Can we get a “yee-haw” for these ACM Award winners?
The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards brought the best and brightest of the genre, with legendary singer Reba McEntire taking on hosting duties for her 18th time at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, on May 8. (To see every star who stepped out for the 2025 ACM Awards, click here.)
This year, the competition was fierce as newcomer Ella Langley led the pack of nominees with eight nods, including Female Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for her and Riley Green‘s duet “You Look Like You Love Me.” She walked away with a good number of those trophies as well, including for Single of the Year and New Female Artist of the Year.
Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson followed closely behind with seven nominations each. For her part, Lainey picked up the awards for Album of the Year, Entertainer of the Year and Female Artist of the Year, among others.
As for the big honors, Keith Urban was named the recipient of the ACM Triple Crown Award, highlighting his past achievements in the New Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year categories. (Urban won his first awards in each category in 2001, 2005 and 2019, respectively.)
The prestigious award was last handed out 15 years ago, when Carrie Underwood took home the prize at the 2010 ceremony.
To marked Urban’s special milestone, Chris Stapleton, Megan Moroney and Brothers Osborne were asked by the ACM to perform a special tribute celebrating his decades-long career.
But they weren’t the only performers slated to hit the stage on country music’s big night. After all, the line-up also included Backstreet Boys, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Shaboozey, Rascal Flatts and Eric Church.
And if there weren’t enough star power already, the list of presenters were just as packed with big names, including Lionel Richie, Wynonna Judd, Rita Wilson, Carly Pearce, Lionel Richie, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Parker McCollum and newly-minted The Masked Singer winner Gretchen Wilson.
For a complete of nominees and winners at the 2025 ACM Awards, keep reading.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Luke Combs
- Cody Johnson
- Jelly Roll
- Chris Stapleton
- Morgan Wallen
- WINNER: Lainey Wilson
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Kelsea Ballerini
- Ella Langley
- Megan Moroney
- Kacey Musgraves
- WINNER: Lainey Wilson
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Luke Combs
- Cody Johnson
- Jelly Roll
- WINNER: Chris Stapleton
- Morgan Wallen
DUO OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: Brooks & Dunn
- Brothers Osborne
- Dan + Shay
- Muscadine Bloodline
- The War And Treaty
GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Flatland Cavalry
- Little Big Town
- WINNER: Old Dominion
- Rascal Flatts
- The Red Clay Strays
NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Kassi Ashton
- Ashley Cooke
- Dasha
- WINNER: Ella Langley
- Jessie Murph
NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Gavin Adcock
- Shaboozey
- WINNER: Zach Top
- Tucker Wetmore
- Bailey Zimmerman
NEW DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Restless Road
- WINNER: The Red Clay Strays
- Treaty Oak Revival
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Am I Okay? (I’ll Be Fine) – Megan Moroney
- Beautifully Broken – Jelly Roll
- Cold Beer & Country Music – Zach Top
- F-1 Trillion – Post Malone
- WINNER: Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey
- Dirt Cheap – Cody Johnson
- I Had Some Help – Post Malone, Morgan Wallen
- White Horse – Chris Stapleton
- WINNER: you look like you love me – Ella Langley, Riley Green
SONG OF THE YEAR
- 4x4xU – Lainey Wilson
- The Architect – Kacey Musgraves
- WINNER: Dirt Cheap – Cody Johnson
- I Had Some Help – Post Malone, Morgan Wallen
- you look like you love me – Ella Langley, Riley Green
MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR
- Cowboys Cry Too – Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan
- I Had Some Help – Post Malone, Morgan Wallen
- I’m Gonna Love You – Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood
- we don’t fight anymore – Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton
- WINNER: you look like you love me – Ella Langley, Riley Green
VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR
- 4x4xU – Lainey Wilson
- Dirt Cheap – Cody Johnson
- I’m Gonna Love You – Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood
- Think I’m In Love With You – Chris Stapleton
- WINNER: you look like you love me – Ella Langley, Riley Green
ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
- Luke Combs
- Morgan Wallen
- ERNEST
- HARDY
- WINNER: Lainey Wilson
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
- Jessi Alexander
- WINNER: Jessie Jo Dillon
- Ashley Gorley
- Chase McGill
- Josh Osborne
And to see all the celebrities at the 2025 ACM Awards, read on.
Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman
Nicole in Monse.
Jelly Roll & Bunnie XO
Reba McEntire
Chase Stokes & Kelsea Ballerini
Chase in Kemo Sabe. Kelsea in David Koma.
Little Big Town
Shaboozey
In custom Coach.
Backstreet Boys
LeAnn Rimes & Eddie Cibrian
Ella Langley
In vintage Dolce & Gabbana.
Carly Pearce
Mickey Guyton
In Yellow Rose by Kendra Scott jewelry.
Lainey Wilson & Devlin “Duck” Hodges
Dan + Shay
Rita Wilson
Morgane Stapleton & Chris Stapleton
Rascal Flatts
Frankie Jonas
Parker McCollum & Hallie Ray Light
Gabby Barrett
Wynonna Judd
Megan Moroney
Old Dominion
Tigirlily Gold
Gretchen Wilson
Dasha
Priscilla Block
Hannah Godwin
Lee Ann Womack
Jessie James Decker
Morgan Wade
