the work of ACM Lifting Lives, and I’m so delighted we get to celebrate his contributions to making the industry a better place at ACM Honors in August. Troy's efforts have made a difference in people’s lives whether they know it or not, as he doesn’t seek the spotlight and has always been a selfless leader and a beacon of support to so many.” Troy Vollhoffer has been successfully involved in the music industry for more than 30 years, and during that time, he has placed an emphasis on giving back to support the Country community. He joined the Board of ACM Lifting Lives, the philanthropic partner of the Academy of Country Music, in 2016 and rose quickly to Officer positions, including Vice President, President, and ultimately Chair in 2022. Additionally, he’s served on the advisory boards of the T.J. Martell Foundation and Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, among other causes. His company, Premier Global Production, has grown into one of the foremost staging and lighting companies in the world, having provided touring lights and outdoor staging to some of the biggest artists in the industry including Metallica, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florence and the Machine, Tim McGraw, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen, Riley Green, Lee Brice, and many more. The company has also serviced some of the largest events in North America including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Electric Forest Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Music Midtown, Tortuga Music Festival, and Hangout Music Festival, among others. Vollhoffer, a former professional hockey player, is also well-known for music festivals, including six Country Thunder events across North America and a seventh event called Big Valley Jamboree. The Country Music festivals have been recognized for excellence in the music industry, receiving numerous award nominations and taking home the award for ACM Festival of the Year for Country Thunder Wisconsin at the 50th ACM Awards, Country Thunder Arizona at the 53rd ACM Awards, and Country Thunder Bristol, which was announced as the winner for ACM Festival of the Year for the 58th ACM Awards earlier this week. |
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| Clint Black | ACM Poet's Award | 2023 | It’s one of the most storied careers in modern music. With a traditional Country voice and a charismatic smile, Clint Black surged to superstardom as part of the fabled Class of ‘89. Raised in Katy, Texas, Black came up in the bars and nightclubs around Galveston and Houston. With road-tested material and an RCA contract, Black achieved immediate success at radio and especially with fans. He reached No. 1 with five consecutive singles from his triple-platinum debut, Killin’ Time. He received 1989 ACM Awards for Top New Male Vocalist and Top Male Vocalist, while “Better Man” picked up Single of the Year and Killin’ Time collected Album of the Year. He followed that with the triple-platinum Put Yourself in My Shoes, and then a string of platinum and gold albums throughout the ‘90s. Perhaps most impressively, Black wrote or co-wrote every one of his more than three dozen chart hits, including “A Better Man,” “Killin’ Time,” “When My Ship Comes In,” “A Good Run of Bad Luck,” “Summer’s Comin’,” “Like the Rain,” and “Nothin’ But the Taillights,” part of a catalog that produced 22 No. 1 singles and 30 top 10’s that made him one of the most successful singer/songwriters of the modern era. Along the way, Black accepted an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry in 1991, has sold over 20 million records, earned more than a dozen gold and platinum awards in the U.S. and Canada, including a GRAMMY, landed nearly two dozen major awards and nominations, and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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| Mary Chapin Carpenter One of the most eloquent singer-songwriters in country music history, Mary Chapin Carpenter is equally comfortable playing arenas with her band or solo with her acoustic guitar. Carpenter grew up in Princeton, New Jersey and earned a degree from Brown University, then developed her songwriting playing small clubs in Washington, D.C. She signed with Columbia Records on the strength of her early recordings and secured her first Top 10 Country single in 1989 with “Never Had It So Good,” co-written with her co-producer John Jennings. That initial success led to Carpenter’s first ACM Award as the 1990 Top New Female Vocalist. In 1991, her breakout hit “Down at the Twist and Shout” peaked at No. 2. and she carried that momentum into her fourth album, 1992’s Come On Come On. The collection featured hits “I Feel Lucky,” “The Hard Way," and “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her” and went on to sell more than four million copies. Carpenter was awarded ACM Top Female Vocalist Award that year as well. By 1995, Carpenter claimed her own No. 1 country single, “Shut Up and Kiss Me,” and had written a Top 10 hit recorded by Wynonna (“Girls With Guitars”). Carpenter has also had success writing with other artists, including "Sally's Pigeons” with Cyndi Lauper, "No Fear” with Terri Clark, and "Where Are You Now” written with Kim Richey and recorded by Trisha Yearwood. Over the course of her acclaimed career, Carpenter has sold more than 16 million albums, won five GRAMMY Awards with 18 nominations, including her most recent album One Night Lonely, nominated for Best Folk Album in 2022. In 2012, Carpenter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, one of fifteen women to have received the honor at the time. |
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| K.T. Oslin | ACM Poet's Award | 2023 | K.T. Oslin surprised almost everyone when she became a Country Music sensation in her 40s with the career-defining 1987 hit, “80’s Ladies.” But for mature Country listeners who recognized their own lives in her lyrics, it was clear that she arrived right on time. Born in Arkansas, Oslin grew up in Houston and eventually moved to New York City. Although she landed a dancing role on Broadway and toured colleges as a solo performer, Oslin felt drawn to songwriting. Gradually making inroads in Nashville, she placed songs with Dottie West and Gil Davies before landing a last-chance contract with RCA Records. At 44 years old, Oslin released “80’s Ladies” to critical acclaim. Although it peaked at No. 7 at Country radio, her recording won a GRAMMY and prompted her to be named the 1987 ACM New Female Vocalist. Known for telling stories in her innovative, cinematic videos, Oslin also picked up an ACM Award for the “80’s Ladies” music video. Her other beloved originals include “Do Ya’,” “I’ll Always Come Back,” and “Old Pictures,” the latter recorded by the Judds. A year later, Oslin collected 1988 ACM trophies for Top Female Vocalist and Album of the Year for This Woman. She also won two GRAMMYs for the bittersweet ballad, “Hold Me.” Before bowing out of the spotlight in the early 1990s, she placed “Come Next Monday” at the top of the Country chart for two weeks. A 2018 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Oslin passed away in 2020. |
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| Charlie Cook | ACM Service Award | 2023 |
Cook brought those diverse experiences to Cumulus from 2006 to 2008 as Vice President of Programming. His career path then led him back to Los Angeles as Senior Manager of Programming at KKGO for two years, followed by three years at West Virginia Radio Corporation, where he served as Director of Programming. Regarded for his leadership and mentoring, Cook received the CRB’s President’s Award in 2010 and was inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2011. Cook returned to Cumulus in 2014. He currently serves as Vice President of Country Music, Programming Operations Manager for Cumulus Nashville’s five-station cluster, and Program Director for WSM-FM and WKDF-FM. |
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| Bill Mayne | ACM Service Award | 2023 | Bill Mayne devoted his career to Country radio, along with dedicating more than 35 years of service to the Academy of Country Music’s Board of Directors. Mayne studied radio, TV, and film at the University of Houston, and his interest in radio carried him to Austin, Texas, where he worked as a disc jockey and a program director for KNOW. Subsequent stops included KASE in Austin, KSCS/WBAP in Dallas, and KZLA/KLAC in Los Angeles. In 1988, he accepted a position at Warner Bros. Nashville working in promotion, then rose to become Senior Vice President and General Manager of the label. During this time Mayne worked with artists such as Holly Dunn, Faith Hill, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, and Dwight Yoakam. After that, he held an executive role at 903 Music, the label launched by Neal McCoy, prior to establishing his own firm, Mayne Street Consulting. In early 2010, Mayne’s company provided consultation to Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc., during a sensitive time for the Country Radio Seminar. Through Mayne’s leadership, CRS experienced a growth in attendance, sponsorship, and engagement. He had been part of the CRB’s Board of Directors when he accepted the role of Executive Director, a position he held from 2011 until his retirement in 2019. That same year, he marked his 50th anniversary of working in the music industry. Mayne has served as Chairman of the Board for the Academy of Country Music as well as ACM Lifting Lives, the Academy’s charitable partner, in addition to every other officer role. |
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| Charlie Daniels | ACM Spirit Award | 2023 |
Charlie Daniels freely shared his thoughts and viewpoints throughout his career, but his legacy may be his deep love for children, his fans, and his country. He devoted countless hours of his time and recruited several of his favorite artists to join him on the annual Christmas 4 Kids Tour Bus Shows. His many Volunteer Jams appealed to Country listeners who embraced Daniels’ outsized personality, while veterans and military families could not have found a more enthusiastic or patriotic advocate. Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Daniels taught himself to play guitar at 15, started touring with a rock band after high school, and emerged in the 1960s as a promising songwriter and studio musician. Evis Presley cut one of Daniels’ compositions, “It Hurts Me,” in 1964. Daniels co-wrote the song with producer Bob Johnston, who would later hire Daniels to play guitar and/or bass guitar on three albums by Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait and New Morning. In 1973, “Uneasy Rider” carried the Charlie Daniels Band into the Top 10 at pop radio. A year later, Fire on the Mountain proved to be the band’s platinum breakout album, offering essential CDB tracks like “Long Haired Country Boy,” “The South’s Gonna Do It Again,” and “Trudy.” Although Daniels charted 34 singles at Country radio across five consecutive decades, his signature song will always be 1979’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” A recipient of the 1997 ACM Pioneer Award, Daniels was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016 and passed away in 2020. |
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| HARDY | ACM Artist-Songwriter Of The Year | 2023 |
As previously announced, HARDY was awarded the 58th ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year Award. This award is presented to an individual known both as an artist and a songwriter, selected by a Professional Panel of judges whose members composed of songwriters, publishers, producers, and performing rights organization (PRO) representatives. The Panel submits five nominees, at which time ACM members in the Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer, Songwriter, Music Publisher/PRO and Record Company categories vote for the winner. This is the first-ever ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year Award and HARDY receives the honor after winning ACM Songwriter of the Year last year. Big Loud Records' heavy-hitter HARDY has never been just one thing. Uncaging a new chapter, HARDY soared to new heights with the release of the mockingbird & THE CROW, his critically acclaimed half-country, half-rock sophomore album, adding to over 2.8 billion career streams. The dichotomous, 17-track effort debuted top-five all-genre on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and kinged seven additional Billboard charts in its first week, including Top Country Albums, Top Rock Albums, and Top Album Sales. The pride of Philadelphia, Miss. has earned his reputation as “a promising purveyor of keeping the spirit of classic heavy Southern rock alive” (American Songwriter), “capable of writing the big hits for radio, obstinate enough to do something completely unexpected, and savvy enough to find the throughline for it all” (Rolling Stone). A five-time ACM Award winner, HARDY is a three-time CMA Triple Play Award recipient, the 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year, and a three-time AIMP Songwriter of the Year. HARDY has written 13 No. 1 singles including his own double platinum No. 1 single “ONE BEER” feat. Lauren Alaina + Devin Dawson, chart-topping, platinum Dierks Bentley + BRELAND collaboration, “Beers On Me,” and game-changing platinum duet “wait in the truck” feat. Lainey Wilson. HARDY has been nominated for ACM Awards with a songwriter credit on Morgan Wallen’s “Sand In My Boots,” Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country,” which HARDY took home an ACM Award for, and his own song “wait in the truck.” He's previously toured with Thomas Rhett, Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, and more, and flies nationwide on his sold-out, 19-date headline arena tour, the mockingbird & THE CROW Tour, this fall. |
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| Mike Dungan | ACM Icon Award | 2023 |
Mike Dungan has been a Country Music champion for decades, all the while developing top artists and delivering countless hits as a label executive. A Cincinnati native, Dungan got his start in the industry as a teenager working in a record store. In 1979, a label representative noticed Dungan’s potential and helped him land a job with RCA Records promoting pop records in the Midwest. In 1990, Dungan moved to Nashville as head of sales and marketing for Arista Nashville, which quickly evolved from a fledgling label into a multiplatinum powerhouse. Alongside label president Tim DuBois, Dungan nurtured new artists like Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio, Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, and others. He also signed Brad Paisley to the label in 1998. Upon being appointed president at Capitol Nashville in 2000, Dungan again tapped into a promising group of new artists and guided them into Country stardom. He elevated the careers of Little Big Town, Darius Rucker, and Keith Urban, and brought Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, and Lady Antebellum to the label. In 2012, Dungan joined UMG Nashville as Chairman and CEO, ushering in another lucrative decade with artists like Brothers Osborne, Kacey Musgraves, and Chris Stapleton. The label group continues to thrive with rising stars like Priscilla Block, Jordan Davis, and Parker McCollum. Dungan’s philanthropic efforts have supported entities such as Music Health Alliance, Wounded Warrior Project, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, and Second Harvest Food Bank. |
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| BRELAND | ACM Lift Every Voice Award | 2023 | BRELAND has been chosen to receive the first-ever ACM Lift Every Voice Award. This award is presented to a Country Music artist, duo/group, industry leader or affiliate/partner who plays a pivotal role in elevating underrepresented voices throughout the Country Music genre, transcending demographics and geography. The nominee for this category is proposed by the rising leaders in the Academy’s LEVel UP: Lift Every Voice professional development and enrichment program, a two-year curriculum designed to empower participants to play a pivotal role in expanding the horizons of Country Music into new audiences that transcend demographics and geography. Daniel Breland, better known by his stage name BRELAND, might seem like an unexpected Country Music breakout, but those who know him and his music understand his broad “Cross Country” appeal. Growing up in New Jersey as the son of ministers, he was exposed to gospel music at a young age. He first experienced secular music when he moved to boarding school at 14 where rap, hip-hop, and pop were predominant. Before attending college at Georgetown University, BRELAND dove into songwriting, and his songs were obvious products of his multi-genre influence. After college, he continued to pursue music in Atlanta, teaching himself the skills and software knowledge to produce his own music. Through social media and his #BrelandVerseChallenge, BRELAND rose to prominence during the pandemic, and his song “My Truck” solidified his place as a force for uniqueness and creativity in the Country landscape. In the years since, BRELAND has released a full-length debut project, achieved Gold and Platinum record status, was named a 2022 Amazon Breakthrough Artist, performed on the 57th ACM Awards, and collaborated with heavy hitters like Dierks Bentley, Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, and Keith Urban. Beyond his music, BRELAND is a team player in the Tennessee community. His annual BRELAND & Friends benefit concert supports Oasis Center, a Middle Tennessee-based comprehensive youth development agency. BRELAND continues to deliver messages of positivity and authenticity in all he does and is a driving force behind breaking the barriers of Country Music. |
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| Ashley Gorley | ACM Songwriter Of The Year | 2023 | As previously announced, Ashley Gorley was awarded the 58th ACM Songwriter of the Year Award. This award is presented to an individual known predominately as a songwriter, selected by a professional panel of judges composed of songwriters, publishers, producers, and performing rights organization (PRO) representatives. The Panel submits five nominees, at which time ACM members in the Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer, Songwriter, Music Publisher/PRO and Record Company categories vote for the winner. This is Ashley Gorley’s first ACM Songwriter of the Year Award. Ashley Gorley has written 67 No. 1 singles and has had more than 400 songs recorded by artists such as Morgan Wallen, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, Cole Swindell, Blake Shelton, HARDY, Kelsea Ballerini, Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt, Parmalee, Lee Brice, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker. He was named the ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year in 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022, Billboard Country Songwriter of the Year in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 20 22, and the NSAI Songwriter of the Year in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022. He was also named the NMPA’s Top Male Songwriter of 2021 with 24 certified songs. Gorley has been nominated for multiple GRAMMY, CMA and ACM Awards and has received the CMA’s Triple Play Award 20 times in his career, which recognizes songwriters with three or more No.1 songs in one year. In 2016, he became the first songwriter to be honored with three CMA Triple Play Awards in a single year for earning nine chart-topping songs in a 12-month period. He repeated that feat in 2020 and 2022. This year, Gorley was announced as ACM Songwriter of the Year for the first time, taking home the Song of the Year award and celebrated three Song of the Year nods, placing him in rare company with Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard, the only other songwriters to achieve the feat in a single year. In addition to his decorated career as a songwriter, Gorley runs his own publishing company, Tape Room Music, whose writers have celebrated nearly 40 No. 1s and several Top Ten songs recorded by artists such as HARDY, Sam Hunt, Keith Urban, Dustin Lynch, Jake Owen, and Florida Georgia Line. |
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| Katie Neal | National Daily On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Winner | |
| B-Dub B-Dub Radio Saturday Night |
National Weekly On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Winner | |
| The Doc Show - Doc Medek and Chewy Medek WGGY-FM - Scranton, PA |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Medium Market | 2023 | Winner | |
| Annie & Cole - Annie Fox and Cole Dunbar WLHK-FM - Indianapolis, IN |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Winner | |
| The Jason Pullman Show - Jason Pullman KPLX-FM - Dallas, TX |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Major Market | 2023 | Winner | |
| WBEE-FM Rochester, NY |
Radio Station of the Year - Medium Market | 2023 | Winner | |
| WGGY-FM Scranton, PA |
Radio Station of the Year - Medium Market | 2023 | Winner | |
| WFLS-FM Fredericksburg, VA |
Radio Station of the Year - Small Market | 2023 | Winner | |
| Megan Moroney | New Female Artist of the Year | 2023 | Winner | |
| Dan + Shay | Duo of the Year | 2023 | Dan + Shay, the reigning ACM Duo of the Year, have reached the status of arena headliners with a winning blend of romantic songwriting, emotional delivery, and a strong bond of friendship. With over 7.6 billion global career streams, they broadened their audience with a sold-out 2019 UK tour and a sold-out Australian takeover with superstar Shawn Mendes, performing impassioned songs like 6X Platinum smash hit “Tequila,” which has surpassed 1.2 billion global streams. They built that international following through UK tour stops in 2016 and 2017. 4X Platinum phenomenon “10,000 Hours,” their outstanding collaboration with Justin Bieber, has over 1.6 billion global streams and has been certified 4X Platinum in Canada, 3X Platinum in Australia, Platinum in Netherlands and Gold in Brazil, Ireland, Sweden and New Zealand. It was featured on 39 out of 40 Spotify’s “New Music Friday” playlists upon release and was the cover of all 115 Apple Music “New Music Daily” playlists. Incredibly, it reached No. 1 on Australia’s Top 100 Radiomonitors All Plays airplay chart, as well as China’s Netease and No. 2 on QQ Music. Dan + Shay’s self-titled third studio album reached No. 3 in U.S., Australia and Canada, No. 8 in Finland, No. 13 in Indonesia and UK and No. 14 in Ireland on the iTunes All-Genre charts, also reaching the top of the iTunes Country chart in Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK and US., spreading Country Music around the globe and earning them the ACM Jim Reeves International Award. | Winner |
| Old Dominion | Group of the Year | 2023 | Winner | |
| Tigirlily Gold | New Duo or Group of the Year | 2023 | Winner | |
| Higher Chris Stapleton |
Album of the Year | 2023 | Winner | |
| Lainey Wilson | Entertainer of the Year | 2023 | Winner | |
| Lainey Wilson | Female Artist of the Year | 2023 | Winner | |
| Kane Brown | ACM International Award | 2023 |
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| Jessie Jo Dillon | Songwriter of the Year | 2023 | Winner | |
| Save Me Jelly Roll (with Lainey Wilson) |
Music Event of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Jelly Roll Artist: Lainey Wilson Producer: Zach Crowell Producer: David Ray Stevens Record Company-Label: Stoney Creek Records Record Company-Label: BMG Nashville |
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| Fast Car Luke Combs |
Single of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Luke Combs Producer: Luke Combs Producer: Chip Matthews Producer: Jonathan Singleton Record Company-Label: River House Artists Record Company-Label: Columbia Nashville |
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| Next Thing You Know Jordan Davis |
Song of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Jordan Davis Songwriter: Chase McGill Songwriter: Greylan James Songwriter: Jordan Davis Songwriter: Josh Osborne Publisher: Anthem Entertainment Publisher: Family Farm Songs Publisher: Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music Publisher: Songs of Universal Inc. |
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| Burn It Down Parker McCollum |
Visual Media of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Parker McCollum Producer: Christen Pinkston Producer: Wesley Stebbins-Perry Director: Dustin Haney |
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Tim McGraw has been at the forefront of Country Music for nearly three decades. Through performing, producing and high-profile acting roles, McGraw has weathered the changes of Country Music to remain one of its most recognizable superstars. The Louisiana native moved to Nashville in 1989, just as a wave of new artists began taking over the Country charts. McGraw kicked off his career success with mid-‘90s hits like, “Don’t Take the Girl,” “Not a Moment Too Soon,” and “I Like It, I Love It,” which all spent multiple weeks at No. 1.
McGraw collected his first of 21 ACM Award trophies in 1994 for Top New Male Vocalist and Album of the Year (Not a Moment Too Soon). The ACM then bestowed Single, Song, Vocal Event and Video of the Year awards to his 1997 smash duet with his wife Faith Hill, “It’s Your Love.” McGraw concluded the decade with back-to-back Male Vocalist trophies. However, his biggest radio hit lay ahead: 2004’s “Live Like You Were Dying,” named ACM Single and Song of the Year. With “I Called Mama” in 2020, he entered his fourth decade of radio success.
One of Country Music’s most collaborative artists, McGraw co-produced Jo Dee Messina’s breakout albums and recorded ACM Award-winning hits with Kenny Chesney & Tracy Lawrence (“Find Out Who Your Friends Are”), Florida Georgia Line (“May We All”), and Taylor Swift & Keith Urban (“Highway Don’t Care”). He joined the ACM Award-winning Yellowstone franchise in the lead role of James Dillard Dutton on 1883. McGraw’s 17th studio album Standing Room Only will be released on August 25.
Troy Vollhoffer has been chosen to receive the Lifting Lives Award, honoring the contributions of Gary Haber, known as a business manager and past president of ACM Lifting Lives. This award is presented to a Country Music artist, duo/group, or industry professional who is devoted to improving lives through the power of music, has a generosity of spirit, and is committed to serving others. It is voted on by the ACM Lifting Lives Board of Directors.
ACM Lifting Lives Executive Director Lyndsay Cruz congratulates this year’s recipient and says, “This recognition for Troy is so well deserved and is a testament of his generosity and commitment to helping others. As a longtime board member and former Chair, his support has had a huge impact on the work of ACM Lifting Lives, and I’m so delighted we get to celebrate his contributions to making the industry a better place at ACM Honors in August. Troy's efforts have made a difference in people’s lives whether they know it or not, as he doesn’t seek the spotlight and has always been a selfless leader and a beacon of support to so many.”
Troy Vollhoffer has been successfully involved in the music industry for more than 30 years, and during that time, he has placed an emphasis on giving back to support the Country community. He joined the Board of ACM Lifting Lives, the philanthropic partner of the Academy of Country Music, in 2016 and rose quickly to Officer positions, including Vice President, President, and ultimately Chair in 2022. Additionally, he’s served on the advisory boards of the T.J. Martell Foundation and Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, among other causes.
His company, Premier Global Production, has grown into one of the foremost staging and lighting companies in the world, having provided touring lights and outdoor staging to some of the biggest artists in the industry including Metallica, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florence and the Machine, Tim McGraw, Chris Stapleton, Morgan Wallen, Riley Green, Lee Brice, and many more. The company has also serviced some of the largest events in North America including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Electric Forest Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Music Midtown, Tortuga Music Festival, and Hangout Music Festival, among others.
Vollhoffer, a former professional hockey player, is also well-known for music festivals, including six Country Thunder events across North America and a seventh event called Big Valley Jamboree. The Country Music festivals have been recognized for excellence in the music industry, receiving numerous award nominations and taking home the award for ACM Festival of the Year for Country Thunder Wisconsin at the 50th ACM Awards, Country Thunder Arizona at the 53rd ACM Awards, and Country Thunder Bristol, which was announced as the winner for ACM Festival of the Year for the 58th ACM Awards earlier this week.
It’s one of the most storied careers in modern music. With a traditional Country voice and a charismatic smile, Clint Black surged to superstardom as part of the fabled Class of ‘89. Raised in Katy, Texas, Black came up in the bars and nightclubs around Galveston and Houston. With road-tested material and an RCA contract, Black achieved immediate success at radio and especially with fans. He reached No. 1 with five consecutive singles from his triple-platinum debut, Killin’ Time. He received 1989 ACM Awards for Top New Male Vocalist and Top Male Vocalist, while “Better Man” picked up Single of the Year and Killin’ Time collected Album of the Year. He followed that with the triple-platinum Put Yourself in My Shoes, and then a string of platinum and gold albums throughout the ‘90s. Perhaps most impressively, Black wrote or co-wrote every one of his more than three dozen chart hits, including “A Better Man,” “Killin’ Time,” “When My Ship Comes In,” “A Good Run of Bad Luck,” “Summer’s Comin’,” “Like the Rain,” and “Nothin’ But the Taillights,” part of a catalog that produced 22 No. 1 singles and 30 top 10’s that made him one of the most successful singer/songwriters of the modern era.
Along the way, Black accepted an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry in 1991, has sold over 20 million records, earned more than a dozen gold and platinum awards in the U.S. and Canada, including a GRAMMY, landed nearly two dozen major awards and nominations, and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
K.T. Oslin surprised almost everyone when she became a Country Music sensation in her 40s with the career-defining 1987 hit, “80’s Ladies.” But for mature Country listeners who recognized their own lives in her lyrics, it was clear that she arrived right on time. Born in Arkansas, Oslin grew up in Houston and eventually moved to New York City. Although she landed a dancing role on Broadway and toured colleges as a solo performer, Oslin felt drawn to songwriting. Gradually making inroads in Nashville, she placed songs with Dottie West and Gil Davies before landing a last-chance contract with RCA Records.
At 44 years old, Oslin released “80’s Ladies” to critical acclaim. Although it peaked at No. 7 at Country radio, her recording won a GRAMMY and prompted her to be named the 1987 ACM New Female Vocalist. Known for telling stories in her innovative, cinematic videos, Oslin also picked up an ACM Award for the “80’s Ladies” music video. Her other beloved originals include “Do Ya’,” “I’ll Always Come Back,” and “Old Pictures,” the latter recorded by the Judds.
A year later, Oslin collected 1988 ACM trophies for Top Female Vocalist and Album of the Year for This Woman. She also won two GRAMMYs for the bittersweet ballad, “Hold Me.” Before bowing out of the spotlight in the early 1990s, she placed “Come Next Monday” at the top of the Country chart for two weeks. A 2018 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Oslin passed away in 2020.
Charlie Cook is an award-winning disc jockey, an accomplished Country radio executive, and a former Chairman, President, and Radio Committee Chair of the Academy of Country Music’s Board of Directors, where he still serves as the longest-serving ACM Board Member in Academy history. Cook started his career at WMBN in Petoskey, Michigan, and built his résumé with stops in KLAK/Denver, WWVA/Wheeling, West Virginia, and WHN/New York City. In 1977, he was named “DJ of the Year” by Billboard. After a short time in Miami, Cook relocated to Los Angeles in 1980 to flip KHJ-AM to Country, then accepted a job offer at another L.A. Country station, KLAC. After a management change, Cook found an opportunity to join McVay Media, a position he held for 13 years. However, exhausted from the traveling it required, Cook opted for a role at Westwood One, where he stayed from 1996 to 2006.
Cook brought those diverse experiences to Cumulus from 2006 to 2008 as Vice President of Programming. His career path then led him back to Los Angeles as Senior Manager of Programming at KKGO for two years, followed by three years at West Virginia Radio Corporation, where he served as Director of Programming. Regarded for his leadership and mentoring, Cook received the CRB’s President’s Award in 2010 and was inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2011. Cook returned to Cumulus in 2014. He currently serves as Vice President of Country Music, Programming Operations Manager for Cumulus Nashville’s five-station cluster, and Program Director for WSM-FM and WKDF-FM.
Bill Mayne devoted his career to Country radio, along with dedicating more than 35 years of service to the Academy of Country Music’s Board of Directors. Mayne studied radio, TV, and film at the University of Houston, and his interest in radio carried him to Austin, Texas, where he worked as a disc jockey and a program director for KNOW. Subsequent stops included KASE in Austin, KSCS/WBAP in Dallas, and KZLA/KLAC in Los Angeles. In 1988, he accepted a position at Warner Bros. Nashville working in promotion, then rose to become Senior Vice President and General Manager of the label. During this time Mayne worked with artists such as Holly Dunn, Faith Hill, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, and Dwight Yoakam. After that, he held an executive role at 903 Music, the label launched by Neal McCoy, prior to establishing his own firm, Mayne Street Consulting.
In early 2010, Mayne’s company provided consultation to Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc., during a sensitive time for the Country Radio Seminar. Through Mayne’s leadership, CRS experienced a growth in attendance, sponsorship, and engagement. He had been part of the CRB’s Board of Directors when he accepted the role of Executive Director, a position he held from 2011 until his retirement in 2019. That same year, he marked his 50th anniversary of working in the music industry. Mayne has served as Chairman of the Board for the Academy of Country Music as well as ACM Lifting Lives, the Academy’s charitable partner, in addition to every other officer role.
Charlie Daniels has been chosen for the ACM Spirit Award, honoring the contributions of Merle Haggard, who received 20 ACM Awards in his career, including the Triple Crown Award. This award is presented to a singer-songwriter who is continuing the legacy of Country Music legend Merle Haggard by following his/her own path, crafting great songs, and epitomizing Haggard’s spirit through genuine performances and great storytelling.
Charlie Daniels freely shared his thoughts and viewpoints throughout his career, but his legacy may be his deep love for children, his fans, and his country. He devoted countless hours of his time and recruited several of his favorite artists to join him on the annual Christmas 4 Kids Tour Bus Shows. His many Volunteer Jams appealed to Country listeners who embraced Daniels’ outsized personality, while veterans and military families could not have found a more enthusiastic or patriotic advocate.
Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Daniels taught himself to play guitar at 15, started touring with a rock band after high school, and emerged in the 1960s as a promising songwriter and studio musician. Evis Presley cut one of Daniels’ compositions, “It Hurts Me,” in 1964. Daniels co-wrote the song with producer Bob Johnston, who would later hire Daniels to play guitar and/or bass guitar on three albums by Bob Dylan: Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait and New Morning.
In 1973, “Uneasy Rider” carried the Charlie Daniels Band into the Top 10 at pop radio. A year later, Fire on the Mountain proved to be the band’s platinum breakout album, offering essential CDB tracks like “Long Haired Country Boy,” “The South’s Gonna Do It Again,” and “Trudy.” Although Daniels charted 34 singles at Country radio across five consecutive decades, his signature song will always be 1979’s “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” A recipient of the 1997 ACM Pioneer Award, Daniels was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016 and passed away in 2020.
As previously announced, HARDY was awarded the 58th ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year Award. This award is presented to an individual known both as an artist and a songwriter, selected by a Professional Panel of judges whose members composed of songwriters, publishers, producers, and performing rights organization (PRO) representatives. The Panel submits five nominees, at which time ACM members in the Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer, Songwriter, Music Publisher/PRO and Record Company categories vote for the winner. This is the first-ever ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year Award and HARDY receives the honor after winning ACM Songwriter of the Year last year.
Big Loud Records' heavy-hitter HARDY has never been just one thing. Uncaging a new chapter, HARDY soared to new heights with the release of the mockingbird & THE CROW, his critically acclaimed half-country, half-rock sophomore album, adding to over 2.8 billion career streams. The dichotomous, 17-track effort debuted top-five all-genre on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and kinged seven additional Billboard charts in its first week, including Top Country Albums, Top Rock Albums, and Top Album Sales. The pride of Philadelphia, Miss. has earned his reputation as “a promising purveyor of keeping the spirit of classic heavy Southern rock alive” (American Songwriter), “capable of writing the big hits for radio, obstinate enough to do something completely unexpected, and savvy enough to find the throughline for it all” (Rolling Stone). A five-time ACM Award winner, HARDY is a three-time CMA Triple Play Award recipient, the 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year, and a three-time AIMP Songwriter of the Year. HARDY has written 13 No. 1 singles including his own double platinum No. 1 single “ONE BEER” feat. Lauren Alaina + Devin Dawson, chart-topping, platinum Dierks Bentley + BRELAND collaboration, “Beers On Me,” and game-changing platinum duet “wait in the truck” feat. Lainey Wilson. HARDY has been nominated for ACM Awards with a songwriter credit on Morgan Wallen’s “Sand In My Boots,” Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country,” which HARDY took home an ACM Award for, and his own song “wait in the truck.” He's previously toured with Thomas Rhett, Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, and more, and flies nationwide on his sold-out, 19-date headline arena tour, the mockingbird & THE CROW Tour, this fall.
Mike Dungan has been a Country Music champion for decades, all the while developing top artists and delivering countless hits as a label executive. A Cincinnati native, Dungan got his start in the industry as a teenager working in a record store. In 1979, a label representative noticed Dungan’s potential and helped him land a job with RCA Records promoting pop records in the Midwest. In 1990, Dungan moved to Nashville as head of sales and marketing for Arista Nashville, which quickly evolved from a fledgling label into a multiplatinum powerhouse. Alongside label president Tim DuBois, Dungan nurtured new artists like Brooks & Dunn, Diamond Rio, Alan Jackson, Pam Tillis, and others. He also signed Brad Paisley to the label in 1998.
Upon being appointed president at Capitol Nashville in 2000, Dungan again tapped into a promising group of new artists and guided them into Country stardom. He elevated the careers of Little Big Town, Darius Rucker, and Keith Urban, and brought Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, and Lady Antebellum to the label. In 2012, Dungan joined UMG Nashville as Chairman and CEO, ushering in another lucrative decade with artists like Brothers Osborne, Kacey Musgraves, and Chris Stapleton. The label group continues to thrive with rising stars like Priscilla Block, Jordan Davis, and Parker McCollum. Dungan’s philanthropic efforts have supported entities such as Music Health Alliance, Wounded Warrior Project, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, and Second Harvest Food Bank.
BRELAND has been chosen to receive the first-ever ACM Lift Every Voice Award. This award is presented to a Country Music artist, duo/group, industry leader or affiliate/partner who plays a pivotal role in elevating underrepresented voices throughout the Country Music genre, transcending demographics and geography. The nominee for this category is proposed by the rising leaders in the Academy’s LEVel UP: Lift Every Voice professional development and enrichment program, a two-year curriculum designed to empower participants to play a pivotal role in expanding the horizons of Country Music into new audiences that transcend demographics and geography.
Daniel Breland, better known by his stage name BRELAND, might seem like an unexpected Country Music breakout, but those who know him and his music understand his broad “Cross Country” appeal. Growing up in New Jersey as the son of ministers, he was exposed to gospel music at a young age. He first experienced secular music when he moved to boarding school at 14 where rap, hip-hop, and pop were predominant. Before attending college at Georgetown University, BRELAND dove into songwriting, and his songs were obvious products of his multi-genre influence. After college, he continued to pursue music in Atlanta, teaching himself the skills and software knowledge to produce his own music. Through social media and his #BrelandVerseChallenge, BRELAND rose to prominence during the pandemic, and his song “My Truck” solidified his place as a force for uniqueness and creativity in the Country landscape. In the years since, BRELAND has released a full-length debut project, achieved Gold and Platinum record status, was named a 2022 Amazon Breakthrough Artist, performed on the 57th ACM Awards, and collaborated with heavy hitters like Dierks Bentley, Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett, and Keith Urban.
Beyond his music, BRELAND is a team player in the Tennessee community. His annual BRELAND & Friends benefit concert supports Oasis Center, a Middle Tennessee-based comprehensive youth development agency. BRELAND continues to deliver messages of positivity and authenticity in all he does and is a driving force behind breaking the barriers of Country Music.
As previously announced, Ashley Gorley was awarded the 58th ACM Songwriter of the Year Award. This award is presented to an individual known predominately as a songwriter, selected by a professional panel of judges composed of songwriters, publishers, producers, and performing rights organization (PRO) representatives. The Panel submits five nominees, at which time ACM members in the Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer, Songwriter, Music Publisher/PRO and Record Company categories vote for the winner. This is Ashley Gorley’s first ACM Songwriter of the Year Award.
Ashley Gorley has written 67 No. 1 singles and has had more than 400 songs recorded by artists such as Morgan Wallen, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, Cole Swindell, Blake Shelton, HARDY, Kelsea Ballerini, Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt, Parmalee, Lee Brice, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker. He was named the ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year in 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022, Billboard Country Songwriter of the Year in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 20
22, and the NSAI Songwriter of the Year in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022. He was also named the NMPA’s Top Male Songwriter of 2021 with 24 certified songs. Gorley has been nominated for multiple GRAMMY, CMA and ACM Awards and has received the CMA’s Triple Play Award 20 times in his career, which recognizes songwriters with three or more No.1 songs in one year. In 2016, he became the first songwriter to be honored with three CMA Triple Play Awards in a single year for earning nine chart-topping songs in a 12-month period. He repeated that feat in 2020 and 2022. This year, Gorley was announced as ACM Songwriter of the Year for the first time, taking home the Song of the Year award and celebrated three Song of the Year nods, placing him in rare company with Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard, the only other songwriters to achieve the feat in a single year. In addition to his decorated career as a songwriter, Gorley runs his own publishing company, Tape Room Music, whose writers have celebrated nearly 40 No. 1s and several Top Ten songs recorded by artists such as HARDY, Sam Hunt, Keith Urban, Dustin Lynch, Jake Owen, and Florida Georgia Line.
Artist: Lainey Wilson
Producer: Zach Crowell
Producer: David Ray Stevens
Record Company-Label: Stoney Creek Records
Record Company-Label: BMG Nashville
Producer: Luke Combs
Producer: Chip Matthews
Producer: Jonathan Singleton
Record Company-Label: River House Artists
Record Company-Label: Columbia Nashville
Songwriter: Chase McGill
Songwriter: Greylan James
Songwriter: Jordan Davis
Songwriter: Josh Osborne
Publisher: Anthem Entertainment
Publisher: Family Farm Songs
Publisher: Hold On Can I Get A Number 1 Music
Publisher: Songs of Universal Inc.
Producer: Christen Pinkston
Producer: Wesley Stebbins-Perry
Director: Dustin Haney
Nominees Search Results
| Artist/Song/Album Name | Award Category | Year | Credits | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dann Huff | Producer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Drew Bollman | Audio Engineer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| F. Reid Shippen | Audio Engineer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jimmie Lee Sloas | Bass Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Foxwoods Resort and Casino - Mashantucket, CT | Casino of the Year - Theater | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Gil Cunningham | Don Romeo Talent Buyer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Brian O'Connell | Promoter of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Bryan Sutton | Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Tom Bukovac | Electric Guitar Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| 8 Seconds Saloon - Indianapolis, IN | Club of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Greg Morrow | Drummer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jim "Moose" Brown | Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Charlie Judge | Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Ed Warm | Don Romeo Talent Buyer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jon Randall | Producer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Dan Dugmore | Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Paul Franklin | Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Joey Moi | Producer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Fred Eltringham | Drummer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Danny Rader | Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Nir Z | Drummer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Tony Lucido | Bass Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Windy City Smokeout - Chicago, IL | Festival of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Derek Wells | Producer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Joe's Live - Rosemont, IL | Club of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jerry Roe | Drummer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Ilya Toshinskiy | Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Justin Schipper | Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jim Cooley | Audio Engineer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Ascend Amphitheater - Nashville, TN | Outdoor Venue of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Evan Hutchings | Drummer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jedd Hughes | Electric Guitar Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| David Dorn | Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Charlie Worsham | Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| KSON-FM San Diego, CA |
Radio Station of the Year - Major Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| KNCI-FM Sacramento, CA |
Radio Station of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| WDSY-FM Pittsburgh, PA |
Radio Station of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| WQDR-FM Raleigh, NC |
Radio Station of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| KXKT-FM Omaha, NE |
Radio Station of the Year - Medium Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| KATI-FM Jefferson City, MO |
Radio Station of the Year - Small Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| KCLR-FM Columbia, MO |
Radio Station of the Year - Small Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Steve Mackey | Bass Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Kris Donegan | Electric Guitar Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jason Hall | Audio Engineer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| WYCD-FM Detroit, MI |
Radio Station of the Year - Major Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Carolina Country Music Fest – Myrtle Beach, SC | Festival of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Georgia Theatre – Athens, GA | Club of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Saint Augustine Amphitheatre – St. Augustine, FL | Outdoor Venue of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Adam Weiser | Promoter of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Aaron Spalding | Promoter of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Todd Lombardo | Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Billy Justineau | Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Josh Matheny | Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Dickies Arena – Fort Worth, TX | Arena of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Deadwood Mountain Grand – Deadwood, SD | Casino of the Year - Theater | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, CT | Casino of the Year - Arena | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Cheyenne Frontier Days – Cheyenne, WY | Fair/Rodeo of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Minnesota State Fai – St. Paul, MN | Fair/Rodeo of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Tortuga Music Festival – Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Festival of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Billy Bob's Texas – Fort Worth, TX | Club of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN | Theater of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO | Outdoor Venue of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| The Wharf Amphitheater – Orange Beach, AL | Outdoor Venue of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN | Arena of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| The Wayne D Show – Wayne D and Tay Hamilton WSIX-FM - Nashville, TN |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Ania Hammar Nights with Ania |
National Daily On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Elaina Smith Nights with Elaina |
National Daily On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Bobby Bones, Amy, Lunchbox, Producer Eddie, Morgan, SZN, Scuba Steve, Mike D, Abby, Pitts, Kevin, and Lauren The Bobby Bones Show |
National Daily On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| KILT-FM Houston, TX |
Radio Station of the Year - Major Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| KFRG-FM San Bernardino, CA |
Radio Station of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Ashley McBryde | Female Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn dominated country radio for two decades, from 1991's "Brand New Man" to 2009's "Cowboys Don't Cry." They landed their first ACM Awards for 1991 Vocal Duo and New Vocal Duet or Group. They claimed the Vocal Duo category 16 times, setting a record that may never be broken. Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn shot out of the gate as Brand New Man won the 1992 ACM Award for Album of the Year, while "Boot Scootin' Boogie" picked up Single Record of the Year. They earned Entertainer of the Year honors for 1995 and 1996, the only duo to ever win the award. They picked up a third Entertainer award and a Music Video of the Year trophy for "Only in America" for 2001 Among their 41 Top 10 hits are signature songs include "My Next Broken Heart," "My Maria," 'Ain't Nothin' 'Bout You" and "Red Dirt Road," while the stunning "Believe" picked up 2005 ACM Song of the Year. Known as one of country's most dynamic live acts, Brooks & Dunn is in the midst of a Las Vegas residency with Reba. The duo's newest project, Reboot, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's country albums chart this year. |
Duo of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Craig Young Craig Young |
Bass Player of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Lex Price | Bass Player of the Year | 2023 | Lex Price | Nominee |
| Brian Sutton | Acoustic Guitar Player of the Year | 2023 | Brian Sutton | Nominee |
| Alex Wright | Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year | 2023 | Alex Wright | Nominee |
| Resorts World Theatre at Resorts World Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV | Casino of the Year - Theater | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Rob McNelly | Electric Guitar Player of the Year | 2023 | Rob McNelly | Nominee |
| Mystic Lake Casino Showroom - Prior Lake, MN | Casino of the Year - Arena | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Auburn Rodeo - Opelika, AL | Fair/Rodeo of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Iowa State Fair - Des Moines, IA | Fair/Rodeo of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Sol Philcox-Littlefield | Electric Guitar Player of the Year | 2023 | Sol Philcox-Littlefield | Nominee |
| Santa Barbara Bowl - Santa Barbara, CA | Outdoor Venue of the Year | 2023 | Santa Barbara Bowl - Santa Barbara, CA | Nominee |
| Hertz Arena - Estero, FL | Arena of the Year | 2023 | Hertz Arena - Estero, FL | Nominee |
| Stacy Vee | Don Romeo Talent Buyer of the Year | 2023 | Stacy Vee | Nominee |
| Patrick McDill | Promoter of the Year | 2023 | Patrick McDill | Nominee |
| Chase McGill | Songwriter of the Year | 2023 | Chase McGill | Nominee |
| Chris Stapleton | Entertainer of the Year | 2023 | Kentucky-born Chris Stapleton is one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians. Over the course of his acclaimed career, he has released four albums, including 2020’s Starting Over and has collaborated with Adele, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, P!nk and Santana among many others. He has won eight GRAMMY Awards and 15 ACM Awards including Artist-Songwriter of the Decade for the 2010s, six Album of the Year awards for Traveller, From A Room: Volume 1, and Starting Over (as an artist and producer for each album), three Male Vocalist of the Year awards, two Song of the Year awards for “Nobody To Blame” (as an artist and songwriter), New Male Vocalist of the Year and the ACM Spirit Award which Stapleton received at the 15th Annual ACM Honors in 2022. Most recently, Stapleton won Entertainer of the Year for the first time at the 58th ACM Awards, qualifying him for the ACM Triple Crown Award, and solidifying his name in the history books as one of the most celebrated artists of his generation. In addition to his work as a musician, Stapleton and his wife, Morgane, are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart. | Nominee |
| HARDY | Artist-Songwriter of the Year | 2023 |
As previously announced, HARDY was awarded the 58th ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year Award. This award is presented to an individual known both as an artist and a songwriter, selected by a Professional Panel of judges whose members composed of songwriters, publishers, producers, and performing rights organization (PRO) representatives. The Panel submits five nominees, at which time ACM members in the Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer, Songwriter, Music Publisher/PRO and Record Company categories vote for the winner. This is the first-ever ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year Award and HARDY receives the honor after winning ACM Songwriter of the Year last year. Big Loud Records' heavy-hitter HARDY has never been just one thing. Uncaging a new chapter, HARDY soared to new heights with the release of the mockingbird & THE CROW, his critically acclaimed half-country, half-rock sophomore album, adding to over 2.8 billion career streams. The dichotomous, 17-track effort debuted top-five all-genre on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and kinged seven additional Billboard charts in its first week, including Top Country Albums, Top Rock Albums, and Top Album Sales. The pride of Philadelphia, Miss. has earned his reputation as “a promising purveyor of keeping the spirit of classic heavy Southern rock alive” (American Songwriter), “capable of writing the big hits for radio, obstinate enough to do something completely unexpected, and savvy enough to find the throughline for it all” (Rolling Stone). A five-time ACM Award winner, HARDY is a three-time CMA Triple Play Award recipient, the 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year, and a three-time AIMP Songwriter of the Year. HARDY has written 13 No. 1 singles including his own double platinum No. 1 single “ONE BEER” feat. Lauren Alaina + Devin Dawson, chart-topping, platinum Dierks Bentley + BRELAND collaboration, “Beers On Me,” and game-changing platinum duet “wait in the truck” feat. Lainey Wilson. HARDY has been nominated for ACM Awards with a songwriter credit on Morgan Wallen’s “Sand In My Boots,” Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country,” which HARDY took home an ACM Award for, and his own song “wait in the truck.” He's previously toured with Thomas Rhett, Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, and more, and flies nationwide on his sold-out, 19-date headline arena tour, the mockingbird & THE CROW Tour, this fall. |
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| Ashley Gorley | Songwriter of the Year | 2023 | As previously announced, Ashley Gorley was awarded the 58th ACM Songwriter of the Year Award. This award is presented to an individual known predominately as a songwriter, selected by a professional panel of judges composed of songwriters, publishers, producers, and performing rights organization (PRO) representatives. The Panel submits five nominees, at which time ACM members in the Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer, Songwriter, Music Publisher/PRO and Record Company categories vote for the winner. This is Ashley Gorley’s first ACM Songwriter of the Year Award. Ashley Gorley has written 67 No. 1 singles and has had more than 400 songs recorded by artists such as Morgan Wallen, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, Cole Swindell, Blake Shelton, HARDY, Kelsea Ballerini, Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt, Parmalee, Lee Brice, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker. He was named the ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year in 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022, Billboard Country Songwriter of the Year in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 20 22, and the NSAI Songwriter of the Year in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022. He was also named the NMPA’s Top Male Songwriter of 2021 with 24 certified songs. Gorley has been nominated for multiple GRAMMY, CMA and ACM Awards and has received the CMA’s Triple Play Award 20 times in his career, which recognizes songwriters with three or more No.1 songs in one year. In 2016, he became the first songwriter to be honored with three CMA Triple Play Awards in a single year for earning nine chart-topping songs in a 12-month period. He repeated that feat in 2020 and 2022. This year, Gorley was announced as ACM Songwriter of the Year for the first time, taking home the Song of the Year award and celebrated three Song of the Year nods, placing him in rare company with Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard, the only other songwriters to achieve the feat in a single year. In addition to his decorated career as a songwriter, Gorley runs his own publishing company, Tape Room Music, whose writers have celebrated nearly 40 No. 1s and several Top Ten songs recorded by artists such as HARDY, Sam Hunt, Keith Urban, Dustin Lynch, Jake Owen, and Florida Georgia Line. |
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| Rob Stone and Holly Hutton The Rob + Holly Show |
National Daily On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Buzz Brainard Hot 30 Countdown with Buzz Brainard |
National Weekly On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Wayne D and Tay iHeartCountry House Party |
National Weekly On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Kelly Sutton Y'all Access with Kelly Sutton |
National Weekly On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| New Country Mornings with Nancy and Woody - Nancy Wilson and Aaron Woods WHKO-FM - Dayton, OH |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Medium Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Steve & Gina in the Morning - Steve Lundy and Gina Melton KXKT-FM - Omaha, NE |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Medium Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Mo & Styckman - Mo and StyckMan WUSY-FM - Chattanooga, TN |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Medium Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| The Morning Wolfpack with Matt McAllister - Matt McAllister, Gabe Mercer, and "Captain Ron" Koon KKWF-FM - Seattle, WA |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Major Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jesse & Anna - Jesse Tack and Anna Marie WUBE-FM - Cincinnati, OH |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Drive Home with Jody Jo - Jody Jo KSKS-FM - Fresno, CA |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Medium Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Paul Schadt and Sarah Lee in the Morning - Paul Schadt, Sarah Lee, and Producer Geoff WKKT-FM - Charlotte, NC |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Major Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| The Most Fun Afternoons with Scotty Kay - Scotty Kay WUSN-FM - Chicago, IL |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Major Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Lon Helton Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton |
National Weekly On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Dale Carter Morning Show - Dale Carter KFKF-FM - Kansas City, MO |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Kix Brooks American Country Countdown |
National Weekly On-Air Personality of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Anthony - Anthony KFRG-FM - Riverside, CA |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Hilley & Hart – Kevin Hilley and Erin Hart KATI-FM - Jefferson City, MO |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Small Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Liz & Scotty in the Morning – Liz DelGrosso and Scotty Cox KCLR-FM - Columbia, MO |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Small Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Morning Show with Pat James – Pat James KHUT-FM - Hutchinson, KS |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Small Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| The Eddie Foxx Show – Eddie Foxx and Amanda Foxx WKSF-FM - Asheville, NC |
On-Air Personality of the Year - Small Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| KKWF-FM Seattle, WA |
Radio Station of the Year - Major Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| WLHK-FM Indianapolis, IN |
Radio Station of the Year - Large Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| KUZZ-FM Bakersfield, CA |
Radio Station of the Year - Medium Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| WTHT-FM Portland, ME |
Radio Station of the Year - Medium Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| WNGC-FM Athens, GA |
Radio Station of the Year - Small Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| WRTB-FM Rockford, IL |
Radio Station of the Year - Small Market | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Neon Union | New Duo or Group of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Maddie & Tae | Duo of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Hillary Lindsey | Songwriter of the Year | 2023 | Hillary Lindsey is one of Nashville’s most respected songwriters and go-to hitmakers - with 27 No. 1 songs under her belt, she has crafted material for artists ranging from Miranda Lambert to Lady Gaga. She won her third GRAMMY in 2020 for co-writing "I'll Never Love Again" for A Star Is Born. Her recent credits include Jordan Davis’ "Almost Maybes", Kelsea Ballerini's "Hole In The Bottle," HARDY feat. Lauren Alaina & Devin Dawson’s "One Beer," Mickey Guyton's "Heaven Down Here" and Luke Bryan's back-to-back No. 1 singles "What She Wants Tonight" and "Knockin' Boots." This is her second consecutive win for ACM Songwriter of the Year. | Nominee |
| Ashley Cooke | New Female Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Brothers Osborne | Duo of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Cody Johnson | Entertainer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Cody Johnson | Male Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Megan Moroney | Female Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Morgan Wallen | Entertainer of the Year | 2023 | Morgan Wallen’s critically-acclaimed Dangerous: The Double Album launched the Country Music singer’s career to new heights in 2021. Landing at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for 10 weeks following its release, Dangerous: The Double Album continues to make history. The album remains at the top of the charts, recognized as the Country album with the most weeks (60) in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 all-genre chart, and the most weeks (59) at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, to date. It also won ACM Album of the Year at the 57th ACM Awards in March 2022. With more than 4.1 million units sold, the singer’s rapid rise and unparalleled success earned him Country Male Artist of the Year at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. Wallen’s 55-show “THE DANGEROUS TOUR” has netted over 800,000 tickets sold in 2022 so far, with $3 from every ticket benefiting his More Than My Hometown Foundation. Wallen’s first solo release of 2022, the emotional ballad “Don’t Think Jesus,” earned a Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 debut and landed atop Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, making Wallen the first artist to score three No. 1 debuts on the chart (based on airplay, streaming and sales) since its inception. | Nominee |
| Morgan Wallen | Male Artist of the Year | 2023 | Morgan Wallen’s critically-acclaimed Dangerous: The Double Album launched the Country Music singer’s career to new heights in 2021. Landing at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for 10 weeks following its release, Dangerous: The Double Album continues to make history. The album remains at the top of the charts, recognized as the Country album with the most weeks (60) in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 all-genre chart, and the most weeks (59) at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, to date. It also won ACM Album of the Year at the 57th ACM Awards in March 2022. With more than 4.1 million units sold, the singer’s rapid rise and unparalleled success earned him Country Male Artist of the Year at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. Wallen’s 55-show “THE DANGEROUS TOUR” has netted over 800,000 tickets sold in 2022 so far, with $3 from every ticket benefiting his More Than My Hometown Foundation. Wallen’s first solo release of 2022, the emotional ballad “Don’t Think Jesus,” earned a Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 debut and landed atop Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, making Wallen the first artist to score three No. 1 debuts on the chart (based on airplay, streaming and sales) since its inception. | Nominee |
| Morgan Wallen | Artist-Songwriter of the Year | 2023 | Morgan Wallen’s critically-acclaimed Dangerous: The Double Album launched the Country Music singer’s career to new heights in 2021. Landing at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for 10 weeks following its release, Dangerous: The Double Album continues to make history. The album remains at the top of the charts, recognized as the Country album with the most weeks (60) in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 all-genre chart, and the most weeks (59) at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, to date. It also won ACM Album of the Year at the 57th ACM Awards in March 2022. With more than 4.1 million units sold, the singer’s rapid rise and unparalleled success earned him Country Male Artist of the Year at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. Wallen’s 55-show “THE DANGEROUS TOUR” has netted over 800,000 tickets sold in 2022 so far, with $3 from every ticket benefiting his More Than My Hometown Foundation. Wallen’s first solo release of 2022, the emotional ballad “Don’t Think Jesus,” earned a Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 debut and landed atop Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, making Wallen the first artist to score three No. 1 debuts on the chart (based on airplay, streaming and sales) since its inception. | Nominee |
| Restless Road | New Duo or Group of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| The War and Treaty | Duo of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Zac Brown Band | Group of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Zach Bryan | Artist-Songwriter of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| ERNEST | Artist-Songwriter of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Flatland Cavalry | Group of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Hannah Ellis | New Female Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Luke Combs | Entertainer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Luke Combs | Male Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Little Big Town | Group of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jelly Roll | Entertainer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jelly Roll | Male Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Lady A | Group of the Year | 2023 | Lady A has a history of consistently participating in ACM Lifting Lives® events and fundraisers, at times even assuming hosting duties. The group made a long-lasting impression at the ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp in 2019. Campers collaborated with the band, Ross Copperman and Joy Williams to write an original song, “The Way You Love,” based on their own experiences and inspirations. The camp has the dual purpose of studying Williams syndrome while providing music enrichment through performance and education. Hillary Scott was a returning Music Camp guest. A three-time ACM Vocal Group of the Year, Lady A joined the Grand Ole Opry in January and recently announced a return to the road with their “What A Song Can Do” Tour. Over the course of their decade-plus career, Lady A has become one of the 21st century’s premier vocal groups, blending deeply felt emotions with classic Country sounds. The multi-platinum band has ushered in more than 18 million album units, 34 million tracks sold, nearly five billion digital streams and 11 No. 1 hits. The trio earned the biggest first week streams of their career with their critically acclaimed No. 1 album OCEAN and is known for their 9X platinum hit “Need You Now,” which is the highest certified song by a Country group. Lady A has earned CMA “Vocal Group of the Year” trophies three years in a row and were recently inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry. Additionally, Hillary Scott was recently honored as one of 31 women leaders from diverse industries for Dress for Success’ “Your Hour, Her Power” campaign. The trio's newly formed LadyAID Scholarship Fund supports students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities. They will make their long-awaited return to the road with the upcoming LADY A: WHAT A SONG CAN DO TOUR, launching July 29th in Uncasville, CT with special guests Carly Pearce, Niko Moon and Tenille Arts. A portion of the ticket sales will go towards LadyAID, the group’s philanthropic fund which supports initiatives around the world ranging from helping vulnerable children, societal and cultural issues, as well as natural disaster aid and recovery. For more information visit www.ladyamusic.com. | Nominee |
| Jeff Braun | Audio Engineer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Buckley Miller | Audio Engineer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Charlie Handsome | Producer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Kylie Morgan | New Female Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Kelsea Ballerini | Female Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Kassi Ashton | New Female Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Kane Brown | Entertainer of the Year | 2023 |
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| Kacey Musgraves | Female Artist of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Josh Thompson | Songwriter of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Last Night Morgan Wallen |
Single of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Morgan Wallen Producer: Joey Moi Producer: Charlie Handsome Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records Record Company-Label: Republic Records Record Company-Label: Mercury Records |
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| I Remember Everything Zach Bryan (feat. Kacey Musgraves) |
Music Event of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Zach Bryan Artist: Kacey Musgraves Producer: Zach Bryan Record Company-Label: Belting Bronco Records Record Company-Label: Warner Records, Inc |
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| Choctaw Grand Theater – Durant, OK | Casino of the Year - Theater | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Different ‘Round Here Riley Green (Feat. Luke Combs) |
Music Event of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Riley Green Artist: Luke Combs Producer: Dann Huff Record Company-Label: BMLG Records |
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| Lucas Oil Live at WinStar World Casino and Resort - Thackerville, OK | Casino of the Year - Theater | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Golden Nugget Lake Charles - Lake Charles, LA | Casino of the Year - Arena | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena – Atlantic City, NJ | Casino of the Year - Arena | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – St. Louis, MO | Casino of the Year - Arena | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Leather Cody Johnson |
Album of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Cody Johnson Producer: Trent Willmon Record Company-Label: CoJo Music LLC Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville LLC |
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| CMC Rocks – Ipswich, Queensland | Festival of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Crash My Playa – Cancun, MX | Festival of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Human Cody Johnson |
Visual Media of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Cody Johnson Producer: Christen Pinkston Producer: Wesley Stebbins-Perry Director: Dustin Haney |
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| San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo – San Antonio, TX | Fair/Rodeo of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| The Painter Cody Johnson |
Song of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Cody Johnson Songwriter: Benjy Davis Songwriter: Kat Higgins Songwriter: Ryan Larkins Publisher: Big Music Machine Publisher: BMG Platinum Songs US Publisher: Nashblonde Music Publisher: Pompano Run Music Publisher: Songs for Ellie May Publisher: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Publisher: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Group Publisher: Well That Was Awkward Music |
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| Mission Ballroom – Denver, CO | Club of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Beacon Theatre - New York, NY | Theater of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| The Franklin Theatre – Franklin, TN | Theater of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| One Thing At A Time Morgan Wallen |
Album of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Morgan Wallen Producer: Joey Moi Producer: Cameron Montgomery Producer: Charlie Handsome Producer: Jacob Durrett Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records Record Company-Label: Republic Records Record Company-Label: Mercury Records |
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| Man Made A Bar Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church) |
Music Event of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Morgan Wallen Artist: Eric Church Producer: Joey Moi Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records Record Company-Label: Republic Records Record Company-Label: Mercury Records |
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| Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA | Theater of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Need A Favor Jelly Roll |
Single of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Jelly Roll Producer: Austin Nivarel Record Company-Label: Stoney Creek Records Record Company-Label: BMG Nashville |
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| KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY | Arena of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| T-Mobile Center – Kansas City, MO | Arena of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Andrew Fortin | Don Romeo Talent Buyer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Nicole More | Don Romeo Talent Buyer of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Jered Johnson | Promoter of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Gettin’ Old Luke Combs |
Album of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Luke Combs Producer: Chip Matthews Producer: Jonathan Singleton Producer: Luke Combs Record Company-Label: River House Artists Record Company-Label: Columbia Nashville |
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| Burn It Down Parker McCollum |
Single of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Parker McCollum Producer: Jon Randall Record Company-Label: MCA Nashville |
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| Next Thing You Know Jordan Davis |
Single of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Jordan Davis Producer: Paul DiGiovanni Record Label: MCA Nashville |
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| Heart Like A Truck Lainey Wilson |
Song of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Lainey Wilson Songwriter: Dallas Wilson Songwriter: Lainey Wilson Songwriter: Trannie Anderson Publisher: Sony/ATV Countryside Publisher: Songs of Riser House Publisher: Songs of Wild Cat Well Music |
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| Tennessee Orange Megan Moroney |
Visual Media of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Megan Moroney Producer: Lauren Starr Producer: Saul Levitz Producer: Laura Burhenn Director: Jason Lester |
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| Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater – Austin, TX | Theater of the Year | 2023 | Nominee | |
| Can't Break Up Now Old Dominion, Megan Moroney |
Music Event of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Old Dominion Artist: Megan Moroney Producer: Old Dominion |
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| In Your Love Tyler Childers |
Visual Media of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Tyler Childers Producer: Kacie Barton Producer: Whitney Wolanin Producer: Nicholas Robespierre Producer: Ian Thornton Producer: Silas House Director: Bryan Schlam |
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| Fast Car Luke Combs |
Song of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Luke Combs Songwriter: Tracy Chapman Publisher: Purple Rabbit |
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| Tennessee Orange Megan Moroney |
Song of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Megan Moroney Songwriter: Ben Williams Songwriter: David Fanning Songwriter: Megan Moroney Songwriter: Paul Jenkins Publisher: 33 Creative Publisher: Bone Bone Creative Publisher: Major Bob Music Publisher: Reservoir Publisher: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing |
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| Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good) Kelsea Ballerini |
Album of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Kelsea Ballerini Producer: Kelsea Ballerini Producer: Chris Diener Producer: Alysa Vanderheym Record Company-Label: Black River Entertainment |
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| Next Thing You Know Jordan Davis |
Visual Media of the Year | 2023 | Artist: Jordan Davis Producer: Wes Edwards Producer: Angie Lorenz Producer: Jamie Stratakis Director: Running Bear (Stephen Kinigopoulos, Alexa Stone) |
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As previously announced, HARDY was awarded the 58th ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year Award. This award is presented to an individual known both as an artist and a songwriter, selected by a Professional Panel of judges whose members composed of songwriters, publishers, producers, and performing rights organization (PRO) representatives. The Panel submits five nominees, at which time ACM members in the Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer, Songwriter, Music Publisher/PRO and Record Company categories vote for the winner. This is the first-ever ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Year Award and HARDY receives the honor after winning ACM Songwriter of the Year last year.
Big Loud Records' heavy-hitter HARDY has never been just one thing. Uncaging a new chapter, HARDY soared to new heights with the release of the mockingbird & THE CROW, his critically acclaimed half-country, half-rock sophomore album, adding to over 2.8 billion career streams. The dichotomous, 17-track effort debuted top-five all-genre on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and kinged seven additional Billboard charts in its first week, including Top Country Albums, Top Rock Albums, and Top Album Sales. The pride of Philadelphia, Miss. has earned his reputation as “a promising purveyor of keeping the spirit of classic heavy Southern rock alive” (American Songwriter), “capable of writing the big hits for radio, obstinate enough to do something completely unexpected, and savvy enough to find the throughline for it all” (Rolling Stone). A five-time ACM Award winner, HARDY is a three-time CMA Triple Play Award recipient, the 2022 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year, and a three-time AIMP Songwriter of the Year. HARDY has written 13 No. 1 singles including his own double platinum No. 1 single “ONE BEER” feat. Lauren Alaina + Devin Dawson, chart-topping, platinum Dierks Bentley + BRELAND collaboration, “Beers On Me,” and game-changing platinum duet “wait in the truck” feat. Lainey Wilson. HARDY has been nominated for ACM Awards with a songwriter credit on Morgan Wallen’s “Sand In My Boots,” Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country,” which HARDY took home an ACM Award for, and his own song “wait in the truck.” He's previously toured with Thomas Rhett, Morgan Wallen, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, and more, and flies nationwide on his sold-out, 19-date headline arena tour, the mockingbird & THE CROW Tour, this fall.
As previously announced, Ashley Gorley was awarded the 58th ACM Songwriter of the Year Award. This award is presented to an individual known predominately as a songwriter, selected by a professional panel of judges composed of songwriters, publishers, producers, and performing rights organization (PRO) representatives. The Panel submits five nominees, at which time ACM members in the Artist/Musician/Producer/Engineer, Songwriter, Music Publisher/PRO and Record Company categories vote for the winner. This is Ashley Gorley’s first ACM Songwriter of the Year Award.
Ashley Gorley has written 67 No. 1 singles and has had more than 400 songs recorded by artists such as Morgan Wallen, Luke Bryan, Thomas Rhett, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, Cole Swindell, Blake Shelton, HARDY, Kelsea Ballerini, Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt, Parmalee, Lee Brice, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker. He was named the ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year in 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022, Billboard Country Songwriter of the Year in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, and 20
22, and the NSAI Songwriter of the Year in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022. He was also named the NMPA’s Top Male Songwriter of 2021 with 24 certified songs. Gorley has been nominated for multiple GRAMMY, CMA and ACM Awards and has received the CMA’s Triple Play Award 20 times in his career, which recognizes songwriters with three or more No.1 songs in one year. In 2016, he became the first songwriter to be honored with three CMA Triple Play Awards in a single year for earning nine chart-topping songs in a 12-month period. He repeated that feat in 2020 and 2022. This year, Gorley was announced as ACM Songwriter of the Year for the first time, taking home the Song of the Year award and celebrated three Song of the Year nods, placing him in rare company with Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard, the only other songwriters to achieve the feat in a single year. In addition to his decorated career as a songwriter, Gorley runs his own publishing company, Tape Room Music, whose writers have celebrated nearly 40 No. 1s and several Top Ten songs recorded by artists such as HARDY, Sam Hunt, Keith Urban, Dustin Lynch, Jake Owen, and Florida Georgia Line.
Producer: Joey Moi
Producer: Charlie Handsome
Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records
Record Company-Label: Republic Records
Record Company-Label: Mercury Records
Artist: Kacey Musgraves
Producer: Zach Bryan
Record Company-Label: Belting Bronco Records
Record Company-Label: Warner Records, Inc
Artist: Luke Combs
Producer: Dann Huff
Record Company-Label: BMLG Records
Producer: Trent Willmon
Record Company-Label: CoJo Music LLC
Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville LLC
Producer: Christen Pinkston
Producer: Wesley Stebbins-Perry
Director: Dustin Haney
Songwriter: Benjy Davis
Songwriter: Kat Higgins
Songwriter: Ryan Larkins
Publisher: Big Music Machine
Publisher: BMG Platinum Songs US
Publisher: Nashblonde Music
Publisher: Pompano Run Music
Publisher: Songs for Ellie May
Publisher: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Publisher: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Group
Publisher: Well That Was Awkward Music
Producer: Joey Moi
Producer: Cameron Montgomery
Producer: Charlie Handsome
Producer: Jacob Durrett
Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records
Record Company-Label: Republic Records
Record Company-Label: Mercury Records
Artist: Eric Church
Producer: Joey Moi
Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records
Record Company-Label: Republic Records
Record Company-Label: Mercury Records
Producer: Austin Nivarel
Record Company-Label: Stoney Creek Records
Record Company-Label: BMG Nashville
Producer: Chip Matthews
Producer: Jonathan Singleton
Producer: Luke Combs
Record Company-Label: River House Artists
Record Company-Label: Columbia Nashville
Producer: Jon Randall
Record Company-Label: MCA Nashville
Producer: Paul DiGiovanni
Record Label: MCA Nashville
Songwriter: Dallas Wilson
Songwriter: Lainey Wilson
Songwriter: Trannie Anderson
Publisher: Sony/ATV Countryside
Publisher: Songs of Riser House
Publisher: Songs of Wild Cat Well Music
Producer: Lauren Starr
Producer: Saul Levitz
Producer: Laura Burhenn
Director: Jason Lester
Producer: Old Dominion
Producer: Ross Copperman
Producer: Kristian Bush
Record Company-Label: Three Up Three Down, LLC
Record Company-Label: Columbia Nashville
Producer: Kacie Barton
Producer: Whitney Wolanin
Producer: Nicholas Robespierre
Producer: Ian Thornton
Producer: Silas House
Director: Bryan Schlam
Artist: Luke Combs
Songwriter: Tracy Chapman
Publisher: Purple Rabbit
Songwriter: Ben Williams
Songwriter: David Fanning
Songwriter: Megan Moroney
Songwriter: Paul Jenkins
Publisher: 33 Creative
Publisher: Bone Bone Creative
Publisher: Major Bob Music
Publisher: Reservoir
Publisher: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Producer: Kelsea Ballerini
Producer: Chris Diener
Producer: Alysa Vanderheym
Record Company-Label: Black River Entertainment
Producer: Wes Edwards
Producer: Angie Lorenz
Producer: Jamie Stratakis
Director: Running Bear (Stephen Kinigopoulos, Alexa Stone)