Full List of ACM Award Nominees – Frisco May 11th

This year, the ACM Awards will be taking place at The Ford Center in Frisco on May 11th and it will be star-studded. The show will be streamed live on Amazon Prime Video and will feature Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks as hosts of the show. Hardy and Lainey Wilson leadi the pack. Miranda Lambert breaks the record for most nominations held in the “Female Artist of the Year” category. This will mark her 17th nod, surpassing Reba who previously held the record with 16 nominations. Dickies Arena and Billy Bob’s Texas were also nominated. New County 96.3 was lucky enough to be nominated for Major Market Radio Station of the Year for this years awards too.

Here are the nominees for 2023:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR 

Jason Aldean

Kane Brown

Luke Combs

Miranda Lambert

Chris Stapleton

Carrie Underwood

Morgan Wallen

FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

Kelsea Ballerini

Miranda Lambert 

Ashley McBryde

Carly Pearce

Lainey Wilson

MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

Kane Brown

Luke Combs

Jordan Davis

Chris Stapleton

Morgan Wallen

DUO OF THE YEAR 

Brooks & Dunn

Brothers Osborne

Dan + Shay

Maddie & Tae

The War and Treaty

GROUP OF THE YEAR 

Lady A

Little Big Town

Midland

Old Dominion

Zac Brown Band

NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

Priscilla Block

Megan Moroney

Caitlyn Smith

Morgan Wade

Hailey Whitters

NEW MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 

Zach Bryan

Jackson Dean

ERNEST

Dylan Scott

Nate Smith

Bailey Zimmerman

ALBUM OF THE YEAR 

[Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville – Ashley McBryde Producer: John Osborne Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville

Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson Producer: Jay Joyce Record Company-Label: Broken Bow Records

Growin’ Up – Luke Combs Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton Record Company-Label: Columbia Records

Mr. Saturday Night – Jon Pardi Producers: Jon Pardi, Bart Butler, Ryan Gore Record Company-Label: Capitol Records Nashville

Palomino – Miranda Lambert  Producers: Jon Randall, Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Mikey Reaves Record Company-Label: Vanner Records/RCA Records Nashville

SINGLE OF THE YEAR 

[Awarded to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company–Label(s)]

Heart Like A Truck – Lainey Wilson  Producer: Jay Joyce Record Company-Label: Broken Bow Records

Never Wanted To Be That Girl – Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde Producers: Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally Record Company-Label: Big Machine Records/Warner Music Nashville

She Had Me At Heads Carolina – Cole Swindell Producer: Zach Crowell Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville

Thank God – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown Producer: Dann Huff Record Company-Label: RCA Nashville

 ‘Til You Can’t – Cody Johnson Producer: Trent Willmon Record Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville/CoJo Music 

SONG OF THE YEAR 

[Awarded to Songwriter(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)] 

Sand In My Boots – Morgan Wallen  Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Josh Osborne, Michael Hardy Publishers: Relative Music Group; Sony/ATV Accent; Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing; Sony/ATV Tree Publishing

She Had Me At Heads Carolina – Cole Swindell  Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Cole Swindell, Jesse Frasure, Mark D. Sanders, Thomas Rhett, Tim NicholsPublishers: Ashley Gorley Publishing Designee; Be A Light Publishing; Colden Rainey Music; EMI Blackwood Music Inc; Songs Of Roc Nation Music; Sony Tree Publishing; Telemitry Rhythm House Music; Universal Music Corp; WC Music Corp; Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp

 ‘Til You Can’t – Cody Johnson Songwriters: Ben Stennis, Matt Rogers Publishers: Anthem Canalco Publishing; Dead Aim Music; The Stennis Mightier Music 

wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson Songwriters: Hunter Phelps, Jordan Schmidt, Michael Hardy, Renee Blair Publishers: Humerus Publishing Global; Nontypical Music; Pile of Schmidt Songs; Rednecker Music; Relative Music Group; Round Hill Verses Publishing; Sony/ATV Accent; Sony/ATV Tree Publishing; The Money Tree Vibez; WC Music Corp; Who Wants to Buy My Publishing

You Should Probably Leave – Chris Stapleton Songwriters: Ashley Gorley, Chris DuBois, Chris StapletonPublishers: One77 Songs; Sea Gayle Music; Songs of Southside Independent Music Publishing; Spirit Two Nashville; WC Music Corp

VISUAL MEDIA OF THE YEAR

[Awarded to Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)]

HEARTFIRST – Kelsea Ballerini Producers: Christen Pinkston & Wesley Stebbins-Perry Director: P Tracy 

She Had Me At Heads Carolina – Cole Swindell Producer: Troy JacksonDirector: Spidey Smith 

Thank God – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown Producer: Luke ArreguinDirector: Alex Alvga 

 ‘Til You Can’t – Cody Johnson Producer: Maddy Hayes Director: Dustin Haney 

wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson Producer: Inkwell Productions Director: Justin Clough

What He Didn’t Do – Carly Pearce Producer: Ryan ByrdDirector: Alexa Campbell

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Nicolle Galyon

Ashley Gorley

Chase McGill

Josh Osborne

Hunter Phelps

ARTIST-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR 

Luke Combs

ERNEST

HARDY

Miranda Lambert

Morgan Wallen

MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR 

At the End of a Bar – Chris Young with Mitchell Tenpenny Producers: Chris DeStefano, Chris Young Record Company-Label: RCA Nashville 

She Had Me At Heads Carolina [Remix] – Cole Swindell & Jo Dee Messina Producer: Zach CrowellRecord Company-Label: Warner Music Nashville

Thank God – Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown Producer: Dann Huff Record Company-Label: RCA Nashville 

Thinking ‘Bout You – Dustin Lynch feat. MacKenzie Porter Producer: Zach Crowell Record Company-Label: Broken Bow Records 

wait in the truck – HARDY feat. Lainey Wilson Producers: Derek Wells, HARDY, Joey Moi, Jordan Schmidt Record Company-Label: Big Loud Records

The 2023 Studio Recording Awards and Industry Awards will be presented to recipients at the 16th Academy of Country Music Honors, a special event held annually in August at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. This year’s show will be held Aug. 23, with more details to be announced in the coming months.

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