The full set of performers for the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards show has finally been announced. In partnership with Prime Video and Dick Clark Productions, the annual ACM Awards hosted by Reba McEntire, will air on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 8 PM ET exclusively on Prime Video from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
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Already, the ACM has gifted away two awards to Zach Top and Ella Langley. However, the night is far from wrapped, as top-tier musicians such as Chris Stapleton, Post Malone, Riley Green, Morgan Wallen, Cody Johnson, and Lainey Wilson are all up for awards. In addition to the highly anticipated awards, the evening will also feature performances by country music’s biggest artists. In all, the show will do what it always does best. Which is to celebrate and honor some of the best country musicians of the year.
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Kicking off the night is a 12-minute performance titled “Song of the Decades,” which will feature performances of previous Song of the Year winners. The artists performing those award-winning songs are Clint Black, Dan + Shay, Wynonna Judd, Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, and Sugarland.
The rest of the evening will also include duet performances by Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn and Cody Johnson, and Jelly Roll and Shaboozey. Former 2024 ACM New Female Artist of the Year, Megan Moroney, will also join the show with a performance.
Priot to this announcement, ACM also revealed that the other performers included in the show are Chris Stapleton, Alan Jackson, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, Ella Langley, Zach Top, and Alan Jackson. According to an ACM press release, there is a total of 21 performers set to take the stage. Out of these performers, Ballerini, Stapleton, Wilson, and Johnson are all up for the Entertainer of The Year Award.
This is a lot of music in a little amount of time. To catch it all, make sure you tune into Prime Video on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 8 PM ET.
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