2025 Academy of Country Music Awards, host of Reba MentireA broadcast live on Prime Video from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, and some of the country’s biggest stars receive awards for their contributions to the genre over the past year.
Keith Urban will be honored at the event with the ACM Triple Crown Award. Stapleton, Moroney and the Osborne brothers will perform in tribute to “someone like you” artist.
Cody Johnson in November 2024; Chris Stapleton in February 2025; Riley Green in November 2024; Post Malone in February 2025.
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See the complete list of 2025 ACM Awards winners below.
Entertainer of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Gelé reel
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson
Female artist of the year
Kelsea Ballerini
She Langley
Megan Moroney
Kacey musgraves
Lainey Wilson
Male artist of the year
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Gelé reel
Chris Stapleton – Winner
Morgan Wallen
This year’s duo
Brooks & Dunn – Winner
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Muscadin blood line
The war and the treaty
Group of the year
Flatland’s cavalry
Little Big Town
Old Dominion – Winner
Rascal flats
The red clay fighting
New female artist of the year
Cat’s Ashton
Ashley Cooke
Dasha
Ella Langley – Winner
Jessie Murph
She Langley.
Country Music Academy
New male artist of the year
Gavin Adcock
Shaboozey
Zach Top – Winner
Tucker Wetmore
Bailey Zimmerman
Zach Top.
Country Music Academy
New duo or group of the year
Restless road
The Red Clay Strays – Winner
Treaty Gastive
Red clay battles.
Country Music Academy
This year’s album
(Assigned to artists/producer (s)/record label – Label (s))
Am I okay? (I’m fine) – Megan Moroney (producer: Kristian Bush; Record Company-Label: Columbia Records / Sony Music Nashville)
Beautifully broken .
Cold beer & country music – Zach Top (producer: Carson Chamberlain; Record Company-Label: Leo33)
F-1 trillion – Post Malone (producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins; Record Company-Label: Mercury Records / Republic Records)
Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson (producer: Jay Joyce; Record Company-Label: BBR Music Group / BMG Nashville)
The only year
(Assigned to artists/producer (s)/record label – Label (s))
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey (producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry; Record Company -Lel: American Dogwood / Empire)
“Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson (producer: Trent Willmon; Record Company -Label: Cojo Music LLC / Warner Music Nashville)
“I had some help” – Post Malone, Morgan Wallen (producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins; Record Company -Lel: Mercury Records / Republic Records)
“White Horse” – Chris Stapleton (producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton; Record Company -Lel: Mercury Nashville)
“You look like you love me” – Ella Langley, Riley Green (Producer: Will Bundy; Record Company -Label: Sawgod / Columbia Records)
Song of the year
(Assigned to songwriter/publisher/artists/artist)
“4x4xu”- Lainey Wilson (songwriter: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson; Publisher: Louisiana Lady; One Tooth Productions; Reservoir 416; Songs of One Riot Music; Sony/ATV Accent)
“The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves (songwriter: Shane Mcanally, Kacey Musgraves, Josh Osborne; Publishers: Songs for Indy and Owl; Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing)
“Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson (Songwriter: Josh Phillips; Publishers: Warner -tamerlane Publishing; Writing or Die Music; Writ the Lightning Publishing) – Winner
“I had some help” – Post Malone, Morgan Wallen (songwriter: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smorit, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters, Ryan Vojtesak; Publishers: Bell Ear Publish; Key Key Kities;
“You look like you love me” – Ella Langley, Riley Green (songwriter: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere; Publisher: Back 40 Publishing International; Langley Publishing; One Tooth Productions; Sony/ATV Tree; Warnishing Cublish
This year’s music event
(Assigned to artists/producer (s)/record label – Label (s))
“Cowboys also cries” – Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan (producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan, Alya Vanderheym; Record Company -Label: Black River Entertainment)
“I had some help” – Post Malone, Morgan Wallen (producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins; Record Company -Lel: Mercury Records / Republic Records)
“I’m Gonna Love You” – Cody Johnson, Carrie Underwood (Producer: Trent Willmon; Record Company -Label: Cojo Music LLC / Warner Music Nashville)
“We are no longer fighting” – Carly Pearce, Chris Stapleton (producers: Shane Mcanally, Josh Osborne, Carly Pearce; Record Company -Label: Big Machine Records)
“You look like you love me” – Ella Langley, Riley Green (Producer: Will Bundy; Record Company -Label: Sawgod / Columbia Records)
This year’s visual media
(Assigned to the producer/director (s)/artist (s))
“4x4xu” – Lainey Wilson (producer: Jennifer Ansell; Director: Dano Cerny)